Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were grown by two different methods. The catalytic growth on a silicon wafer showed ultra high aspect ratios for the CNTs with extremely high field enhancement coefficients >25000 and a turn-on field of 0.36 V/μm, whereas the non-catalytic growth resulted in substrateless flexible CNT bundles with a simple gate electrode integration process. Results on an additional coating of the CNT emitter with ZnO with modified field-emission characteristics will be presented.
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Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC), 2010 23rd International
Date of Conference: 26-30 July 2010