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Direct fabrication of aligned metal composite carbon nanofibers on copper substrate at room temperature and their field emission property

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CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 47, Issue 16, Pages 4820-4822

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc10655d

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  1. Venture Business Laboratory (VBL) in Nagoya Institute of Technology

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Direct growth of aligned metal composite carbon nanofibers (MCNFs) was achieved by a highly reproducible room temperature growth process on cost effective electrically conductive copper (Cu) substrate without any catalyst. The direct fabrication of MCNFs on electrically conductive substrate might offer new perspectives in the field of field emission displays (FEDs).

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