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Of Panel Discussion: "Substrate Issues for Wide Bandgap Semiconductors" / Max N. Yoder, Peter K. Bachmann, Hiroyuki Matsunami and Hadis Morkoc -- Tight-Binding Study of the {211} [Sigma] = 3 Grain Boundary in Cubic Silicon-Carbide / M. Kohyama and R. Yamamoto -- Electronic Structures of [beta]-SiC(001) Surfaces and Al/[beta]-SiC(001) Interface / Xiao Hu, Hong Yan and Fumio S. Ohuchi -- Computer Simulation of Si and C Atoms on SiC Surfaces / C. C. Matthai, G. J. Moran and I. Morrison -- Dynamics at a Step on the Diamond (111) Surface / Brian N. Davidson and Warren E. Pickett -- Interaction of Hyperthermal Hydrogen with the Diamond Surface / David Haggerty, Christos Bandis and Bradford B. Pate -- Exposure of Diamond to Atomic Hydrogen: Secondary Electron Emission and Conductivity Effects / D. P. Malta, J. B. Posthill, T. P. Humphreys, R. E. Thomas, G. G. Fountain, R. A. Rudder, G. C. Hudson, M. J. Mantini and R. J. Markunas -- Surface Fermi Level Position of Diamond Treated with Plasma / Takashi Sugino, Yoshifumi Sakamoto, Atsuhiko Furukawa and Junji Shirafuji -- Surface Preparation of Single Crystal C(001) Substrates for Homoepitaxial Diamond Growth / T. P. Humphreys, J. B. Posthill, D. P. Malta, R. E. Thomas, R. A. Rudder, G. C. Hudson and R. J. Markunas -- Theoretical Studies of C(100) Surface Reconstruction and Reaction with CH[subscript 2] / Z. Jing and J. L. Whitten -- Surface Studies Relevant to the Initial Stages of Diamond Nucleation / J. M. Lannon, Jr., J. S. Gold and C. D. Stinespring.