AVS 47th International Symposium
    Flat Panel Displays Tuesday Sessions
       Session FP+VT-TuA

Invited Paper FP+VT-TuA2
Field Emission Characteristics of Carbon Nanotubes

Tuesday, October 3, 2000, 2:20 pm, Room 313

Session: Emissive Displays and Device Reliability
Presenter: B.R. Chalamala, Motorola, Inc.
Authors: B.R. Chalamala, Motorola, Inc.
K.A. Dean, Motorola, Inc.
R.H. Reuss, Motorola, Inc.
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We will present a summary of our recent work on the field emission characteristics of carbon nanotubes, and discuss their application in functional vacuum microelectronic devices like field emission displays. Our study has two primary goals: gain a deeper understanding of the fundamental mechanisms, and obtain an insight into the impact of practical issues on device performance. In particular, we will present detailed studies on the emission characteristics of individual single walled carbon nanotubes including current saturation mechanisms, device behavior under adverse vacuum conditions, along with high resolution field emission images showing detailed structure.