1. Structural investigations of laser-deposited Fe/Al multilayers

   • J. Noetzel
   • K. Brand
   • W. Möller

   Invited paper Pages: 497 - 503

2. A time-resolved total internal reflection aqueous fluorescence (TIRAF) microscope for the investigation of cell adhesion dynamics

   • P. Geggier
   • G. Fuhr

   Regular paper Pages: 505 - 513

3. Characterization of particulates accompanying laser ablation of pressed polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) targets

   • J. Heitz
   • J.T. Dickinson

   Regular paper Pages: 515 - 523

4. Photoacoustic cavitation in spherical and cylindrical absorbers

   • G. Paltauf
   • H. Schmidt-Kloiber

   Regular paper Pages: 525 - 531

5. Oxygen deficiency dependence of magnetic and magnetoresistive properties for La0.5Sr0.5CoO3-x thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition

   • Q. Huang
   • J.-M. Liu
   • C.K. Ong

   Regular paper Pages: 533 - 538

6. Application of electron paramagnetic resonance to the study of Cu2+ ions in Cu-Na ion-exchanged glasses

   • F. Gonella
   • F. Caccavale
   • V.A. Jachkin

   Regular paper Pages: 539 - 546

7. Structural and dielectric properties of Bi4Ti3O12 thin films prepared by metalorganic solution deposition

   • X.S. Wang
   • Y.J. Zhang
   • X. Yao

   Regular paper Pages: 547 - 552

8. The effect of non-constant effective tunneling mass and asymmetry for resonant tunneling in double-barrier structures

   • L.M. Schmitt

   Regular paper Pages: 553 - 558

9. Effect of annealing on structure and magnetic properties of Fe-N and Fe-Ti-N thin films

   • H.Y. Wang
   • Z.W. Ma
   • H.S. Huang

   Regular paper Pages: 559 - 562

10. Polarization effects in ultrashort-pulse laser drilling

    • S. Nolte
    • C. Momma
    • H. Welling

    Regular paper Pages: 563 - 567

11. An energy approach to the modelling of particle removal by pulsed laser irradiation

    • Y.F. Lu
    • Y.W. Zheng
    • W.D. Song

    Regular paper Pages: 569 - 572

12. On the impeded growth of oxide films on Si in N2O ambient

    • N. Novkovski

    Regular paper Pages: 573 - 575

13. Electrical transport, magnetism, and magnetoresistance in La0.7Sr0.3(Mn1-xCox)O3

    • J.B. Shi
    • F.C. Wu
    • C.T. Lin

    Regular paper Pages: 577 - 581

14. Ferroelectricity of lanthanum-modified lead titanate thin films obtained by a diol-based sol-gel method

    • M. Algueró
    • M.L. Calzada
    • L. Pardo

    Regular paper Pages: 583 - 592

15. Growth of wurtzite GaN films on αAl2O3 substrates using light-radiation heating metal-organic chemical vapor deposition

    • B. Shen
    • Y.G. Zhou
    • W. Park

    Regular paper Pages: 593 - 596

16. Thermoelectric properties of mechanically alloyed Bi–Sb alloys

    • R. Martin-Lopez
    • A. Dauscher
    • B. Lenoir

    Regular paper Pages: 597 - 602

17. Nitrogen incorporation in amorphous SiCN layers prepared from electron cyclotron resonance plasmas

    • L. Barbadillo
    • F.J. Gómez
    • J. Piqueras

    Regular paper Pages: 603 - 607

18. Formation of gold nanowires through self-assembly during scanning force microscopy

    • M. Andersson
    • A. Iline
    • F. Träger

    Rapid communication Pages: 609 - 614