Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials--2002 Symposium Held April 1-5, 2002, San Francisco, California, U.S.A

Interest in hybrid materials has grown substantially as more and more researchers recognize that the ability to tailor the organization of organic/inorganic composites at nanometer length scales provides access to materials with properties nonlinearly related to the bulk properties of the individual components. Therefore, efforts to tailor nanostructure through the design, synthesis and processing of nanocomponents and the investigation of intermediate and final properties have intensified, driven in part by the roadmap that guides miniaturization in the electronics and photonics industries. These areas are also driven by the scientific challenges involved in the creation of new forms of matter (nonlinear properties) and by the potential to discover and develop completely new scientific principles. As with earlier volumes in this series, the objective here is to create a forum for researchers involved in the synthesis, characterization, processing and properties analysis of organic/inorganic hybrid materials to share views, to learn about leading-edge science and engineering occurring around the world, and to develop new ideas/points of view for their own research efforts. Topics include: well-defined nanobuilding blocks-precursors for hybrids; strategies to functional lamellar hybrid materials; chemical strategies for the design of new hybrids; biomaterials, biogels and biomimetic approaches of materials; templated growth to nano/meso/macrostructured hybrid materials; advanced processing for hybrid materials; advanced processing for hybrid materials and characterization methods; processing and properties of functional hybrids (optical, electrical and mechanical); and properties of hybrids (optical, electrical, mechanical and catalysis).Laine, R. M. is the author of 'Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials--2002 Symposium Held April 1-5, 2002, San Francisco, California, U.S.A' with ISBN 9781558996625 and ISBN 1558996621.