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This last paper has implications for future data storage systems, as does our final paper, which describes the formation by an STM of twodimensional Mnorganic grids for magnetic memories.

The interest in the optical properties and possibilities of novel materials is exemplified here by the inclusion of four papers one each on optical interconnects, fibreoptic displacement sensors, photonic crystal structures, and the readout responses of superresolution, nearfield structure optical disks. The carbon nanotube papers range from characterization by Raman spectroscopy, through functionalization using platinum decoration, to possible applications in electronics as fieldeffect transistors or wireless sensors.

Section 19491957Proceedings of the Physical Society. The silicon papers reflect the continued breadth of interest in this material, and range from gate leakage in CMOS transistors, through properties of nitride and oxynitride insulators, to charging effects in nanocrystals, and processinduced stresses in micromechanical cantilevers. Izvestiya Mathematics 19931995Russian Academy of Sciences. The considerable, topical interest in microfluidics is reflected by four papers, ranging from channel formation by plasmas or lasers, through the creation of microdroplets for nanolitre delivery systems, to uses in dippen nanolithography.

The considerable, topical interest in microfluidics is reflected by four papers, ranging from channel formation by plasmas or lasers, through the creation of microdroplets for nanolitre delivery systems, to uses in dippen nanolithography. Izvestiya Mathematics 19931995Russian Academy of Sciences. The TiO2 papers demonstrate the wide variety of applications of this material, ranging from optical filters, through photocatalysts for environmentally useful reactions, nanostructures for controlling phase transitions in the material, to masks for deep silicon etching.