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GALILEO GALILEI FOUNDATION
WORLD FEDERATION OF SCIENTISTS
ETTORE MAJORANA CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE

GALILEO GALILEI CELEBRATIONS
Four Hundred Years Since the Birth of MODERN SCIENCE

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS

21st Course: QUANTUM DEVICES AND NANOSTRUCTURES (QDN-2)

ERICE-SICILY: 19 - 27 JULY 2001

Sponsored by the:

• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
• European Physical Society
• Italian Ministry of University Scientific Research and Technology
• Italian Vacuum Society
• National Group of Structure of Matter
• Office of Naval Research
• Sicilian Regional Government
• Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
• International Field Office Europe
• UNESCO-ROSTE

PROGRAMME AND LECTURERS

Micro-Photonics

• J. BALLATO, Clemson University, NC, USA

Mesoscopic Superconductivity

• R. FAZIO, University of Catania, I

Nanomanipulation at Surfaces

• J. K. GIMZEWSKI, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Quantum Transport in Nanostructures

• P.E. LINDELOF, Ørsted Laboratory, Copenaghen, DK

Nanostructured Thin Films via Cluster-Assembling

• P. MILANI, University of Milano, I

Molecular Electronics

• M. REED, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

Introductory Remarks on Nanostructures

• O. SHENDEROVA, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

Physics and Applications of Quantum Dot Structures

• S. TARUCHA, University of Tokyo, J

Interface Analysis and Manipulation with Free Electron Lasers

• N. TOLK, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

Many-Body Effects in Nanostructures

• M. TOSI, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, I

Nanostructuring Surfaces via Ion Erosion

• U. VALBUSA, University of Genova, I

Large Scale Computer Simulations in Nanotechnology

• P. VASHISHTA, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

PURPOSE OF THE COURSE

The International School of Solid State Physics will host as the 21st Course the 2001 edition of the Int. School on Quantum Devices and Nanostructures to emphasize the close link between the numerous applications of nano-science and many underlying fundamental aspects of solid state physics. The Course will provide tutorial style lectures by experts in the field in the morning sessions while afternoon sessions will be devoted to free discussions. The school is intended for graduate students, post-doctoral scientists and young faculty members at the early stage of their studies in the field of nanostructures and quantum devices.

The programme will cover several aspects of this field, with special consideration for the growth and characterization methods of nanostructured specimens, for their transport and optical properties, chemico-physical evaluation techniques, etc. Both semiconductor and superconductor properties associated with the nano- or mesoscopic structure of the materials will be treated from the experimental as well as the theoretical point of view. The aim is to offer young scientists a tutorial overview of this rapidly growing and highly promising area of research.

APPLICATIONS

Interested candidates should send a letter to the Director of the Course:

• Professor Massimo Sancrotti
  Laboratorio Nazionale TASC-INFM
  Strada Statale 14, km163.5 Basovizza, I-34012 Trieste, Italy
  Fax: +39-040-226767 Tel.: +39-040-3756435
  E-mail: sancrotti@sci.area.trieste.it

They should specify:

i) date and place of birth together with present nationality;
ii) degree and other academic qualifications;
iii) present position and place of work;
iv) a letter of recommendation from their research group leader or from a senior scientist active in their field.

F. BELTRAM - G. McGUIRE - M. SANCROTTI DIRECTORS OF THE COURSE

G. BENEDEK DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL

A. ZICHICHI DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE