EDI T O R I A L Open Access International Conference on Superlattices, Nanostructures and Nanodevices (ICSNN 2010) Shushen Li, Jian Liu, PingHeng Tan * This special issue of Nanoscale Research Letters contains scientific contributions presented at the International Conference on Superlattices, Nanostructures and Nano- devices (ICSNN 2010), which was held in Beijing, China from July 18-23, 2010. ICSNN 2010, attended by more than 260 participants from 24 countries and regions, is the sixteenth meeting in this biannual conference se ries. ICSNN 2010 was devoted to a continuation of the efforts by the research community to understand new phenomena in the physics and technology of superlattices, nanostructures and nanoscale devices, to highlight contributions from young s cientists in this field, and to explore unconven- tional ideas in these areas that get insu fficient attention at many conferences. There are thirty papers in this special issue, covering a wide range of research fields including nanostructure fabrication techniques, nanoelectronics, graphene, quan- tum dots, quantum wells, spinelectronics, and magnetic/ semiconductor hybrid nano-systems. We would like to express our appreciation to all members of the International Advisory and Program Committees for their invaluable suggestions a nd selec- tion of the invi ted speakers and scientific contributions. Our special thanks go to Professor Jean-Pierre Leburton for his advice to the local organizing committee. We also thank the authors for their excellent contri- butions, as well as the r eferees whose feedback and comments ensured the high quality of this special issue. We are looking forward to the next conference in 2012! Conference Chairman Shushen Li, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Local Organizing Chairman Jian Liu, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Acad- emy of Sciences, China Guest Editors Shushen Li, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Jian Liu, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Acad- emy of Sciences, China PingHeng Tan, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Received: 11 January 2011 Accepted: 12 January 2011 Published: 12 January 2011 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-6-82 Cite this article as: Li et al.: International Conference on Superlattices, Nanostructures and Nanodevices (ICSNN 2010). Nanoscale Research Letters 2011 6:82. Submit your manuscript to a journal and benefi t from: 7 Convenient online submission 7 Rigorous peer review 7 Immediate publication on acceptance 7 Open access: articles freely available online 7 High visibility within the fi eld 7 Retaining the copyright to your article Submit your next manuscript at 7 springeropen.com * Correspondence: phtan@semi.ac.cn State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China Li et al. Nanoscale Research Letters 2011, 6:82 http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/6/1/82 © 2011 Li et al; licensee Springer. This is an Open Access article distribu ted under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.or g/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the orig inal work is properly cited. . al.: International Conference on Superlattices, Nanostructures and Nanodevices (ICSNN 2010). Nanoscale Research Letters 2011 6:82. Submit your manuscript to a journal and benefi t from: 7 Convenient. Nanoscale Research Letters contains scientific contributions presented at the International Conference on Superlattices, Nanostructures and Nano- devices (ICSNN 2010), which was held in Beijing, China from. Open Access International Conference on Superlattices, Nanostructures and Nanodevices (ICSNN 2010) Shushen Li, Jian Liu, PingHeng Tan * This special issue of Nanoscale Research Letters contains scientific