8^th International Workshop on Epitaxial Semiconductors on Patterned Substrates and Novel Index Surfaces

Scope of ESPS-NIS

During the last decades, semiconductor nanostructures (thin films, nanowires and nanodots) have received increasing attention as potential building blocks for nanoscale electronic and optical devices. However, their practical integration into devices and systems still requires the ability to assemble, position, contact and fabricate devices reliably in large quantities. Major advances have been obtained in the growth and understanding of nanostructures nucleation and growth on nanopatterned and vicinal substrates.

For future devices, the investigation of semiconductor nanostructures formation on nanopatterned substrates and template layers (semiconductor, metal or organic) is necessary. Understanding and developing methods for making such nanostructures with reproducible electrical, optical and magnetic properties will also be a key issue.

This workshop will focus on recent experimental and theoretical progress in the growth, positioning, and properties of semiconductor nanostructures and on the fabrication and characteristics of new devices using semiconducting nanostructures grown on high index and nanostructured substrates.

The objective is to share the established and complementary expertise of the different researchers in fundamental surface science, growth, modelling and electron transport physics of nanostructures, design of novel nanoelectronic devices.

Topics

We welcome both experimental and theoretical contibutions on the following topics:

1. Advanced nanopatterning techniques.
2. Growth of semiconductors on patterned substrates:
   1. films,
   2. 3D islands,
   3. wires.
3. Semiconductor epitaxial growth on novel index surfaces.
4. Unconventional epitaxial methods for semiconductor growth.
5. Electronic, magnetic, optical and transport properties of semiconductor nanostructures on patterned or novel index substrates.
6. Micro- and opto-electronics with nanopatterned semiconductor substrates: nanodevice fabrication technology, characterization and modelling.
7. Semiconductor patterned substrates and structures for novel applications.
8. Nanoscale epitaxial growth.
9. Heterogeneous integration using selective pattern growth.

Proceedings

Proceedings will be published in Nanoscale Research Letters.