@article { ISI:000292113700065, title = {Novel catalyst-free synthesis of vertically aligned silicon nanowire-carbon nanotube heterojunction arrays for high performance electron field emitters}, journal = {Chemical Communications}, volume = {47}, number = {27}, year = {2011}, month = {JUN}, pages = {7785-7787}, publisher = {ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY}, address = {THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND}, abstract = {

A novel, catalyst-free strategy for the direct synthesis of vertically aligned silicon nanowire-carbon nanotube (SiNW-CNT) heterojunction arrays is presented. Such a heterojunction with the junction area in the nanoscale displays enhanced field emission characteristics at low turn-on field, with a nearly three times increase in the field enhancement factor.

}, issn = {1359-7345}, doi = {10.1039/c1cc12243f}, author = {Kale, Vinayak S. and Sathe, Bhaskar R. and Kushwaha, Ajay and Aslam, Mohammed and Shelke, Manjusha V.} }