Research and development of carbon nanotube field emission devices

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project Area: Carbon nanotube nanoelectronics
• Project/Area Number: 19054007
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Science and Engineering
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: SAITO Yahachi 名古屋大学, 工学研究科, 教授 (90144203)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAKAHARA Hitoshi 名古屋大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (20293649) ; ASAKA Koji 名古屋大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (50361316) ; SATO Hideki 三重大学, 工学研究科, 准教授 (40324545)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2011
• Keywords: カーボンナノチューブ / 電界放出 / 電子源 / 電子顕微鏡 / 分子吸着 / 金属被覆 / ディスプレイ / 電離真空計

Research Abstract

Aiming at fabrication, characterization and application of carbon nanotube (CNT) electron emitters, we prepared both pointed emitters consisting of a single CNT and surface emitters on electrode surfaces, and clarified field emission characteristics, stability and failure mechanism by field emission microscopy, in-situ transmission electron microscopy and so on. The CNT electron sources were applied to character displays, ionization vacuum gauges and electron microscope, and high performances of practical use were obtained.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Carbon Nanotube Electron Source for Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (2011)
  • Author(s): H. Nakahara, S. Ichikawa, T. Ochiai, Y. Kusano, Y. Saito
  • Journal Title: e-J. Surf. Sci. Nanotech. Volume: 9 Pages: 400-403
  • DOI: DOI:10.1380/ejssnt.2011.400.
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Modification of interface structure and contact resistance between a carbon nanotube and gold electrode by local melting (2011)
  • Author(s): K. Asaka, M. Karita, Y. Saito
  • Journal Title: Appl. Surf Sci. Volume: 257 Pages: 2850-2853
  • DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.10.079.
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Ionization Vacuum Gauge with a Carbon Nanotube Field Electron Emitter Combined with a Shield Electrode (2010)
  • Author(s): H. Liu, H. Nakahara, S. Uemura, Y. Saito
  • Journal Title: Vacuum Volume: 84 Pages: 713-717
  • DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.vacuum.2009.06.016.
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Field Emission Microscopy of Al-Deposited Carbon Nanotubes: Emission Stability Improvement and Image of an Al Atom-Cluster (2010)
  • Author(s): Y. Saito, T. Matsukawa, K. Asaka, H. Nakahara
  • Journal Title: J. Vacuum Sci. Tech. B Volume: 28(2) Pages: C2A5-C2A8
  • DOI: DOI:10.1116/1.3271173.
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Field Emission Studies on Methane- and _Ethane-Adsorbed Carbon Nanotubes (2010)
  • Author(s): H. Nakahara, T. Yamashita, Y. Saito
  • Journal Title: e-J. Surf Sci. Nanotech. Volume: 8 Pages: 77-80
  • DOI: DOI:10.1380/ejssnt.2010.77.
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] High-luminance 1.8-mm-pixel-pitch CNT-FED for ubiquitous color character displays (2009)
  • Author(s): J. Yotani, S. Uemura, T. Nagasako, H. Kurachi, T. Nakao, M. Ito, A. Sakurai, H. Shimoda, T. Ezaki, K. Fukuda, Y. Saito
  • Journal Title: J. Soc. Information Display Volume: 17(4) Pages: 361-367
  • DOI: DOI:10.1889/JSID17.4.361.
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Atomic Detail Observation of Adsorbed Molecules and Metal Clusters on Carbon Nanotube Electron Emitter (2009)
  • Author(s): Y. Saito
  • Journal Title: Coord. Chem. Rev. Volume: 253 Pages: 2912-2919
  • DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.ccr.2009.07.027.
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Nanowelding of a multiwalled carbon nanotube to metal surface and its electron field emission properties (2008)
  • Author(s): K. Asaka, H. Nakahara, Y. Saito
  • Journal Title: Appl. Phys. Lett. Volume: 92 Pages: 023114-1-023114-3
  • DOI: DOI:10.1063/1.2835906.
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] In-situ TEM Study on Changes in Structure and Electrical Conductance of Carbon Nanotube-Metal Contact Induced by Local Joule Heating (2012)
  • Author(s): M. Karita, K. Asaka, H. Nakahara, Y. Saito
  • Organizer: Inter. Symp. on Role of Electron Microscopy in Industry
  • Place of Presentation: Nagoya University
  • Year and Date: 2012-01-19
• [Presentation] In-situ TEM and FEM study on field emission from exfoliated multilayered graphene (2012)
  • Author(s): K. Nakakubo, K. Asaka, H. Nakahara, Y. Saito
  • Organizer: Inter. Symp. on Role of Electron Microscopy in Industry
  • Place of Presentation: Nagoya University
  • Year and Date: 2012-01-09
• [Presentation] Carbon Nanotube Field Emitter: Emission Properties and Applications to Vacuum Electronic Devices (2011)
  • Author(s): Y. Saito
  • Organizer: Workshop on Carbon Nanotube in Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of its Discovery
  • Place of Presentation: The International House of Japan, Tokyo
  • Year and Date: 2011-12-12
• [Presentation] Field Emission Property of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Application to Display Devices (2011)
  • Author(s): Y. Saito
  • Organizer: 7th Microoptics Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Sendai International Center, Sendai
  • Year and Date: 2011-10-31
• [Presentation] Field Emission Microscopy of Metal-Deposited Nanotubes: Effect on Field Emission Characteristics and Atomic Image of Metal Clusters (2010)
  • Author(s): Y. Saito
  • Organizer: A3 Symposium on Emerging Materials: Nanocarbons and Nanowires for Energy
  • Place of Presentation: Jeonju, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-09
• [Presentation] Carbon nanotube FED for high luminance character display (2009)
  • Author(s): S. Uemura, Fl. Kurachi, J. Yotani, T. Nagasaka. T. Nakao, M. Ito, A. Sakurai, M. Kajiwara, K. Sato, K. Fukuda, Y. Saito
  • Organizer: 22nd International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
  • Year and Date: 2009-07-23
• [Presentation] Field emission microscopy of Al-deposited carbon nanotubes: Emission stability improvement and atomically-resolved image of an Al cluster (2009)
  • Author(s): Y. Saito, T. Matsukawa, K. Asaka, H. Nakahara
  • Organizer: 22nd International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
  • Year and Date: 2009-07-21
• [Presentation] Characteristics of CNT-FED for Color Character Displays (2008)
  • Author(s): H. Kurachi, S. Uemura, J. Yotani, T. Nagasako, T. Nakano, M. Ito, A. Sakurai, K. Sato, K. Fukuda, Y. Saito
  • Organizer: IDW'08, The 15th International Display Workshops
  • Place of Presentation: Toki Messe Niigata Convention Center, Niigata
  • Year and Date: 2008-12-05
• [Book] 電界放出電子源「カーボンナノチューブ・グラフェンハンドブック」 (2011)
  • Author(s): 齋藤弥八
  • Total Pages: 221-229
  • Publisher: コロナ社
• [Book] Carbon Nanotube and Related Field Emitters: Fundamentals and Applications (2010)
  • Author(s): Y. Saito編著
  • Total Pages: 479
  • Publisher: Wiley-VCH, Weinheim
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.surf.nuqe.nagoya-u.acjp/