The European Physical Journal B

Exotic high pressure behavior of light alkali metals, lithium and sodium p. 1

Coherent electron transport in quasi one-dimensional carbon-based systems p. 15

A frustrated quantum spin-s model on the Union Jack lattice with spins s > 1/2 p. 37

Crystal field effect on X-ray magnetic circular dichroism spectra at the L_2,3 absorption edges of mixed-valence Ce and Yb compounds in high magnetic fields p. 49

Localized defect modes in finite magnetic two-dimensional photonic crystals p. 63

Optical properties of the pseudogap state in underdoped cuprates p. 69

The hydrostatic pressure and temperature effects on a hydrogenic impurity in a spherical quantum dot p. 79

Controlling the optical spectra of gold nano-islands by changing the aspect ratio and the inter-island distance: theory and experiment p. 85

Participation ratio and fidelity analyses as tools to study BCS-BEC crossover p. 95

An ab initio study of PuO_2±0.25, UO_2±0.25, and U_0.5Pu_0.5O_2±0.25 p. 103

Electronic structure of fluorides: general trends for ground and excited state properties p. 115

Stability and electronic properties of AlN nanotubes under the influence of external electric field p. 121

Multiple resonances and Coulomb blockade splitting in a quantum dot-DNA composite p. 127

Electronic and optical properties of the H₂O adsorbed the B-N-C nanotubes p. 133