Bulletin  of  Materials  Science

Volume  34,  No.  2,  April  2011

CONTENTS


Study of structural transformations and phases formation upon calcination of Zn–Ni–Al hydrotalcite nanosheets


Zhangshuang Li, Yanchao Song, Jun Wang, Qi Liu, Piaoping Yang and Milin Zhang

183

Microbial synthesis of iron-based nanomaterials—A review


Abhilash, K Revati and B D Pandey

191

Rayleigh like scattering from silica–titania core-shell particles and their application in protection against harmful ultraviolet rays


Sudipta G Dastidar, P Bharath and Arindam Roy

199

Metal-coated magnetic nanoparticles for surface enhanced Raman scattering studies


G V Pavan Kumar, N Rangarajan, B Sonia, P Deepika, Nashiour Rohman and Chandrabhas Narayana

  207

Multiple strengthening mechanisms in nanoparticlereinforced copper matrix composites


D Bozic, J Stasic, B Dimcic, M Vilotijevic and V Rajkovic

217

Effect of CdS nanoparticles on photoluminescence spectra of Tb3+ in sol–gel-derived silica glasses


S Rai and L Bokatial

227

Shape control synthesis of low-dimensional calcium sulfate


Li-Xia Yang, Yan-Feng Meng, Ping Yin, Ying-Xia Yang, Ying-Ying Tang and Lai-Fen Qin

233

Synthesis of γ-Al2O3 nanowires through a boehmite precursor route


Qi Yang

239

Ferrofluid thin films as optical gaussmeters proposed for field and magnetic moment sensing


Swapna S Nair, S Rajesh, V S Abraham and M R Anantharaman

245

On structural, optical and dielectric properties of zinc aluminate nanoparticles


E Muhammad Abdul Jamal, D Sakthi Kumar and M R Anantharaman

251

Influence of dielectric constant of polymerization medium on processability and ammonia gas sensing properties of polyaniline


Partha Pratim Sengupta, Pradip Kar and Basudam Adhikari

261

Synthesis of new (Bi, La)3MSb2O11 phases (M = Cr, Mn, Fe) with KSbO3-type structure and their magnetic and photocatalytic properties


K Ramesha, A S Prakash, M Sathiya, Giridhar Madras and A K Shukla

271

Effect of cobalt substitution on magnetic and transport properties of Nd0∙5Sr0∙5Mn1–xCoxO3 (x = 0∙1, 0∙3 and 0∙5)


Saket Asthana

279

Colossal magnetodielectric effect caused by magnetoelectric effect under low magnetic field


Qian Liu, Xiao-Bing Bian, Jian-Ping Zhou and Peng Liu

283

Synthesis and investigation of optical properties of ZnS nanostructures


Neslihan Üzar and M Çetin Arikan

287

Effect of glass hybridization and staking sequence on mechanical behaviour of interply coir–glass hybrid laminate


S Jayabal, U Natarajan and S Sathiyamurthy

293

IR and Raman spectroscopic studies of sol–gel derived alkaline-earth silicate glasses


Angelos G Kalampounias

299

Life prediction of Ni-base superalloy

 

M Aghaie-Khafri and M Noori

305

Precipitation hardening and hydrogen embrittlement of aluminum alloy AA7020

 

Santhosh Kumar and T K G Namboodhiri

311

Determination of elastic modulus in nickel alloy from ultrasonic measurements

 

Nikhat Parveen and G V S Murthy

323

Aqueous slip casting of MgAl2O4 spinel powder

 

Ibram Ganesh

327

Pt–Au/C cathode with enhanced oxygen-reduction activity in PEFCs

 

G Selvarani, S Vinod Selvaganesh, P Sridhar, S Pitchumani and A K Shukla

337

Influence of polymer additive molecular weight on surface and microstructural characteristics of electrodeposited copper

 

R Manu and Sobha Jayakrishnan

347

Synthesis and degradation properties of β-TCP/BG porous composite materials

 

Fan Xin, Chen Jian, Ruan Jianming, Zhou Zhongcheng and Zou Jianpeng

357

Modeling of thermally stimulated depolarization current (TSDC) using dipole–dipole interaction concept

 

A E Kotp

365

Lattice dynamical investigations on Zn diffusion in zinc oxide

 

P Vinotha Boorana Lakshmi and K Ramachandran

371

Growth of strontium oxalate crystals in agar–agar gel

 

P V Dalal and K B Saraf

377

Photonic crystal waveguides by direct writing of e-beam on self-assembled photonic crystals

 

Sunita Kedia and R Vijaya

383

Formation of hydroxyapatite coating on titanium at 200ºC through pulsed laser deposition followed by hydrothermal treatment

 

Manoj Komath, P Rajesh, C V Muraleedharan, H K Verma, R Reshmi and M K Jayaraj

389

Applicability of four parameter formalisms in interpreting thermodynamic properties of binary systems

 

S Acharya and J P Hajra

401