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Dear colleague,

The Braun Center for Submicron Research at the Weizmann Institute of Science has once again been selected for Transnational Access (TA) funding by the European Commission under the 6th framework program (FP6). Under the TA program, access to the infrastructure of the Braun Center is provided for user groups from the European member states and associate countries. The program has been running successfully since February 2000, and will now extend until end of February 2008, covering visitors' travel and subsistence costs for periods of from ten (10) days to three months. Under very special circumstances, an application can be submitted to the EC for extending the visit to six months. The program encourages visits of scientists who are working in regions of the Community where few such research infrastructures exist.

Officially known as The Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Center for Submicron Research, the SMC specializes in the study of mesoscopic physics in semiconductors. The SMC is well equipped for fabrication and measurements of complex mesoscopic structures in III-V semiconductors. This well-equipped center houses two extremely high purity (Riber) MBE systems, a professional (Jeol) electron beam writing system (for masks writing and multilevel direct write), two UHV plasma systems for etching and deposition, three UHV evaporators, an optical lithography laboratory, a high resolution (12 angstrom) SEM, etc. The measurement facilities include two dilution refrigerators, 6 - 17 T magnets, all the needed transport and optics measurement tools, high-frequency capabilities, and a highly equipped optical characterization laboratory. Please note that the availability of the dilution refrigerators will be quite limited, as a large number of projects are currently running on them.

The Weizmann Institute of Science is a rare gem in Israel. It is a graduate university with M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Math, Computer Science, Material Science, and Biology. The campus is located at the northern end of the city of Rehovot, some 20 km south of Tel-Aviv and 50 km northwest of Jerusalem. All seminars and courses are conducted in English. Housing is usually provided on or near campus. The Insitute attracts scientists from all over the world, and there is always a very large population of foreign visitors and students on campus.

We request that each applicant propose a research project for the period of time he or she wishes to stay here, in an approximate line with, or complementing, one of the fields of research in the SMC. A sample of the type of work we do here can be found on the web at: http://www.weizmann.ac.il/physics/smc/ or http://www.weizmann.ac.il/condmat/, as well as in recent publications. An international panel will review the applications.

More information and a registration form can be found at the dedicated web site: http://www.weizmann.ac.il/physics/wissmc/; however, we encourage you to inform us via e-mail of your desire, or that of any of your students or colleagues, to participate in this program.

Sincerely yours,

Dr. Hadas Shtrikman and Prof. Moty Heiblum