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Thirty seven papers are gathered here, from the Actinides 2008--Basic Science, Applications and Technology Symposium, held in March 2008 at the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting in San Francis
Forty-one papers from the April 2007 symposium present recent research on the chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) process for polishing silicon wafers. Invited papers describe slurry particle char
In these proceedings from the November-December 2005 symposium, contributors present their research in combinatory and high-throughput approaches, complex materials and device systems. This interdisci
In these proceedings for the symposium of November-December 2005, participants describes their research in smart materials, sensing and actuating devices and intelligent systems, which have become pri
This 2005 presents research used to characterize cultural materials; the technologies by which materials are transformed into objects and artifacts; and the science underlying their deterioration, pre
Papers from a spring 2005 symposium explore the deliberate introduction and manipulation of defects and impurities in order to engineer desired properties in semiconductor materials and devices. Paper
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Proceedings of an April 2004 symposium held in San Francisco, California bringing together materials and device technologists from throughout the world. Fifty contributions are organized into sections
Papers from an April 2004 symposium reflect the current focus in the field on wide bandgap semiconductor silicon carbide for electronic device applications. Papers are presented in sections on bulk gr
These 41 papers from the April 2004 symposium investigate the high carrier mobility offered by strained layers of silicon and silicon germanium for metal oxide semiconductors, and discuss techniques f
As the need for processing and storage of business and personal data has increased, a variety of storage technologies have been developed which offer increased storage capacities and data rates. This
This work contains experimental, theoretical, and modeling research papers from a December 2003 symposium on the mechanical behavior of thin films, touching on topics in stress evolution, modeling str
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Contributors from universities, federal laboratories, and industry examine innovations in engineered surfaces and interfaces in these papers from a December 2002 symposium. Themes include nano- and mi
This work assembles papers presented at a December 2002 symposium, representing the latest activities in silicon carbide (SiC) research and development. Themes are epitaxial growth, characterization a
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Representing the proceedings of the November 2001 Boston conference, these 26 papers and ten posters discuss smectic and chiral liquid crystals, liquid crystal polymerization, novel applications, emer
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This book provides a seamless, atoms-to-devices introduction to the latest quantum heterostructures. It covers their fabrication, their electronic, optical and transport properties, their role in expl
Modern Mathematical Methods for Physicists and Engineers provides an up-to-date mathematical and computational education for students, researchers, and practising engineers. Throughout, the author con
This text provides a critical collection of recent research in on-line communication for second language learning. The paperback edition provides a critical collection of recent research in on-line co
Sixty-one papers from the 1998 MRS fall meeting present research associated with generating microstructure-property-performance relationships of coatings produced by chemical and physical vapor deposi
Proceedings of an April 1998 symposium, covering amorphous and microcrystalline silicon from materials physics to new applications. Papers are grouped in sections on amorphous and polycrystalline thin
Contains papers from a December 1997 symposium devoted to the mechanical behavior of thin films, organized in sections on novel testing methods, low-load indentation, metallization and reliability, st
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