1. Editorial

   • Elizabeth Fleischer

   Department 01 September 1998 Pages: 3 - 3

2. Research/Researchers

   Department 01 September 1998 Pages: 4 - 10

3. Washington News

   • Phil Berardelli

   Department 01 September 1998 Pages: 11 - 12

4. Public Affairs Forum

   • Robert J. Nemanich
   • Ronald Gibala
   • Ronald Kelley

   Department 01 September 1998 Pages: 14 - 14

5. Resources

   Department 01 September 1998 Pages: 15 - 15

6. Diamond Films: Recent Developments

   • Dieter M. Gruen
   • Ian Buckley-Golder

   Diamond Films: Recent Development 01 September 1998 Pages: 16 - 21

7. Developments in CVD-Diamond Synthesis During the Past Decade

   • James E. Butler
   • Henry Windischmann

   Diamond Films: Recent Development 01 September 1998 Pages: 22 - 27

8. Diamond Films: Recent Developments in Theory and Practice

   • A. M. Stoneham
   • I. J. Ford
   • P. R. Chalker

   Diamond Films: Recent Development 01 September 1998 Pages: 28 - 31

9. Nucleation, Growth, and Microstructure of Nanocrystalline Diamond Films

   • Dieter M. Gruen

   Diamond Films: Recent Development 01 September 1998 Pages: 32 - 35

10. Advertisers in This Issue

    Department 01 September 1998 Pages: 35 - 35

11. On the Nature of Grain Boundaries in Nanocrystalline Diamond

    • P. Keblinski
    • D. Wolf
    • H. Gleiter

    Diamond Films: Recent Development 01 September 1998 Pages: 36 - 41

12. Electron Emission From Diamond Films

    • V. V. Zhirnov
    • J. J. Hren

    Diamond Films: Recent Development 01 September 1998 Pages: 42 - 48

13. Diamond for Electronics: Future Prospects of Diamond SAW Devices

    • J. T. Glass
    • B. A. Fox
    • B. R. Stoner

    Diamond Films: Recent Development 01 September 1998 Pages: 49 - 55

14. Applications of Diamond Thin Films in Electrochemistry

    • Greg M. Swain
    • Alfred B. Anderson
    • John C. Angus

    Diamond Films: Recent Development 01 September 1998 Pages: 56 - 59

15. The Road to Commercialization of Vapor-Phase-Grown Diamond

    • Shinichi Shikata

    Diamond Films: Recent Development 01 September 1998 Pages: 61 - 64

16. Merrilea J. Mayo Appointed OSA/MRS Congressional Fellow for 1998-99

    Department 01 September 1998 Pages: 65 - 65

17. AIChE Topical Conference to be Held in November

    • Phillip R. Westmoreland

    Department 01 September 1998 Pages: 65 - 66

18. A Passage From India: A Conversation With P. Rama Rao

    Department 01 September 1998 Pages: 67 - 70

19. Fighting Fire With...Other Things

    • Allison I. Fultz

    Deparment 01 September 1998 Pages: 71 - 71

20. Abstracts for November 1998 Journal of Materials Research

    Abstract 01 September 1998 Pages: 72 - 79

21. Calendar

    Department 01 September 1998 Pages: 80 - 80

22. Classified

    Department 01 September 1998 Pages: 87 - 87

23. Posterminaries

    • Alex King

    Department 01 September 1998 Pages: 87 - 88