The NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Frontiers in Spectroscopy of Emergent Materials: Recent Advances Toward New Technologies

A comprehensive workshop related to the key role of modern spectroscopic investigations in interdisciplinary materials science and engineering – covering emergent materials that are either absolutely novel or well-known materials with recently discovered, exciting properties – was held in Sudak, Crimea, Ukraine. The types of spectroscopy discussed included optical, electronic and magnetic, uv-visible absorption, Rayleigh scattering, photoluminescence, vibrational, magnetic resonance, electron energy loss, EXAFS, XANES, optical tomography, time-resolved spectroscopy, and point contact spectroscopy. The materials studied and discussed were highly topical, with a focus on carbon and silicon nanomaterials including nanotubes, fullerenes, nanoclusters, metallic superconducting phases, molecular materials, magnetic and charge-stripe oxides, and biomaterials. Theoretical treatments related to molecular vibrational dynamics, vibration-induced decay of electronic excited states, nanoscale spin-orbit coupling in 2D Si-based structures, and the growth of semiconductor clusters were presented.

Participants of the NATO Advanced Workshop on Frontiers in Spectroscopy of Emergent Materials: Recent Advances Toward New Technologies, Sudak, Crimea, Ukraine, September 14-18, 2003

The bay of Sudak, Crimea, Ukraine, on the Black Sea

View overlooking Sudak, Crimea, Ukraine, from an ancient Genovese fortress

The Black Sea, Sudak, Crimea, Ukraine