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Field emission from W5O14 nanowires
Saqib, M. ; Knápek, Alexandr ; Jelenc, J. ; Pirker, L.
The W5O14 (O/W=2.8) nanowires are metallic oxides with specific resistivity of 25 microOhm/cm and\ndiameters bellow 100 nm [1]. They were synthesized by iodine transport method using nickel\nas a growth promoter and WO3 as source of tungsten and oxygen. The field emission\ncharacteristics of single nanowires [2] and the films composed of these nanowires have been\nreported [3]. The emitting current densities up to 6.4 mA/cm2 have been obtained at relatively\nlow average electric field of about 3 V/Ohm*m. The samples were allowed to emit for more than\n100 hours without showing significant decays of the emitting current and without substantial\ncurrent oscillations. Here, we present field emission properties of single W5O14 nanowires\nexposed to two ranges of average electric fields (0.7–0.85 V/Ohm*m and up to 37–39 V/Ohm*m.
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Very low energy electron transmission spectromicroscopy
Daniel, Benjamin ; Radlička, Tomáš ; Piňos, Jakub ; Mikmeková, Šárka ; Konvalina, Ivo ; Frank, Luděk ; Müllerová, Ilona
For more than 25 years, Scanning Low Energy Electron Microscopy (SLEEM) has been\ndeveloped at the Institute of Scientific Instruments (ISI), with several commercially available SEMs adapted with a cathode lens for SLEEM use, as well as a dedicated self-built UHVSLEEM setup.\nFor a better understanding of contrast formation at low energies, especially at very low energies below 50 eV, where the local density of states plays an important role, more general knowledge about the interaction of (very) low energy electrons with solids is required. This will be achieved using a newly developed ultra-high vacuum (UHV SLEEM) setup which includes several enhancements compared to other available machines. Data processing is presented in, and processed data will be further used and tested with the Monte Carlosimulation package BRUCE, which is being developed by Werner et al. at TU Vienna.
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Very low energy STEM/TOF system
Daniel, Benjamin ; Radlička, Tomáš ; Piňos, Jakub ; Frank, Luděk ; Müllerová, Ilona
Scanning low energy electron microscopes (SLEEMs) have been built at ISI for over 20 years, either by modification of commercially available SEMs with a cathode lens or completely self-built in case of a dedicated ultra-high vacuum scanning low energy electron microscope (UHV SLEEM). Recently, the range of detection methods has been extended\nby a detector for electrons transmitted through ultrathin films and 2D crystals like graphene. For a better understanding of interaction between low energy electrons and solids in general, and the image contrast mechanism in particular, it was considered useful to measure the energy of transmitted electrons. This allows a better comparison with simulations, which suffer from increasing complexity due to a stronger interaction of electrons with the density of states at low energies.
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