edited by Androula G Nassiopoulou (Institute of Microelectronics/National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”) & Xanthi Zianni (Institute of Microelectronics/National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”)

This volume contains papers on the following: CMOS devices and devices based on compound semiconductors; processing; silicon integrated technology and integrated circuit design; quantum physics; nanotechnology; nanodevices, sensors and microsystems. The latest news and future challenges in these fields are presented in invited papers.

• Nanotechnology and Quantum Devices:
  • A New Strategy for In Situ Synthesis of Oligonucleotides Arrays for DNA Chip Technology (F Vinet et al.)
  • Magnetotransport Properties of La-Ca-Mn-O Multilayers (C Christides)
  • Charge Effects and Related Transport Phenomena in Nanosize Silicon/Insulator Structures (J A Berashevich et al.)
  • Thermoelectric Properties of Composite Fermions (M Tsaousidou & G P Triberis)
  • Design and Fabrication of Supported-Metal Catalysts Through Nanotechnology (I Zuburtikudis)
  • Ground State Electronic Structure of Small Si Quantum Dots (C S Garoufalis et al.)
• Processing:
  • Solid Interface Studies with Applications in Microelectronics (S Kennou et al.)
  • Rapid Thermal Annealing of Arsenic Implanted Silicon for the Formation of Ultra Shallow n+p Junctions (N Georgoulas et al.)
  • Simulation of the Formation and Characterization of Roughness in Photoresists (G P Patsis et al.)
  • Development of a New Low Energy Electron Beam Lithography Simulation Tool (D Velessiotis et al.)
• CMOS Devices and Devices Based on Compound Semiconductors:
  • Microhardness Characterization of Epitaxially Grown GaN Films. Effect of Light Ion Implantation (P Kavouras et al.)
  • Multiple Quantum Well Solar Cells Under AM1 and Concentrated Sunlight (E Aperathitis et al.)
  • The Influence of Silicon Interstitial Clustering on the Reverse Short Channel Effect (C Tsamis & D Tsoukalas)
  • Noise Modeling of Interdigitated Gate CMOS Devices (E F Tsakas & A N Birbas)
  • High Precision CMOS Euclidean Distance Computing Circuit (G Fikos & S Siskos)
• Microsystems:
  • Alternative Signal Extraction Technique for Miniature Fluxgates (P D Dimitropoulos & J N Avaritsiotis)
  • Silicon Capacitive Pressure Sensors and Pressure Switches Fabricated Using Silicon Fusion Bonding (S Koliopoulou et al.)
  • Microsystems for Acoustical Signal Detection Applications (D K Fragoulis & J N Avaritsiotis)
  • Capillary Format Bioanalytical Microsystems (K Misiakos et al.)
  • Effectiveness of Local Thermal Isolation by Porous Silicon in a Silicon Thermal Sensor (D Pagonis et al.)
• Silicon Integrated Technology and Integrated Circuit Design:
  • MOSFET Model Benchmarking Using a Novel CAD Tool (N A Nastos & Y Papananos)
  • Power Amplifier Linearisation Techniques: An Overview (N Naskas & Y Papananos)
  • The Design of a Ripple Carry Adiabatic Adder (V Pavlidis et al.)
  • Maximum Power Estimation in CMOS VLSI Circuits (N E Evmorfopoulos et al.)
  • Power Dissipation Considerations in Low-Voltage CMOS Circuits (A A Hatzopoulos)
• Microelectronics Networks/Technology Transfer and Exploitation:
  • EURACCESS: A European Platform for Access to CMOS Processing (C L Claeys)
  • MMN: Greek Network on Microelectronics, Microsystems and Nanotechnology (A G Nassiopoulou)
  • Simulations of Molecular Electronics (S T Pantelides et al.)
  • and other papers