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Prof. Victor A. Goldade
Prof. Leonid S. Pinchuk
Dr. Anna V. Makarevich
Metal Polymer Research Institute
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
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KVN International
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Professor Robert Hull
University of Virginia
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Thornton Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22903-2442, USA

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Microelectronics Science Laboratory
Department of Electrical Engineering
Columbia University
Seeley W. Mudd Building
New York, NY 10027, USA

Professor J rgen Parisi
Universit t Oldenburg, Fachbereich Physik
Abt. Energie- und Halbleiterforschung
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26129 Oldenburg, Germany

Professor Hans Warlimont
Institut f r Festk rper-und Werkstofforschung,
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