ISSN 0959-9428 JMACEP(6) 677-903 (1996) Synthesis, structures, properties and applications of materials, particularly those associated with advanced technology Feature Article 677 Thin film formulations of substituted pht haloc y anines 6 Michael J. Cook 0Y ($If assembled monolayers) Articles 691 Preparation of ultrafine particle multilayers using the Langmuir-Blodgett technique Tadao Nakaya, Yu-Jun Li and Kazunori Shibata 699 Preparation and characterisation of conductive Langmuir-Blodgett films of a tetrabutylammonium-Ni(dmit), complex Leonid M. Goldenberg, Christopher Pearson, Martin R. Bryce and Michael C. Petty 705 Laser photolytic studies of sensitizers for negative photoresists: 2,7-diazidofluorene in poly(methy1 methacrylate) films Tsutomu Yamamoto, Hiroshi Miyasaka, Akira Itaya, Minoru Toriumi and Takumi Ueno i 711 Novel optically transparent polyesters containing a high density of second-order non-linear optically active chromophores Nobukatsu Nemoto, Fusae Miyata, Yu Nagase, Jiro Abe, Makoto Hasegawa and Yasuo Shirai 719 Chemical modification of monolithic poly (styrenedivinylbenzene) PolyHIPE@ materials - - Neil R.Cameron, David C. Sherrington, Isao Ando and Hiromichi Kurosu X = -SO,H, -NO,, -Br 727 Copper ion binding to N-phenylphthalamic acid studied by 13Cnuclear magnetic resonance and electron paramagnetic resonance: model O A interaction of polyamic acid with copper Toshifumi Hiraoki, Noriyuki Kinjo, Kunio Miyazaki, Osamu Miura and Akihiro Tsutsumi 733 Mesogenic properties of novel enamino ketone ligands and their copper (n) complexes Jadwiga Szydlowska, Wieslaw Pyzuk, Adam Krowczynski and Ildar Bikchantaev 739 Structural variation of liquid crystalline trioxadecalins X2.Volkmar Vill, Hanns-Walter Tunger and Markus von Minden 'oY = COO-phenyl, -CH~-CH~-,-CEC- ~OCnH* + 1 " 747 Synthesis and mesogenic properties of 3,6-disubstituted cyclohex-2-en-1-ones Roger Brettle, David A.Dunmur, Louise D. Farrand and Charles M. Marson 753 Stability of the antiferroelectric phase in dimeric liquid crystals having two chiral centres with CF, or CH, groups; evaluation of conformational and electric interactions Yoshi-Ichi Suzuki, Tadaaki Isozaki, Shigeharu Hashimoto, Tetsuo Kusumoto, Tamejiro Hiyama, Yoichi Takanishi, Hideo Takezoe and Atsuo Fukuda 761 Oriented cadmium oxide thin solid films Metodija Z. Najdoski, Ivan S.Grozdanov and Biljana Minceva-Sukarova 765 Morphology control of thin LiCoO, films fabricated using the electrostatic spray deposition (ESD) technique Chunhua Chen, Erik M.Kelder, Paul J. J. M. van der Put and Joop Schoonman 773 Synthesis, properties and performances of electrodeposited bismuth telluride films Pierre Magri, Clotilde Boulanger and Jean-Marie Lecuire 781 Oxidation of alkaline-earth-metal sulfide powders and thin films Janos Madarasz, Tuula Leskela, Janne Rautanen and Lauri Niinisto R Zoo0 loo0 Ei,Te, 2Billl + 3Te'" + 18e- $0 ~ -2BiIII + 3Tew + 18e- -loo0 -5M) -250 0 250 503 753 EImV (vs.SCE) -130 120 ill0 100 80 80 ?O ... 111 789 LiSb(edta)(H,O): a convenient precursor to LiSbS2 and LiSbO, Bertrand Marrot, Chantal Brouca-Cabarrecq and Alain Mosset 795 Preparation and electrical conductivity of neod ymium-europium oxide fluorides Masayuki Takashima, Susumu Yonezawa, Kiyoshi Horita, Kouichi Ohwaki and Hiroshi Takahashi 801 Structure refinement, magnetic susceptibility, electrical conductivity and europium-151 Mossbauer spectroscopy of EuNiIn, Rainer Pottgen, Ralf Mullmann, Bernd D. Mosel and Hellmut Eckert 807 Magnetic properties of ternary chromium sulfides, V,Cr, -3,(0 <x < 1.0) Anthony V.Powell and Sascha Oestreich 815 Fabrication of La, -,Sr,CoO,-, thin layers on porous supports by a polymeric sol-gel process Chunhua Chen, Henny J. M. Bouwmeester, Henk Kruidhof, Johan E. ten Elshof and Anthony J. Burggraaf 821 Additive-assisted pressureless sintering of carbothermal /l"-sialon: an X-ray and solid-state MAS NMR study Kenneth J. D. MacKenzie and Richard H. Meinhold Nd 0 Eu F @o La :O 5641nm :I I227nm 1 VCr,S4 41,. . . . . , , . , , . m 2Y) 3m' Irn 7?K *'At NMR 29SlNMR 25M9NMRn 1 1v 833 Thermal reactions of alkali-leached A C aluminosilicates studied by XRD and solid-state "Al, 29Siand 23Na MAS NMR 10 mln, 1300 OC mrnln.Kenneth J. D. MacKenzie, Richard H. Meinhold, Akshoy K. Chakravorty and M. H. Dafadar 843 A 23Na NMR study of hydrous layered silicates Na,O (4-22)Si02 (5-1O)H,O Graham G. Almond, Robin K. Harris, makatite kanemite Kevin R. Franklin and Peter Graham magadiite oc tasilica te kenyaite 849 Organometallic cation-exchanged phyllosilicates: variable-temperature 57FeMossbauer spectroscopic and related studies of the adsorption of dimethylaminomethylferroceneon clays and pillared clays Christopher Breen, John S. Brooks, 18.8 AI Susan Forder and Julian C. E. Hamer 861 Intercalation of n-alkylamines into misfit layer sulfides Lourdes Hernan, Pedro Lavela, Julian Morales, Luis Sanchez and Jose L. Tirado 867 Optical and EPR spectroscopic studies of silver clusters in Ag,Na-Y zeolite by y-irradiation E.Gachard, J. Belloni and M. A. Subramanian 87 1 Rheology and microstructure of aqueous layered 1 double hydroxide dispersions v) Louise Albiston, Kevin R. Franklin, Elizabeth Lee and J. Bas A. F. Smeulders m &p 01 40 > 0 01 0 loo0 2000 3000 4000 5000 tIs V 879 Preparation, characterization and surface structure of coprecipitated high-area Sr,TiO,+,(O<x< 1) powders Jose Manuel Gallardo Amores, Vicente Sanchez Escribano, Marco Daturi and Guido Busca Ti02 anatase SrTi03 887 Photoluminescence study of (CaO), -*( ZnO), &= 200 nrn powder solids in air Loukia A. Loukatzikou, Antonios T.Sdoukos and Philip J. Pomonis hlnm 895 Study of the order-disorder transition in yttria- 7-----7stabilised zirconia by neutron diffraction 70 Iain R. Gibson and John T. S. Irvine 075 O.'m 0.85 0,'W 0.95 1 00 1.05 d-spacnq/A Materials Chemistry Communication 899 Investigation of the stability of the hexagonal- cubic boron nitride prism interface Jorg Widany, Thomas Frauenheim and h-BN C-BNWalter R. L. Lambrecht I 903 Book Reviews: Raoul Cervini; Martin R. 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