1. Foreword

   • C N R Rao

   Proceedings Of The Discussion Meeting On Physics Of Defects Pages: 1 - 1

2. Gauge theory of defects in the elastic continuum

   • M C Valsakumar
   • Debendranath Sahoo

   Proceedings Of The Discussion Meeting On Physics Of Defects Pages: 3 - 44

3. Topological defects in crystals: A density-wave theory

   • M Raj Lakshmi
   • H R Krishna-Murthy
   • T V Ramakrishnan

   Proceedings Of The Discussion Meeting On Physics Of Defects Pages: 45 - 51

4. Some observations on defects in nematic liquid crystals

   • N V Madhusudana

   Proceedings Of The Discussion Meeting On Physics Of Defects Pages: 53 - 59

5. Defects in liquid crystals (II)

   • K Usha Deniz

   Proceedings Of The Discussion Meeting On Physics Of Defects Pages: 61 - 74

6. The nature of dislocation motion in quasicrystals

   • Sriram Ramaswamy

   Proceedings Of The Discussion Meeting On Physics Of Defects Pages: 75 - 76

7. Random walk on a fibonacci chain

   • G Ananthakrishna
   • T Balasubramanian

   Proceedings Of The Discussion Meeting On Physics Of Defects Pages: 77 - 83

8. Defects in conducting polymers

   • Bansi D Malhotra

   Proceedings Of The Discussion Meeting On Physics Of Defects Pages: 85 - 96

9. The kosterlitz-thouless transition and vortex dynamics

   • S R Shenoy

   Proceedings Of The Discussion Meeting On Physics Of Defects Pages: 97 - 103

10. Study of crystal defects using ion channelling and channelling radiation

    • Anand P Pathak

    Proceedings Of The Discussion Meeting On Physics Of Defects Pages: 105 - 115

11. Role of stacking faults in solid state transformations

    • Dhananjai Pandey

    Proceedings Of The Discussion Meeting On Physics Of Defects Pages: 117 - 132

12. Deformation dynamics at low and ambient temperatures

    • P Rodriguez
    • S K Ray

    Proceedings Of The Discussion Meeting On Physics Of Defects Pages: 133 - 154

13. Deformation behaviour of materials—A phenomenological approach

    • S Ray

    Proceedings Of The Discussion Meeting On Physics Of Defects Pages: 155 - 159

14. Defects on surfaces

    • Vijay Kumar

    Proceedings Of The Discussion Meeting On Physics Of Defects Pages: 161 - 172

15. Vortices in superconductors

    • Suresh G Mishra

    Proceedings Of The Discussion Meeting On Physics Of Defects Pages: 173 - 173

16. Recent observations and theoretical approaches for ordering of microdefects and clusters

    • Kanwar Krishan

    Proceedings Of The Discussion Meeting On Physics Of Defects Pages: 175 - 179