Jeffrey RichlingI would like to thank everyone for their patience for this 3rd edition. I am honored to have contributed both in consulting and conversations in so many patents, research papers, and thesis over the years. Some notable contributions from the 2nd reviion include: Cheng Zhang, Benjamin Boesl, Arvind Agarwal. "Oxidation resistance of tantalum carbide-hafnium carbide solid solutions under the extreme conditions of a plasma jet" Ceramics International, Volume 43, Issue 17, 2017, Pages 14798-14806, ISSN 0272-8842, https: //doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.07.227. M.El.F. Nehal, A. Bouzidi, A. Nakrela, R. Miloua, M. Medles, R. Desfeux, J-F. Blach, P. Simon, M. Huvé. "Synthesis and characterization of antireflective Ag@AgCl nanocomposite thin film" Optik, Volume 224, 2020, 165568, ISSN 0030-4026, https: //doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2020.165568. Stefano Dello Russo, Sheng Zhou, Andrea Zifarelli, Pietro Patimisco, Angelo Sampaolo, Marilena Giglio, Davide Iannuzzi, Vincenzo Spagnolo. "Photoacoustic spectroscopy for gas sensing: A comparison between piezoelectric and interferometric readout in custom quartz tuning forks" Photoacoustics, Volume 17, 2020, 100155, ISSN 2213-5979, https: //doi.org/10.1016/j.pacs.2019.100155. Kyzas, Nail. "Formation of aluminum oxynitride thin layers and their applications in optical coatings", Master's thesis Laser technologies Studies program, Vilnius 2020, Vilnius University Faculty of Physics Center for Laser Research, https: //epublications.vu.lt/object/elaba:107237307/107237307.pdf Martynaitiene, Greta. "Investigation of degradation of UV-transparent materials using high repetition rate femtosecond pulses. Master's thesis Laser physics and optical technologies Studies program, Diss. Vilnius University, 2020. https: //epublications.vu.lt/object/elaba:107236232/107236232.pdf Lei Wang, Xudong Liu, Xiaoguo Bi, Zhixin Ma, Jinsheng Li, Xudong Sun. "Verneuil growth of TiO2 (rutile) crystals of large size and low dislocation density at low gas flow rate" Ceramics International, Volume 48, Issue 20, 2022, Pages 30240-30248, ISSN 0272-8842, https: //doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.06.297. Yufeng Pan, Jinbiao Zhao, Ping Lu, Chaotan Sima, Wanjin Zhang, Lujun Fu, Deming Liu, Jiangshan Zhang, Hongpeng Wu, Lei Dong, "All-optical light-induced thermoacoustic spectroscopy for remote and non-contact gas sensing", Photoacoustics, Volume 27, 2022, 100389, ISSN 2213-5979, https: //doi.org/10.1 Read More Read Less