Bulletin  of  Materials  Science

Volume  32,  No.  5,  October  2009

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Cover:  SEM image of ZnO nanostructure grown on annealed Ag template over etch-patterned Si wafer.
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Nanomatter


Preparation and characterization of nano-hydroxyapatite powder using sol–gel technique


K P Sanosh, Min-Cheol Chu, A Balakrishnan, T N Kim and Seong-Jai Cho

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Effect of external energy on atomic, crystalline and powder characteristics of antimony and bismuth powders  

Vikram V Dabhade, Rama Mohan R Tallapragada and Mahendra Kumar Trivedi

471
Nano-tribological characteristics of TiO2 films on 3-mercaptopropyl trimethoxysilane sulfonated self-assembled monolayer  

J Li and X H Sheng

481
Characterization and photoluminescence studies of CdTe nanoparticles before and after transfer from liquid phase to polystyrene  

Shugang Wang, Yaoxian Li, Jie Bai, Qingbiao Yang, Yan Song and Chaoqun Zhang

487
   
Catalysis  
Catalytic synthesis of ZnO nanorods on patterned silicon water—An optimum material for gas sensor  

S K Panda and C Jacob

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Role of particle size in visible light photocatalysis of Congo Red using TiO2×[ZnFe2O4]x nanocomposites  

Himanshu Narayan, Hailemichael Alemu, Lebohang Macheli, Mantoa Sekota, Madhavi Thakurdesai and
T K Gundu Rao

499
   
Polymers  
Functionalization of hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene with biologically active fluorescent molecule  

R Murali Sankar, Subhadeep Saha, K Seeni Meera and Tushar Jana

507
Photoluminescence and Raman studies in swift heavy ion irradiated polycrystalline aluminum oxide  

K R Nagabhushana, B N Lakshminarasappa and Fouran Singh

515
Preparation of dual-sensitive graft copolymer hydrogel based on N-maleoyl-chitosan and poly (N-isopropyl­acrylamide) by electron beam radiation  

Jinchen Fan, Jie Chen, Liming Yang, Han Lin and Fangqi Cao

521
   
Alloys  
Kinetics of crystallization of a Fe-based multicomponent amorphous alloy  

Arun Pratap, T Lilly Shanker Rao, Kinnary Patel and Mukesh Chawda

527
Effect of cerium and thermomechanical processing on microstructure and mechanical properties of Fe–10×5Al–0×8C alloy  

R G Baligidad and Shivkumar Khaple

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Ceramics  
Silicalite-1 zeolite membranes on unmodified and modified surfaces of ceramic supports: A comparative study  

M K Naskar, D Kundu and M Chatterjee

537
   
Composites  
Preparation of copper and silicon/copper powders by a gas evaporation-condensation method  

J Temuujin, S P Bardakhanov, A V Nomoev, V I Zaikovskii, A Minjigmaa, G Dugersuren and
A Van Riessen

543
High-temperature oxidation behaviour of Ti3Si(1–x)AlxC2 in air  

Liu Xiaopan, Wan Long, Bu Zhongheng and Nie Daojun

549
   
Electrochemistry  
Electrochemical and SEM properties of Co2+ ion in hexagonal mesophase of pluronic lyotropic liquid crystal template

I S El-Hallag

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Erratum: Influence of seeding on crystallization behaviour of BaNaB9O15 glasses  

Rahul Vaish and K B R Varma 2009 Bull. Mater. Sci. 32 pp 93–98 & 387–392

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