Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). Research and development in the field of nanomaterials - thin films, nanowires, nanocrystals and nanostructured bulk materials - has increased very rapidly during recent years. Especially significant has been research in which the structure is closely controlled at the nanometer level in order to achieve the desired functional properties. Important discoveries have been made, including quantum dots, confinement effects and super-emission, and the prospects for rapid development in these areas are very promising. The results of much of the basic research have been the basis of an astonishing rate of progress in microelectronics. It is therefore expected that the study and development of nanomaterials will provide a firm foundation for a major increase in the number of advanced technologies and for the development of new optoelectronics and photonic devices.

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Preface Si Nanocrystals and Erbium Co-Doped Glasses for Optical Amplifiers Nanomaterials for Lighting Luminescent Nano-Sized ZnS and ZnO Particles Microstructure and Spectroscopy of Lu2O3:Eu Prepared Using Various Synthesis Techniques Grains of Porous Silicon Embedded in SiO2:Studies of Optical Gain and Electroluminescence Luminescence Properties of a Multi-Component Glass Co-Implanted with Si and Er Intersublevel Relaxation Dependence of Carrier Hopping in Self-Organized InAs Quantum Dot Heterostructures Growth of InAs Quantum Dots on a Low Lattice-Mismatched AlGaSb Layer Prepared on GaAs (001) Substrates Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Two- and Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Produced by Pulsed Laser Irradiation in Silver-Doped Glass Fabrication of 3D TE Structures Multiple Scattering Active Media as Small-Size Frequency Tunable Sources of Stimulated Emission Fabrication of GaSb Microlenses by Photo and E-Beam Lithography and Dry Etching Zirconia Pressure Sensors: From Nanopowders to Device Semiconductor Nanostructures for Infrared Applications Semiconducting Nanowires: Properties and Architectures Thermodynamic Properties of Nano- and Micro-Structured Perovskite-Type Compounds Microstructural Characterisation of RF Magnetron Sputtered ZnO Thin Films on SiC Microstructure and Electrical Properties of Doped ZnO Varistor Nanomaterials Growth and Investigation of Oxide Heterostructures Containing Half-Metallic Fe3O4 The Effect of Milling Mode on the Hydriding Properties of Nanocrystalline Mg2Ni Synthesis of a Zero-Birefringence Polymer Doped with an Inorganic Birefringent Crystal Nanocrystalline Iron-Carbon Fillers for Polymers Influence of Fine-Dispersed Dielectric Particles on Dye Luminescence in a Polymer Matrix Dielectric Characteristics of Polyimides Modified by Additions of C60-Fullerene A Novel Thermosensitive Composite Fabricated with Au Nanoparticles, Poly(Lactide), and Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) Polymeric Nanocomposites of Complex Ferrite Peculiarities of Formation and Growth of Thin Polymer Plasma-Deposited Films Oxygen Plasma Processing of Silicon and Silica Substrates for Thin Films of Polymer Blends Recent Developments in the Synthesis of Iron-Based Nanostructures by Laser Pyrolysis: Integrating Structural Analysis with the Experimental Method Structure of Alumina and Zirconia Nanoparticles Synthesized by the Karlsruhe Microwave Plasma Process Morphology Control of PbS Nanocrystals by a Novel Hydrothermal Process Synthesis of One-Dimensional Chalcogenides by a Novel Hydrothermal Process Powder Precursors for Nanoceramics: Cleaning and Compaction New Type of Paramagnetic Silver Cluster in Sodalite: Ag87+ Ab initio Calculations of Copper Nanostructures of MgO Substrate Size Effects in Dynamics of Dipolar Planar Nanosystems Nanolevel Structuring – Design of Novel Functional Highly-Organized Solids and Materials Ion Implanted Nanolayers in AlN for Direct Bonding with Copper Structural and Catalytic Properties of Thin Films of CuOx-CeO2-x Deposited by Laser Ablation Structure and Electrical Properties of Nanocrystalline CdS0.2 Se0.8 Films Sputtered on Substrates with a Silver Sublayer CdS-PbS Multilayer Thin Films Grown by the SILAR Method Molecular Adsorption on GaAs Studied by HREELS Nanosize Structure of Sputter-Deposited Tungsten Carbide Thin Films PL Studies of Nanostructured Layers in Temperature - Pressure Treated Silicon Implanted with Helium Properties of TiO2 Films Prepared by the Spray Pyrolysis Method Studies of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes Using Raman Spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy Studies on the Preparation and Characterisation of Carbon Nanostructures Arc Plasma Synthesis of (Fe-Nd-B) - Containing Carbon Encapsulates Perspectives of Nanotechnology - Abstracts Plenary Session - Abstracts