A high-brightness large-diameter graphene coated point cathode field emission electron source

Xiuyuan Shao; Avinash Srinivasan; Wei Kean Ang; Anjam Khursheed

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03721-y

Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

A high-brightness large-diameter graphene coated point cathode field emission electron source

Xiuyuan Shao,
Avinash Srinivasan,
Wei Kean Ang,
Anjam Khursheed

Affiliations

Xiuyuan Shao: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Avinash Srinivasan: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Wei Kean Ang: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Anjam Khursheed: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03721-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Traditional cold field emission electron sources rely on single crystal tungsten sharpened wires. Here, the authors use graphene-coated nickel point cathodes to devise alternative cold field emission electron sources for electron microscopy and lithography applications.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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