ISSN 0959-9428 JMACEP(5) 653-779 (1994) Journal of Materials Chemistry Synthesis, structures, properties and applications of materials, particularly those associated with advanced technology CONTENTS 653 High-temperature thermoelectric properties of Inz03-based mixed oxides and their applicability to thermoelectric power generation M. Ohtaki, D. Ogura, K. Eguchi and H. Arai 657 Syntheses of soluble polymeric Lewis bases and their adducts with metal alkyls X. Li, C. M. Lindall, D. F. Foster and D. J. Cole-Hamilton 663 Preparation of an Na3Zr,Si,P01,-sodium aluminosilicate composite and its application as a solid-state electrochemical CO, gas sensor S. Nakayama and Y. Sadaoka 669 Influence of methane on the nitriding gas reduction of kaolinite A. Seron, J.Thebault and F. Beguin 675 Electroluminescence of organic thin films based on blends of polystyrene and fluorescent dyes P. Frederiksen, T. Hjernholm, H. G. Madsen and K. Bechgaard 679 1,3-Disubstituted ferrocene-containing thennotropic liquid crystals of form (q5-C5H5)Fe [(q5-C5H3)-1, 3-(C0zC6H4C02C6H40('nH2n+ 1)2] R. Deschenaux,J. Santiago, D. Guillon and B. Heinrich 683 Studies of vapour-phase chemical derivatisation for XPS analysis using model polymers I. Sutherland, E. Sheng, D. M.Brewis and R. J. Heath 689 Vapour-phase synthesis of titanium nitride powder J. P. Dekker, P. J. van der Put, H. J. Veringa and J. Schoonman 69 5 Co-pyrolysis of hydrocarbons and SiEt, for the synthesis of graduated Si,C1-, ceramic thin films by chemical vapour deposition J.M. Agullo, F. Fau-Canillac and F. Maury 703 Bi2Wl-,Cu,06-, (0.7GxG0.8): A new oxide-ion conductor V. Sharma, A. K. Shukla and J. Gopalakrishnan 707 Crystal structures of two sodium yttrium molybdates: NaY(MoO,), and Na,Y(MoO,), N. J. Stedman, A. K. Cheetham and P. D. Battle 713 Electret behaviour of di- and tri-nuclear iron hydrazone-hexacyanoferrate compounds studied by the thermally stimulated depolariz- ation current technique A. Bonardi, R. Capelletti, C. Pelizzi and P. Tarasconi 719 Liquid-crystalline polyethers based on conformational isomerism. Part 33.-Thermotropic polyethers based on a mesogenic group containing rigid and flexible units: l-(4-hydroxybipheny1-4-yl)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane V. Percec, P. Chu, G. Ungar, S.Z. D. Cheng and Y. Yoon 729 Kinetic and mechanistic aspects of iron@) coordination to bipyridyl-based hydrogel polymer membranes A. L. Lewis and .I. D. Miller 735 New route for dispersion of inorganic salts onto the channel surfaces of microporous crystals: high dispersion of CuC1, in zeolites using a microwave technique F-S. Xiao, W. Xu, S. Qiu and R. Xu 741 Determination of acid-base properties of solid materials by inverse gas chromatography at infinite dilution. A novel empirical method based on the dispersive contribution to the heat of vaporization of probes M. M. Chehimi and E. Pigois-Landureau 747 Effect of the position of lateral fluoro substituents on the phase behaviour and ferroelectric properties of chiral 1-methylheptyl 4-[(2-or 3-fluoro-4-tetradecyloxyphenyl)propioloyloxy]biphenyl-4-carboxylates C.J. Booth, D. A. Dunmur, J. W. Goodby, J. S. Kang and K. J. Toyne 761 Free radical generation during thermal decomposition of azoisobutyronitrile in nematic liquid crystal mixtures T. I. Shabatina, Y. K. Yarovoy, V. A. Batyuk and G. B. Sergeev 765 Statistical analysis of apatitic tricalcium phosphate preparation H. Chaair, J-C. Heughebaert, M. Heughebaert and M. Vaillant MATERIALS CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS 771 Conducting polymer-clay composites for electrochemical applications P. W. Faguy, W. Ma, J. A. Lowe, W-P. Pan and T. Brown 773 (BaTi03),(Ge,Ce)3Cu20,: A new homologous series of layered cuprates containing various layers of perovstite units R.Li 775 Corrigendum to effects of sintering conditions on hydroxyapatite for use in medical applications: A powder diffraction study I.Abrahams and J. C.Knowles 775 Corrigendum to preparation and characterization of a sodium insertion compound of hydrogen molybdenum bronze, Nao.2s(HzO),[Ho.21M003] K. Ma, N. Sotani, F. Hatayama, M. Kunitomo and T. Kohmoto 777 Book Reviews: D. Dunmur; R. Whyman; W. Flavell; P. T. Moseley; W. J. Cantwell j Cumulative Author Index ... 111 Subject Group News and Information: Retirement Meeting for George Gray iv Conference Diary Note: Where an asterisk appears against the name of one or more authors, it is included with the authors’ approval to indicate that correspondence may be addressed to this person. COPIES OF CITED ARTICLES The Royal Society of Chemistry Library can usually supply copies of cited articles. 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