1. The Recent Revolution in High Performance Computing

   • Horst D. Simon

   Departments 01 October 1997 Pages: 5 - 6

2. Research/Researchers

   Department 01 October 1997 Pages: 8 - 13

3. Washington News

   Department 01 October 1997 Pages: 14 - 14

4. MRS Helps Grad Students Dodge Tax Bullet

   • Julia M. Phillips

   Department 01 October 1997 Pages: 16 - 16

5. Resources

   Department 01 October 1997 Pages: 17 - 17

6. Editor’s Choice

   Department 01 October 1997 Pages: 18 - 18

7. Low-Dielectric-Constant Materials for ULSI Interlayer-Dielectric Applications

   • Wei William Lee
   • Paul S. Ho

   Low-Dielectric-Constant Materials 01 October 1997 Pages: 19 - 27

8. Vapor Deposition of Low-Dielectric-Constant Polymeric Thin Films

   • T. M. Lu
   • J. A. Moore

   Low-Dielectricconstant Materials 01 October 1997 Pages: 28 - 31

9. Organic and Inorganic Spin-On Polymers for Low-Dielectric-Constant Applications

   • Nigel P. Hacker

   Low-Dielectricconstant Materials 01 October 1997 Pages: 33 - 38

10. Nanoporous Silica as an Ultralow-k Dielectric

    • Changming Jin
    • J. D. Luttmer
    • Teresa A. Ramos

    Low-Dielectricconstant Materials 01 October 1997 Pages: 39 - 42

11. Phase-Separated Inorganic-Organic Hybrids for Microelectronic Applications

    • R. D. Miller
    • J. L. Hedrick
    • J. P. Hummel

    Low-Dielectricconstant Materials 01 October 1997 Pages: 44 - 48

12. Materials Issues and Characterization of Low-k Dielectric Materials

    • E. Todd Ryan
    • Andrew J. McKerrow
    • Paul S. Ho

    Low-Dielectricconstant Materials 01 October 1997 Pages: 49 - 54

13. Fluorinated Amorphous Carbon as a Low-Dielectric-Constant Interlayer Dielectric

    • Kazuhiko Endo

    Low-Dielectricconstant Materials 01 October 1997 Pages: 55 - 58

14. Integration of Low-k Dielectric Materials Into Sub-0.25-μm Interconnects

    • R. Scott List
    • Abha Singh
    • Girish Dixit

    Low-Dielectricconstant Materials 01 October 1997 Pages: 61 - 69

15. Advertisers in This Issue

    Department 01 October 1997 Pages: 70 - 71

16. 1997 MRS Fall Meeting Preview

    • Harry A. Atwater
    • Dean W. Face
    • A. Lindsay Greer

    Department 01 October 1997 Pages: 72 - 77

17. 1997 Von Hippel Award Goes to Gabor A. Somorjai for Broad Contributions to Surface Science

    • Gabor A. Somorjai

    MRS News 01 October 1997 Pages: 79 - 80

18. Merton C. Flemings Selected for 1997 David Turnbull Lectureship for Contributions to Solidification Processing

    • Merton C. Flemings

    MRS News 01 October 1997 Pages: 80 - 80

19. Shuji Nakamura Named 1997 MRS Medalist

    • Shuji Nakamura

    MRS News 01 October 1997 Pages: 81 - 81

20. Plenary Speaker Harry Y. McSween Jr. to Address Materials Findings of the Mars Pathfinder

    • Harry Y. McSween Jr.

    MRS News 01 October 1997 Pages: 81 - 92

21. Materials Scientist Utilizes High-Tech Knowledge for Business Projects

    • Darius Sankey

    Department 01 October 1997 Pages: 93 - 93

22. The Electron Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Its Discovery

    Department 01 October 1997 Pages: 94 - 94

23. Abstracts for December 1997 Journal of Materials Research

    Abstracts 01 October 1997 Pages: 95 - 100