Title :
Study on field emission characteristics of individual SWNT from quantized band-structure with curvature effect included
Author :
Xinghui, Liu ; Changchun, Zhu ; Fanguang, Zeng
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Xi´´an Jiaotong Univ., China
Abstract :
The field emission current as a function of the closed-end single-walled CNTs was investigated by using the tight-binding approximation including curvature effect. The discontinuous field emission electron energy distribution and multi-peaks electron emission were found.
Keywords :
band structure; carbon nanotubes; electron field emission; tight-binding calculations; C; closed-end single-walled carbon nanotubes; curvature effect; discontinuous field emission electron energy distribution; field emission current; multipeaks electron emission; quantized band-structure; tight-binding approximation; Anodes; Bonding; Carbon nanotubes; Cathodes; Current density; Electron emission; Energy states; Power engineering and energy; Quantum mechanics; Surface charging;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference, 2005. IVNC 2005. Technical Digest of the 18th International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8397-4
DOI :
10.1109/IVNC.2005.1619504
