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Crystalline and amorphous diamond coatings on silicon field emitters

Conference ·
OSTI ID:230014
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  1. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States); and others
Amorphous and crystalline diamond were deposited on Si field emitters to improve the emission characteristics of the cathodes. The coated emitters were studied by field emission and electron microscopies. Field emission results and Fowler-Nordheim analysis indicate enhanced emission from the coated emitters, as compared to uncoated Si cathodes. The diamond coating morphology and the microstructure of the coating/emitter interface were examined by electron microscopy.
OSTI ID:
230014
Report Number(s):
CONF-950840--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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