Assembling x-ray sources by carbon nanotubes

V. Sessa; M. Lucci; F. Toschi; S. Orlanducci; E. Tamburri; M. L. Terranova; A. Ciorba; M. Rossi; D. Hampai; G. Cappuccio

doi:10.1117/12.721961

22 May 2007 Assembling x-ray sources by carbon nanotubes

V. Sessa, M. Lucci, F. Toschi, S. Orlanducci, E. Tamburri, M. L. Terranova, A. Ciorba, M. Rossi, D. Hampai, G. Cappuccio

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Proceedings Volume 6591, Nanotechnology III; 65910M (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.721961
Event: Microtechnologies for the New Millennium, 2007, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain

Abstract

By the use of a chemical vapour deposition technique a series of metal wires (W, Ta, Steel ) with differently shaped tips have been coated by arrays of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT). The field emission properties of the SWNT deposits have been measured by a home made apparatus working in medium vacuum (10^-6- 10^-7 mbar) and the SWNT-coated wires have been used to fabricate tiny electron sources for X-ray tubes. To check the efficiency of the nanotube coated wires for X-ray generation has, a prototype X-ray tube has been designed and fabricated. The X-ray tube works at pressures about 10^-6 mbar. The target ( Al film) is disposed on a hole in the stainless steel sheath: this configuration makes unnecessary the usual Be window and moreover allows us to use low accelerating potentials (< 6 kV).

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V. Sessa, M. Lucci, F. Toschi, S. Orlanducci, E. Tamburri, M. L. Terranova, A. Ciorba, M. Rossi, D. Hampai, and G. Cappuccio "Assembling x-ray sources by carbon nanotubes", Proc. SPIE 6591, Nanotechnology III, 65910M (22 May 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.721961

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