Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan

Advanced Materials.- Rare Metals: Blue Skies Ahead.- Development of the Electron Microscope in Japan.- Micro-biosensors for Clinical and Food Analyses.- The Future of Engineering Plastics.- High-Temperature Oxide Superconductors: Structural and Compositional Aspects in the Manifestation of Superconductivity.- Advanced Ferrous Materials.- Design and Development of Superalloys in Japan.- Carbon Fibers and Their Composites.- Structural Change of Gels Prepared from Highly Acidic Tetramethoxysilane Solutions in the Drying Process.- Synthesis of SiC-AIN Ceramic Alloy by the Combination of Reaction Sintering and HIP.- Energy Equilibria and Rate Process in Brittle Fracture.- Atomic Crack Tips in Covalent Crystal.- Theoretical Calculation of the Rate of Crack Propagation and Time to Failure in SiC Single Crystal.- Formation of Intermetallic Compound Layer Formed by Diffusion Treatment of Thermal Spray Coatings, and its Application.- Effects of Al2O3: SiO2 Ratio of the Starting Mixture on the Composition, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Mullite Produced by Reaction Sintering.- Development of Direct Observation Method for Internal Structure in Silicon Nitride Granule and Green Body.- Structural, Electrical and Optical Characterization of Sputtered ZnOx Thin Film.- Influence of External Stress for Non-Equilibrium Thin Films.- Thin Films of YBaCuO Prepared by Multilayer Evaporation Process.- Zirconia and Zircon Ceramics.- Toughening Mechanisms for Monolithic Ceramics.- Optimisation of Y2O3 Doped ZrO2 Powder (Y-TZP).- Thermal Shock Fracture of Zirconia Ceramics.- Phase Transformation Characteristics of Nano-Sized Zirconia-Alumina Composite Powder.- Strength Evaluation of Y2O3-Stabilized Tetragonal ZrO2 Polycrystals with Scanning Laser Acoustic Microscopy.- Synthesis of Zircon.- Design and Application of a Zircon Advanced Refractory Ceramic.- Hydrothermal Reactions.- Hydrothermal Processing of Zircon.- Preparation of Yttrium Carbonate by Hydrothermal Precipitation Method.- High Pressure Hydrothermal Growth of Beryl Single Crystals.- Microstructure-Designed Hydroxyapatite Ceramics Prepared by Hydrothermal Hot-Pressing.- Hydrothermal Treatment of Radioactive Waste: Solidification of High-Level Radioactive Waste by Hydrothermal Hot-Pressing.- Growth and Characterization of Some New Superionic Phosphates.- Index of Contributors.