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Continuing the focus of the series on basic science rather than applications, 29 papers from a workshop in Cambridge, England, in July 2000 report on recent research into phase transitions in both ordered and disordered material. They emphasize new concepts in network glasses, simple mechanical systems in which new phenomena have been discovered as a result of exploring stiffness transitions both experimentally and in numerical simulations; the metal-insulator transition in semiconductor impurity bands, where an intermediate phase has also been identified; and mostly cuprate perovskites, where an intermediate phase occurs that can have superconductive transition temperatures well above 100 Kelvin.
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Phase Transitions and Self-Organization in Electronic and Molecular Networks FUNDAMENTAL MATERIALS RESEARCH Series Editor: M. F. Thorpe, Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan ACCESS IN NANOPOROUS MATERIALS Edited by Thomas J. Pinnavaia and M. F. Thorpe DYNAMICS OF CRYSTAL SURFACES AND INTERFACES Edited by P. M. Duxbury and T. J. Pence ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS USING CLUSTER METHODS Edited by T. A. Kaplan and S. D. Mahanti LOCAL STRUCTURE FROM DIFFRACTION Edited by S. J. L. Billinge and M. F. Thorpe PHASE TRANSITIONS AND SELF-ORGANIZATION IN ELECTRONIC AND MOLECULAR NETWORKS Edited by J. C. Phillips and M. F. Thorpe PHYSICS OF MANGANITES Edited by T. A. Kaplan and S. D. Mahanti RIGIDITY THEORY AND APPLICATIONS Edited by M. F. Thorpe and P. M. Duxbury SCIENCE AND APPLICATION OF NANOTUBES Edited by D. Tománek and R. J. Enbody A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher. Phase Transitions and Self-Organization in Electro