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Volume 23, No. 1 January 1998

A Publication of the Materials Research Society TECHNICAL FEATURES Electron Crystals and Phonon Glasses: A New Path to Improved Thermoelectric Materials B.C. Sales Computational Alchemy: The Search for New Superhard Materials D.M. Teter Lateral Manipulation of Single Adsorbates and Substrate Atoms With the Scanning Tunneling Microscope G. Meyer and K.H. Rieder Nanoscale Scanning Force Imaging of Polarization Phenomena in Ferroelectric Thin Films O. Auciello, A. Gruverman, H. Tokumoto, S.A. Prakash, S. Aggarwal, and R. Ramesh   MRS NEWS Nemanich Leads Executive Committee in 1998 Briant, Chason, Katz, and Shiohara to Chair 1998 MRS Fall Meeting MRS Bulletin Volume Organizers Guide Technical Theme Topics for 1998   ABSTRACTS Abstracts for March 1998 Journal of Materials Research   DEPARTMENTS Letter from the President Research/Researchers Washington News Public Affairs Forum Resources Advertisers in This Issue Calendar Classified Posterminaries

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