Preface. 1. Electronic states and transport in carbon nanotub es (T. Ando). 2. Vertical diatomic artificial quantum dot mol ecules (D.G. Austing et al.). 3. Optical spectroscop y of self-assembled quantum dots (D. Mowbray, J. Finley). 4. Generation of single photons using semiconductor quantum dots (A.J. Shie lds et al.) 5. Spin, spin-orbit, and electron-electr on interactions in mesoscopic systems (Y. Oreg et al.). 6. Kondo effect in quantum dots with an even number of electrons (M. Eto). 7. From single dots to interacting arrays (V. Gudmunds son et al.). 8. Quantum dots in a strong magnetic fi eld: Quasi classical consideration (A. Matulis). 9. Micro-Hal l-magnetometry (M. Rahm, J. Biberger, D. Weiss). 10. Stochast ic optimization methods for biomolecular structure prediction (T. Herges , H. Merlitz, W. Wenzel). 11. Electrical transport through a molecular nanojunction (M. Hettler, H. Scholler, W. Wenzel).
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