chapter 1 The evolution of semiconductor superlattices and quantum nanos- tructures / chapter 2 Formation and characterization of semiconductor nanostructures / chapter 3 New quantum wire and quantum dot structures by selective MBE on patterned high-index substrates K H Ploog and R No¨tzel -- chapter 4 New fabrication techniques and optical properties of GaN and Si quantum dots / chapter 5 Dislocation filtering techniques for MBE large mismatched heteroepi- taxy J M Zhou, Q Huang, H Chen and C S Peng -- chapter 6 Growth of widegap II–VI quantum structures and their optical properties T Yao -- chapter 7 Theory of quantum transport in mesoscopic systems: antidot lattices / chapter 8 Edge states in magnetic quantum structures and composite fermion systems G Ihm, H-S Sim, K J Chang and S J Lee -- chapter 9 Electronic states in circular and ellipsoidally deformed quantum dots S Tarucha, D G Austing, S Sasaki, L P Kouwenhoven, S M Reimann, / chapter 10 Electron–hole and exciton systems in low dimensions / chapter 11 Size quantization and electron dynamics in nanometre-size semicon- ductors T Goto -- chapter 12 Electronic properties of InAs/GaAs quantum dots R Heitz, I Mukhametzhanov, O Stier, A Hoffmann, A Madhukar and / chapter 13 Graded and coupled quantum wells for emission of radiation by intersubband emission K D Maranowski, A C Gossard and K L Chapman -- chapter 14 Spin-dependent properties of magnetic III–V semiconductors H Ohno -- chapter 15 Zeeman separation in GaAs quantum structures J-C Woo and K-H Yoo -- chapter 16 Self-assembling of silicon quantum dots and its application to novel nanodevices / chapter 17 Quantum devices based on III–V compound semiconductors / chapter 18 Quantum interference in corrugated conducting wire transistors K Park -- chapter 19 Non-Markovian optical gain of strained-layer quantum-well lasers with many-body effects D Ahn -- chapter 20 Generation of non-classical lights from semiconductor light emitters