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Ch. 1. The hydrosilation of 1-alkene and 1-alkyne at terraced, dihydrogen terminated, 1 x 1 (100) silicon / G. F. Cerofolini, C. Galati, S. Reina and L. Renna -- Ch. 2. Valence band splitting in CuInSe[subscript 2] and the related ordered vacancy compounds CuIn[subscript 3], Se[subscript 5] CuIn[subscript 5]Se[subscript 8] and CuIn[subscript 7]Se[subscript 12] / Rachel Reena Philip, B. Pradeep and T. Shripathi -- Ch. 3. In-plane shaped GaAs/AlGaAs modulation-doped structures : physics and applications for THz/subTHz sensing / Steponas Asmontas, Ausrius Juozapavicius, Dalius Seliuta, Edmundas Sirmulis, Vincas Tamosiunas, Gintaras Valusis and Klaus Kohler -- Ch. 4. Effect of lithium and gallium impurities on opto-electrical properties of ZnO films / N. R. Aghamalyan, E. A. Kafadaryan and R. K. Hovsepyan -- Ch. 5. Optical characterizations of ferroelectric Bi[subscript 3.25]La[subscript 0.75]T1[subscript 3]O[subscript 12] thin films from NIR to UV regions using spectroscopic ellipsometry / Z. G. Hu, Z. M. Huang and J. H. Chu -- Ch. 6. Indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films : fabrication, properties, post-deposition treatments and applications / R. X. Wang, A. B. Djurisic, C. D. Beling and S. Fung -- Ch. 7. Optical properties of Zn[subscript 1-x]Mn[subscript x]Se films / Y. H. Um, Y. H. Hwang and J. K. Furdyna -- Ch. 8. Electrical, optical and structural properties of acceptor-doped In[subscript 2]O[subscript 3] and SnO[subscript 2] transparent conducting films prepared by spray pyrolysis technique / M.-M. Bagheri-Mohagheghi and M. Shokooh-Saremi.