1. Professor Dr. Günter Marx on his 60th birthday

   • H. Lang

   Editorial Pages: 137 - 138

2. Julius Adolph Stöckhardt – a pioneer of applied chemistry

   • O. Wienhaus

   History of chemistry Pages: 139 - 144

3. Some topical applications of plasma atomic spectrochemical methods for the analysis of ceramic powders

   • H. Nickel
   • J. A. C. Broekaert

   Review Pages: 145 - 155

4. Experiments to determine the escape probability of photoelectrons

   • J. Zemek
   • S. Hucek

   Original paper Pages: 156 - 159

5. Direct spectrometry of solids in view of information characteristics

   • K. Flórián
   • J. Haßler
   • M. Matherny

   Original paper Pages: 160 - 164

6. Analysis of the spatial distribution of the constituting elements in amorphous solids: Laser ablation with ICP spectrometry

   • Sabine Rings
   • Rolf Sievers
   • M. Jansen

   Original paper Pages: 165 - 173

7. Comparison between different presentations of pore size distribution in porous materials

   • K. Meyer
   • P. Klobes

   Original paper Pages: 174 - 178

8. Chemical analysis of thin films by means of SS-MS, GD-OES, and XPS demonstrated at Ir-Si thermoelectrica

   • R. Kurt
   • V. Hoffmann
   • K. Wetzig

   Original paper Pages: 179 - 184

9. 15N CP/MAS NMR as an instrument in structure investigations of organosilicon polymers

   • E. Brendler
   • E. Ebrecht
   • T. Breuning

   Original paper Pages: 185 - 188

10. Ultra-thin PTCDA layers studied by optical spectroscopies

    • R. Kaiser
    • M. Friedrich
    • D. R. T. Zahn

    Original paper Pages: 189 - 192

11. Influence of relative humidity in sensing halogenated hydrocarbons with Reflectometric Interference Spectroscopy (RIfS)

    • S. Kaspar
    • F. Rathgeb
    • G. Gauglitz

    Original paper Pages: 193 - 196

12. Influence of surface morphology on the oxidation of metal electrodes studied by in-situ grazing incidence x-ray diffractometry

    • Sadagopan Sathiyanarayanan
    • Mario Sahre
    • W. Kautek

    Original paper Pages: 197 - 201

13. Phase relations in the system V/Nb/O. V. Investigation of mixed crystals V1-xNbxO2

    • H. Oppermann
    • F. von Woedtke
    • M. Doerr

    Original paper Pages: 202 - 205

14. Force measurements on hydrophobized silica surfaces by using AFM

    • G. Hüttl
    • K. Heger
    • E. Müller

    Short communications Pages: 206 - 208

15. Preparation and characterisation of chromium and sodium tantalate layers by anodic spark deposition

    • F. Schlottig
    • J. Schreckenbach
    • G. Marx

    Short communications Pages: 209 - 211

16. Characterization of thin metastable vanadium oxide films by Raman spectroscopy

    • J. P. Schreckenbach
    • Klaus Witke
    • Günter Marx

    Short communications Pages: 211 - 214