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Invited Speakers

Wide Bandgap Semiconductors
Frank Bertram, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany
"EL and micro PL on wide bandgap semiconductor devices"
Scott A. Chambers
, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
"Room-Temperature Ferromagnetism and Structure in Doped ZnO Epitaxial Films"
David Cherns
, University of Bristol, UK
"Understanding and control of threading dislocations in GaN"
Shigefusa F. Chichibu, University of Tsukuba, Japan
"Raditive and nonradiative processes in (Al,In,Ga)N alloy films"
Jaime Freitas, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
"Current status of bulk nitride crystals and epitaxial films"
Asif Khan, University of South Carolina, USA
"Deep UV Optoelectronic Devices using AlInGaN Material System"
Michael Kneissl
, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
"InAlGaN-based UV Light Emitters – Applications and Materials Challenges"
Eva Monroy, CEA Grenoble - DRFMC/SP2M/PSC, France
"Lastest developments in GaN-based quantum devices for infrared optoelectronics"
Zlatko Sitar, North Carolina State University, USA
"Opportunities and challenges in AlN crystal growth"
Yoshitaka Taniyas, NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Japan
"AlN deep-ultraviolet light-emitting diodes"
Chris G. Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
"Controlling the conductivity of ZnO"
Rong Zhang, Nanjing University, China
"GaInN/GaN quantun wells and LEDs grown on AlLiO2"

Low Dimensional Semiconductor Nanostructures
Yasuhiko Arakawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan
"Advances in III-Nitride Based Quantum Dots and Photonic Crystal for Single Photon Sources"
Nicolai Ledentsov / Dieter Bimberg, Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany
"Submonolayer Quantum Dots for High Speed Surface Emitting Lasers"
Dan Gammon, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
"Optical spectroscopy of single pairs of vertically stacked InAs/GaAs quantum dots"
Michael Gao, Australian National University, Australia
"III-V compound semiconductor Nanowires for optoelectronic applications"
Erich Gornik / Gottfried Strasser, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
"Growth of InAs quantum dots for intersubband application "
Pawel Hawrylak, Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada
"Quantum information- future of Microelectronics?"
Mohamed Henini, University of Nottingham, UK
"Optical and Morphological Properties of Self-Assembled Quantum Dots Grown on Novel Index Surfaces"
Tim Jones, Imperial College London, UK
"Key Issues in the Growth of III-V Semiconductor Nanostructures"
Jean-Pierre Leburton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
"Spintronics in GaAs coupled quantum dots"
Pierre Petroff, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
"Structural and optical properties of self assembled quantum posts and quantum wires"
Bruno Daudin and Hubert Renevier, CEA-Grenoble, DRFMC SP2M/PSC, France
Tutorial: "Growth and Characterization of Structural and Optical Properties of Polar and Non Polar GaN Quantum Dots"

Advances in Compound Semiconductors
Michael Johnston, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
"Controlling carrier dynamics in terahertz photonic devices"
Paul M. Koenraad, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
"Wavefunction analysis of single impurities in semiconductors"
Michael B. Santos, University of Oklahoma, USA
"InSb-Based Heterostructures for Electronic Device Applications"
Maurice S Skolnick, University of Sheffield, UK
"Polariton Phenomena in Semiconductor Microcavities"

Towards Functional Nanomaterials
Philippe Guyot-Sionnest, University of Chicago, USA
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Conductivity and luminescence of charged quantum dot"
Brian A. Korgel
, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
"Solution Synthesis of Silicon and Germanium Nanowires and Their Applications"
Jie Liu, Duke University, USA
"Few Walled Carbon Nanotube: A Unique member in the Carbon nanotube Family"
Xiaogang Peng, University of Arkansas, USA
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Controlling the size of colloidal nanocrystals: the role of inter-particle diffusion"
Michael Shur, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
"Active Terahertz Media with Nanodots or Nanowires"
Clivia M Sotomayor Torres, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland
"Nanoimprinted 2D photonic crystals made of polymer doped with II-VI nanocrystals"

Complex Oxide Materials
Laurent Bellaiche, University of Arkansas, USA
"Unusual Phenomena in Ferroelectrics"
Robert Blinc, J. Stefan Institute, Slovenia
"Electric Field Induced Critical Phenomena in Oxide Relaxor Ferroelectrics"
Alexander Boris, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany
"Spin-controlled optical anomalies in magnetic insulators"
W. Alan Doolittle, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
"MBE of Lithium-Metal-Oxide Multifunctional Materials"
Ho Nyung Lee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
"Novel functionality from artificial complex oxide heterointerfaces"
Satoshi Okamoto, Columbia University, USA
"Theoretical study of correlated-electron interfaces of complex oxides"
Ramamoorthy Ramesh, University of California, Berkeley, USA
"Electrically Controllable Antiferromagnets for Spintronics"
Jun Sugiyama, Toyota Central R&D Labs, Japan
"Magnetic and electronic properties of layered cobalt dioxides AxCoO2 with A=Li, Na and K"
Jörg Strempfer, HASYLAB at DESY, Germany
"Electronic properties of novel complex oxide multiferroics"
Maria Varela, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
"Complex oxide characterization in the aberration corrected STEM"

SPC Presenters

Alexander Belyaev, V. Lashkarev Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Ukraine
"Microwave devices based on wide gap semiconductors"
Fei Gao, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
"Size and orientation effects on the thermal and mechanical properties of GaN nanowires "
Alexander O. Govorov, Ohio University, USA
"Optics of semiconductor-metal nanoparticle molecules: exciton-plasmon interaction, hybrid excitons, and nonlinear effects"
Euclydes Marega Junior, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
"Ordering ferromagnetic semiconductor quantum dots "
Martin Schmidbauer, Institute for Crystal Growth, Berlin, Germany
"X-Ray Diffuse Scattering From Semiconductor Nanostructures"
David Storm, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
"MBE growth of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs on free-standing GaN substrates"

NOC Presenters

Jacques Chakhalian, University of Arkansas, USA
"Electronic and magnetic structure at the interfaces of strongly correlated insulators"
Zhongyang Cheng, Auburn University, USA
"Electromechanical propterties and mechanisms in newly developed electroactive polymers "
Huaxiang Fu, University of Arkansas, USA
"Electronic structure and electromechanical properties in ZnO under inplane strain"
Arup Neogi, University of North Texas, USA
"Optical properties of single GaN nanotip pyramid grown by polarization selection chemical etching "
Zhisheng Shi, University of Oklahoma, USA
"IV-VI lead salt materials for opto-electronic applications"

IAC Presenters

František Dubecký, Institute of Electrical Engineering, SAS, Slovakia
"Radiation detector grade bulk semi-insulating GaAs: Progres in material development and applications"
Maria Kamińska,Warsaw University, Poland
"Mn and other magnetic impurities in GaN - perspective for spintronic applications"
Peter Kiesel, Palo Alto Research Center Palo Alto, USA
"Field-controlled diffusion - an interesting approach for Schottky-based ZnO devices "
Zuzanna Liliental-Weber, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
"Structural perfection of laterally overgrown GaN layers grown in polar and non-polar substrates"


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