Laser processing volume

11/01/1996

Laser processing volume

A 674-page book entitled Advanced Laser Processing of Materials: Fundamentals and Applications documents symposium reports from the 1995 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting in Boston, MA. The book contains 98 papers covering such topics as fundamentals of laser-solid interactions; fundamentals of pulsed laser ablation; pulsed laser deposition; novel applications of laser processing; laser-driven formation of nanocrystals; laser annealing; surface modification and etching; and laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition. Applications featured include thin-film transistors formed by laser-induced crystallization of amorphous silicon, diamond coatings, and micromachining. Price: $68 (MRS members), $75 (US list), $80 (non-US list). Materials Research Society, Customer Services Dept., Pittsburgh, PA; ph 412/367-3012, fax 412/367-4373