During the last 20 years interest in high-resolution x-ray diffractometry and reflectivity has grown as a result of the development of the semiconductor industry and the increasing interest in material research of thin layers of magnetic, organic, and other materials. For example, optoelectronics requires a subsequent epitaxy of thin layers of different semiconductor materials. Here, the individuallayer thicknesses are scaled down to a few atomic layers in order to exploit quantum effects. For reasons of electronic and optical confinement, these thin layers are embedded within much thicker...

Die Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden beherbergen die wohl qualitätvollste und zugleich umfangreichste keramische Spezialsammlung der Welt. Sie verdankt ihre Entstehung der Leidenschaft Augusts des Starken für asiatisches und vor allem Meissener Porzellan. Die Wissenschaftler der Porzellansammlung stellen in diesem reich bebilderten Führer besonders kostbare und repräsentative Objekte vor.

The Royal Porcelain Collection of Augustus the Strong in the Japanisches Palais zu Dresden To this day, the porcelain collection of Augustus the Strong (1670 1733) is considered to be the biggest and most important in the world. It once comprised 35,000 individual pieces from China, Japan and Meissen. This publication traces the story of the creation and development as well as the presentation of this unique collection in the Japanisches Palais zu Dresden."