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Continuous and discrete energy distributions of electrons field-emitted from carbon nanotubes

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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) deposited by means of electrophoresis onto a tungsten foil have been studied using field electron microscope and a dispersive electron energy analyzer. The field-emitted electron energy distributions (FEEDs) were either normal (smooth) or exhibited a system of narrow peaks spaced by 30 and 55 meV, which were retained after thermal and field-induced reconstruction of the CTN vertex. The observed features of the FEEDs are consistent with a quantum-dimensional model of field electron emission from CNTs.

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  1. Bashkir State Agricultural University, Ufa, Bashkortostan, 450001, Russia

    V. M. Lobanov

  2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Technical University, Dolgoprudnyĭ, Moscow, 141700, Russia

    E. P. Sheshin

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Original Russian Text © V.M. Lobanov, E.P. Sheshin, 2006, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2006, Vol. 32, No. 24, pp. 68–74.

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Lobanov, V.M., Sheshin, E.P. Continuous and discrete energy distributions of electrons field-emitted from carbon nanotubes. Tech. Phys. Lett. 32, 1074–1076 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785006120236

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