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Field Emission and Growth of Fullerene Nanotubes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Andrew G. Rinzler ,
Jason H. Hafner ,
Daniel T. Colbert  and
Richard E. Smalley
Andrew G. Rinzler
Affiliation:
Rice Quantum Institute and Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
Jason H. Hafner
Affiliation:
Rice Quantum Institute and Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
Daniel T. Colbert
Affiliation:
Rice Quantum Institute and Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
Richard E. Smalley
Affiliation:
Rice Quantum Institute and Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
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Abstract

Efforts to control the growth of individual carbon nanotubes from nanotube seed crystals have led to a characterization of their field-induced electron emission behavior. The application of a bias voltage in our growth apparatus was motivated by the prolific formation of nanotubes in the carbon arc growth method, in which the electric field appears to play a central role. We report here the ability to achieve various tube tip configurations by the controlled application of voltage, heat and chemicals to an individual nanotube, and that these states are well characterized by the emission currents they induce.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 359: Symposium G – Science and Technology of Fullerene Materials , 1994 , 61
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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