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6.1: Invited Paper : Design of Carbon Nanotubes for Field Emission Applications
Author(s) -
Milne William I.,
Mann Mark,
Teo Kenneth B. K.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1889/1.3256807
Subject(s) - field electron emission , carbon nanotube , materials science , field emission display , nanotechnology , field (mathematics) , carbon fibers , microwave , field emission microscopy , current (fluid) , work (physics) , engineering physics , electron , mechanical engineering , optics , composite material , electrical engineering , computer science , engineering , physics , telecommunications , diffraction , mathematics , quantum mechanics , composite number , pure mathematics
Field emission from CNTs can be applied to many technologies because of their high current carrying capability, chemical inertness, physical strength and high aspect ratio. Depending upon their applications it can be more advantageous to use either individual tubes or arrays of tubes. Multiwall tubes or single wall tubes can also be utilised and in some instances aligned tubes are also necessary to provide the field emission currents required. This paper will present work on the optimisation of Carbon Nanotubes for applications including, field emission displays, electron microscopes, x‐rays, and microwave sources.