Atomic Structure.- Clusters as a key to the Understanding of Properties as a Function of Size and Dimensionality.- Atomic Structure of Clusters through Chemical Reactions.- Structure of Decagonal Quasicrystals.- Atomic Structure of Quasicrystals with and without Phason Defects.- Structure of Quasi-crystals in terms of Atomic Clusters.- STM Studies of Clusters.- Structure and Transformation: Clusters as Models for Condensed Phases.- Structure Model of the Al-Cu-Co Decagonal Quasicrystal.- Infrared Spectroscopy of SF6 attached to Classical and Quantum Clusters (Finite Size Particles attaining Bulk-like Properties).- Morphology and Structure of Ultrafine Gold Particles.- Magic Numbers of Bimetallic Cluster Ions Consisting of Group-III Metals: The Icosahedric 13 Atom Clusters.- Significant Structure Theory of Molecular Clusters.- On the Origin of the Dendritic Shapes in Goethite Particles.- Structural Fluctuation of Au55 and Au147 Clusters.- A Face Centered Icosahedral Approximant Phase with Local Icosahedral Symmetry.- Defect-FCC Structural Models for Argon Clusters ArN, N ? 500.- Beyond the Icosahedral Glass Model, The Interpenetrating Pseudo-Icosahedral Clusters (IPIC) Model.- Stability and Evolution.- The Geometric Shell Structure of Metal Clusters.- Electronic Shell Structure in Icosahedral Metal Clusters.- Evolutionary Patterns of Structure and Stability of Clusters.- Chemistry of Stable Quasi-crystals.- Structure and Evolution of Nano- and Microcrystalline Grain Aggregates.- Defects in Quasicrystals.- A Computational Quantum Mechanical Study on Weakly Bonded Clusters of NH3 with SO2 and HNC.- Structural Instability by Phason Softening in Icosahedral Quasicrystals.- Positive and Negative Helium Cluster Ions Formed from Supercritical Expansions.- Electronic Structure and Reactivity of Bimetallic Clusters Containing Sodium Atoms.- Metal Clusters: How Many Atoms are Required for Thermionic Emission ?.- Structural and Electronic Properties of Neutral and Charged Mgn Clusters (n ? 13 and n = 57, 69).- Intrinsic Stability of Quasicrystals under the generation of Frenkel Defects.- Determination of the Spin State for Carbon Clusters: Focussing Effect by Hexapole Magnetic Field.- Cluster Relative-Stability Interchanges.- Formation of Clusters in Charged Seeded Expansions of Rare Gas Mixtures.- Dynamics.- Phase Changes for Clusters and for Bulk Matter.- Quantum Molecular Dynamics of Clusters.- Random Cluster Model for Icosahedral Phase AlMnSi.- Size-Dependent Thermodynamic and Electronic Properties of Individual Nanometer-size Supported Gold Clusters.- Inelastic Neutron Scattering from Single Grains of Icosahedral and Cubic Al-Li-Cu.- Structural and Electronic Properties of Pure and Doped Fullerenes.- Vibrational and Electronic Contributions to the Specific Heat of Pd561Phen36O200.- Vibrational States of Al Adsorbed on Ge Clusters.- From Clusters to Liquids: Diffusion, Stokes-Einstein Behavior, and Solvation in Mixed Molecule-Rare Gas Clusters.- Proton Spin Relaxation and Thermal History Effects in Organic Molecular Solids.- A Molecular Dynamics Study of the Solid Phase Transition in Sulphur Hexafluoride Clusters.- Observation of Electronic Shells in Large Lithium Clusters.- Structure and Dynamics of Intermediate Size Aluminium Clusters.- Molecular Dynamics Studies of the Melting and Freezing of CCl4 Clusters.- Melting and Solidification of Ultrafine Particles Investigated by Optical and Electron Microscopy Techniques.- Monte Carlo Studies of Phase Transitions in Clusters of Tellurium Hexafluoride and Benzene.- Vapor Phase Homogeneous Nucleation of Polar Molecules.- Melting of Nickel Clusters.- Phase Changes in Nickel Clusters from an Embedded-Atom Potential.- Structure and Dynamics of Argon Cluster Ions.- Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Infrequent Events: Evaporation from Cold Metallic Clusters.- Computer Simulation of Dynamics of Metal Cluster Impact with Crystal Surface.- Space/Time Spectroscopic Analysis of Laser Vaporization Process from Si Target under Gas Environment.- Structural Transition from Small Clusters to Bulk-like Structures: Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study of Li, Be, and B Clusters.- Dynamics of the Cluster-Surface Interaction: Collisional Detachment of Size Selected Carbon Negative Cluster Ions.- On the Spectra, Structure, and Dynamics of Aniline-Arn Clusters: Simulation Studies Compared with the Results of R2P2CISpectroscopy.- Computer Simulation Study of the Evaporation Mechanisms in Lennard-Jones Clusters.- Monte-Carlo Geometry Optimization of Sodium Clusters with a Distance-Dependent Monoelectronic Hamiltonian.- Investigation of the Stable Structures of Nix, Fex, Nix?yPy, Nix?yBy, Fex?yPy, and Fex?yBy (x = 13, y < 13) Microclusters.- Computer Simulation of Freezing and Melting in Transition Metal Clusters.- Electronic Structure.- Superconductivity in M3C60.- Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Alkali Metal Cluster Anions.- Electronic Mechanism for Stability of Quasicrystals.- Superconductivity in Granular Films.- Mössbauer Studies of Quasicrystals.- Small Metal Particles Studied by NMR.- Shape and Size Dependence of Energy Level Degeneracies.- Measurements of Lithium Clusters Ionization Potentials.- Double Zeta Basis Sets in Carbon Cluster Calculations.- Electronic Structure of Deposited Mass-Selected Pt Clusters on Silver Films.- Homonuclear Metallic Microclusters: Structure and Energetics.- Ionization Energies of Large Sodium Clusters: Direct Evidence for Atomic Shell Structure.- Structural and Electronic Properties of Icosahedral Quasicrystals.- Hartree-Fock Investigations of Pure Antimony and Alkali-Antimony Clusters.- Electronic Structures of Metal Clusters on Surface.- A Study of Quantum Monte Carlo Simulation for the Hydrogen Cluster Ions.- A Molecular Orbital Calculation Method Considering Crystal Fields.- Cluster Resonances and Bound States and Crystal Band Spectrum.- Calculation of the Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of Iron Microclusters.- Ionization Potentials of Fe Microclusters.- Measurement of Ionization Potentials for Aln, and Fen Clusters.- On the Structures and Stabilities of Small Mixed Clusters.- A Hartree-Fock Study of Small Carbon Cluster Anions.- Electronic Structure and Adduct Geometries in the Chemisorption of Nitric Oxide in Small Gas-Phase Cobalt Clusters.- Stability, Ionization Potential and Electronic Affinity of Small Silver Clusters Calculated in the LSD Approximation.- Stability of Hydrogen Clusters near a Transition Metal Surface.- Theoretical Investigation of Locations of 19F* and Nuclear Quadrupole Interactions in Silicon and Diamond.- Simulation of Ionic Crystals for Electronic Properties using the Hartree-Fock Cluster Procedure.- The Electronic Structure of Icosahedral Boron Clusters.- Investigation by the Gutzwiller Approach of the 3He and 4He Liquid Clusters.- A Preliminary Study of Energy Bands of 2D Periodic Quantum Dot Arrays.- Compound versus Pure Metal Microclusters: How the Photoabsorption Profiles Relate to the Abundance Spectra.- Magnetism.- Magnetism of Finite Systems: From Clusters to Crystals.- Magnetism of Free Transition Metal and Rare Earth Clusters.- Band Structure Effects and Magnetsm in Quasicrystals.- Magnetism in Small Particles.- Size Dependence of the Electronic and Magnetic Properties of ultra-small Chromium and Vanadium Particles Studied Using Synchrotron Radiation.- Magnetic Properties of Free Metal Clusters.- Onset of Magnetism in bcc-like Fen Clusters.- Theory for the Magnetization of an Ensemble of Transition Metal Clusters.- Diamagnetic Susceptibility and Conductivity of Columnar Structures.- Superparamagnetism in Ising Clusters.- Magnetic Nanoparticles in a Metallo-Organic Polymer: Magnetic Properties and Structural and Chemical Characterization.- Magnetism in Small Antiferromagnetic Clusters.- Size Effects in Orbital Magnetism.- Size and Shape Dependence of Small Spin Lattices Described by an Ising Hamiltonian.- Electrical and Optical Properties.- Transport Properties and Electronic Structure of Quasicrystals.- Electronic Distributions of Quasicrystalline Phases.- Metal Cluster Molecules: From Molecule to Metal.- Collective Optical Excitation in Free Metal Clusters.- A First Principles Investigation of Aluminum Clusters: Geometries, Reactivities, Stabilities, and Polarizabilities.- Optical Properties of Macroscopic Many Cluster Matter.- Dipole Resonance Systematics in Metal Particles and Atomic Nuclei.- Observation of a Spin-Forbidden Optical Transition of Mo2 in a Molybdenum Cluster Beam.- Surface Plasmon Absorption in Cesium Cluster Ions (Csn+, n=4–21).- Quantum Chemical Investigation of Absorption Spectra of Small Alkali Metal Clusters: Molecular Dimensionality Transition (2D–3D).- Raman Studies of Nanocrystalline AlO(OH) Prepared by Sol-Gel Techniques.- Surface Induced Ionization of Water Clusters.- Charge Separation Reactions of Doubly Charged Xe Clusters.- Photoionization of Solvated Cesium Atoms.- Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of CuCl-Nanocrystallites: Evolution From Cluster-like to Bulk-like Behavior.- Dipole Excitations of Closed-Shell Alkali-Metal Clusters.- Optical Spectroscopy of Argon Cluster Ions.- Observation of Cluster Specific Excitations in Rare Gas Clusters.- Inelastic Collisions of Electrons with Small Metal Clusters.- A “Giant Resonance” in Iron: Atom-Clusters-Crystal.- Spectroscopy of Mass-Selected Zirconium Dimers in Argon.- Phase Transitions and Coalescence Phenomena in Bi Clusters.- Role of Self-interaction Corrections in the Photoabsorption Cross Section of Small Metal Clusters.- Nonlinear Optical Transmission of Nanometric Gold Colloids and its Dependence on Particle Size.- Dependence of the Plasmon Frequency of Cluster Embedded in a Matrix versus the Cluster Size.- Collective Excitations in Silver Cluster Ions.- 195Pt NMR of Pt309Phen36*O30 Metallic Clusters.- Observation of Wave Localization in Penrose Lattices.- Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Weakly-Bound Electrons in Sodium Chloride Cluster Anions.- Cluster Reactions and Cluster-Support Interactions.- The Unique Nature of Metal Cluster Oxidation.- Energetics of Atomic and Cluster Processes on Surfaces.- The D2+Ni13 Reaction: Mode-Specific and Structure-Specific Features.- Charge Transfer Involving Clusters.- Interaction of Clusters with Substrates.- Detection and Characterization of Silver Particles in Sodium Silicate Glasses by means of High Resolution Electron Microscopy.- Reaction and Thermochemistry of Mixed Cluster Ions.- Ionic Polymerization within van der Waals Clusters.- Metastable Fragmentation of Rare Gas Cluster Ions Initiated by Excimer Decay.- Electronic States and H-Adsorption of Co and Co-V Microclusters.- Chemistry within van der Waals Clusters of Unsaturated Molecules: Observation of Cationic Polymerization.- Pulsed Laser Ablation and Cluster Ion Formation from Group VI Elements S, Se, Te, and Mixtures with Ni and Cu.- Cluster Deposition and Cluster Erosion.- Magic Numbers of Sodium/Antimony-Clusters Produced by Gas Aggregation and Subsequent Photoionization.- Collision-Induced Reactions of Molecular Cluster Ions.- Formation and Reactivity of Silicon Carbide Cluster Cations.- Encagement of Alkali Metal Ions in Gas-phase Water Clusters.- Deposition of Lead Clusters on Cold Silver and Photoemission by Synchrotron Radiation.- Intracluster Anionic Polymerization of (CH2=CXCN)m (X = H, D, CH3, and Cl) in Collision with High Rydberg Rare Gas Atoms and Electrons.- Formation of Negative Cluster Ions by Electron Capture.- Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the Interaction Between Adsorbed Clusters and Graphite Substrates.- Magic Numbers of Metal and Metal-Alloy Clusters and their Chemical Reactivity.- Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Tris-(1,10-Phenanthroline) Ruthenium (II) Chloride on Graphite, Copper, and Gallium Arsenide.- Cluster Quantum Chemical Study of Dihydrogen, Methane, and Water Molecules: Interactions with Pure and Lithium Doped Magnesium Oxide.- Cluster Assemblies.- Nanostructure Fabrication using Bimolecular Templates.- Film Deposition with Cluster Beams: An Alternate Path to Epitaxial, Crystalline Films.- Applications of Ultra Fine Particles.- Fullerene and Fulleride Films.- Nanocrystalline and Icosahedral Amorphous RF Sputtered CrNi(65:35) Thin Films.- Composite Clusters by Laser Vaporization.- High Intensity Silver Cluster Beams.- Optical Characteristics of Cu-Nanocluster Layers Assembled by Ion Implantation.- The Structure and Properties of Nano-size Crystalline Silicon Films.- Fivefold Multiply-Twinned Crystallites in Vapour-Deposited Amorphous Thin Films of Germanium Studied by HREM.- Dispersion of Ultrafine Nickel Particles on Alumina Films and their Behaviour in Oxygen and Hydrogen Atmospheres.- Metallization of Si(111) by Lead Cluster Deposition.- Crystalline Nanometer-scale III–V Clusters.- Incandescent Radiation from 3500 K Hot Clusters.- Nano-structure Fabrication by Organic MBE using Metalloid Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines Containing III, IV, and V Elements.- X-ray Study of Alkoxide-derived Amorphous TiO2 Powder.- Materials Involving Carbon.- Isomerization and Icosahedral Fullerenes.- Formation of Muonium and a Muonic Radical in Fullerene.- Magnetic Susceptibility of Pristine C60 and K-doped C60, and Heat Capacity of Solid C60.- Photoemission Spectra of C60 Clusters in Metal and Nonmetal Systems.- Electronic Structure of Fullerenes: Isolated Molecules and Metal-Doped Crystals.- C60 Rotational Dynamics in the Solid State.- Ab-initio Molecular Dynamics Simulation of C60.- Radial Distribution Function Studies of the Structure of C60.- Relative Energetics of C44 Fullerene Isomers.- Molecular Dynamics Simulations of C60/He Collisions.- Formation and Characterization of C60He+.- Electron Microscopy, Electron Energy Loss and X-ray Emission Spectroscopy of Solid C60 and C70.- Superconductivity in Alkali Intercalated C60.- Extraction and Characterization of Large All-Carbon Fullerenes.- Carbon K-edge XANES and EXAFS of C60, C70, and K3C60.- Tight-Binding Molecular Dynamics Study of C60 and Other Carbon Clusters.- Virtual Symmetric Charge Transfer Superconducting Pairing Excitations in C60.- International Advisory Board.- Local Organizing Committee.- Participants.- Author Index.