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SELF-ASSEMBLY IN MATERIALS SYNTHESIS

Self-Assembly in Materials Synthesis, 700
M.V. Tirrell and A. Katz, Guest Editors
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Directing the Assembly of Molecular Crystals, 705
M.D. Ward
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Zeolitic Host–Guest Interactions and Building Blocks for the Self-Assembly of Complex Materials, 713
T. Bein
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Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers for Photonic-Bandgap Materials, 721
J. Yoon, W. Lee, and E.L. Thomas
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Biomimetic Mineralization/Synthesis of Mesoscale Order in Hybrid Inorganic–Organic Materials via Nanoparticle Self-Assembly, 727
H. Cölfen and S.-H. Yu
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Making Things by Self-Assembly, 736
M. Boncheva and G.M. Whitesides
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CIMTEC 2006 to Be Held in Sicily in June, 743

Robert Langer to Receive 2005 Von Hippel Award for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering, 747

MRS Fall Meeting Plenary Speaker Alan I. Taub to Address Materials Challenges for the Automotive Industry, 748

Eugene E. Haller Selected for 2005 David Turnbull Lectureship for Isotopically Engineered Semiconductors, 749

Reshef Tenne Named 2005 MRS Medalist for Inorganic Fullerenes, 750

MRS Launches the Entrepreneurship Challenge, 783

MRS Launches Improved Web Site to Better Serve Members, 783

Letter from the President, 685
The Globalization of Materials Research,
D.J. Eaglesham

Research/Researchers, 686

Technology Advances, 694
Corrosion Protection, Thin-Film Coatings

Science Policy, 697
Searching for a U.K. Energy Policy with LEDs,
M. Kenward

Advertisers in This Issue, 712

Upcoming Conferences, 784
Sohn 2006, COVAPHOS II

Library, 785

Classified, 792

Abstracts for November 2005 Journal of Materials Research, 789

Volume 30, No. 10
October 2005
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ON THE COVER: Self-Assembly in Materials Synthesis. (foreground, top) Illustration of the basic self-assembly process: individual wedges form a wheel shape as a result of chemical or physical interactions, with no outside intervention. (foreground, bottom, left to right) Examples of self-assembled structures: (far left) Highly ordered funnel-like BaSO₄ superstructure, showing multiple well-aligned cones. Scale bar, 2 µm. (center left) An elastomeric globe self-assembled from a flat, 2D projection of the Earth. Scale bar, 5 mm. (center right) Transmission electron microscopy image showing the formation of necklace-like structures of partially stacked silver nanodisks. Scale bar, 100 nm. (far right) Scanning electron microscopy secondary electron image of double gyroid styrene networks remaining after UV/ozone etching, showing that the networks remain intact and self-supporting after processing. Scale bar, 250 nm. See the technical theme that begins on p. 700.