MSS places greater emphasis on synthesis, processing, characterization, and applications of modulated systems. A broader range of novel materials is included. The specific topics are:

• Semiconductor heterostructures and superlattices

• Electronic and optical properties of quantum dots and nanowires

• Physics of excitons, optomechanics, and terahertz-related phenomena

• Nanophotonic structures including photonic crystals and metamaterials

• Spintronics and spin phenomena in modulated structures

• Physics and devices for quantum information processing

• Carbon nanotubes, graphene, and other carbon-based materials

• Novel modulated and hybrid structures, including MEMS/NEMS, 2D crystals, organic and bio-based structures

• Advances in growth, processing, and probing of modulated structures