jOURNAL-Bulletin of Materials Science Volume 34, No. 4, July 2011 CONTENTS

Thermal stability of gold-PS nanocomposites thin films
Umananda M Bhatta, Deepa Khushalani and P V Satyam	595
Temperature dependent grain-size and microstrain of CdO thin films prepared by spray pyrolysis method
B G Jeyaprakash, K Kesavan, R Ashok Kumar, S Mohan and A Amalarani	601
Synthesis of nano-carbon (nanotubes, nanofibres, graphene) materials
Kalpana Awasthi, Rajesh Kumar, Himanshu Raghu­banshi, Seema Awasthi, Ratnesh Pandey, Devinder Singh, T P Yadav and O N Srivastava	607
Transparent conducting film: Effect of mechanical stretching to optical and electrical properties of carbon nanotube mat
Tsuyoshi Saotome, Hansang Kim, David Lashmore and H Thomas Hahn	615
Transparent conducting film: Effect of vacuum filtration of carbon nanotube suspended in oleum
Tsuyoshi Saotome, Hansang Kim, Zhe Wang, David Lashmore and H Thomas Hahn	623
Preparation of cellulose fibres with antibacterial Ag-loading nano-SiO2
Wang Shuhua, Niu Runlin, Jia Husheng, Wei Liqiao, Daijinming, Liu Xuguang and Xu Bingshe	629
Preparation of intercalated polyaniline/clay nano­composite and its exfoliation exhibiting dendritic structure
N Srivastava, Y Singh and R A Singh	635
Synthesis and characterization of fluorophore attached silver nanoparticles
S C G Kiruba Daniel, T Anitha Sironmani, V Tharmaraj and K Pitchumani	639
Synthesis of copper nanoparticles in polycarbonate by ion implantation
Annu Sharma, Suman Bahniwal, Sanjeev Aggarwal, S Chopra and D Kanjilal	645
Emulsion-based synthesis of NaA zeolite nanocrystals and its integration towards NaA membranes
M K Naskar, A Das, D Kundu and M Chatterjee	651
Combustion synthesis and characterization of Ba2NdSbO6 nanocrystals
V T Kavitha, R Jose, S Ramakrishna, P R S Wariar and J Koshy	661
A facile synthesis of ZnS nanocrystallites by pyrolysis of single molecule precursors, Zn (cinnamtscz)2 and ZnCl2(cinnamtsczH)2
Anil M Palve and Shivram S Garje	667
Burstein Moss effect in nanocrystalline CaS : Ce
Geeta Sharma, Puja Chawla, S P Lochab and Nafa Singh	673
Possibilities of production of nanopowders with high power ELV electron accelerator
Vladimir Ivanovich Lysenko, Sergey Bardakhanov, Alexey Korchagin, Nikolay Kuksanov, Alexander Lavrukhin, Rustam Salimov, Sergey Fadeev, Vladislav Cherepkov, Mikhail Veis and Andrey Nomoev	677
Thermoluminescence properties of g-irradiated Bi doped BaS nanostructures
Surender Singh, Ankush Vij, S P Lochab, Ravi Kumar and Nafa Singh	683
Morphological and humidity sensing characteristics of SnO2–CuO, SnO2–Fe2O3 and SnO2–SbO2 nanocooxides
B C Yadav, Preeti Sharma and P K Khanna	689
Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of reflectivity of nanosized CaTiO3/epoxy resin composites in microwave bands
M Murugan, V K Kokate and M S Bapat	699
Mechanical and tribological studies of polymer hybrid nanocomposites with nano reinforcements
D Lingaraju, K Ramji, M Pramila Devi and U Rajya Lakshmi	705
Structure–property relationships of electroluminescent polythiophenes: role of nitrogen-based heterocycles as side chains
S Radhakrishnan, S J Ananthakrishnan and N Somanathan	713
Effect of annealing on phase transition in poly(vinylidene fluoride) films prepared using polar solvent
S Satapathy, Santosh Pawar, P K Gupta and K B R Varma	727
Facile synthesis of hypercrosslinked resins via chloro­methylation and continuous condensation of simple aryl molecules
Xiaoyan Zhang, Qiu Jin, Libo Dai and Siguo Yuan	735
Temperature dependent damping studies of Ni–Mn–Ga polymer composites
R Senthur Pandi, M Mahendran, R Chokkalingam, M Manivelraja and V Chandrashekaran	739
Functionalization of terminal carbon atoms of hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene by polyazido nitrogen rich molecules
Rajavelu Murali Sankar, Tapta Kanchan Roy and Tushar Jana	745
Nonionic emulsion-mediated synthesis of zeolite beta
Yuguo Shen, Ying Zhang, Chao Jin, Ying Cao, Wei Gao and Lishan Cui	755
Effect of surfactants in synthesis of CsH2PO4 as protonic conductive membrane
Soraya Hosseini, Wan Ramli Wan Daud, Marzieh Badiei, Abdul Amir Hassan Kadhum and Abu Bakar Mohammad	759
Crystallization and microstructures of Y–Si–Al–O–N glass–ceramics containing main crystal phase Y3Al5O12
Xiuying Li and Anxian Lu	767
Influence of curing conditions on durability of alkali-resistant glass fibres in cement matrix
Arabi Nourredine	775
Processing–structure–property relations of chemically bonded phosphate ceramic composites
H A Colorado, C Hiel and H T Hahn	785
Interface-dependent resistance switching in Nd0×7Sr0×3MnO3 ceramics
S S Chen, C P Yang, C L Ren, R L Wang, H Wang, I V Medvedeva and K Baerner	793
Effect of surface roughness on grain growth and sintering of alumina
Padmaja Parameswaran Nampi, Shoichi Kume, Yuji Hotta and Koji Watari	799
Bonding strength of Al/Mg/Al alloy tri-metallic laminates fabricated by hot rolling
X P Zhang, M J Tan, T H Yang, X J Xu and J T Wang	805
High temperature oxidation of Ti–48Al–8Cr–2Ag alloy with sputtered coating at 1000°C in air
Y J Xi and Y J Liu	811
Determination of optimum welding parameters in connecting high alloyed X53CrMnNiN219 and X45CrSi93 steels by friction welding
Mehmet Uzkut, Bekir Sadik Ünlü and Mustafa Akdağ	815
Magnetocaloric effect of Gd5Si2Ge2 alloys in low magnetic field
Hong Zeng, Chunjiang Kuang, Jiuxing Zhang and Ming Yue	825
Effect of annealing process of iron powder on magnetic properties and losses of motor cores
Fuzheng Yin, Haibo Yang, Jianjun Tian, De-an Pan, Jian Wang and Shengen Zhang	829
Fabrication and performances of MWCNT/TiO2 compo­sites derived from MWCNTs and titanium (IV) alkoxide precursors
Mingliang Chen, Fengjun Zhang and Wonchun Oh	835
Synthesis and characterization of composites of mixed oxides of iron and neodymium in polymer matrix of aniline–formaldehyde
Sajdha, H N Sheikh, B L Kalsotra, N Kumar and S Kumar	843
Unusual route for preparation of manganese(II), cobalt(II), zinc(II) and cadmium(II) carbonate compounds: synthesis and spectroscopic characterizations
Moamen S Refat and Mohsen M Al-Qahtani	853
MgAl2O4–g-Al2O3 solid solution interaction: mathematical framework and phase separation of a-Al2O3 at high temperature
Soumen Pal, A K Bandyopadhyay, S Mukherjee, B N Samaddar and P G Pal	859
Enhancement of MgAl2O4 spinel formation from coprecipitated precursor by powder processing
Soumen Pal, A K Bandyopadhyay, S Mukherjee, B N Samaddar and P G Pal	865
Infrared spectra, Raman laser, XRD, DSC/TGA and SEM investigations on the preparations of selenium metal, (Sb2O3, Ga2O3, SnO and HgO) oxides and lead carbonate with pure grade using acetamide precursors
Moamen S Refat and Khaled M Elsabawy	873
Preparation of titanium diboride powders from titanium alkoxide and boron carbide powder
Hamed Sinaei Pour Fard and Hamidreza Baharvandi	883
Synthesis and nonlinear optical characterization of new 1,3,4-oxadiazoles
B Chandrakantha, Arun M Isloor, Reji Philip, M Mohesh, Prakash Shetty and A M Vijesh	887
Hyperpolarizability studies of some nonconjugated twin donor–acceptor molecules
Elizabeth Chirackal Varkey and Krishnapillai Sreekumar	893
Structural, dielectric and multiferroic properties of Er and La substituted BiFeO3 ceramics
Pragya Pandit, S Satapathy, Poorva Sharma, P K Gupta, S M Yusuf and V G Sathe	899
Structural, dielectric and electrical properties of CaBa4SmTi3Nb7O30 ferroelectric ceramic
Prasun Ganguly and A K Jha	907
Dielectric relaxation and ionic conductivity studies of Na2ZnP2O7
S Chouaib, A Ben Rhaiem and K Guidara	915
Microstructure and microwave dielectric properties of (Zn1–xMgx)2SiO4 ceramics
Bo Li, Ying Yuan, Shuren Zhang and Hongmei Jiang	921
Phase transition and dielectric study in Ba0×95Dy0×05TiO3 ceramic
M R Panigrahi and S Panigrahi	927
Dielectric and piezoelectric properties of Bi0×5(Na0×82K0×18)0×5TiO3–LiSbO3 lead-free piezoelectric ceramics
Zhou Chong-Rong and Chai Li-Yuan	933
Ce and Eu activated Na2Zn5(PO4)4, a new promising novel phosphor
K N Shinde, S J Dhoble and Animesh Kumar	937
Hardness of metallic crystals
Wuhui Li, Fengzhang Ren, Juanhua Su, Zhanhong Ma, Ke Cao and Baohong Tian	943
P-wave velocity test for assessment of geotechnical properties of some rock materials
Saffet Yagiz	947
Energy transfer and thermal studies of Pr3+ doped cerium oxalate crystals
R Pragash, Gijo Jose, N V Unnikrishnan and C Sudarsanakumar	955
Grain-size effects on thermal properties of BaTiO3 ceramics
C J Xiao, Z X Li and X R Deng	963
Flower-like CuO synthesized by CTAB-assisted hydro­thermal method
Yunling Zou, Yan Li, Nan Zhang and Xiulin Liu	967
Fabrication of hierarchical b-Co(OH)2 microspheres via hydrothermal process
Guang Sheng Cao, Xiao Juan Zhang and Ling Su	973
Synthesis and characterization of super-microporous material with enhanced hydrothermal stability
Shujie Wu, Ke Song, Jingqi Guan and Qiubin Kan	979
An investigation on surface roughness of granite machined by abrasive waterjet
Gokhan Aydin, Izzet Karakurt and Kerim Aydiner	985
Surface morphology and corrosion resistance of electro­deposited composite coatings containing polyethylene or polythiophene in Ni–Mo base
J Niedbała	993
Electrolytic deposition and corrosion resistance of Zn–Ni coatings obtained from sulphate-chloride bath
Katarzyna Wykpis, Magdalena Popczyk and Antoni Budniok	997
Effect of oil and oil with graphite on tribological properties of glass filled PTFE polymer composites
Y R Kharde and K V Saisrinadh	1003
Method for increasing b-SiC yield on solid state reaction of coal fly ash and activated carbon powder
Sulardjaka, Jamasri, M W Wildan and Kusnanto	1013
Biomimetic synthesis and characterization of semi­conducting hybrid organic–inorganic composite materials based on polyaniline–polyethylene glycol–CdS system
A Singh, N P Singh and R A Singh	1017