The 12th International Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures (MSS 12) will be held in conjunction with the 16th International Conference on Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Systems (EP2DS-16) at the Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 10-15, 2005.

MSS was first held in 1981, and is recognized as an international forum that provides the opportunity to view the latest progress in the physics, formation, processing, and device applications of modulated structures. MSS has traditionally focused on the synthesis, processing and applications of modulated materials. With an initial concentration on semiconductor heterostructures, MSS has also encompassed the broader range of hybrid, modulated organic, spintronic, and biologically-based modulated structures. MSS-12 topics include: heterostructures and superlattices, electronic, optical and magnetic properties of quantum wires and dots, spintronics and spin effects in nanostructures, organic semiconductors, physics and devices for quantum computation and communications, and novel modulated structures, including carbon nanotubes, biologically-based and molecular structures.

MSS 12 will cover basic and applied research on modulated structures. In the following, a list of topics of current interest is given to illustrate the scientific program of this meeting:

• Advances in Growth and Processing
• Quantum Wires and Dots: Electronic and Optical Properties
• Heterostructures and Superlattices
• Microcavities and Photonic Crystals
• Spintronics and Spin-Effects in Nanostructures
• Electronic and Photonic Devices
• Physics and Devices for Quantum Computation and Communications
• Organic Semiconductors and Their Devices
• Novel Modulated Structures, including Molecular Structures, NEMS, Carbon Nanotubes, and Bio-Based Structures