A long-life glassy carbon needle emitter for a boron liquid-metal-ion source utilizing NiB alloy is developed. A lifetime (i.e. 50–90 hours) is achieved. The nickel coated carbon emitter is found also to be useful with an aluminum liquid-ion source.
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