• Institute of Semiconductor Physics Siberian Branch of RAS
• Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute of RAS
• Scientific Engineering Center for Microelectronics at the Ioffe Institute
• St Petersburg Physico-Technical Centre of RAS for Research and Education

• Zh. ALFEROV (Russia)
• L. ESAKI (Japan)

• Russian Academy of Sciences
• Russian Foundation for Basic Research
• AIXTRON AG, Germany
• INTEL, USA
• RIBER, France
• INTECH ELECTRONICS, Russia
• NT-MDT, Russia
• SemiTEq, Russia
• RTI Ltd. Cryomagnetic Systems
• Interlab Inc.

The annual International Symposium on Nanostructures is chaired by two Nobel Prize winners, Professor Zh. Alferov and Professor L. Esaki, and is traditionally organized by the Ioffe Institute that is pioneering in many directions of this impetuously developing area. The Symposium was launched in 1993 by its Co-Chairs as one of the first in the area that now is becoming one of the leading within modern physics and technology of solid state nanostructures. The 15th symposium will be organized together with the Institute of Semiconductor Physics of the Siberian Branch of RAS. Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences will celebrate 50th anniversary of its foundation in 2007 year. So, our 15th Symposium, also considered as a jubilee one, will be held in Akademgorodok near Novosibirsk from 25 to 29 June 2007. Akademgorodok is famous worldwide for its scientific, technological and educational facilities. Also, it offers many adventurous attractions and the beauty of Siberian nature.

The aim of this Symposium is to focus on the newest achievements in physics, technology and applications of the solid state nanostructures and to bring together in the meeting various groups working actively in these very important directions all over the world. The Symposium scientific program will cover a wide range spectrum of physical phenomena, both basic and applied, and technological aspects related to nanostructures.

The forthcoming Symposium will be held in Akademgorodok near Novosibirsk from 25 to 29 June 2007. Symposium Venue will be located at the House of Scientists.

Akademgorodok is famous worldwide for its scientific, technological and educational facilities. Also, it offers many beauty of Siberian nature.

Symposium Committees

All contributions should be presented in English that is the official language of the Symposium. No simultaneous translation services will be provided.

The symposium programme will cover different aspects of semiconductor nanostructure research. We are seeking for contributions in the following, non-exhaustive list of topics:

• Technology of Nanostructures: Growth, Self-Organization and Nanopatterning
• Atomic-scale Characterization of Nanostructures
• Electrical and Optical Properties of Nanostructures (including Spin-related Phenomena, Many Particle Effects, Infrared and THz Phenomena)
• Nanostructure Device Applications in Opto- Ultra fast Electronics and Computing
• Microcavity and Photonic Crystals: Properties, Characterization and Applications
• Emerging Materials in Nanostructures (including Wide-bandgap Semiconductors, Oxides, Ferromagnetics, Carbon-based, Polymer and Biomaterials)
• Nanostructures and Life Sciences
• Nanomechanical Systems and their Applications

The Symposium programme will comprise invited talks and contributed papers. The latter should be earlier unpublished works that either have been completed or are at their final stages. All contributions will be refereed for technical merit and content by the International Programme Committee on the basis of the extended abstracts submitted by the authors. Main criteria for paper acceptance are originality, significance of presented results, quality and completeness of the abstracts. The accepted papers will be assigned to either oral or poster presentation at the discretion of the International Programme Committee.

Plenary, invited and contributed talks will be presented in a single-session format at opening, closing and regular oral sessions. There will be a few poster sessions.

Oral presentations will conform to a 30-minute (for plenary, invited talks) and 20-minute (for contributed talks) format (including 5 minutes for discussions).

Each poster presenter will be provided with a 1x1 m² board.

Symposium Programme Committee and the Board of AIXTRON AG (Germany) established a special award to honour a young scientist who will present at the Symposium the best paper in the field of solid state nanostructures. The award consists of a diploma and a $1,000 reward sponsored by AIXTRON AG.

The recipients of this Award are:

The awardees will be selected by the Award Committee from the Symposium participants nominated by the Programme Committee. The Chair of the Award Committee will announce the winner at the Award Ceremony scheduled for the last day of the Symposium.

A number of distinguished scientists from all over the world have been invited to present talks on recent progress in various key areas of nanostructure physics and technology. While the invitation process is still in progress, a list of speakers who have accepted the invitation will be timely updated.

The Symposium Proceedings, containing extended abstracts of invited and contributed papers, will be traditionally published by the beginning of the Symposium. The Proceedings will be composed from authors' electronic files without any scientific or language editing. Only minor corrections may be done during the composition.

Before the publication, the copyright must be transferred to the Organizing Committee. Copyright transfer will take the effect from the date on which the author is notified of the inclusion of his (her) contribution in the Symposium Programme.

Authors are requested to submit in due time a completed Assignment of Copyright Form in hard copy. In the case of multi-author papers, only one of the authors needs to sign the form. This signature assumes that all the authors have agreed to transfer the Copyright.

Participants should register preliminarily by sending a filled-in Registration Form. The form may be sent in the online mode.

Symposium participants will be accommodated in the hotel "Golden Valley" located at the center of Akademgorodok (ul.ll'icha, 6, about 5 min. walk to House of Scientists). Rooms are rated 50 Euro for single, 73 Euro for semi luxurious and 82 Euro for double per night (breakfast is not included). Web-site: http://www.gold-valley.ru

A limited number of rooms can be reserved for young scientists in student dormitory located at university campus (Novosibirsk State University).

Rooms will be booked from June 25 to June 29, 2007. Additional nights before and/or after the symposium can be arranged if requested sufficiently early.

Payment

If you have already registered and find that you are not able to come, you must notify the Organizing Committee in writing of your request for cancellation and refund. Refunds will be made upon receipt of a written notice, with 50 Euro service charges, if received by June 9, 2006. After this date, no refund can be given.

A foreigner traveling to Russia should have a valid passport (expire date should be not earlier than 6 months after the date of visitor's departure from Russia) and an appropriate visa. To get a visa, a visitor has to submit to a Russian Embassy or Consulate an official letter of invitation authorized by the Russian Ministry for Internal Affairs.

Each participant (and accompanying person) who needs a visa will timely get such a letter if he (she) sends a copy of the pages of a passport with photo by e-mail as attached graphic file (or by fax) and following visa data: name of his/her organization and full address, present position, the place of the birth (city), location (city) of Russian Consulate to which he/she is going to apply for visa. We are strongly advice to offer these data to Organizing Committee by March 27, 2007, at the latest. Please, follow these recommendations and apply for a visa as soon possible after receiving an original copy of the invitation to ensure that the visa is issued timely.

The average temperature in June is about 20-25 °C above zero in the day-time and about 15-20 °C above zero in the night-time.

An official social programme (covered by the registration fee) consisting of Welcome Party and excursion to Novosibirsk will be arranged for participants and their accompanying persons. The Symposium banquet (optional) will be also arranged. A modest social programme for accompanying persons will be provided on their request.

The Organizing Committee has announced few days two tours: 1) to Altai; 2) to Baikal Lake. Tours will be provided just after end of Symposium. These events are considered to be optional for all participants of Symposium. We are giving the preliminary information of those Tours to check out the interest to these events. The detailed routes to Altai and Lake Baikal are being planned and scheduled and information will be offered by our next-coming announcements.

• The Altai Mountains' Bus Tour along the famous Chuisky Tract to the world of blustery and attractive rivers, majestic alpine edges, wonderful lakes, rigorous gracial ringes that are repleted with queenly repose and everlasting harmony.

• The Excursion Tour to The Lake Baikal, the deepest and purest lake of our planet, the surprising phenomenon and treasure, the universal property. The Lake Baikal surrounded by woods, mountains and hills reflected in the most transparent water in the world, is amazingly beautiful. Around the Lake Baikal there is a set of nature sanctuaries, cultural, historical and archeologic sights.

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