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Volume 23, No. 5 May 1998

A Publication of the Materials Research Society SPECIAL FEATURES From Surface Materials to Surface Technologies 1997 MRS Fall Meeting Von Hippel Address G.A. Somorjai Solidification Science and Engineering Practice 1997 MRS Fall Meeting David Turnbull Lecture M.C. Flemings InGaN/GaN/AlGaN-Based Laser Diodes With an Estimated Lifetime of Longer Than 10,000 Hours 1997 MRS Fall Meeting MRS Medal Address S. Nakamura   International Union of Materials Research Societies IUMRS-ICEM-98 Will Meet in Cheju, Korea in August   ABSTRACTS Abstracts for July 1998 Journal of Materials Research   DEPARTMENTS Letters to the Editor Advertisers in This Issue Research/Researchers Washington News Resources Upcoming Conference Library Advanced Catalysts and Nanostructured Materials: Modern Synthetic Methods, W.R. Moser, ed., reviewed by J.M. Thomas; Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Textbook for Materials Science, D.B. Williams and C.B. Carter, reviewed by P. Veyssiere; UV Lasers: Effects and Applications in Materials Science, W.W. Duley, reviewed by B.L. Mordike   Links of Science & Technology Amorphous Metals in Electric-Power Distribution Applications, N. DeCristofaro   Calendar Classified Posterminaries

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