II–VI Compounds and Related Materials

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AbstractThe present issue of physica status solidi contains papers presented at the 16th International Conference on II–VI Compounds and Related Materials (II–VI 2013) held in Nagahama, Japan, September 9–13, 2013. The papers were selected after peer reviewing and revision processes of original manuscripts.This conference is the continuation of a successful series of biennial conferences which started in Durham (UK) in 1983. The last three conferences were held in Jeju, Korea (2007), Saint Petersburg, Russia (2009), and Mayan Riviera, Mexico (2011). These conferences have contributed to review and stimulate the progress in basic and applied research on II–VI compounds. More recently, the research targets of II–VI compounds have extended or merged to those of other related materials such as a variety of oxide and chalcopyrite semiconductors, and in this view this conference covered “II–VI Compounds and Related Materials”.This conference was attended by 143 participants registered for technical sessions from 15 countries all over the world. During the course of the conference, 8 invited talks and 122 contributed papers were given as oral and poster presentation. “II–VI 2013” highlighted fundamental physics in optics and spintronics, new materials and structures contributing to emerging devices, optical devices from infrared to UV as well as X‐ and gamma‐ray regions, transparent electronic devices, and new functions in semiconductors.We would like to thank all the participants and sponsoring organizations for contributing to the success of the conference and acknowledge the diligent work of the committee members and the referees of manuscripts. A special appreciation is due to financial supporters recognizing the importance of fundamental fields in science and technology covered in this conference.The 17th conference will be organized by Dr. Christophe Testelin and held in Paris, France, 2015.