Bulletin of Materials Science

Volume 30, No. 2, April 2007

CONTENTS

Cover: TEM images of Te nanowires, HREM image of a single nanowire and SEM image of Te nanorods prepared in a mixture of [BMIM] [PF₆], CTAB and NaBH₄ at 200°C for 10 h. For details, see p. 181.

Alloys and Steels
Effect of cold work and aging on mechanical properties of a copper bearing microalloyed HSLA-100 (GPT) steel
Sanjay Panwar, D B Goel and O P Pandey	73
Studies on relative catalytic efficiencies of zinc and aluminium on nucleation of dispersed bismuth droplets
Sanjay Chaubey	81

Composites
Synthesis, transport and dielectric properties of polyaniline/Co₃O₄ composites
Shantala D Patil, S C Raghavendra, M Revansiddappa, P Narsimha and M V N Ambika Prasad	89

Ceramics
Production of boron carbide powder by carbothermal synthesis of gel material
A K Khanra	93
Effect of sintering temperature on structural and electrical properties of gadolinium doped ceria (Ce₀_×9Gd₀_×1O₁_×95)
L D Jadhav, S H Pawar and M G Chourashiya	97

Single Crystals
Piezoelectric properties of Sr₃Ga₂Ge₄O₁₄ single crystals
Anhua Wu, Jiayue Xu, Juan Zhou and Hui Shen	101
Thermal, FT–IR and SHG efficiency studies of L-arginine doped KDP crystals
K D Parikh, D J Dave, B B Parekh and M J Joshi	105

Thin Films
CO₂ gas sensitivity of sputtered zinc oxide thin films
P Samarasekara, N U S Yapa, N T R N Kumara and M V K Perera	113
Study of annealing effects in In–Sb bilayer thin films
R K Mangal and Y K Vijay	117
Synthesis of nanocrystalline CdS thin films in PVA matrix
R Devi, P Purkayastha, P K Kalita and B K Sarma	123
Ethanol vapour sensing properties of screen printed WO₃ thick films
R S Khadayate, R B Waghulde, M G Wankhede, J V Sali and P P Patil	129
Electrical properties of chemically prepared nonstoichiometric CuIn(S,Se)₂ thin films
R H Bari, L A Patil, A Soni and G S Okram	135
Studies on CdIn₂O₄ derived from CdIn₂S₄ prepared by flux method
L A Patil and M D Mahanubhav	141
Size dependent optical characteristics of chemically deposited nanostructured ZnS thin films
A U Ubale, V S Sangawar and D K Kulkarni	147
Structural and electrical properties of swift heavy ion beam irradiated Fe/Si interface
Chhagan Lal, R K Jain and I P Jain	153

Mechno-chemical Synthesis
Application of mechano-chemical synthesis for protective coating on steel grinding media prior to ball milling of copper
Indranil Lahiri and K Balasubramanian	157

Polymers
Structural characterization and thermally stimulated discharge conductivity (TSDC) study in polymer thin films
V S Sangawar, R J Dhokne, A U Ubale, P S Chikhalikar and S D Meshram	163
Study of d.c. electrical conductivity of paranitroaniline doped (1:1) polyvinylchloride and poly (methyl methacrylate) polyblends
R V Waghmare, N G Belsare, F C Raghuwanshi and S N Shilaskar	167

Nanomaterials
A facile synthesis of MInSe₂ (M = Cu, Ag) via low temperature pyrolysis of single source molecular precursors, [(R₃P)₂MIn(SeCOAr)₄]
Shamik Ghoshal, Liladhar B Kumbhare, Vimal K Jain and Gautam K Dey	173
Use of ionic liquids in synthesis of nanocrystals, nanorods and nanowires of elemental chalcogens
A Thirumurugan	179
Synthesis, characterization and gas sensitivity of MoO₃ nanoparticles
Arnab Ganguly and Raji George	183
Generation and characterization of nano aluminium powder obtained through wire explosion process
T K Sindhu, R Sarathi and S R Chakravarthy	187