Review—Polymers

Overview literature on matrix assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectroscopy (MALDI MS): basics and its applications in characterizing polymeric materials

R N Jagtap and A H Ambre

515

Morphological, thermal and annealed microhardness characterization of gelatin based interpenetrating net­works of polyacrylonitrile: A hard biopolymer

Sangita Rajvaidya, R Bajpai and A K Bajpai

529

Synthesis

Synthesis, characterization and gas sensing property of hydroxyapatite ceramic

M P Mahabole, R C Aiyer, C V Ramakrishna, B Sreedhar and R S Khairnar

535

Alloys

S Sriram, R Balasubramaniam, M N Mungole, S Bharagava and R G Baligidad

Single Crystals

Hongbing Chen, Congxin Ge, Rongsheng Li, Jinhao Wang, Changgen Wu and Xianling Zeng

Anhua Wu, Jiayue Xu, Guoxing Qian, Baoliang Lu, Zengwei Ge, Linyao Tang and Xianjun Wu

Composites

Synthesis, characterization and conductivity studies of polypyrrole–fly ash composites

M V Murugendrappa, Syed Khasim and M V N Ambika Prasad

565

Ceramics and Glasses

(La_2/5Ba_2/5Ca_1/5) (Mn_(2/5)–xNi_xTi_3/5)O₃: Rietveld studies, dielectric and magnetic properties of new perovskite-related oxides

Pika Jha, Saroj L Samal, Kandalam V Ramanujachary, Samuel E Lofland and Ashok K Ganguli

571

Study of electrical properties of glassy Se_100–xTe_x alloys

N Mehta, A Dwivedi, R Arora, S Kumar and A Kumar

579

Synthesis and magnetic study of Co–Al substituted calcium hexaferrite

K G Rewatkar, N M Patil and S R Gawali

585

Optical absorption and electron spin resonance studies of Cu²⁺ in Li₂O–Na₂O–B₂O₃–As₂O₃ glasses

N Srinivasa Rao, Shashidhar Bale, M Purnima, K Siva Kumar and Syed Rahman

589

Ion Irradiation

Analysis of microstress in neutron irradiated polyester fibre by X-ray diffraction technique

B Mallick, R C Behera and T Patel

593

Proton induced modification in makrofol-DE

N L Singh, Nilam Shah and K P Singh

599

Electron-beam curing of epoxy resins: effect of alcohols on cationic polymerization

N N Ghosh and G R Palmese

603

Thin Films

Structural morphology of amorphous conducting carbon film

P N Vishwakarma, V Prasad, S V Subramanyam and V Ganesan

609

Hydroxyapatite coating by biomimetic method on titanium alloy using concentrated SBF

S Bharati, M K Sinha and D Basu

617

Synthesis and characterization of HDA/NaMMT organoclay

C Yürüdü, S  C Ünlü, O Atici, Ö I Ece and N Güngör

623

Nanomaterials

Polyoxometalate based soft chemical route for preparation of Pt nanorods and self-assemblies

S Shanmugam, B Viswanathan and T K Varadarajan

629

Versatile preparation method for mesoporous TiO₂ electrodes suitable for solid-state dye sensitized photocells

G K R Senadeera, S Kobayashi, T Kitamura, Y Wada and S Yanagida

635