Acknowledgments
Special thanks are directed to Eric Hellman whose efforts resulted in the publication of these Proceedings. Eric Hellman worked under auspices of the Materials Research Society. The 44 papers appearing in this volume were first published in the MRS Internet Journal of Nitride Semiconductor Research (http://nsr.mij.mrs.org). The Editor-in-Chief of the MRS Internet Journal of Nitride Semiconductor Research, Prof. Cammy Abernathy, and the Associate Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Bo Monemar, supervised the review of these papers using the Journal's normal review process.
We would like to thank the following institutions and companies for their financial support and contributions to the success of EGW-3:
Aixtron GmbH
Committee for Scientific Research - KBN (Poland)
Emcore Corp.
Epichem Ltd.
Epi-Europe
Johnson-Matthey S.A.
KD Unipress
Morton
Phillips AXR
Polish Academy of Sciences
Thomas Swan and Co. Ltd
VG Semicon
Finally, we would like to thank the attendees of EGW-3, who ultimately made this Workshop and Proceedings a success due to the high quality of the presentations and the manuscripts based on them.
