Field emitting device comprising metallized nanostructures and method for making the same
AssigneeAgere Systems Inc.
InventorsKyung Moon Choi, Sungho Jin, Gregory Peter Kochanski, Wei Zhu
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Abstract
In accordance with the invention, an improved conductive nanostructure assembly comprises an array of metallized nanostructures disposed on a conductive substrate. The substrate can also be metallized. Such assemblies provide continuous electron transport from the substrate to the tips of the nanostructures. Several ways of making such assemblies are described along with several devices employing the assemblies.
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In an assembly of carbon nanotubes comprising a substrate and a plurality of carbon nanotubes attached to the substrate, the carbon nanotubes extending from a substrate surface outward of the substrate to tips and having diameters in the range 1.0-100 nm and lengths in the range 0.5-100 μm;
- the improvement wherein a metallic film covers the carbon nanotubes from the substrate to the tips of the nanotubes to form continuous conductive paths.
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