Conference Reports e.g. in microelectronic devices, in chemical industry, study on the magnetic field alignment of the nematic phases aerospace technology and medicine. He also gave an impresof surfactants. sion of the many criteria that have to be optimized in indus-On the whole, the attempt to combine biological and techtrial high-tech product development.
nological aspects of liquid crystal research in one conference The framework of lectures complemented well the short was well received and stimulated much discussion. contributions and poster presentations. A best-poster award A book of abstracts is available from the author of this was presented to G. Hertel, H. Hofmann and J. Kalus (Uiniv.
report. Bayreuth, FRG) for their neutron small-angle scattering
Ferromagnetic and High Spin Molecular Based Materials in Dallas
By Joel S. Miller* and Dennis A.
The first symposium focusing on several aspects directly related to high spin and molecular/polymeric ferromagriets convened April 9-12, 1989 as part of the 197 th National American Chemical Society meeting in Dallas, Texas, USA. This multidisciplinary meeting brought together inorganic, organic, organometallic, polymer, and physical chemists as well as theoretical and experimental condensed matter physicists from Japan, the USSR, the UK,