Hierarchical Diffusive Properties of Electrons in Quasiperiodic Chains -- Effect of Single-Side Modulation Doping on Low-Temperature Transport Properties in Square Infinite Quantum Wells -- Nonlinear Optical Conductivity in Doped Semiconductor Superlattices Due to LO Phonon Scattering -- The Effects of the Polarization Charges on the Quantum Lifetime of the Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in a Uniformly-Doped Heterostructure -- Possible TC Superconducting Enhancement in Q2D Materials by Incommensurate Structural Phase Transition -- Compressed Electron Distribution in the Nanostructure -- Time and Space Resolved Studies on Metallic Nanoparticles -- Ultra-small One-Dimensional Metallic Nanostructures -- Synthesis and Optical Properties of Colloidal CdS/CdSe/CdS Quantum Wells -- Preparation and optical properties of one dimensional nano hydroxides and oxides -- Hydrothermal Synthesis and Photocatalytic Properties of TiO2 Nanotubes -- UHV Studies on CO and Methanol Adsorption and Decomposition on Pristine and Oxidized Alumina-Supported Co Nanoparticles -- Surface confined electrochemical compound formation: Incipient sulfidation of Au(1 1 1) -- Giant Spin-Polarization and Magnetic Anisotropy of Nanostructures at Surfaces -- The Role of Spin-Polarized Tunneling on Transport Properties of (1–x)La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 + xAl2O3 Nanocomposites (x = 0 ÷ 5wt%) -- Advanced Metallic Magnetic Materials Prepared by Electro-Chemical Deposition, Vapor Deposition and Rapid Quenching -- Magnetic Interaction Between Polycrystalline Ultrathin Antiferromagnetic and Ferromagnetic Films -- The (100)?(111) Transition in Epitaxial Manganese Oxide Nanolayers -- Growth and Structure of Zinc Oxide Nanostructured Layer Obtained by Spray Pyrolysis -- Influence of Different Post-treatments on the Physical Properties of Sprayed Zinc Oxide Thin Films -- The Effect of SiO2 Addition in Hydrophilic Property of TiO2 Films -- Investigation of the Transformation of a Modified Iron Oxide Structure During Redox Reaction -- Structural Modification of Near-Surface Region of Strontium Titanate Single Crystal Under the Influence of a Static Electric Field Enhanced by X-ray Irradiation -- Thermoelectric Properties of Heavily Doped Polycrystalline SrTiO3 -- Optimization Study of TiO2 Film Deposited by IAD Process -- Polymorphs in GeO2 Liquid -- Formation of Chiral Aggregates of Tetralactam Macrocycles on the Au(111) Surface -- Surface Resonant Raman Spectroscopy at Indium-Nanowire-Terminated Si(111) -- The Properties of Nano-Hexaferrite Sr-La Prepared by Citrate-Gel Method -- Glucose Sensor Based on Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Doped Polypyrrole -- Structural and Spectral Properties of Curcumin and Metal- Curcumin Complex Derived from Turmeric (Curcuma longa) -- In-situ Chemically Polymerized PANi-SWNTs Composites: Characterizations and Gas Sensing Feature -- Design, Simulation and Experimental Characteristics of Hydrogel-based Piezoresistive pH Sensors -- Optimization of the Thermostable Nanogel Systems for High Temperature Reservoir Application -- Discovery of Nanotubes in Ancient Damascus Steel -- Materials Research with Energetic Heavy Ions at GSI -- Nanoantennas for Surface Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy -- Ultrafast Switching of Coherent Electronic Excitation: Great Promise for Reaction Control on the Femtosecond Time Scale -- InGaAsp/InP Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers and their Some Nonlinear Effects -- Simulation and Lock-In Phase Analysis in Photoreflectance Modulation Spectroscopy of Gaas And Photoreflectance Investigations of The Heterojunction Structure Alxga1–Xas(N+)/Gaas(P?)/Gaas(P+) -- Principally Basic Effects of Laser on the Bulk Semiconductor Bands -- Controlling the Bragg Wavelength Spectral Profile Expansion of FBG Sensors by Nano-Particle Coated Layers -- Controlled Cantilever-Tips Adapted from the Scanning Probe Microscopies as Active Working Elements in Smart Systems -- Design and Fabrication of a Miniaturized Three-Degree-of-Freedom Piezoresistive Acceleration Sensor Based on MEMS Technology Using Deep Reactive Ion Etching.

Under the general title "Physics and Engineering of New Materials" the book covers experimental and theoretical cutting-edge material-physics oriented topics such as new materials, magnetism, nanostructures, surface physics, carbon nanotubes, photonics, biophysics, large-scale simulations, etc.