Proeedings of the 10 th
Brazilian Workshop
on Semiondutor Physis
ThisspeialvolumeoftheBrazilianJournalofPhysisontainstheproeedingsofthe10 th
BrazilianWorkshop
on Semiondutor Physis (BWSP-10), held in Guaruja from April 22 nd
to 27 th
, 2001. Almost two hundred
partiipantsame to this event, inluding17 invited speakers, 163partiipants from Brazilianinstitutions and 9
from abroad. Over180abstratsweresubmitted,from whih 138wereseletedforposterpresentation,in paralell
to theinvitedtalks. Thepaperspresentlypublished, revisedand refereedaordingto theusual standardsofthe
Brazilian Journalof Physis, provide afair overview of the program of the meeting, overinga varietyof topis
whiharerelevantforsemiondutorphysisatthepresentmoment.
TheBWSP-10reinforedthetraditionofthisseriesofbiannualmeetings,whihstartedalmosttwentyyearsago
with the1 st
BrazilianShoolonSemiondutor Physis,heldin Campinasin 1983. Thehangeof thenamefrom
\shool" to \workshop"oured in 1995, in aordanewith ahange in formatof theevent towardsa sienti
meetingaimedatativeresearhersinthearea. Suhhangeinnameandformat,andtheontinuoussuessofthe
followingmeetings,testiesthedevelopmentofthisresearhareainBrazil,aswellasthematurityofthesienti
ommunity responsiblefor this development. It isinteresting to see that theprogram of theBWSP-10is losely
tuned to theprograms ofother importantinternationalonfereneson semiondutorphysis. It is worthnoting
that suhprogramislargelydenedbytheBrazilianresearherswhentheysubmittheirabstrats.
ThemembersoftheNational,Program,andLoalommittees,andthesponsorsofthe10 th
BrazilianWorkshop
on Semiondutor Physis, are listed in the following page. We thank the invited and ontributing authors for
preparing their manusripts, and our olleagues in the Program Committee for their ative involvement in the
refereeingproedures.
Chairperson
JoseAnt^onioBrum,UNICAMP
Seretaries
Maria JoseSantosPompeuBrasil,UNICAMP
M^oniaAlonsoCotta,UNICAMP
National Committee
AdalbertoFazzio,USP
AndreaBritoLatge,UFF
CylonGonalvesdaSilva,LNLS
EliermesArraesMenseses,UNICAMP
EronildesF.daSilvaJr.,UFPE
WagnerNunesRodrigues,UFMG
Program Committee
BelitaKoiller,UFRJ
ErasmoA.deAndradaeSilva,INPE
Gil deAquinoFarias,UFC
JoseRobertoLeite,USP
LeandroTessler,UNICAMP
NelsonStudart,UFSCar
PauloSergioSoaresGuimar~aes,UFMG
Loal Committee
AyrtonAndreBernussi,LNLS
DavidComedi,UNICAMP
JoseAnt^onioBrum,UNICAMP
Maria JoseSantosPompeuBrasil,UNICAMP
M^oniaAlonsoCotta,UNICAMP
NewtonCesarioFrateshi, UNICAMP
PeterA.B.Shulz,UNICAMP
WilsonCarvalhoJr.,LNLS
