Symposium C-7: "Semiconducting Silicides: Science and Future Technology"
Co-organized by Section Society on Semiconducting Silicide s and Related Materials of the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP)

Semiconducting silicides (b-FeSi₂, Ca₂Si, Mg₂Si, BaSi₂ etc.) have been attracting great interest becau se of their unique characteristics and promising application to future optoe lectronics. It should be particularly noted that most semiconducting silicid es are ecologically friendly materials. This ecological aspect will increase their importance in coming semiconductor industries. In this symposium many contributed papers and several invited papers will be presented on the follo wing topics. Please make contact with the chairpersons to get detailed infor mation.

Topics
* Synthesis of thin films, bulk crystal growth, and epitaxial growth on Si
* Electrical, electronic, optical, magnetic and mechanical pr operties
* Characterization of silicide microstructures
* Applications to light emitting diodes, photodetectors, sola r cells, thermoelectric power generations, etc.
* Semiconductor materials and processes adapted to sustainabl e technologies
* New approaches such as nanostructures, superlattices, amorp hous silicides, etc.

Invited Speakers (tentative)
Prof. Victor E. Borisenko
Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectroni cs, Belarus
Prof. Ernest Arushanov
Institute of Applied Physics, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Moldova
Prof. John Mahan
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado S tate University, USA
Prof. Marco Fanciulli,
Director Laboratorio MDM-INFM, Italy
Prof. Chuang Dong
State Key Lab for Materials Modification, Dalian University o f Technology, China

Chairpersons
Prof. Kiyoshi Miyake^1,2)
Saitama University (E-mail: kmiyake@d-kiki.ees.saitama-u.ac.j p )
Prof. Kevin P. Homewood
University of Surrey (E-mail: k.homewood@surrey.ac.uk)
Dr. Yunosuke Makita
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technol ogy (E-mail: yunosuke.makita@aist.go.jp)
Prof. Yoshihito Maeda
Osaka Prefecture University (E-mail: ymaeda@ms.cias.osakafu-u .ac.jp)
Prof. Hirokazu Tatsuoka
Shizuoka University (E-mail: tehtats@ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp)

Proceedings
The proceedings will be published in Thin Solid Films (Elsevi er).