Bulletin of Materials Science

Volume 29, No. 5, October 2006

CONTENTS

Cover: Tapping mode image of the film (sample 2) (1 ´ 1 mm²) showing the indented region. For details, see p. 510.

Single Crystals
Growth and study of barium oxalate single crystals in agar gel
P V Dalal and K B Saraf	421
Growth mechanism of NaClO₃ and NaBrO₃ crystals from aqueous solutions
V Surender, N Arundhathi and K Kishan Rao	427

Ceramics and Glasses
Photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B dye using hydrothermally synthesized ZnO
K Byrappa, A K Subramani, S Ananda, K M Lokanatha Rai, R Dinesh and M Yoshimura	433
Tungstophosphoric acid supported onto hydrous zirconia: Physicochemical characterization and esterification of 1° and 2° alcohol
Pankaj Sharma and Anjali Patel	439
Rheology and structure of aqueous bentonite–polyvinyl alcohol dispersions
S İşçi, C H Ünlü, O Atici and N Güngör	449
Crystallization of M-type hexagonal ferrites from mechanically activated mixtures of barium carbonate and goethite
J Temuujin, M Aoyama, M Senna, T Masuko, C Ando, H Kishi and A Minjigmaa	457
Electrical conductivity measurement in a Se–Te–In system
A B Gadkari and Z K Zope	461
Formation of oxygen complexes in controlled atmosphere at surface of doped glassy carbon
Aleksandra A Perić-Grujić, Tatjana M Vasiljević, Olivera M Nešković, Miomir V Veljković, Zoran V Laušević and Mila D Laušević	467

Polymers
Synthesis and characterization of gelatin based polyester urethane scaffold
S Sarkar, A Chourasia, S Maji, S Sadhukhan, S Kumar and B Adhikari	475

Composites
Morphology, crystallization and dynamic mechanical properties of PA66/nano-SiO₂ composites
Huimin Lu, Xiangmin Xu, Xiaohong Li and Zhijun Zhang	485
Characteristics of electrocodeposited Ni–Co–SiC composite coating
Gajendra Sharma, R K Yadava and V K Sharma	491

Corrosion Studies
Effect of condensation product of glycyl–glycine and furfural on electrodeposition of zinc from sulphate bath
H B Muralidhara, Y Arthoba Naik and T V Venkatesha	497

Thin Films
Optimizing growth conditions for electroless deposition of Au films on Si(111) substrates
Bhuvana and G U Kulkarni	505
Morphology, surface topography and optical studies on electron beam evaporated MgO thin films
A Chowdhury and J Kumar	513
Influence of bismuth on properties and microstructures of Sr₀_×5Ba₀_×5–xBi_xTiO₃ thin films
Tao Wenhong, Wang Yin, Fu Xinghua and Wei Qihong	523
Structural, optical and electrical properties of chemically deposited nonstoichiometric copper indium diselenide films
R H Bari, L A Patil and P P Patil	529

Electrochemistry
Structural and electrochemical behaviour of sputtered vanadium oxide films: oxygen non-stoichiometry and lithium ion sequestration
K J Rao, B Pecquenard, A Gies, A Levasseur and J Etourneau	535