Short abstract submission

Extended Deadline: Please submit your short abstract by March 10, 2019 (17:00 Central Time). We have received grants from the National Foundation and the Office of Naval Research to partially support graduate students to attend the meeting. Encourage your students to submit an abstract.

Formatting your short abstract
ONE A4 1 page, including figures, tables and references.
Document type: PDF in which all fonts are embedded.
The template for the short abstract in word format is available [here]. A zip file with the short abstract template in Latex format is available  [here].

The short abstract should contain the title, authors’ names, affiliations, and text that explains the authors’ work with concrete data. Figures or tables can be included in the short abstract.

Submission of short abstract
Short abstract should be mailed to the conference secretariat, Mrs. Teresa Hamad in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Cincinnati.

Please email your abstract to:  teresa.hamad@uc.edu

To help the review process of the abstract, please make sure your subject line include the following information: Last name of first author – Focus Area: Include either Area A or Area B (see info below) – Topics Area: enter either Area 1, Area 2, Area 3, or Area 4 (See list below).

Example: Email Subject Line: Cahay – Focus Area: Area B – Topics Area: Area 1

I.  Focus Areas

VACUUM ELECTRON SOURCES: Theory, materials, structures, devices and their applications, Field, thermal, photo, secondary, photo, and photo-enhanced field emission

• Area A: Theory, materials, structures and characterization:
• Novel cathode devices, fabrication and measurement methods
• Novel cathodes based on carbon and new materials
• Nano-gap and space-charge physics
• Micro- and nanostructures for vacuum generation and measurement
• Photo-induced emission and ultrafast electron sources
• Micro plasmas and discharges, RF Breakdown
• Area B: Devices and applications:
• X-ray and electron imaging
• Displays, sensors and actuators
• Lithography, electron microscopy and spectroscopy of surfaces
• Thermionic energy converters
• Nanoscale vacuum electronic transistors and novel devices
• Electron sources for satellite needs (communications, thrust, deorbiting)
• Sources for Linear beam devices, Accelerators, Free Electron Lasers

II. Subject Areas

• Area 1: Emission fundamentals and modeling
• Field-, thermal-, secondary- and photo- and ion emission theory / simulation
• Field ionization, evaporation and liquid metal ion sources
• Physics and phenomena of vacuum breakdown and space charge
• Beam physics (breakdown, halo, emittance, transport, modeling)
• Area 2: Novel materials for electron emission and vacuum tunneling
• Carbon nanotube/graphene/diamond
• Wide bandgap semiconductors and Negative electron affinity
• Nano-gaps, quantum affected space charge, and nanodiodes
• Two-dimensional materials and heterostructures
• Area 3: Physics and Technology of Electron Sources
• Field Emitter Arrays, Dispenser cathodes, Photocathodes, Secondary sources
• Novel cathode devices and fabrication
• Novel evaluation technique
• Thermionic energy harvester
• Area 4: Applications of Electron Sources
• Vacuum Nanoelectronics, Displays, Sensors, Actuators, & Light sources
• X-ray sources and imaging devices, Microscope and surface analysis
• Medical, biological, energy, high-power
• Space: Plasma and Hall thrusters, Ion propulsion ED tethers, Hollow cathodes
• Linear beam devices, Accelerators, Free Electron Lasers, Directed Energy

The submitted abstracts will be handled by the conference secretariat: Mrs. Teresa Hamad, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Cincinnati.
After you submit your short abstract, an email will be sent to the corresponding author to confirm your submission. If you do not receive the email, please notify the conference secretariat:

teresa.hamad@uc.edu

Acceptance notification
The submitted short abstracts will be reviewed by the program committee, and the acceptance notification will be sent to the corresponding authors via e-mail on April 20, 2019. Your presentation style will also be informed.

Extended abstract submission
Authors of the accepted abstracts will be requested to submit two page extended abstracts which will be included in the Technical Digest distributed at the conference. The deadline of the submission is June 5, 2019. Detailed information of the extended abstract will be announced with the acceptance notification.