Preface.- Scientific Committee.- Part I. Synthesis and structural characterization.- Arc discharge and laser ablation synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes; B. Hornbostel et al.- Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes; L. P. Biró, Ph. Lambin.- Structural determination of individual singlewall carbon nanotube by nanoarea electron diffraction; E. Thune et al. - The structural effects on multi-walled carbon nanotubes by thermal annealing under vacuum; K D. Behier et al. - TEM sample preparation for studying the interface CNTs-catalyst-substrate; M -F. Fiawoo et al. -A method to synthesize and tailor carbon nanotubes by electron irradiation in the TEM; R. Caudillo et al.- Scanning tunneling microscopy studies of nanotube-like structures on the HOPG surface; I. N. Kholmanov et al.- Influence of catalyst and carbon source on the synthesis of carbon nanotubes in a semi-continuous injection chemical vapor deposition method; Z. E. Horvath et al. - PECVD growth of carbon nanotubes; A. Malesevic et al. - Carbon nanotubes growth and anchorage to carbon fibres; Th. Dikonimos Makris et al. - CVD synthesis of carbon nanotubes on different substrates; Th. Dikonimos Makris et al. - Influence of the substrate types and treatments on carbon nanotube growth by chemical vapor deposition with nickel catalyst; R. Rizzoli et al.- Non catalytic CVD growth of 2D-aligned carbon nanotubes; N. I. Maksimova et al.- Pyrolytic synthesis of carbon nanotubes on Ni, Co, Fe/MCM-41 catalysts; K. Katok et al. - A Grand Canonical Monte Carlo simulation study of carbon structural and adsorption properties of in-zeolite templated carbon nanostructures; Th. I Roussel et al.- Part II. Vibrational properties and optical spectroscopies.- Vibrational and related properties of carbon nanotubes; V. N Popov, Ph. Lambin.- Raman scattering ofcarbon nanotubes; H. Kuzmany et al.- Raman spectroscopy of isolated single-walled carbon nanotubes; Th. Michel et al.- Part III. Electronicand optical properties and electrical transport.- Electronic transport in nanotubes and through junctions of nanotubes; Ph. Lambin et al.- Electronic transport in carbon nanotubes at the mesoscopic scale; S. Latil et al.- - Wave packet dynamical investigation of STM imaging mechanism using an atomic pseudopotential model of a carbon nanotube; Géza I. Mark et al.- Carbon nanotube films for optical absorption; E. Kovats et al.- - Intersubband exciton relaxation dynamics in single-walled carbon nanotubes; C. Gadermaier et al.- - Peculiarities ofthe optical polarizability of single-walled zigzag carbon nanotube with capped and tapered ends; 0. V. Ogloblya, G. M Kuznetsova et al.- Third-order nonlinearity and plasmon properties in carbon nanotubes; A. M Nemilentsau et al.- - Hydrodynamic modeling of fast ion interactions with carbon nanotubes; D. .1. Mowbray et al. - Local resistance of single-walled carbon nanotubes as measured by scanning probe techniques; B. Goldsmith, Ph. G. Collins.- Band structure of carbon nanotubes embedded in a crystal matrix; P. N D'yachko, D. V. Makaev.- Magnetotransport in 2-D arrays of single-wall carbon nanotubes; V. K. Ksenevich.- Computer modeling ofthe differential conductance of symmetry connected armchair-zigzag heterojunctions; 0. V. Ogloblya, G. M Kuznetsova.- Part IV. Molecule adsorption, functionalization and chemical properties.- Molecular Dynamics simulation of gas adsorption and absorption in nanotubes; A. Proykova et al.- First-principles and molecular dynamics simulations of methane adsorption on grapheme; E. Daykova et al.- - Effect of solvent and dispersant on the bundle dissociation of single-walled carbon nanotubes; S. Giordani et al.- - Carbon nanotubes with vacancies under external mechanical stress and electric field; H. Iliev et al-. - Part V. Mechanical properties of nanotubes and composite materials.- Mechanical properties of three-terminal nanotube junction determined from computer simulations; E. Belova, L. A.