pp 655-660 December 2003 Biomaterials

Synthesis and characterization of biocompatible hydroxyapatite coated ferrite

S Deb J Giri S Dasgupta D Datta D Bahadur

pp 661-666 December 2003 Sol-gel Materials

Aging of trivalent metal hydroxide/oxide gels in divalent metal salt solutions: Mechanism of formation of layered double hydroxides (LDHs)

A V Radha P Vishnu Kamath

pp 667-671 December 2003 Catalysis

A simple red-ox titrimetric method for the evaluation of photo-catalytic activity of titania based catalysts

Y S Satpute S A Borkar S R Dharwadkar

pp 673-681 December 2003 Thin Films

Electrochemical properties of tungsten oxysulphide thin films as positive electrodes for lithium microbatteries

I Martin-Litas P Vinatier A Levasseur J C Dupin D Gonbeau

pp 683-684 December 2003 Thin Films

Optical band gap of Sn_0.2Bi_1.8Te₃ thin films

P H Soni M V Hathi C F Desai

pp 685-692 December 2003 Thin Films

Influence of growth parameters on the surface morphology and crystallinity of InSb epilayers grown by liquid phase epitaxy

N K Udayashankar H L Bhat

pp 693-697 December 2003 Thin Films

Electrical characterization of low temperature deposited oxide films on ZnO/𝑛-Si substrate

S K Nandi S Chatterjee S K Samanta P K Bose C K Maiti

pp 699-701 December 2003 Cements

Leaching of ⁶⁰Co and ¹³⁷Cs from spent ion exchange resins in cement–bentonite clay matrix

I B Plecas R S Pavlovic S D Pavlovic

pp 703-706 December 2003 Cements

Solid state sintering of lime in presence of La₂O₃ and CeO₂

T K Bhattacharya A Ghosh H S Tripathi S K Das

pp 707-714 December 2003 Polymers

Morphology and conductivity studies of a new solid polymer electrolyte: (PEG)_𝑥LiClO₄

Th Joykumar Singh S V Bhat

pp 715-720 December 2003 Glasses and Ceramics

Preparation and studies of some thermal, mechanical and optical properties of 𝑥Al₂O₃(1 – 𝑥)NaPO₃ glass system

K V Shah V Sudarsan M Goswami A Sarkar S Manikandan Rakesh Kumar B I Sharma V K Shrikhande G P Kothiyal

pp 721-732 December 2003 Carbon and Related Materials

Carbonization and demineralization of coals: A study by means of FT–IR spectroscopy

V Gómez-Serrano M C Fernández-González M L Rojas-Cervantes M F Alexandre-Franco A Macías-García

pp 733-739 December 2003 Composites

Synthesis, characterization and low frequency a.c. conduction of polyaniline/fly ash composites

S C Raghavendra Syed Khasim M Revanasiddappa M V N Ambika Prasad A B Kulkarni

pp 741-744 December 2003 Electrical Properties

Comparative study of dielectric properties of MgNb₂O₆ prepared by molten salt and ceramic method

Vishnu Shanker Ashok K Ganguli

pp 745-747 December 2003 Electrical Properties

Dielectric properties of piezoelectric 3–0 composites of lithium ferrite/barium titanate

P Sarah S V Suryanarayana

pp 749-754 December 2003 Mechanical Properties

Influence of fretting on the fatigue strength at the vise clamp–specimen interface

Abdulhaqq A Hamid Rafi K Yahya

pp 755-766 December 2003

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