Journal-Bulletin of Materials Science Volume 34, No. 3, June 2011 CONTENTS

Gold nanoparticle-coated biomaterial as SERS micro-probes
G V Pavan Kumar	417
Effect of process parameters on growth rate and diameter of nano-porous alumina templates
P Chowdhury, K Raghuvaran, M Krishnan, Harish C Barshilia and K S Rajam	423
Synthesis and characterization of pyrochlore-type yttrium titanate nanoparticles by modified sol–gel method
Z S Chen, W P Gong, F T Chen and S L Li	429
Formation of nanoscale tungsten oxide structures and colouration characteristics
Vijay Bhooshan Kumar and Dambarudhar Mohanta	435
Structural and electrical properties of Ta2O5 thin films prepared by photo-induced CVD
Jun Liu, Aixiang Wei, Xianghui Zhao and Haiyan Zhang	443
An investigation in InGaO3(ZnO)m pellets as cause of variability in thin film transistor characteristics
Sonachand Adhikari, Rajeev Gupta, Ashish Garg and Deepak	447
Dielectric relaxation in double perovskite oxide, Ho2CdTiO6
Dev K Mahato, A Dutta and T P Sinha	455
Magnetic and microwave-absorbing properties of SrAl4Fe8O19 powders synthesized by coprecipitation and citric-combustion methods
H Y He, J F Huang, L Y Cao, Z He and Q Shen	463
Synthesis, growth, optical, mechanical and electrical properties of L-lysine L-lysinium dichloride nitrate (L-LLDN) single crystal
V Vasudevan, R Ramesh Babu, A Reicher Nelcy, G Bhagavannarayana and K Ramamurthi	469
Preparation and characterization of solid-state sintered aluminum-doped zinc oxide with different alumina contents
Yu-Hsien Chou, J L H Chau, W LWang, C S Chen, S H Wang and C C Yang	477
Structural characteristics of titanium coating on copper substrates
Arup Dasgupta, Akash Singh, Pradyumna Kumar Parida, R Ramaseshan, P Kuppusami, S Saroja and M Vijayalakshmi	483
Electrical properties and scaling behaviour of Sm3+ doped CaF2-bismuth borate glasses
A A Ali and M H Shaaban	491
Electronic properties and charge density of BexZn1–xTe alloys
C B Swarnkar, U Paliwal, N N Patel and K B Joshi	499
Post-irradiated microstructural characterization of Zr–1Nb alloy by X-ray diffraction technique and positron annihilation spectroscopy
P S Chowdhury, P Mukherjee, N Gayathri, M Bhattacharya, A Chatterjee, P Barat and P M G Nambissan	507
Numerical simulation for determination of limit strains of a cold rolled and solution treated Nimonic C-263 alloy sheet
K Ankamma, P V R Ravindra Reddy, S Nagarjuna, G Chandra Mohan Reddy, M Komaraiah and N Eswara Prasad	515
Processing maps for Fe–24Ni–11Cr–3Ti–1Mo superalloy
Cai Dayong, Zhang Chunling, Tang Zhiguo, Dong Haifeng and Wang Peng	525
Preparation of ultrafine poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) fibres via electrospinning
Jia Xu, Xuejun Cui, Hongyan Wang, Junfeng Li and Shijin Dong	531
Effect of poly(ethylene glycol) surfactant on carbon-doped MoO3 nanocomposite materials and its photocatalytic activity
M E Navgire, M K Lande, A B Gambhire, S B Rathod, D V Aware and S R Bhitre	535
Visible light photocatalytic properties of novel molybdenum treated carbon nanotube/titania composites
Feng-Jun Zhang and Won-Chun Oh	543
Photocatalytic degradation of reactive black-5 dye using TiO2 impregnated ZSM-5
O K Mahadwad, P A Parikh, R V Jasra and C Patil	551
Combustion synthesis of Eu2+ and Dy3+ activated Sr3(VO4)2 phosphor for LEDsr
Roshani Singh and S J Dhoble	557
Pitting corrosion protection of low nickel stainless steel by electropolymerized conducting polymer coating in 0∙5 M NaCl solution
T Dhanabal, G Amirthaganesan and J Ravichandran	563
Inhibition effects of acetyl coumarines and thiazole derivatives on corrosion of zinc in acidic medium
A V Shanbhag, T V Venkatesha, R A Prabhu and B M Praveen	571
Microwave-assisted synthesis of high-loading, highly dispersed Pt/carbon aerogel catalyst for direct methanol fuel cell
Zhijun Guo, Hong Zhu, Xinwei Zhang, Fanghui Wang, Yubao Guo and Yongsheng Wei	577
Tribological characteristics of self-assembled nanometer film deposited on phosphorylated 3-aminopropyl-tri-ethoxysilane
J Li and X Z Li	583
In vitro study on biomineralization of biphasic calcium phosphate biocomposite crosslinked with hydrolysable tannins of Terminaliachebula
G Krithiga, Antaryami Jena, P Selvamani and T P Sastry	589