Advances in Vacuum Nanoelectronics
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A：Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 21
Special Issue Editor
Interests: vacuum nanoelectronics; semiconductor devices; electronic structure of semiconductors; tunneling theory
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Dear Colleagues,
A few decades ago, vacuum electronics were synonymous with tube amplifiers, but with the advent of nanoelectronics, it has entered many diverse fields related directly or indirectly to the phenomenon of tunneling and field electron emission. Nowadays, electron nanoemitters are routinely used in many forms of microscopy, especially field emission microscopy, while nanoemitters form integral parts of present-day lithography equipment. Furthermore, in our energy-saving clean world, thermoelectric energy converters that rely on field electron emission have acquired a significant role in vacuum nanoelectronics. On the other hand, X-ray and display technologies continue to rely on vacuum nanoelectronic sources, whereas the latter have found new applications in, for example, THz technology, the vacuum transistor, and even the propulsion of future spacecraft. This Special Issue invites researchers to submit original articles and review papers on (but not limited to) the fabrication, characterization, theory, and use of the above devices, including the theory of the newly developed and highly relevant attosecond spectroscopy.
Prof. Dr. John Xanthakis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanoelectronics for X-ray sources
- field emission displays
- electron emitters for microscopy and lithography
- vacuum transistors
- thermoelectric energy conversion
- photo-induced electron nanosources
- nanoelectronics of THz technology
- field emission and microplasma
- modern theory of field emission and electron devices
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