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Silicon Carbide Field Emitter . NIST's silicon carbide field emitter produces flow of electrons comparable to hot sources but without the need for heat By dissolving much of the material away to make porous structure with large surface area NIST scientists ensured that as an electron emission point on an individual spike wears out