Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Bulletin of Materials Science Volume 34, No. 7, December 2011


CONTENTS

Structural and optical properties of zinc sulphide–polyvinyl alcohol (ZnS–PVA) nanocomposite thin films: effect of Zn source concentration

U Baishya and D Sarkar
Preparation of novel polymer–metal oxide nanocomposites with nanophase separated hierarchical structure

Nam, Y Tsutsumi, C Yoshikawa, Y Tanaka, R Fukaya, T Kimura, H Kobayashi, T Hanawa and A Kishida
Morphology, thermal, electrical and electrochemical stability of nano aluminium-oxide-filled polyvinyl alcohol composite gel electrolyte

Navin Chand, Neelesh Rai, S L Agrawal and S K Patel
Dielectric behaviour of nano-crystalline spinel Ni0×2Ca0×8Fe2O4 and their nano-composite with polypyrrole

Arun S Prasad, S N Dolia and P Predeep
Fabrication and characterization of Ti3SiC2–SiC nano­composite by in situ reaction synthesis of TiC/Si/Al powders

Baoyan Liang, Mingzhi Wang, Xiaopu Li and Yunchao Mu
Solvothermal synthesis and characterization of acicular a-Fe2O3 nanoparticles

S Basavaraja, D S Balaji, Mahesh D Bedre, D Raghunandan, P M Prithviraj Swamy and Venkataraman
Barium ferrite nanoparticles prepared by self-propagating low-temperature combustion method and its characterization

P M Prithviraj Swamy, S Basavaraja, Vijayanand Havanoor, N V Srinivas Rao, R Nijagunappa and A Venkataraman
Synthesis and characterization of zinc ferrite nano­particles obtained by self-propagating low-temperature combustion method

P M Prithviraj Swamy, S Basavaraja, Arunkumar Lagashetty, N V Srinivas Rao, R Nijagunappa and A Venkataraman
Synthesis of one-dimensional N-doped Ga2O3 nano­structures: different morphologies and different mechanisms

S C Vanithakumari and K K Nanda
Synthesis and characterization of mixture of nanozirconia and nanosilica obtained from commercially available zircon flour by sol–gel method

A J K Prasad, S M Shashidhara and B K Muralidhara
Influence of preparation method on structural and magnetic properties of nickel ferrite nanoparticles

Binu P Jacob, Ashok Kumar, R P Pant, Sukhvir Singh and E M Mohammed
Photoconductivity and high-field effects in amorphous Se83Te15Zn2 thin film

S Shukla and S Kumar
Using speciation diagrams to improve synthesis of magnetic nanosorbents for environmental applications

A F C Campos, R Aquino, T A P G Cotta, F A Tourinho and J Depeyrot
Effect of aging on copper nanoparticles synthesized by pulsed laser ablation in water: structural and optical characterizations

R K Swarnkar, S C Singh and R Gopal
Hydrothermal synthesis of NaEuF4 spindle-like nanocrystals

Zhi-Jun Wang, Feng Tao, Wei-Li Cai, Lian-Zeng Yao and Xiao-Guang Li
Laser annealing of sputter-deposited a-SiC and a-SiCxNy films

M A Fraga, M Massi, I C Oliveira, F D Origo and W Miyakawa
Preparation and characterization of LaNiO3 films grown by metal–organic deposition

Yao Wang, Guofang Zhang, Chengshan Li, Guo Yan and Yafeng Lu

C-W Nahm
Dielectric and impedance spectroscopic studies of (Sr1–xPbx)TiO3 glass ceramics with addition of Nb2O5

C R Gautam, Devendra Kumar and Om Parkash
Dielectric behaviour of Pb-substituted BZT ceramics

Parveen Kumar, Sangeeta Singh, J K Juneja, K K Raina and Chandra Prakash
High performance of low cost soft magnetic materials

Josefina M Silveyra, Emília Illeková, Marco Coïsson, Federica Celegato, Franco Vinai, Paola Tiberto, Javier A Moya and Victoria J Cremaschi
Influence of temperature on structural and magnetic properties of Co0×5Mn0×5Fe2O4ferrites

S M Ramay, Murtaza Saleem, S Atiq, Saadat A Siddiqi, S Naseem and M Sabieh Anwar
Effect of thermomechanical processing on evolution of various phases in Ti–Nb alloys

S Banumathy, K S Prasad, R K Mandal and A K Singh
Annealing twins in a multifunctional beta Ti–Nb–Ta–Zr–O alloy

W Y Guo and J Sun
Heat treatment and effects of Cr and Ni in low alloy steel

Mohammad Abdur Razzak
Low temperature enhanced ductility of friction stir processed 5083 aluminum alloy

Ehab A El-Danaf, Magdy M El-Rayes and Mahmoud S Soliman
Small-angle scattering from GP zones in Al–Cu alloy

K T Kashyap and Praveennath G Koppad
Calorimetric studies of non-isothermal crystallization in amorphous CuxTi100–xalloys

N Mehta, K Singh and N S Saxena
Effect of aging treatment on wear properties and electrical conductivity of Cu–Cr–Zr alloy

Ibrahim Sağlam, Dursun Özyürek and Kerim Çetinkaya
Effect of grain boundary misorientation on discontinuous precipitation in an AZ91 alloy

H Azzeddine, S Abdessameud, B Alili, Z Boumerzoug and D Bradai
Rapid heating effects on grain-size, texture and magnetic properties of 3% Si non-oriented electrical steel

Jian Wang, Jun Li, Xinfeng Wang, Xiaochuan Mi and Shengen Zhang
Effect of Zr on dielectric, ferroelectric and impedance properties of BaTiO3 ceramic

Sandeep Mahajan, O P Thakur, Chandra Prakash and K Sreenivas
Effect of substitution of titanium by magnesium and niobium on structure and piezoelectric properties in (Bi1/2Na1/2)TiO3 ceramics

Zhou Chang-Rong, Liu Xin-Yu, Li Wei-Zhou and Yuan Chang-Lai
Mathematical aspects of Rietveld refinement and crystal structure studies on PbTiO3ceramics

Niranjan Sahu and S Panigrahi
Ce-doped LCMO CMR manganites: a consequence of enhanced Tc and TIM

D K Mishra, D R Sahu, P K Mishra, S K Singh, B K Mohapatra and B K Roul
Formation of ternary Mg–Cu–Dy bulk metallic glasses

X F Wu, Y Kang, F F Wu, K Q Qiu and L K Meng
Effects of MO (M = Mg, Ca, Ba) on crystallization and flexural strength of semi-transparent lithium disilicate glass–ceramics

Zhiwei Luo, Junlin Zhou, Jing Li, Changjian Zhang and Anxian Lu
Superconducting state parameters of ternary metallic glasses

Aditya M Vora
Effect of complexing salt on conductivity of PVC/PEO polymer blend electrolytes

S Rajendran, Ravi Shanker Babu and M Usha Rani
Preparation of semi-IPN(BA–VAc–VAE) by emulsion polymerization and its properties investigation

Shi Luo, Zonghui Liu, Bailing Liu and Qi Liu
Synthesis and characterization of polycaprolactone/
acrylic acid (PCL/AA) hydrogel for controlled drug delivery

Nazar Mohammad Ranjha, Jahanzeb Mudassir and Sajid Majeed
Tribological effects of polymer surface modification through plastic deformation

K O Low and K J Wong
Synthesis, characterization and magnetic properties of polyaniline/g-Fe2O3composites

Syed Khasim, S C Raghavendra, M Revanasiddappa, K C Sajjan, Mohana Lakshmi and Muhammad Faisal
Drilling analysis of coir–fibre-reinforced polyester composites

S Jayabal and U Natarajan
Effect of ZnO loading technique on textural characteristic and methyl blue removal capacity of exfoliated graphite/ZnO composites

Xueqing Yue, Wenyan Duan, Yan Lu, Fucheng Zhang and Ruijun Zhang
Effect of fibre content and alkali treatment on mechanical properties of Roystonea regia-reinforced epoxy partially biodegradable composites

Govardhan Goud and R N Rao
Changes in microstructural parameters of NB4D2 silk fibres due to electron irradiation: X-ray line profile analysis

Sangappa, S Asha, P Parameswara and R Somashekar
Hot pressing effect on (Bi0×25Sb0×75)2Te3 mechanical and thermoelectric properties

G Kavei, K Ahmadi and A Seyyedi
Synthesis and in situ mechanism of nuclei growth of layered double hydroxides

H S Panda, R Srivastava and D Bahadur
Synthesis, characterization and catalytic performance of a novel zeolite ITQ-2-like by treating MCM-22 precursor with H2O2

Ling Xu, Haijun Xing, Shujie Wu, Jingqi Guan, Ming Jun Jia and Qiubin Kan
Effect of thin Mo2C layer on thermal stability of Si/SiO2/Ti/Cu system

C C Tripathi, Mukesh Kumar and Dinesh Kumar
Structural, elastic and thermodynamic properties of Ti2SC

Hongzhi Fu, WenFang Liu and Tao Gao
DLTS study of annihilation of oxidation induced deep-level defects in Ni/SiO2/n-Si MOS structures

N Shashank, Sanjeev K Gupta, K V Madhu, J Akhtar and R Damle
Estimation of vapour pressure and partial pressure of subliming compounds by low-pressure thermogravimetry

G V Kunte, Ujwala Ail, P K Ajikumar, A K Tyagi, S A Shivashankar and A M Umarji
Solid-state titania-based gas sensor for liquefied petroleum gas detection at room temperature

B C Yadav, Anuradha Yadav, Tripti Shukla and Satyendra Singh
Fermi-edge singularity in photoluminescence spectra of modulation-doped AlGaAs/InGaAs/GaAs quantum wells

K Gopalakrishna Naik, K S R K Rao, T Srinivasan and R Muralidharan
Blue-shifted photoluminescence of Alq3 dispersed in PMMA

J G Mahakhode, S J Dhoble, C P Joshi and S V Moharil
Spray-drying of alumina powder for APS: effect of slurry properties and drying conditions upon particle size and morphology of feedstock

Bai Yu, Yang Jian Feng, Lee Soo Wohn, Chen Huang, Yu Fang Li and Zhang Jia
Effect of size of fly ash particle on enhancement of mullite content and glass formation

Parveen Sultana, Sukhen Das, Biswajoy Bagchi, Alakananda Bhattacharya, Ruma Basu and Papiya Nandy
Kaliophilite from fly ash: synthesis, characterization and stability

Yao Zhitong, Xia Meisheng, Ye Ying and Zhang Lu
Uptake of permanganate from aqueous environment by surfactant modified montmorillonite batch and fixed bed studies

N Mahadevaiah, B Vijayakumar, K Hemalatha and B S Jai Prakash
Preparation of an efficient humidity indicating silica gel from rice husk ash

J P Nayak and J Bera
Improvement of multicrystalline silicon wafer solar cells by post-fabrication wet-chemical etching in phosphoric acid

A Mefoued, M Fathi, J Bhatt, A Messaoud, B Palahouane and N Benrekaa
Nitrates–melt synthesized LiNi0×8Co0×2O2 and its perfor­mance as cathode in Li-ion cells

M Sathiya, K Hemalatha, K Ramesha, A K Shukla and A S Prakash
Corrosion resistant Zn–Co alloy coatings deposited using saw-tooth current pulse

S Yogesha and A Chitharanjan Hegde
Effect of heat treatment temperature on microstructure and electrochemical properties of hollow carbon spheres prepared in high-pressure argon

Boyang Liu, Yun Zhou, Dechang JiaPengjian Zuo, Yingfeng Shao and Jingwei Zhang
Biodegradable poly(lactic acid) microspheres containing total alkaloids of Caulis sinomenii

Wen Zhang, Xiaojie Lin and Xingxiang Zhang
Tissue-engineered triphasic ceramic coated hydroxyapatite induced bone formation and vascularization at an extraskeletal site in a rat model

Manitha B Nair, H K Varma, P V Mohanan and Annie John
Influence of preparation method on hydroxyapatite porous scaffolds

N Monmaturapoj and C Yatongchai
Evaluation of starch based cryogels as potential biomaterials for controlled release of antibiotic drugs

L P Bagri, J Bajpai and A K Bajpai
Synthesis of hydroxyapatite nanopowders by sol–gel emulsion technique

K Saranya, Meenal Kowshik and Sutapa Roy Ramanan
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