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Pulsed laser deposition of complex materials : progress toward appli cations / David P. Norton -- Resonant infrared pulsed laser ablation an d deposition of thin polymer films / Daniel-Dennis McAlevy Bubb, Richar d F. Haglund Jr. -- Deposition of polymers and biomaterials using the m atrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE) process / Alberto Piqu âe -- In situ diagnostics by high-pressure rheed during PLD / Guus Rijn ders, Dave H.A. Blank -- Ultrafast laser ablation and film deposition / Eugene G. Gamaly, Andrei V. Rode, Barry Luther-Davies -- Cross-beam PL D : metastable film structures from intersecting plumes / Andreâe Gorbu noff -- Combinatorial pulsed laser deposition / Ichiro Takeuchi -- Grow th kinetics during pulsed laser deposition / Guus Rijnders, Dave H.A. B lank -- Large-area commercial pulsed laser deposition / Jim Greer -- Co ating powders for drug delivery systems using pulsed laser deposition / James D. Talton, Barbel Eppler, Margaret I. Davis, Andrew L. Mercado, James M. Fitz-Gerald -- Transparent conducting oxide films / Heungsoo K im -- ZnO and ZnO-related compounds / Jacques Perriáere, Eric Millon, V alentin Craciun -- Group III nitride growth / Donagh O'Mahony, James G. Lunney -- Pulsed laser deposition of high-temperature superconducting thin films and their applications / Bernd Schey -- Diamond-like carbon : medical and mechanical applications / Roger J. Narayan -- Pulsed lase r deposition of metals / Hans-Ulrich Krebs -- Optical waveguide growth and applications / Robert W. Eason, Stephen J. Barrington, Christos Gri vas, Timothy C. May-Smith, David P. Shepherd -- Biomaterials : new issu es and breakthroughs for biomedical applications / Valentin Nelea, Ion N. Mihailescu, Miroslav Jelâinek -- Thermoelectric materials -- Piezoel ectrics / Floriana Craciun, Maria Dinescu -- Ferroelectric thin films f or microwave device applications / Chonglin Chen, Jim S. Horwitz -- Fil ms for electrochemical applications / Macarena J. Montenegro, Thomas Li ppert -- Pulsed laser deposition of tribological coatings / Andrey A. V oevodin, Jeffrey S. Zabinski, John G. Jones -- Laser ablation synthesis of single-wall carbon nanotubes : the SLS model / Andrâe Gorbunoff, Ol iver Jost -- Quasicrystalline thin films / Philip R. Willmott.