Nanostructures and Quantum Effects

I Electron Waves, Holography, and Quantum Mechanics.- Electron Holography and Its Applications to the Observation of the Microscopic World.- Studies on Domain States of Magnetic Substances by Electron Holography.- Electron and Ion Microscopy Without Lenses.- Measurability of the Schrödinger Wave.- Quantum Measurement and Fluctuations in Nanostructures.- II Electron Transport 1: Low-Dimensional Effects.- Control of Electron Scattering and Quantum Transition via Wave-Function Engineering in Nanostructures.- Quasi-Ballistic Quantum-Wire Transistors.- Quantum Electron-Wave Transport in Magnetic Fields.- Quantum Mechanical Analysis of Resonant Phenomena in Four-Terminal Junctions.- Study of the Electron-Focusing Spectrum by Quantum Theory and by the Quantized Billiard Model.- Phase Shifts and the Friedel Sum Rule Applied to the Asymmetric Tunneling Device.- Transport Through a Quantum Dot Far from Equilibrium.- III Electron Transport 2: Single-Electron and Spin Effects.- Photon-Assisted Tunneling Through a Quantum Dot: Theory and Experiment.- Envelope Modulation of Coulomb-Blockade Oscillations in Magnetic Fields.- Suppression of Single-Electron Charging Effects in Liquid-Crystal Molecules Due to Infrared Irradiation.- Spontaneous Spin Polarization Due to Electron-Electron Interaction in Quantum Wires.- IV Optical Processes and Microcavity Effects.- Terahertz, Photon-Assisted Tunneling in Semiconductor Nanostructures.- Exciton Radiative Lifetime in GaAs Quantum Wires: Wire-Width Dependence.- Magneto-Optical Effect in GaAs Quantum Wires: Wire-Width Dependence.- Optical Gain Due to Excitons in Quantum Wires.- Dynamical Processes of basing in CuCl Nanocrystals.- Exciton-Polaritons in Microcavities.- Investigation of Coulomb-Blockade Effects on the Squeezing Band Width ofSemiconductor Lasers.- V Nanostructures 1: Edge Wires, Overgrowth, and Etching.- Single-Mode Stimulated Emission in a Quantum-Wire Laser Fabricated by Cleaved-Edge Overgrowth.- Fabrication of N-AlGaAs/GaAs Edge Quantum Wires on (111)B Facets with Gate-Electrode and Density Modulation of One-Dimensional Electrons.- Fabrication of Quantum-Wire Structures by Atomic-Layer Epitaxy and VPE Processes.- Ultrahigh-Vacuum In-Situ Patterning and MBE Overgrowth of GaAs and AlGaAs Using an InAs Mask Laser.- Fabrication of AlGaAs/GaAs Multi-QWRs with 15 nm Wire Width Using Two-Step Etching and MBE Regrowth.- VI Nanostructures 2: Wires Formed on Ridges and Grooves.- Quantum Wires and Quantum Dots for Fully Confined Semiconductor Lasers.- Optical Properties of GaAs Quantum-Wire Structures Fabricated by Hydrogen-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy.- MBE Growth of Quantum-Wire Structures on Top of Sharp Riges Using a Mesa-Patterned Substrate.- Optical Anisotropy and Optical Gain of (311) GaAs Quantum-Wire Structures at Room Temperature.- VII Nanostructures 3: Spontaneous Dot Formation.- Optical Properties of Self-Organizing Quantum-Dot Structures.- Direct Formation of GaAs-GaAlAs Quantum-Dot Structures by Droplet Epitaxy.- Two-Dimensional Arrangement of InSb Epitaxial Nanoscale Crystals on Selenium-Treated Terraced GaAs Substrates.- Preparation of Nanocrystalline Silicon by Digital Chemical Vapor Deposition.- Condensed States and Optical Properties of the Organic Nanoscale Associates in Polymer Matrices.- VIII Epitaxy and Its Mechanisms for Nanofabrication.- Site-Specific Processes During MBE and MOMBE Growth of III-V Compounds on Singular and Vicinal Surfaces.- Surface Evolution of Gallium Arsenide Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy.- Morphological Evolution During Epitaxial Growth.-Migration Potential of Cation Adatoms on an As-Stabilized GaAs(001)-(2×4) Surface: A Theoretical Investigation.- Comparative Study of Homoepitaxial Growths on Si(001) and Ge(111).- IX Atom Manipulation and Surfaces.- Quantum Corrals.- Atomcraft Technology: Single-Atom Deposition and Re-Removal by the Scanning Tunneling Microscope.- Time-Resolved Atomic-Scale Manipulation by STM.- Nanometer-Scale Local Hydrization of the Si(111)-(7×7) Surface Using an STM Tip.- Electrochemical Modification of Titanium and Silicon Surfaces Using the Scanning Tunneling Microscope.- Electrical Transport Properties of the Si(111) Surface with Control of Its Atomic-Scale Structure.- Cryogenic STM/STS of Sub-Nanometer Superstructure in High-Tc YBa2Cu3O7-? Thin Films.- Elastic Imaging with Nanoscale and Atomic Resolution by Ultrasonic Force Microscopy (UFM).- Ultrasonic Force Microscopy of Biopolymers at Frequencies Above 100 MHz.- Index of Contributors.