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The following topics are dealt with: vacuum nanoelectronics; 3- to 0-dimensional electron gas; field emission and ion microscopy; carbon nanotubes; electron-wave interference; nanometer-scale distribution of field emission current; Fowler-Nordheim plots and Millikan-Lauritsen plots; N-type semiconductors; field emission array cathode; free electron lasers; annealing; screen-printing triode; carbon nanofibers; liquid crystal display; transparent field emitters; photoluminescence; cathodoluminescence; quantum structure; hafnium nitride field emitter; multielectron beam systems; scanning electron microscopy; space charge compensation; Schottky-Nordheim barrier function; nanoheterostructured surfaces; work function of W(100) surface; surface-conduction field emission structure; nanodiamond ridge structure emission arrays; nanophosphors; electron ablation; gas molecules; chemical vapor deposition; screen printing method; nanocrystalline silicon based metal-oxide-semiconductor cathodes; vertical thin film field emitter array; and field emission lamps.