Cold emission from the single-crystalline microparticle of diamond on a Si tip

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Single crystalline diamond particles were grown on the ends of sharp silicon tips. The typical form of the particles was cubooctahedron with a (111) plane on the top. Field emission experiments of Si emitters with single crystalline diamond coating demonstrated hysteresis and normal emission modes. In the hysteresis mode, emission saturated at about 2 μA. Fowler–Nordheim plots for data points below the saturation limit were nonlinear. Transformation from hysteresis to normal behavior occurred with increasing voltage. A modified model of emission through dielectric layers was proposed for explanation of emission properties of diamond.