TY - GEN
T1 - Large area growth of aligned carbon nanotubes on display glass
AU - Rupesinghe, N. L.
AU - Cha, S. N.
AU - Jang, J. E.
AU - Chhowalla, M.
AU - Teo, K. B.K.
AU - Lacerda, R. G.
AU - Amaratunga, G. A.J.
AU - Han, I. T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2003 IEEE.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted much attention as electron emitters for field emission displays (FEDs) due to a combination of reasons including their extremely small diameters, chemical and mechanical stability, and good current carrying capacity. The longest vertically aligned CNTs with the smallest diameters, hence the largest electric field enhancement factor, are the most ideally suited for electron emission. Colour FED prototypes based on CNT emitters, previously reported have been working in the diode mode. Triode mode FEDs are needed to satisfy the requirements of the market in terms of power consumption, brightness, lifetime, colour, and cost. Plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) is a controllable and deterministic method for growing vertically well-aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs). 1-3 The ability to control the location, orientation, and dimension of the nanotubes is essential for their use in triode structures especially screen sizes up to 15 inches where high resolution is needed. Although controlled growth of CNTs using PECVD has shown very promising results, the challenge is to use this technology to grow well-aligned CNTs on large areas suitable for gating in a triode display.
AB - Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted much attention as electron emitters for field emission displays (FEDs) due to a combination of reasons including their extremely small diameters, chemical and mechanical stability, and good current carrying capacity. The longest vertically aligned CNTs with the smallest diameters, hence the largest electric field enhancement factor, are the most ideally suited for electron emission. Colour FED prototypes based on CNT emitters, previously reported have been working in the diode mode. Triode mode FEDs are needed to satisfy the requirements of the market in terms of power consumption, brightness, lifetime, colour, and cost. Plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) is a controllable and deterministic method for growing vertically well-aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs). 1-3 The ability to control the location, orientation, and dimension of the nanotubes is essential for their use in triode structures especially screen sizes up to 15 inches where high resolution is needed. Although controlled growth of CNTs using PECVD has shown very promising results, the challenge is to use this technology to grow well-aligned CNTs on large areas suitable for gating in a triode display.
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U2 - 10.1109/IVEC.2003.1286256
DO - 10.1109/IVEC.2003.1286256
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84947808867
T3 - 4th IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference, IVEC 2003 - Proceedings
SP - 213
EP - 214
BT - 4th IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference, IVEC 2003 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 4th IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference, IVEC 2003
Y2 - 28 May 2003 through 30 May 2003
ER -