Hot tips for chemistry : development of a carbon nanotube based field emitter array for plasma chemistry on chip

In this project, the feasibility of gated emitter array’s (GFEAs) as electron source for plasma chemistry in microreactors is studied. Next, a carbon nanotube (CNT) based GFEA is designed and realised in microtechnology in which noodle shaped CNTs are grown selectively on a nickel (Ni) catalytic layer in a thermal chemical vapour deposition (CVD) process