Fabrication of a low-voltage light emitting device based on carbon nanotubes and rare-earth doped nanocrystals

Field emission displays using carbon nanotubes (CNT-FEDs) are ones of the most promising devices which can compete with other technologies such as liquid crystal displays (LCDs). Good picture quality, a low power consumption, a wide work temperature range and a high efficiency of luminescence are the great advantages of that technology. In this work, new and a low-cost method of electrophoretic deposition of CNTs on the ITO-glass slide is presented. Deposition of the light emitting layer was also done by the same method. The Eu
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