Abstract:
Provided is an electron-emitting device using a carbon fiber as an electronic member. A carbon fiber through which a cathode electrode and a control electrode are short-circuited is removed to obtain an electron-emitting device having a uniform electron emission characteristic. A first electrode including a plurality of fibers each containing carbon and a second electrode are prepared. Then, a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode with a state where a potential of the first electrode becomes higher than a potential of the second electrode to remove a carbon fiber through which the first electrode and the second electrode are short-circuited.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a triode field emission cold cathode device having randomly distributed field emission emitters comprising the steps of providing a substrate (10), depositing a first conductive layer (11) on the substrate, spraying the preceding layer with a random pattern of masking material (20), depositing an insulating layer (13) on the masked preceding layer, depositing a second conductive layer (14) on the insulting layer, and removing the masking material. A triode field emission cold cathode device having randomly distributed field emission emitters is also provided.
Abstract:
The invention relates to flat panel display terminals based on cold emission cathodes.The aim of said invention is to develop a full color processing display terminal using a cold emission cathode having high emission characteristics.The inventive cold emission film cathode comprises an insulated substrate which can be made of glass and a nanocrystalline carbon film emitter placed on it, said emitter is embodied in the form of a mono layer of grains of powder of a high temperature resistive material having a grain size ranging from 10−9 to 10−4 m, said grains being covered with a nanocrystalline carbon film. The inventive flat display terminal comprises flat glass plates on one of which a system of cold emission cathodes is arranged, said cathodes are embodied in a form of busbars coated with the mono layer of grains of powder of high temperature resistive material having a grain size ranging from 10−9 to 10−4 m which are covered with a nanocrystalline carbon film. The powdery grains are made of a material belonging to the family of silicon, diamond, silicon carbide, molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum, titanium and the alloys thereof. The plates are embodied in the form of a sheet glass.At least one grid can be arranged between cathode and the anode.Said invention allows to use a cheap glass and even polymers to produce a cathode assembly of a display terminal, in addition to the use of standard processing for sealing and vacuuming of the display terminal.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an electron emission source composition for a field emission display device including 1 to 20% by weight of carbon nano tubes; glass frit; an organic binder resin comprising ethyl cellulose and acrylate resin and/or acryl resin; and an organic solvent, wherein the glass frit is present in an amount of 1 to 500 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the carbon nano tubes.
Abstract:
A method for making carbon nanotube particulates involves providing a catalyst comprising catalytic metals, such as iron and molybdenum or metals from Group VIB or Group VIIIB elements, on a support material, such as magnesia, and contacting the catalyst with a gaseous carbon-containing feedstock, such as methane, at a sufficient temperature and for a sufficient contact time to make small-diameter carbon nanotubes having one or more walls and outer wall diameters of less than about 3 nm. Removal of the support material from the carbon nanotubes yields particulates of enmeshed carbon nanotubes that retain an approximate three-dimensional shape and size of the particulate support that was removed. The carbon nanotube particulates can comprise ropes of carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotube particulates disperse well in polymers and show high conductivity in polymers at low loadings. As electrical emitters, the carbon nanotube particulates exhibit very low “turn on” emission field.
Abstract:
Novel uses of diamondoid-containing materials in the field of microelectronics are disclosed. Embodiments include, but are not limited to, thermally conductive films in integrated circuit packaging, low-k dielectric layers in integrated circuit multilevel interconnects, thermally conductive adhesive films, thermally conductive films in thermoelectric cooling devices, passivation films for integrated circuit devices (ICs), and field emission cathodes. The diamondoids employed in the present invention may be selected from lower diamondoids, as well as the newly provided higher diamondoids, including substituted and unsubstituted diamondoids. The higher diamondoids include tetramantane, pentamantane, hexamantane, heptamantane, octamantane, nonamantane, decamantane, and undecamantane. The diamondoid-containing material may be fabricated as a diamondoid-containing polymer, a diamondoid-containing sintered ceramic, a diamondoid ceramic composite, a CVD diamondoid film, a self-assembled diamondoid film, and a diamondoid-fullerene composite.
Abstract:
A field emission cold cathode utilizes a film of carbon flake field emitters deposited thereon. The carbon flakes may exhibit rolled edges, but are still sufficient to provide improved field emission characteristics. A cold cathode using such carbon flake field emitters can be utilized to produce afield emission flat panel display, which can be implemented for use with a computer system.
Abstract:
An electron source forming substrate wherein an insulating material film is disposed on the surface of the substrate at which surface an electron-emitting device is arranged. The insulating material film contains a plurality of metallic oxide particles having an average particle size within the range of 6 nm to 60 nm as expressed in a median value, and suppresses undesirable diffusion of Na from the substrate, thereby makes stable an electron-emitting characteristics, without an adverse effect due to the Na diffusion, even elapsing longer time.
Abstract:
An electron emission film capable of enhancing or suppressing electron emitting characteristics at part of an electron emitting surface, and an electric field electron emission device. Many single-wall carbon nanotubes each having a slender crystal structure are arranged at the center of a CNT film (13) in such a posture as to project almost vertically with respect to the film surface. That is, a fiber structure at a specific surface (raised surface (14)) is oriented vertically to promote electron emission, or a fiber structure is made flat by an action of surface tension to suppress electron emission from a specific surface. For example, the edge portion of a CNT film, which is an area from which electrons are emitted curvedly, is rendered a flat-hair surface (15).
Abstract:
A graphite nanofiber material herein provided has a cylindrical structure in which graphene sheets each having an ice-cream cone-like shape whose tip is cut off are put in layers through catalytic metal particles; or a structure in which small pieces of graphene sheets having a shape adapted for the facial shape of a catalytic metal particle are put on top of each other through the catalytic metal particles. The catalytic metal comprises Fe, Co or an alloy including at least one of these metals. The material can be used for producing an electron-emitting source, a display element, which is designed in such a manner that only a desired portion of a luminous body emits light, a negative electrode carbonaceous material for batteries and a lithium ion secondary battery. The electron-emitting source (a cold cathode ray source) has a high electron emission density and an ability of emitting electrons at a low electric field, which have never or less been attained by the carbon nanotube. The negative electrode carbonaceous material for batteries has a high quantity of doped lithium and ensures high charging and discharging efficiencies. Moreover, the lithium ion secondary battery has a sufficiently long cycle life, a fast charging ability and high charging and discharging capacities.