Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials ― 2004：VOLUME847

The proceedings volume of the November/December 2004 symposium explores functional hybrid materials, structured mesoporous materials, synthesis and characterization methods, hybrid materials influenced by biology, and materials with multiscale organization. The trophy award winning paper synthesizes colloidal particles with a controlled morphology combining both organic and inorganic parts through a seeded emulsion polymerization process. Other topics of the 78 papers include pulsed laser ablation of zinc in aqueous solutions, pentacene transistors with polymer gate dielectrics on metallized optical fibers, ligand control of semiconductor nanocrystals for efficient carrier injection, and molybdenum and tungsten oxide nanowires prepared by electrospinning. Annotation c2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)