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WELCOMING
ADDRESS
Deur Colleagues, Let me open the 8th Conference on Non-Crystalline Semiconductors, which is to be held in accordance with the plan of joint investigations carried out by the Academies of Sciences of socialist countries, and greet the participants of our common studies. During the two years which have passed since the previous Conference we have undoubtedly accumulated a lot of interesting results and we’ll be glad to have an opportunity to exchange our knowledge, discuss the results, and draw up plans for further investigations. Much pleasure is given to me by the participation in our Conference of prominent western physicists as well as Chinese and Japanese scientists. In this I see the recognition of the contribution of the scientists of socialist countries to the physics of vitreous and amorphous semiconductors and real evidence of the softening of strained east-west relations, which are unnatural for mankind, for our beautiful planet - the Earth. The discovery of vitreous semiconductors - materials with disordered structure - in the Soviet Union initiated a number of conferences in one of which you are now taking part. Later, amorphous semiconductors were discovered. Both of these important events gave birth to wide-scale theoretical and experimental studies throughout the world. Extensive investigations of these two important classes of semiconductors form the basis of the program of the present Conference. There is no doubt that these semiconductors open up bright prospects in the physics of disordered systems in general and in the physics of semiconductors in particular. Some essential results have been obtained in applied investigations which would favour scientific and technical progress. Let me wish you every success and express hope for the establishment of closer scientific and friendly contacts among the scientists of different countries.
B.T. Kolomiets
WELCOMING
ADDRESS
Deur Colleagues, Let me open the 8th Conference on Non-Crystalline Semiconductors, which is to be held in accordance with the plan of joint investigations carried out by the Academies of Sciences of socialist countries, and greet the participants of our common studies. During the two years which have passed since the previous Conference we have undoubtedly accumulated a lot of interesting results and we’ll be glad to have an opportunity to exchange our knowledge, discuss the results, and draw up plans for further investigations. Much pleasure is given to me by the participation in our Conference of prominent western physicists as well as Chinese and Japanese scientists. In this I see the recognition of the contribution of the scientists of socialist countries to the physics of vitreous and amorphous semiconductors and real evidence of the softening of strained east-west relations, which are unnatural for mankind, for our beautiful planet - the Earth. The discovery of vitreous semiconductors - materials with disordered structure - in the Soviet Union initiated a number of conferences in one of which you are now taking part. Later, amorphous semiconductors were discovered. Both of these important events gave birth to wide-scale theoretical and experimental studies throughout the world. Extensive investigations of these two important classes of semiconductors form the basis of the program of the present Conference. There is no doubt that these semiconductors open up bright prospects in the physics of disordered systems in general and in the physics of semiconductors in particular. Some essential results have been obtained in applied investigations which would favour scientific and technical progress. Let me wish you every success and express hope for the establishment of closer scientific and friendly contacts among the scientists of different countries.
B.T. Kolomiets