Bulletin of Materials Science

Volume 32, No. 3, June 2009

CONTENTS

Cover: HRTEM image showing lattice fringes of c-axis oriented ZnO. Inset shows the electron diffraction pattern of a ZnO nanorod showing c-axis [001] oriented growth. For details, see p. 255.

*FOREWORD*	215
Molecule-based magnets
J Y Yakhmi	217
Metal–semiconductor nanojunctions and their rectification characteristics
Anindita Bose, Kuntal Chatterjee and Dipankar Chakravorty	227
Magnetic and photocatalytic properties of nanocrystalline ZnMn₂O₄
Menaka, Mohammed Qamar, Samuel E Lofland, Kandalam V Ramanujachary and Ashok K Ganguli	231
Resorcinol-formaldehyde based carbon nanospheres by electrospraying
Chandra S Sharma, Sandip Patil, Suman Saurabh, Ashutosh Sharma and R Venkataraghavan	239
Studies on nonvolatile resistance memory switching in ZnO thin films
L M Kukreja, A K Das and P Misra	247
ZnO(101) films by pulsed reactive crossed-beam laser ablation
S Angappane, N R Selvi and G U Kulkarni	253
Electrocaloric effect of PMN–PT thin films near morphotropic phase boundary
D Saranya, Ayan Roy Chaudhuri, Jayanta Parui and S B Krupanidhi	259
Effect of microstructural evolution on magnetic properties of Ni thin films
Prashant Kumar, M Ghanashyam Krishna and A K Bhattacharya	263
Materials science research for sodium cooled fast reactors
Baldev Raj	271
Nafion and modified-Nafion membranes for polymer electrolyte fuel cells: An overview
A K Sahu, S Pitchumani, P Sridhar and A K Shukla	285
Li-storage and cycling properties of spinel, CdFe₂O₄, as an anode for lithium ion batteries
Yogesh Sharma, N Sharma, G V Subba Rao and B V R Chowdari	295
Ordered oxygen deficient ‘112’ perovskites, LnBaCo₂O₅_×50+δ: complex magnetism and transport properties
B Raveau, Md Motin Seikh, V Pralong and V Caignaert	305
Compatibility of RuO₂ electrodes with PZT ceramics
K T Jacob, G Rajitha and V S Saji	313
Structural variations in layered alkaline earth metal cyclohexyl phosphonates
Ramaswamy Murugavel and Nayanmoni Gogoi	321
Surface degradation behaviour of sodium borophosphate glass in aqueous media: some studies
K V Shah, M Goswami, S Manikandan, V K Shrikhande and G P Kothiyal	329
Synthesis, structure and photocatalytic properties of b-ZrMo₂O₈
Prangya Parimita Sahoo, S Sumithra, Giridhar Madras and T N Guru Row	337
On stability of NiTi wire during thermo-mechanical cycling
C N Saikrishna, K V Ramaiah, S Allam Prabhu and S K Bhaumik	343
3d Transition metal decorated B–C–N composite nanostructures for efficient hydrogen storage: A first-principles study
S Bhattacharya, C Majumder and G P Das	353
Structure, synthesis and multiferroic nature of BiFeO₃ and 0×9BiFeO₃–0×1BaTiO₃: An overview
Dhananjai Pandey and Anar Singh	361