Annual review of materials science. Vol. 21

Various papers on materials science are presented. Individual topics addressed include: ESR microscopy in materials science, NMR methods for solid polymers, metastable growth of diamondlike phases, characterization of polymer interfaces, adhesion between polymers, study of sol-gel chemical reaction kinetics by NMR, air/liquid interfaces and adsorbed molecular monolayers studied with nonlinear optical techniques, containerless undercooling and solidification of pure metals, microstructure and mechanical properties of electroless copper deposits, atomic layer epitaxy of III-V electronic materials. Also addressed are: self-heating synthesis of materials, molecular films, chemical processes applied to reactive extrusion of polymers, growth and characterization of diamond thin films, nanophase materials, defects in hydrogenated amorphous silicon, crystal chemistry of oligophosphates, molecular composites and self-reinforced liquid crystalline polymer blends, the palladium-hydrogen system, and thermodynamic considerations in superconducting oxides.