Preface List of Contributors 1 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of ntum Dot Growth 2 Control of Self-Organized In(Ga)As/GaAs ntum Dot Growth 3 In-Situ Monitoring for Nano-Structure Growth in MOVPE 4 Bottom-up Approach to the Nanopatterning of Si(001) 5 Structural Characterisation of ntum Dots by X-Ray Diffraction and TEM 6 The Atomic Structure of ntum Dots 7 Theory of Excitons in InGaAs/GaAs ntum Dots 8 Phonons in ntum Dots and Their Role in Exciton Dephasing 9 Theory of the Optical Response of Single and Coupled Semiconductor ntum Dots 10 Theory of Nonlinear Transport for Ensembles of ntum Dots 11 ntum Dots for Memories 12 Visible-Bandgap II-VI ntum Dot Heterostructures 13 Narrow-Gap Nanostructures in Strong Magnetic Fields 14 Optical Properties of III-V ntum Dots 15 Uitrafast Coherent Spectroscopy of Single Semiconductor ntum Dots 16 Single-Photon Generation from Single ntum Dots Index