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Heinrich Hofmann, Jerry X. Chen, and Joseph A. Akkara *\ Materials Research Society 506 Keystone Dr. Warrendale, PA 15086-7573 412 pages- $60 (MRS members); $68 non-members This volume presents papers given at symposia on nanoscale materials and particulate coatings at the December 1997 MRS meeting. Nano- and microscale materials are receiving a great deal of attention because of the control of composition, powder morphology, and unique properties that are possible with these small particles. This volume describes the synthesis and characterization techniques that are useful in working with these materials, so it should be a widely used text in this field. The articles are organized in sections either by the class of materials being discussed or by a particular processing technique applied to a variety of systems. Among the topics covered are metal oxide particles and nanocomposites, including electrical properties, magnetic nanomaterials, coatings based on inorganic nanocomposites, nanocomposites based on polymers, sintering of nanomaterials, and particulate coatings. Several of these topics could be applied to electrical insulation either in traditional electrical machinery or microelectronic applications. -K. E: Schoch,]K
FERROELECTRIC THINFILMSVI: MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS, VOL.493 Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 493 Edited by Randolph E. Treece, Robert E. Jones, Christropher M. Foster, Seshu B. Desu, and In K. Yo0 Materials Research Society 506 Keystone Dr. Warrendale, PA 15086-7573 522 pages - $62 (MRS members); $71 non-members This volume presents papers on this subject given at the December 1997 MRS meeting. Readers interested in this book would be those worhng on inorganic materials for piezoelectric and pyroelectric
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devices and capacitors. The papers are organized primarily by application in the following groups: high permittivity DRAM materials, barriers and electrodes, bi-layered ferroelectrics, Pb-based ferroelectrics, microwave and optical devices, materials for piezoelectric MEMs, and novel ferroelectric devices. In addition, there are several papers on the control of domain structure in oxide thin films. Synthesis by sol-gel methods, MOCVD, epitaxial methods, and sputtering are discussed. A wide range of devices is discussed, including capacitors, sensors, actuators, optical devices, and waveguides. Thus anyone who needs to be up-to-date with work in these areas should find this book useful. -K. E Schoch, JK
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ELECTRICAL OPTICAL,AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF ORGANIC SOLID-STATE MATERIALS IV MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS, VOL.488 Edited by John R. Reynolds, Alex K.-Y. Jen, Michael F. Rubner, LongY Chiang, and Larry R. Dalton Materials Research Society 506 Keystone Dr. Warrendale, PA 15086-7573 941 pages - $66 (MRS members); $76 non-members This volume is based on papers presented at the December 1997 MRS meeting. As is apparent from this volume, the interest in organic solid state materials continues to grow in both reports of fundamental properties as well as a variety of applications that take advantage of these materials. The most prominent single topic in the book is light-emitting materials and photonic applications, offering current work in this area, which moves so quickly. The first two sections of the book are devoted to papers in these areas. The next section, “Conducting and Electroactive Polymers,” is focused primarily on processing methods for conducting polymers. The papers in this section would be of interest to other readers who may be involved in other applications of these materials that require blending with other polymers, vapor deposition,
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