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		Volume 23, No. 9 September 1998
A Publication of the Materials Research Society DIAMOND FILMS: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Diamond Films: Recent Developments D.M. Gruen and I. Buckley-Golder, Guest Editors Developments in CVD-Diamond Synthesis During the Past Decade J.E. Butler and H. Windischmann Nucleation, Growth, and Microstructure of Nanocrystalline Diamond Films D.M. Gruenr On the Nature of Grain Boundaries in Nanocrystalline Diamond P. Keblinski, D. Wolf, F. Cleri, S.R. Phillpot, and H. Gleiter Electron Emission From Diamond Films V.V. Zhirnov and J.J. Hren Diamond for Electronics: Future Prospects of Diamond SAW Devices J.T. Glass, B.A. Fox, D.L. Dreifus, and B.R. Stoner Applications of Diamond Thin Films in Electrochemistry G.M. Swain, A.B. Anderson, and J.C. Angus The Road to Commercialization of Vapor-Phase-Grown Diamond S. Shikata MRS NEWS Merrilea J. Mayo Appointed OSA/MRS Congressional Fellow for 1998-99 ABSTRACTS Abstracts for November 1998 Journal of Materials Research DEPARTMENTS Editorial Research/Researchers Washington News Public Affairs Forum Resources Advertisers in This Issue Upcoming Conference Profiles & Perspectives A Passage From India: A Conversation With P. Rama Rao Historical Note Calendar Classified Posterminaries		© Copyright 1998 Materials Research Society.   All rights reserved. On the Cover