1. Letters to the Editor

   Department 01 May 1998 Pages: 3 - 3

2. Advertisers in This Issue

   Department 01 May 1998 Pages: 3 - 3

3. Research/Researchers

   OriginalPaper 01 May 1998 Pages: 4 - 7

4. Washington News

   • Phil Berardelli

   News 01 May 1998 Pages: 9 - 9

5. Resources

   OriginalPaper 01 May 1998 Pages: 10 - 10

6. From Surface Materials to Surface Technologies

   • Gabor A. Somorjai

   Special Features 01 May 1998 Pages: 11 - 29

7. Solidification Science and Engineering Practice

   • Merton C. Flemings

   Special Features 01 May 1998 Pages: 30 - 36

8. InGaN/GaN/AIGaN-Based Laser Diodes With an Estimated Lifetime of Longer Than 10,000 Hours

   • Shuji Nakamura

   Special Features 01 May 1998 Pages: 37 - 43

9. IUMRS-ICEM-98 Will Meet in Cheju, Korea in August

   International Union of Materials Research Societies 01 May 1998 Pages: 44 - 45

10. Upcoming Conference

    • Mark D. Allendorf

    OriginalPaper 01 May 1998 Pages: 47 - 47

11. Library

    Department 01 May 1998 Pages: 47 - 49

12. Links of Science & Technology

    • Nicholas DeCristofaro

    Department 01 May 1998 Pages: 50 - 56

13. Abstracts for July 1998 Journal of Materials Research

    Abstracts 01 May 1998 Pages: 57 - 64

14. Classified

    Department 01 May 1998 Pages: 71 - 71

15. Posterminaries

    • E. N. Kaufmann

    Department 01 May 1998 Pages: 72 - 72