The 24th Nordic Semiconductor Meeting
Authors: Gunnlaugsson Haraldur Páll , Larsen Arne Nylandsted , Uhrenfeldt Christian 
Published: March 2012

A Nordic Semiconductor Meeting is held every other year with the venue rotating amongst the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The focus of these meetings remains 'original research and science being carried out on semiconductor materials, devices and systems'. Reports on industrial activity have usually featured. The topics have ranged from fundamental research on point defects in a semiconductor to system architecture of semiconductor electronic devices. Proceedings from these events are regularly published as a Topical Issue of Physica Scripta. All of the papers in this Topical Issue have undergone critical peer review and we wish to thank the reviewers and the authors for their cooperation, which has been instrumental in meeting the high scientific standards and quality of the series.

This 24th meeting of the Nordic Semiconductor community, NSM 2011, was held at Fuglsøcentret, close to Aarhus, Denmark, 19–22 June 2011. Support was provided by the Carlsberg Foundation, Danfysik and the semiconductor group at Aarhus University. Over 30 participants presented a broad range of topics covering semiconductor materials and devices as well as related material science interests.

The conference provided a forum for Nordic and international scientists to present and discuss new results and ideas concerning the fundamentals and applications of semiconductor materials. The aim of the meeting was to advance the progress of Nordic science and thus aid in future worldwide technological advances concerning technology, education, energy and the environment.

The 25th Nordic Semiconductor Meeting will be organized in June 2013 in Finland, chaired by Dr Filip Tuomisto, Aalto University. A Nordic Summer School on Semiconductor Science will be organized in connection with the conference (just before), chaired by Dr Jonatan Slotte, Aalto University. Information on these events can be found at physics.aalto.fi/nsm2013.

List of participants

Søren Vejling Andersen
Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Pia Bomholt
Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Hafliði P Gíslason
University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

Haraldur Páll Gunnlaugsson
Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

John Hansen
Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Britta Johansen
Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Volodymyr Khranovskyy
Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Arne Nylandsted Larsen
Aarhus University, Denmark

Helge Malmbekk
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Erik Stensrud Marstein
Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, Norway

Antonio Marti
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Torben Mølholt
University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

Sveinn Ólafsson
University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

Thomas Pedersen
Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

Thomas Garm Pedersen
Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Dirch Hjorth Petersen
Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

Vincent Quemener
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Henry Radamson
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Kista, Sweden

Bahman Raeissi
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Jonatan Slotte
Aalto University, Aalto, Finland

Xin Song
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Einar Örn Sveinbjörnsson
University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

Mikael Syväjärvi
Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Chi Kwong Tang
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Erik V Thomsen
Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

Christian Uhrenfeldt
Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Hans Ulrik Ulriksen
Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Muhammad Usman
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Kista, Sweden

Lasse Vines
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Ulrich Wahl
Unidade de Física e Aceleradores, Sacavém, Portugal

Helge Weman
NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Gerd Weyer
Aarhus University, Denmark