Volume 27, No. 12 December 2002 Masthead
A Publication of the Materials Research Society [click for larger image] © Copyright 2002 Materials Research Society All rights reserved << Previous Issue | All Issues | Next Issue >> Silicon in All Its Forms, 951 2001 David Turnbull Lecture J. Chelikowsky [View Abstract] [View Full Article (PDF) ] Testing the Fundamental Theories of Surface Dynamics, 961 2001 MRS Medalist Presentation N.C. Bartelt [View Abstract] [View Full Article (PDF) ] Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 On the Road to an Atomic- and Molecular-Level Understanding of Friction, 967 2001 MRS Medalist Presentation C.M. Mate [View Abstract] [View Full Article (PDF) ] Figure 6 Reverse Engineering: Learning from Proteins How to Enhance the Performance of Synthetic Nanosystems, 972 V. Vogel [View Abstract] [View Full Article (PDF) ] Ancient and Modern Steels and Laminated Composites Containing Steels, 980 J. Wadsworth [View Abstract] [View Full Article (PDF) ] History of Superplasticity History of Damascus Steels Movies and Novels Depicting Damascus Steels Prominent Scientists and Engineers Who Worked on Damascus Steel Mechanisms that Lead to Damascus Steel Patterns Intriguing Work on Modern Nanolaminates Folding Experiments to Examine Japanese Sword Manufacturing Techniques Modern Knifemakers The Strange Case of Frank Richtig Quotes from Historical Figures and Contemporary Experts E-MRS Issues Call for Papers for 20th Anniversary Meeting, 988 Jeffrey H. Haeni Named 2002-2003 OSA/MRS Fellow, Will Work with Rep. Rush Holt, 989 Abstracts for January 2003 Journal of Materials Research, 1000 Letter from the President, 939 Big Projects A. King Research/Researchers, 940 Science Policy, 947 NMAB Report Identifies Critical Materials R&D for 21st-Century Defense J. Ouellette Resources, 949 Advertisers in This Issue, 988 Conference Reports, 990 American Conference on Neutron Scattering Historical Note, 991 From Fermentation to Transportation: Materials in the History of Wine S.K. Estreicher Profiles and Perspectives, 995 Seeing Serendipity: James Hillier's View on the Invention of the Electron Microscope Classified, 1003		Buy this Issue Full Articles of this issue are available online to MRS Members in Acrobat PDF format If you are not yet a Member, you can join now by filling out the online Membership Application In This Issue • Classifieds • Advertisers • Resources Go To • Bulletin Home • Archives • Staff Contacts ON THE COVER: (clockwise from top) Contour map for spatial distributions of the bonding electrons in crystalline silicon. See the technical feature that begins on p. 951. Low-energy electron microscopy images captured during the constant-temperature decay of an island-stack structure on a NiAl(110) surface at 957°C. See the technical feature that begins on p. 961. Map of the friction force as a tungsten atomic force microscope tip is scanned from left to right over a 2 nm x 2 nm area of a graphite surface at a load of 5.6 x 10-5 N; brighter regions correspond to higher friction force, with a maximum friction force of 1.5 x10-6 N. See the technical feature that begins on p. 967. Welded Damascus steel gun barrel with the words ZENOBE GRAMME worked into the pattern. See the special feature that begins on p. 980. (center left and background) Protein cells (here, fibronectin) switch function by stretching their fibrillar extracellular matrix; reverse-engineering proteins can provide insight into how to engineer synthetic nanosystems. See the technical feature that begins on p. 972.

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