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The International Conference on Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Systems (EP2DS), is a biannual event, where over hundred scientists meet for the presentation of new developments on the special field of two-dimensional electron systems in
semiconductor
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s. Most
transistor
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s in integrated circuits have such a two-dimensional electron system inside, but also the
quantum Hall effect
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was discovered in such a structure.
The conference series started 1975 at the
Brown University
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in
Providence
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,
Rhode Island
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, United States. Th next in the series will be held July 27-August 1, 2025 at
Washington University in St. Louis
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.
Conference list
*EP2DS-1 - Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (1975)
*EP2DS-2 - Berchtesgaden, Germany (1977)
*...
*EP2DS-10 - Newport, Rhode Island, USA (1993)
*EP2DS-11 - Nottingham, England (1995) EP2DS-12 - Tokyo, Japan (1997) - Ottawa, Canada (1999) EP2DS-14 - Prague, Czech (2001) EP2DS-15 -
Nara, Japan
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(2003) EP2DS-16 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (2005) - Genova, Italy (2007) EP2DS-18 - Kobe, Japan (2009) EP2DS 19 - Tallahassee, Florida, USA (2011) EP2DS 20 -
Wrocław
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Sendai
is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households, making it the List of cities in Japan, twelfth most populated city in Japan.
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State College, Pennsylvania
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