Materials Chemistry: An Emerging Discipline, Vol. 24 Book

	Preface
	Critical Technologies and U.S. Competitiveness: The Materials Connection	4
	Materials Science and Engineering for the 1990s: A National Academies Study	12
	The National Science Foundation's Program in Materials Science: New Frontiers, New Initiatives, New Programs, and New Prospects	18
	Development and Commercialization of Advanced-Performance Materials	28
	Partnerships with Universities	37
	Materials Education for and by Chemists	44
	Industrial Perspective on Materials Chemistry Education	55
	Funding Opportunities for Materials Science Education	60
	Chemistry of Materials Courses at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	62
	New Curricular Materials for Introducing Polymer Topics in Introductory Chemistry Courses	66
	General Chemistry as a Curriculum Pressure Point: Development of Teaching General Chemistry: A Materials Science Companion	71
	How Scientists and Engineers Can Enhance Science Education in Grades K-12	76
	New Directions in the Design of Lithographic Resist Materials: A Case Study	85
	High-Conductivity, Solid Polymeric Electrolytes	107
	Preceramic Polymers: Past, Present, and Future	131
	Molecular Magnets: An Emerging Area of Materials Chemistry	161
	Optimization of Microscopic and Macroscopic Second-Order Optical Nonlinearities	189
	Materials Chemistry of Organic Monolayer and Multilayer Thin Films	211
	Orientation-Dependent NMR Spectroscopy as a Structural Tool for Layered Materials	231
	Nanoscale, Two-Dimensional Organic-Inorganic Materials	259
	Nanoporous Layered Materials	283
	Catalytic Materials	301
	Molecular Sieves for Air Separation	321
	Nanomaterials: Endosemiconductors and Exosemiconductors	335
	Molecule-Based Syntheses of Extended Inorganic Solids	373
	Organometallic Chemical Vapor Deposition of Compound Semiconductors: A Chemical Perspective	397
	Interfaces, Interfacial Reactions, and Superlattice Reactants	425
	Oxide Superconductors	471
	Characterization of Complex Materials by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: A Look at Superconductors with High Critical Temperatures	479
	Biomimetic Mineralization	509
	Inorganic Biomaterials	523
	Author Index	551
	Affiliation Index	551
	Subject Index	552