Materials Synthesis and Characterization

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Fine Particle Synthesis and Coating

   • Richard E. Partch

   Pages 1-17

3. Diastereomeric Discrimination: Structural Aspects

   • Edward J. Valente, Gerard Ruggiero, Christopher W. Miller, Jeffrey D. Zubkowski, Drake Eggleston

   Pages 19-60

4. Raman Spectra of Unconventional Superconductors

   • Eric Faulques

   Pages 61-102

5. New Porous Structures from Layered Phosphonates

   • Abraham Clearfield, J. Don Wang, Ying Tian, Fred L. Campbell III, Guang-Zhi Peng

   Pages 103-114

6. Precursors for the Chemical Vapor Deposition of Titanium Disulfide and Titanium Nitride Films

   • Charles H. Winter

   Pages 115-129

7. A New Class of Gallium Arsenide Transistor: Realization Through a Molecular Designed Insulator

   • Andrew R. Barron

   Pages 131-138

8. New, Hydrotalcite-Type Catalytic Materials: Preparation of the Series Mg4−xZnxAl2(OH)12[B3O3(OH)4]2 · YH2O (x = 0−4)

   • Alak Bhattacharyya, Daniel B. Hall

   Pages 139-145

9. Zirconia: A Review of a Super Ceramic

   • Ram Srinivasan, Burtron H. Davis

   Pages 147-188

10. A Photochemical Approach to Integrated Optics

    • E. Mendoza, S. Devi, D. Sunil, J. Dong, M. Rafailovich, J. Sokolov et al.

    Pages 189-202

11. Back Matter

    Pages 203-205

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One area of science that has shown an explosive growth over the last few decades is materials science. Inherently by nature products of both basic and applied research, materials make possible life and society as we know it today. Materials, ranging from ceramics to semiconductors to composites, are such that new ones must not only be designed and made ... they must also be characterized in terms of their physical, chemical, and mechanical properties. Thus, many new state­ of-the-art techniques involving spectroscopy, microscopy, and other approaches are now routinely used. Modem materials have wide applications in many sectors of technology. Films, for example, constitute an enormous area of materials and are used extensively. Films in tum can be integrated with other systems such as superconducting metal oxides and organic superconductors. Additionally, ceramics can also be synthesized and fabricated as films for different applications. Catalysts, too, can vary widely in both composition and form. The number of applications for catalysts in industry must easily rank as one of the highest number of applications for any class of materials. Catalysis is impOltant for a wide range of activities in industry, from petroleum refining to the synthesis of a large number of industrial feedstock materials. Researchers in this area of materials are constantly trying to unravel new approaches to making better catalysts.

• catalysis
• ceramics
• composite
• materials science
• microscopy
• optics
• semiconductors
• spectroscopy
• vapor

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA

  Dale L. Perry

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