Table of Contents

Some General Trends in the Area of Organic-Inorganic Composites ; Organic-Inorganic Hybrids with a Crystalline Polymer Matrix ; Inorganic-Protein Interactions in the Synthesis of a Ferrimagnetic Nancomposite ; Ion-Exchange Intercalation into the MPS[3 Layered Compounds: Design of Nanocomposites with Unusual Magnetic Electrical, and Nonlinear Optical Properties ; Preparation and Characterization of Nanocomposites of Poly(ethylene oxide) with Layered Solids ; Polymer-Clay Hybrids ; (Perfluorosulfonate Ionomer)-(Inorganic Oxide) Nanocomposites: Organic Modification of Surfaces of Silicon Oxide Nanoparticles Grown In Situ ; Nanostructured Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials Synthesized Through Simultaneous Processes ; Multiple Size Scale Structures in Silica-Siloxane Composites Studied by Small-Angle Scattering ; Composite Polymer Colloid Nucleated by Functionalized Silica ; Vinyl-Polymer-Modified Hybrid Materials and Photoacid-Catalyzed Sol-Gel Reactions ; Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Interpenetrating Networks ; A New Route to Polymer-Filled Glass: Hybrid Interpenetrating Networks with Appreciable Toughness ; Solidification of Colloidal Crystals of Silica ; Thermo-irreversible Gelation and Percolation-Based Mechanical Response via Metal-Olefin Coordination in Diene Polymers ; Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Silica Materials: Chemical Evidence for Organization in the Solid ; Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Materials: The Sol-Gel Approach ; Sol-Gel-Derived Silica-Siloxane Composite Materials: Effect of Reaction Conditions in Polymer-Rich Systems ; Hypervalent Spiro Polysiliconate and Polygermylate Ionomers: Novel Ladder and Network Materials ; Hexylene- and Phenylene-Bridged Polysiloxane Network Materials ; Structural Design of High-Performance Polymers for Sol-Gel Processing ; Preparation and Properties of High-Clarity Polyamide-Silica Hybrid Materials ; Preparation and Mechanical Properties of Polybenzoxazole-Silica Hybrid Materials ; Morphological Studies of Conductive Polyemers Deposited onto High-T[c Superconductors ; Novel Organic-Inorganic Composite Materials for Photonics ; Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Coatings for Metals and Glass Surfaces ; Surface Modification of Carbon Fibers for Advanced Composite Materials