Field emission from boron-doped polycrystalline diamond film at the nanometer level within grains

Abstract

Defect structure and electron field-emission properties of boron-doped diamond films Field emission from chemical vapor deposited diamond and diamond-like carbon films: Investigations of surface damage and conduction mechanisms

Effect of surface roughness on field emission from chemical vapor deposited polycrystalline diamond

“…In previous work, 6 we have reported nanometer scale inhomogeneities observed within single grains of as-grown H terminated CVD diamond layers. Those results showed that the inhomogeneities were at the 5-10 nm scale.…”

Measurements of geometric enhancement factors for silicon nanopillar cathodes using a scanning tunneling microscope

“…4,5 In other experiments, the standard scanning tunneling microscope ͑STM͒ work function measurement technique 6 has been modified to obtain micron-scale maps of the geometric enhancement factors of niobium surfaces. It is, therefore, impossible to measure the emission characteristics of individual nanostructures and hence to determine the true effect of the geometric enhancement factor of the structure.…”