Description:
This volume features invited talks of the 2008 Spring Meeting of the DPG section Condensed Matter Physics (Sektion kondensierte Materie der DPG) which was held in Berlin, Germany, and gives a nice overview of the present status of condensed matter physics.
Review Quotes: From the reviews: "This 48th volume of the Advances in Solid State Physics series contains the written version of many talks from the 2008 Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Conference held in Berlin. ... includes remarkably lucid research presentations. ... Research articles on nanowires, quantum dots, quantum wells and graphene form the core of the book. ... I recommend this volume as a good place to start one's education in low-dimensional systems ... even advanced scholars would profit from pure enjoyment of the exposition." (Christian Brosseau, Optics & Photonics News, September, 2009)