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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Stable Field Emissions from Zirconium Carbide Nanoneedle Electron Source.

Yimeng Wu, Jie Tang, Shuai Tang, You-Hu Chen, Ta-Wei Chiu, Masaki Takeguchi, Ayako Hashimoto, Lu-Chang Qin

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yimeng WuResearch Center for Energy and Environmental Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Ibaraki, Japan.ORCID 0009-0001-9780-8203
Jie TangResearch Center for Energy and Environmental Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Ibaraki, Japan.
Shuai TangState Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0086-9104
You-Hu ChenResearch Center for Energy and Environmental Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Ibaraki, Japan.
Ta-Wei ChiuResearch Center for Energy and Environmental Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Ibaraki, Japan.
Masaki TakeguchiResearch Center for Energy and Environmental Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Ibaraki, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0282-6020
Ayako HashimotoResearch Center for Energy and Environmental Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Ibaraki, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1985-7667
Lu-Chang QinDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255, USA.

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National Institute for Materials Science JPMXP1224NM5231
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, a single zirconium carbide (ZrC) nanoneedle structure oriented in the <100> direction was fabricated by a dual-beam focused ion beam (FIB-SEM) system, and its field emission characteristics and emission current stability were evaluated. Benefiting from controlled fabrication with real-time observation, the ZrC nanoneedle has a smooth surface and a tip with a radius of curvature smaller than 20 nm and a length greater than 2 μm. Due to its low work function and well-controlled morphology, the ZrC nanoneedle emitter, positioned in a high-vacuum chamber, was able to generate a single and collimated electron beam with a current of 1.2 nA at a turn-on voltage of 210 V, and the current increased to 100 nA when the applied voltage reached 325 V. After the treatment of the nanoneedle tip, the field emission exhibited a stable emission for 150 min with a fluctuation of 1.4% and an emission current density as high as 1.4 × 10

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electron sourcenanoneedlestable field emissionzirconium carbide

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PMCPMC11767972

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