1989/11/01 by K. Annaji Rao, A. E. Bell, G. A. Schwind +1 · 1 voice
Chemistry · Engineering · Materials Science · #Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research #Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics #Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
paper · doi:10.1116/1.584459
openalex publication_date 1989/11/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
A combination electron/ion field emission source will be described. For ion emission the source was operated as a conventional indium or gallium liquid metal ion source (LMIS), thereby giving a beam of principally In+ or Ga+ ions with the usual range of angular intensities and total emission currents. In the case of indium it was possible to ‘‘freeze in’’ the field stabilized Taylor cone formed during LMIS operation by carefully reducing the voltage to the threshold value and then rapidly reducing both the voltage and the emitter temperature. Field electron emission was then obtained by reversing the voltage polarity. The dc electron emission angular distribution generally overlapped that observed in the LMIS mode. This process, which was determined to be reversible and reproducible, will be discussed in detail.