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Nanotube displays

Carbon nanotubes, with their superb electron-emitting properties, are the latest nanotech wonders of the display world. These tiny structures could have a big impact on flat-panel displays.

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Figure 1: Slimmed down.

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Figure 2: Carbon nanotubes.

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Figure 3: Schematic of a flat-panel display.

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Figure 4: Motorola's carbon-nanotube flat-panel-display prototype.

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Dean, K. Nanotube displays. Nature Photon 1, 273–275 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2007.64

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