Bulletin  of  Materials  Science

Volume  34,  No.  1,  February  2011

CONTENTS


Synthesis, characterization and gas sensing performance of SnO2 thin films prepared by spray pyrolysis

Ganesh E Patil, D D Kajale, D N Chavan, N K Pawar, P T Ahire, S D Shinde, V B Gaikwad and G H Jain

1

Thermodynamic modeling to analyse composition of carbonaceous coatings of MnO and other oxides of manganese grown by MOCVD

Sukanya Dhar, A Varade and S A Shivashankar

11

Effect of temperature and time on solvothermal synthesis of tetragonal BaTiO3

Amir Habib, Nils Stelzer, Paul Angerer and Roland Haubner

19

Aqueous colloids of graphene oxide nanosheets by exfoliation of graphite oxide without ultrasonication

Tian-Yu Zhang and Dong Zhang

  25

Chitosan–silver oxide nanocomposite film: Preparation and antimicrobial activity

Shipra Tripathi, G K Mehrotra and P K Dutta

29

Facile synthesis of poly( p-phenylenediamine)/MWCNT nanocomposites and characterization for investigation of structured effects of carbon nanotubes

Quang Long Pham, Yuvaraj Haldorai, Van Hoa Nguyen, Dirk Tuma and Jae-Jin Shim

37

Dynamic characteristics of multi-walled carbon nanotubes under a transverse magnetic field

S Li, H J Xie and X Wang

45

Dielectric relaxation behaviour of Sr2SbMnO6 ceramics fabricated from nanocrystalline powders prepared by molten salt synthesis

Antara Baral, K R S Preethi Meher and K B R Varma

53

Effect of gamma radiation on electrical and optical properties of (TeO2)0∙9 (In2O3)0∙1 thin films

Shivcharan L Sharma and T K Maity

61

Small angles X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer characterization of annealed Tb/Fe multilayer

O M Lemine

71

Microwave absorbing properties of activated carbon fibre polymer composites

Tianchun Zou, Naiqin Zhao, Chunsheng Shi and Jiajun Li

75

Effect of ion beam irradiation on metal particle doped polymer composites

N L Singh, Sejal Shah, Anjum Qureshi, A Tripathi, F Singh, D K Avasthi and P M Raole

81

Structure refinement of polycrystalline orthorhombic yttrium substituted calcium titanate: Ca1–xYxTiO3+δ (x = 0∙1–0∙3)

Rashmi Chourasia and O P Shrivastava

89

Polycarboxylate derivative of α-amino acid as growth modifier of sulphide minerals

Harjyoti Thakuria and Gopal Das

97

Transient charging and discharging current study in pure PVF and PVF/PVDF fluoro polyblends for application in microelectronics

A K Gupta, R Bajpai and J M Keller

105

Performance of waterborne acrylic surface coatings on wood impregnated with Cu-ethanolamine preservatives

M Humar, M Pavlič, D ˇlindra, M Toma˛ič and M Petrič

113

Effect of low level substitution of Sr–Ba on transport and magnetic behaviour of La0∙67Ca0∙33MnO3

B Munirathinam, M Krishnaiah, M Manivel Raja, S Arumugam and K Porsezian

121

Influence of lead oxide addition on LnTiTaO6 (Ln = Ce, Pr and Nd) microwave ceramics

 

H Padma Kumar, J K Thomas, Annamma John and Sam Solomon

125

Effect of temperature on polarization reversal of strontiumdoped lead zirconate titanate (PSZT) ceramics

 

N N Wathore, C M Lonkar  and D K Kharat

129

Dielectric response of PLZT ceramics x/57/43 across ferroelectric–paraelectric phase transition

 

A K Shukla, V K Agrawal, I M L Das, Janardan Singh and S L Srivastava

133

Densification and dielectric properties of SrO–Al2O3–B2O3 ceramic bodies

 

Doaa A Abdel Aziz and Shama E Ahmed

143

Structure and electric transport properties of LnSr2FeTiO7 (Ln = La, Nd and Gd)

 

Suresh Gupta, V Singh, B L Sharma and Indu Bhushan Sharma

149

Plasma nitriding of AISI 52100 ball bearing steel and effect of heat treatment on nitrided layer

 

Ravindra Kumar, J Alphonsa, Ram Prakash, K S Boob, J Ghanshyam, PA Rayjada, PM Raole and S Mukherjee

153

Characterization on strength and toughness of welded joint for Q550 steel

 

Jiang Qinglei, Li Yajiang, Wang Juan and Zhang Lei

161

An investigation of X-ray and radio isotope energy absorption of heavyweight concretes containing barite

 

Yüksel Esen and Berivan Yilmazer

169

Preparation and characterization of a novel bone graft composite containing bone ash and egg shell powder

 

Gunasekaran Krithiga and Thotapalli P Sastry

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