Call for Papers for an open special issue of
Microelectronic Engineering
And selected papers from the International Conference:
Fifth International Conference on Micro - Nanoelectronics, Nanotechnologies and MEMS
(Micro&Nano2012)
7-10 October, 2012, Heraklion, Crete, Greece http://conference-micronano2012.micro-nano.gr/
This open special issue aims to present an outlook of the multidisciplinary advancements in the science and technology underlying the development of new micro/nanoelectronic, optoelectronic and sensor systems for a number of applications affecting our lives, such as information processing and communication, healthcare, safety, security and energy. It is focused on the emerging materials, processes and concepts enabling the realization of new advanced semiconductor devices, microsystems and sensors. The issue will also include selected papers to be presented at the “Fifth
International Conference on Micro – Nanoelectronics, Nanotechnologies and MEMS
(Micro&Nano2012).
Micro&Nano is an established international conference in the fields of micro/nano-electronic and optoelectronic/photonic devices, MEMS and circuits and the enabling nanotechnologies of material growth, synthesis and processing. It is organized regularly by the “Micro & Nano Scientific Society” ( http://www.micro-nano.gr/ ) of Greece. The Conference aims at gathering together in an interactive forum all scientists and engineers working in the above challenging areas and to stimulate discussions on the last achievements and new developments. After four conference events held in Athens, the 5 th conference is organized at Heraklion in the island of Crete.
The areas of interest for this special issue and which will be discussed at the above mentioned conference are as follows:
Materials (Growth and synthesis, Electrical and optical properties, Interfaces and defects,
Surface physics and chemistry, Theory and modeling)
Elemental semiconductors (Si, Ge, Diamond), Compound semiconductors (III-V, III-Nitrides, Diluted compounds, SiC, II-VI, Oxides), Semiconductor nanostructures (Quantum dots, Nanowires), Carbon nanostructures (CNTs, Graphene), Porous materials, Gate dielectrics, Polymers, Composites, Selfassembling/self-organizing materials, Nanostructures-nanoparticles, Magnetic materials,
Metamaterials and photonic materials, Energy storage materials.
Micro and Nano- Fabrication, Processing, Process modeling and simulation
Patterning technologies, Self-assembly, Thermal processes, Deposition techniques, Plasma techniques, Laser fabrication techniques, Ion implantation, Contacts technology, Passivation-
Encapsulation, Interconnect technology, Packaging
Devices (Design, Fabrication, Characterization, Modeling and simulation)
- Electronic devices: MOSFET, HEMT, JFET, HFET, BJT, RTD, microwave components, terahertz sources and detectors, power switching, RF passive devices, etc.
- Optoelectronic devices: LED, Lasers, solar cells, detectors, polaritonics, etc.
- Sensors (Chemical, Biochemical, Physical, etc.) and Actuators
- Quantum devices: Single and few electron devices, Molecular devices, Ballistic devices,
Nanoelectronics, Nanophotonics, Microcavities, etc.

Integration, Circuits and Systems
Integration technologies, Integrated circuits (VLSI, MMIC, OEIC, etc.), MEMS/MOEMS, RF-MEMS,
Optical interconnects, Displays
Submission deadlines:
Manuscript submission deadline: November 16 th 2012. (online submission via EES system)
Publication Schedule:
Articles available on journal web site as corrected proofs: March 2012-April 2013
Special issue appears on-line May-June 2013
The nominal calendar date of the special issue is 2-4 months advanced in time, depending on journal publishing load
Instructions to authors
(author guidelines available at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505660/authorinstructions
Please note that you should size your paper following the instructions for authors as a REGULAR
PAPER . Your paper must be a complete and sound contribution. Please keep your paper compact and well written and supply additional information, videos, audios, etc as on-line supplementary material to appear on the web, but not in the printed version (see instructions for authors). Your supplementary material is available directly from ScienceDirect or Scopus.
Please note that the special issue papers undergo the same high standard review process with at least 2 agreeing reviews per paper before decision as any other MEE-paper, and the typical rejection rate is 50-60%. Therefore, please make sure that both your technical work and your presentation style and language is of high quality, novel, unpublished, and not being submitted elsewhere. In addition make sure that your contribution fits within the MEE scope, and select detailed classification categories and subcategories when submitting.
Please, direct paper submissions (Micro&Nano2012 and external) on the MEE journal submission web page http://ees.elsevier.com/mee/ and select as paper-type "Special Issue: Micro&Nano2012" .
Please direct special issue related correspondence to one of the guest editors
Guest Editors
Main guest editor: Alexandros Georgakilas, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, alexandr@physics.uoc.gr
Co-editor: George Konstantinidis, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH),
Heraklion, Greece, aek@physics.uoc.gr