1. Transcending Cultures

   • Susanne Mordike

   Departments 01 October 1998 Pages: 5 - 6

2. Research/Researchers

   Departments 01 October 1998 Pages: 7 - 12

3. Washington News

   Departments 01 October 1998 Pages: 15 - 15

4. Advertisers in This Issue

   Departments 01 October 1998 Pages: 16 - 16

5. Editor’s Choice

   Departments 01 October 1998 Pages: 17 - 17

6. Resources

   Departments 01 October 1998 Pages: 18 - 18

7. From Dynamics To Devices: Directed Self-Assembly of Colloidal Materials

   • David G. Grier

   OriginalPaper 01 October 1998 Pages: 21 - 23

8. Interactions and Dynamics in Charge-Stabilized Colloids

   • John C. Crocker
   • David G. Grier

   From Dynamics To Devices: Directed Self-Assembly of Colloidal Materials 01 October 1998 Pages: 24 - 31

9. Phases of Thin Colloidal Layers

   • Cherry Murray

   From Dynamics to Devices: Directed Self-Assembly of Colloidal Materials 01 October 1998 Pages: 33 - 38

10. From the de Broglie to Visible Wavelengths: Manipulating Electrons and Photons With Colloids

    • Alfons van Blaaderen

    From Dynamics to Devices: Directed Self-Assembly of Colloidal Materials 01 October 1998 Pages: 39 - 43

11. Mesoscopically Periodic Photonic Crystal Materials for Linear and Nonlinear Optics and Chemical Sensing

    • Sanford A. Asher
    • John Holtz
    • Guisheng Pan

    From Dynamics to Devices: Directed Self-Assembly of Colloidal Materials 01 October 1998 Pages: 44 - 50

12. 1998 MRS Fall Meeting Preview

    MRS News 01 October 1998 Pages: 51 - 52

13. Plenary Speaker Richard E. Smalley to Discuss Commercially Available Buckytubes

    • Richard E. Smalley

    MRS News 01 October 1998 Pages: 53 - 53

14. Larry L. Hench to Receive Von Hippel Award for Contributions to the Field of Glass and Ceramics

    • Larry L. Hench

    MRS News 01 October 1998 Pages: 54 - 54

15. H. Eugene Stanley Selected for 1998 David Turnbull Lectureship for Contributions to Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena

    • H. Eugene Stanley

    MRS News 01 October 1998 Pages: 55 - 55

16. William L. Johnson Named 1998 MRS Medalist for Metallic Glass

    • William L. Johnson

    MRS News 01 October 1998 Pages: 56 - 79

17. Volcanologist Focuses on Reduction of Risk

    • John A. Lockwood

    Departments 01 October 1998 Pages: 80 - 81

18. Library

    Departments 01 October 1998 Pages: 82 - 83

19. Abstracts for December 1998 Journal of Materials Research

    Abstract 01 October 1998 Pages: 84 - 90