The aim of the workshop is to be the primary forum for scientific discussions on novel methods and applications of self-organized nanopattern production at surfaces such as miniaturization, flat surface growth, or periodic nanostructure production by growth or erosion techniques. Over the last decade advances have been made in experimentation and modelling of these far-from-equilibrium effects on various materials and the synthesis and direct modification of nanostructures and their arrays by ion beams can now be individually observed and characterized thanks to advances in combining ion beams with in situ characterization methods. The focus of this meeting is to bring together researchers from different fields so their combined expertise and techniques can gain fundamental understanding of mechanisms leading to surface pattern formation, radiation-matter interactions and their applications in different areas and technologies.

Topics to be addressed include:

• Experimental studies of surface nanopatterning by ion beam sputtering
• Pattern formation during thin film growth or photon irradiation
• Theory and modelling of surface pattern formation during ion erosion and layer deposition
• Surface patterns at the sub-micron scale by Focused Ion Beams
• Ion beam structuring and phase segregation in 3D nanostructures
• Modification of individual nanostructures by ion beams
• Surface nanostructuring with swift and highly charged ions
• Theory and computer simulations of ion assisted modification of surfaces and individual nanostructures
• Surface patterns by assembling of molecular and biological entities
• Modification of surface properties by pattern formation
• Applications of surface nanopatterns
• Advanced characterization techniques