Abstract
Layers of oriented carbon nanotubes and nanometer-size plate-shaped graphite crystallites are obtained by chemical vapor deposition in a glow-discharge plasma. A structural-morphological investigation of a carbon material consisting of nanotubes and nanocrystallites is performed, and the field-emission properties of the material are also investigated. It is shown that electron field emission is observed in an electric field with average intensity equal to or greater than 1.5 V/μm. The low fields giving rise to electron emission can be explained by a decrease in the electronic work function as a result of the curvature of the atomic layers of graphitic carbon.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
L. I. Man, Yu. A. Malinovskii, and S. A. Semiletov, Kristallografiya 35, 1029 (1990) [Sov. Phys. Crystallogr. 35, 608 (1990)].
M. Terrones, W. K. Hsu, J. P. Hare et al., Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London, Ser. A 354, 2025 (1996).
Z. Ya. Kosakovskaya, L. A. Chernozatonskii, and E. A. Fedorov, JETP Lett. 56, 26 (1992).
A. G. Rinzler, J. H. Hafner, P. Nikolaev et al., Science 269, 1550 (1995).
W. A. de Heer, A. Châtelain, and D. Ugarte, Science 270, 1179 (1995).
Y. Saito, K. Hamaguchi, K. Hata et al., Nature (London) 389, 555 (1997).
M. I. Elinson (Ed.), Cold Cathodes [in Russian], Sov. Radio, Moscow, 1974.
G. N. Fursei, D. V. Glazanov, L. M. Baskin et al., Mikroelektronika 26, 89 (1997).
I. Yu. Pavlovskii and A. N. Obraztsov, Prib. Tekh. Éksp. No. 1, 152 (1998).
R. E. Shroder, R. J. Nemanich, and J. T. Glass, Phys. Rev. B 41, 3738 (1990).
J. M. Holden, P. Zhou, X.-X. Bi et al., Chin. Phys. Lasers 220, 186 (1994).
N. V. Khokhryakov, S. S. Savinskii, and J. M. Molina, JETP Lett. 62, 617 (1995).
A. N. Obraztsov, A. P. Volkov, and I. Yu. Pavlovskii, JETP Lett. 68, 59 (1998).
A. N. Obraztsov, I. Yu. Pavlovsky, A. P. Volkov et al., in Proceedings of the 9th European Conference DIAMOND’98, Abstract No. 15.514 (full paper accepted for publication in Diamond Related Mater.).
J.-M. Bonard, T. Stockli, F. Maier et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1441 (1998).
H. Hiura, T. W. Ebbeesen, J. Fujita et al., Nature (London) 367, 148 (1994).
V. L. Kuznetsov, A. L. Chuvilin, Yu. V. Butenko et al., Chem. Phys. Lett. 289, 353 (1998).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
Pis’ma Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 69, No. 5, 381–386 (10 March 1999)
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Obraztsov, A.N., Volkov, A.P., Pavlovskii, I.Y. et al. Role of the curvature of atomic layers in electron field emission from graphitic nanostructured carbon. Jetp Lett. 69, 411–417 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.568043
Received:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/1.568043