Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

I would like to extend a warm welcome in Dresden, the capital of the Free State of Saxony and I am pleased that this important conference is organized by members of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids. The Max Planck Institutes are an essential component of our Saxon research landscape with great international appeal. I wish you all, but especially the organizers of this conference - a lot of success, interesting discussions and would be delighted to welcome you also personally.

Dr. Eva-Maria Stange, Saxon State Minister for higher Education, Science and the Arts