edited by V E Borisenko (Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Belarus), S V Gaponenko (Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics, Belarus), & V S Gurin (Belarusian State University, Belarus)

This book contains invited review papers and short notes presented at the International Conference on Physics, Chemistry and Application of Nanostructures (Nanomeeting 2003).

• Physics of Nanostructures:
  • Si/SiGe Nanostructures: Challenges and Future Perspectives (D Grützmacher)
  • Spin-Resolved Inverse Photoemission from Layered Magnetic Nanostructures (R Bertacco et al.)
  • Nonlinear Optical Properties of One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals (C Sibilia et al.)
  • Tunable Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Based on Opal-VO₂Composites (V G Golubev)
  • Interband Transitions in Si Nanostructures Within Effective Mass Approximation (X Zianni & A G Nassiopoulou)
• Chemistry of Nanostructures:
  • Nanocluster Superlattices Grown at Solution Surfaces (S Sato et al.)
  • Excitonics of I–VII Semiconductors (C S Sunandana)
• Nanotechnology:
  • Mechanisms of Island Vertical Alignment in Ge/Si(001) Quantum-Dot Multilayers (V Le Thanh)
  • Enhanced Luminescene of Lanthanides from Xerogels in Porous Anodic Alumina (N V Gaponenko)
  • Advanced Scanning Probes as Applied to Self Organized Organic Systems (H Fuchs)
• Nanostructure Based Devices:
  • InGaN/GaN Quantum Wells: Fabrication, Optical Properties and Application in Light Emitting Devices (G P Yablonskii)
  • Carbon Nanotubes in Microelectronic Applications (F Kreupl et al.)
  • Quantum-Confined Impurities as Single-Atom Quantum Dots: Application to Terahertz Emitters (P Harrison et al.)
  • and other papers