ISSN 0959-9428 JMACEP(6) 5 11-676 ( 1996) Synthesis, structures, properties and applications of materials, particularly those associated with advanced technology Feature Article 5 11 Hybrid organic-inorganic materials: a land of multidisciplinarit y Patrick Judeinstein and Clement Sanchez -v Pv+ $*- Articles 527 Synthesis of polyesters containing 9,lO- diacetoxyanthracene-2,6-diyl moieties via a precursor polymer approach Ruab Uddin, Philip Hodge, Michael S. Chisholm and Paul Eustace 5 33 Paramagnetic liquid-crystal side-chain polyacrylates containing Schiff-base copper (11 ) complexes Eduardo Campillos, Mercedes Marcos, Jose Luis Serrano, Pablo J. Alonso and Jesus I. Martinez 539 Molecular motions near the glass transition in diethylene glycol bis (ally1 carbonate) as studied 06 by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy 04 *r Ian K.Smith, Stuart R. Andrews, 02 Graham Williams and Paul A. Holmes 00 1 547 Structure, dielectric relaxation and electrical conductivity of 2,3,7,8-tetramethoxy- chalcogenanthrene-2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone1:1charge-transfer complexes Ulrich Behrens, Ricardo Diaz Calleja, Mark Dotze, Ursula Franke, Walter GunBer, Gunter Klar, Jens Kudnig, Falk Olbrich, Enrique Sanchez Martinez, Maria J Sanchis and Barbel Zimmer 555 Boron derivatives containing a bithiophene bridge as new materials for non-linear optics Catherine Branger, Minh Lequan, Rose Marie Lequan, Marguerite Barzoukas and Alain Fort 559 Synthesis and physical performance of indole and benzimidazole cyanine dyes Zheng-Hong Peng, Li Qun, Xiang-Feng Zhou, Suzanne Carroll, Herman J Geise, Bi-Xian Peng, Roger Dommisse and Robert Carleer 567 Investigation of the formation of Ru0,-based mixed oxide coatings by secondary ion mass spectrometry Sergio Daolio, Janos Kristof, Clara Piccirillo, Cesare Pagura and Achille De Battisti 573 Preparation of colloidal silver dispersions by the polyol process.Part 1.-Synthesis and characterization Pierre-Yves Silvert, Ronald0 Herrera-Urbina, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Venugopal Vijayakrishnan and Kamar Tekaia Elhsissen 579 Coordination environment of copper(11) during the sol-gel process of an aminated alkoxide Andrzej M Klonkowski, Klaus Koehler, Teresa Widernik and Beata Grobelna Vn2E2-DDQ(E= S Se) 1 2 3 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 60 90 100 drarnete r/nm d 6 11 585 Pyrolysis study of methyl-substituted Si-H containing gels as precursors for oxycarbide glasses, by combined thermogravimetry, gas chromatographic and mass spectrometric analysis Renzo Campostrini, Gennaro D'Andrea, Giovanni Carturan, Riccardo Ceccato and Gian Domenico Soraru 595 Structure of carbon produced by hydrothermal treatment of P-SiC powder Yury G.Gogotsi, Klaus G. Nickel, Djamila Bahloul-Hourlier, Therese Merle-Mejean, Galina E. Khomenko and Kjell P. Skjerlie 605 A carbon-bearing nickel(u) ferrite: a tailor- made solid reactant for two-step thermochemical water splitting at 300 'C T.Sano, N. Hasegawa, M. Tsuji and Y. Tamaura 61 1 Solvothermal synthesis and structural characterisation of the first ammonium cobalt gallium phosphate hydrate, NH, [CoGazP3Oi2(H20)21 Ann M. Chippindale, Andrew R. Cowley and Richard I. Walton 615 Correlating thermochemical data of the oxygen non-stoichiometric compound YBa,Cu,O, -x with the oxygen content Hengzhong Zhang, Pingmin Zhang and Xinmin Chen 619 The YBa,Cu,O, phase diagram Christian Picard and Paul Gerdanian TG+GC+MS coupled analysis I) h 'U T=60O-80O0C,P=100-500MPa CBNF 02 CBNF* \ 1nickel (11) ferrite H2 A,H" (n,298 K) = -2097.20 -80.42~kJ mol-' So(n,298 K) = -1253.43 f458.80n -33.42n2J mol-K-' CJn, TK)=230.62+ 14.98n+(-468.86+2.09n) x 10-3 ~+(47.61-0.84n) x 105 T-2 +794.18 x T2 J mol-' K-' II Phuc Diagnm ...623 LuBa2Cu30, -thin films prepared using MOCVD Sergey V. Samoylenkov, Oleg Yu. Gorbenko, Igor E. Graboy, Andrey R. Kaul and Yury D. Tretyakov 629 Unit-cell symmetries and Raman spectra of calcium- and neodymium-doped barium cerate proton-conducting ceramic electrolytes Robert C. T. Slade, Sara D. Flint, Alison Holloway, Narendra Singh, Lubomir Smrcok and Daniel Tunega 635 Magnetic, electrical and '"Eu Mossbauer properties of EuPtGe Rainer Pottgen, Reinhard K. Kremer, Walter Schnelle, Ralf Miillmann and Bernd D. Mosel 639 Synthesis and crystal structures of two metal phosphonates, M(HO,PC,H,), (M =Ba, Pb) Damodara M.Poojary, Baolong Zhang, Aurelio Cabeza, Miguel A. G. Aranda, Sebastian Bruque and Abraham Clearfield 645 Protonation and olation of 2,2'-bipyridyl and 1,lO-phenanthroline in y-titanium phosphate dihydrate Carla Ferragina, M. Antonietta Massucci and Anthony A. G. Tomlinson 653 Computer modelling of V,O,: surface structures, crystal morphology and ethene sorption Dean C. Sayle, David H. Gay, Andrew L. Rohl, C. Richard A. Catlow, John H. Harding, Marc A. Perrin and Patrice Nortier TIK 50 50.5 51 51.5 2Oldegrees iv I 661 Ordering and manipulation of MoS, platelets on differently charged micas by atomic force microscopy Suzanne Mulley, Angelo Sironi, Adriana De Stefanis and Anthony A.G. Tomlinson Materials Chemistry Communications 667 Supermolecular alignment in a liquid crystal- polymer gel as studied optically and by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy Monica M. Marugan, Sara Shinton and Graham Williams Aligned LC / Monomer Aligned LC Gel 671 Thresholdless antiferroelectricity in liquid I.o crystals and its application to displays Shiroh Inui, Noriko Iimura, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Hiroshi Iwane, Kouichi Miyachi, Yoichi Takanishi and Atsuo Fukuda 0.0-6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 electricfielw pm-' 675 Striking effects of halogen substituents on the glass-forming properties, glass-transition temperatures and stabilities of the glassy state of a new family of amorphous molecular materials, X 1,3,5-tris(4halogenophenyl-X = F, Cl, Bro,,,&l..Nophen y lamino) benzenes Hiroshi Kageyama, Koji Itano, Wataru Ishikawa and Yasuhiko Shirota i Cumulative Author Index iii 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. 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