edited by V E Borisenko (Belarusian State University of Informatics & Radioelectronics) , A B Filonov (Belarusian State University of Informatics & Radioelectronics) , S V Gaponenko (Institute of Molecular & Atomic Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus) , & V S Gurin (Belarusian State University)

This volume presents recent results in the physics and chemistry of nanostructures, nanotechnology, and nano-size optical and electron devices. The level of understanding of the nanoworld is apparent from the book.

• Optical Spectra of Small Semiconductor Structures: Ab Initio Calculations (F Bechstedt et al.)
• Porous Silicon/Silicon Structure Investigation by the Method of Photovoltage Temperature Dependence (E F Venger et al.)
• Nanosized Si:H Material Synthesized by High Dose Hydrogen Implantation (V P Popov et al.)
• Formation of Collective Energy States in a Dense Ensemble of Semiconductor Nanocrystals (M V Artemyev et al.)
• The Limitation of Electron Mean Free Path in Spherical Nanosize Particles with a Metal Shell (S M Kachan & A N Ponyavina)
• Periodic Nanostructures with Enhanced Optical Reflectance (D A Yarotsky et al.)
• The Features of Paramagnetic Nitrogen Distribution in Synthetic Diamonds (A V Bashun et al.)
• Molecular Level Observation in AFM Studies of Thin Films (M O Gallyamov et al.)
• Photoprocesses on the Surface of Nanoporous Semiductors (Yu A Bykovskii et al.)
• Nanocrystalline Silicon Structures for Electron Emitter Arrays (A A Evtukh et al.)
• Nanocrystalline Silicon on Si for Light Emitting Device Applications (A G Nassiopoulou et al.)
• STM Probe Stimulated Creation of Nanosize Memory Devices (A V Yukhnevich et al.)
• and other papers