1. Forthcoming papers

   Announcement Pages: A5 - A5

2. Editorial

   • M. Stuke
   • H. Lotsch

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 1

3. Aluminium electron-phonon relaxation-time measurement from subpicosecond nonlinear single-photon photoelectric emission at 248 nm

   • J. P. Girardeau-Montaut
   • M. Afif
   • N. Papadogiannis

   Regular papers Pages: 3 - 6

4. Molecular dynamics simulations of silicon wafer bonding

   • D. Conrad
   • K. Scheerschmidt
   • U. Gösele

   Regular papers Pages: 7 - 12

5. Spatial distributions of boron in silicon obtained by combination of two-dimensional bevelling and autoradiography

   • D. Fink
   • S. Koul
   • H. Kranz

   Regular Papers Pages: 13 - 17

6. Extinction and angle-resolved light scattering from aggregated metal clusters

   • T. Kahlau
   • M. Quinten
   • U. Kreibig

   Regular Papers Pages: 19 - 27

7. Thermally induced structural modification in Pt/C X-ray multilayer mirrors fabricated by electron beam evaporation

   • G. S. Lodha
   • S. Pandita
   • K. Yamashita

   Regular papers Pages: 29 - 32

8. The melting of silicon nanocrystals: Submicron thin-film structures derived from nanocrystal precursors

   • A. N. Goldstein

   Regular Papers Pages: 33 - 37

9. Stabilization of silicon-based devices in ion-containing media using thin Al₂O₃ platelets and MoS₂ oriented thin films

   • B. K. Miremadi
   • S. R. Morrison
   • K. Colbow

   Regular Papers Pages: 39 - 42

10. Laser-induced etching of polycrystalline Al₂O₃TiC in KOH aqueous solution

    • Y. F. Lu
    • K. D. Ye

    Regular Papers Pages: 43 - 49

11. Nanosecond-time-resolution thermal emission measurement during pulsed excimer-laser interaction with materials

    • X. Xu
    • C. P. Grigoropoulos
    • R. E. Russo

    Regular papers Pages: 51 - 59

12. Viscous How and MOS properties of CaF₂-B₂O₃-GeO₂-SiO₂ glasses with ionic bonds

    • K. Kobayashi

    Regular papers Pages: 61 - 63

13. Electron-microscopy study of Fe-implanted InP

    • C. Frigeri
    • A. Carnera
    • A. Gasparotto

    Regular Papers Pages: 65 - 72

14. A scaling for thec-axis resistivity of La_1.86Sr_0.14CuO₄ as a function of temperature, field and field orientation

    • S. L. Yuan
    • Z. J. Yang
    • K. Kadowaki

    Regular Papers Pages: 73 - 76

15. Optodynamic analysis of direct laser writing of graduation lines

    • S. Kopač
    • J. Pirš
    • J. Možina

    Regular Papers Pages: 77 - 82

16. Photoluminescence spectra of MOCVD-grown P-doped GaAS/Al _x Ga_1−x As MQW

    • J. S. A. Adelabu

    Regular Papers Pages: 83 - 85