1. Environmentally friendly preparation of nanoparticle-decorated carbon nanotube or graphene hybrid structures and their potential applications

   • Jaewook Lee
   • Keonje Lee
   • Simon S. Park

   Review 16 November 2015 Pages: 2761 - 2770

   

2. Flexible electronics under strain: a review of mechanical characterization and durability enhancement strategies

   • K. D. Harris
   • A. L. Elias
   • H.-J. Chung

   Review 21 December 2015 Pages: 2771 - 2805

   

3. A perspective on molybdenum biocompatibility and antimicrobial activity for applications in implants

   • Andreza M. Ribeiro
   • Thais H. S. Flores-Sahagun
   • Ramon C. Paredes

   Review 22 December 2015 Pages: 2806 - 2816

   

4. Structural, optoelectronic, and thermodynamic properties of Y\(_x\)Al\(_{1-x}\)N semiconducting alloys

   • Luz Ramírez-Montes
   • William López-Pérez
   • Rafael González-Hernández

   Original Paper 30 November 2015 Pages: 2817 - 2829

   

5. Preparation of high-performance polyimide fibers containing benzimidazole and benzoxazole units

   • Meng Sun
   • Jingjing Chang
   • Dezhen Wu

   Original Paper 20 November 2015 Pages: 2830 - 2840

   

6. Tunable emission, energy transfer, and thermal stability of Ce³⁺-doped and Ce³⁺/Tb³⁺ Co-doped Ca₉Sr(PO₄)₆Cl₂ phosphors

   • Lijuan Feng
   • Yue Tian
   • Ping Huang

   Original Paper 19 November 2015 Pages: 2841 - 2849

   

7. Effects of microwave irradiation on H₂S removal activity from hot coal gas by modified semicoke-supported ZnO sorbents

   • Jingjing Chen
   • Mengmeng Wu
   • Jie Mi

   Original Paper 14 December 2015 Pages: 2850 - 2858

   

8. The vertical deposition self-assembly process and the formation mechanism of poly(styrene-co-methacrylic acid) photonic crystals on polyester fabrics

   • Guojin Liu
   • Lan Zhou
   • Jianzhong Shao

   Original Paper 20 November 2015 Pages: 2859 - 2868

   

9. Atomistic modeling of the dissociation of a screw dislocation in silicon

   • L. Pizzagalli

   Original Paper 24 November 2015 Pages: 2869 - 2876

   

10. Synthesis of Fe₂O₃–Ni(OH)₂/graphene nanocomposite by one-step hydrothermal method for high-performance supercapacitor

    • Haiyan Zhang
    • Yipeng Ye
    • Yunyong Li

    Original Paper 23 November 2015 Pages: 2877 - 2885

    

11. Structural and spectroscopic behaviour of Eu³⁺-doped SrGd₂O₄ modified by thermal treatments

    • Jyoti Singh
    • J. Manam

    Original Paper 30 November 2015 Pages: 2886 - 2901

    

12. Influence of carbon vacancies on the adsorption of Au on TiC(001): a first-principles study

    • Haimin Ding
    • Qing Liu
    • Xinchun Zhang

    Original Paper 20 November 2015 Pages: 2902 - 2910

    

13. Impact of natural variability of flax fibres properties on mechanical behaviour of short-flax-fibre-reinforced polypropylene

    • D. Notta-Cuvier
    • F. Lauro
    • M. Nciri

    Original Paper 23 November 2015 Pages: 2911 - 2925

    

14. Modelling grain boundary sliding during creep of austenitic stainless steels

    • Junjing He
    • Rolf Sandström

    Original Paper 23 November 2015 Pages: 2926 - 2934

    

15. Artificial honeycomb-inspired TiO₂ nanorod arrays with tunable nano/micro interfaces for improving poly(dimethylsiloxane) surface hydrophobicity

    • Rongxiang He
    • Jingrong Xiao
    • Yong Chen

    Original Paper 07 December 2015 Pages: 2935 - 2941

    

16. Elastic field due to dislocation loops in isotropic multilayer system

    • Re Xia
    • Wenwang Wu
    • Runni Wu

    Original Paper 30 November 2015 Pages: 2942 - 2957

    

17. Microwave dielectric properties of Ga³⁺ and Ta⁵⁺ co-doped CaTiO₃

    • Raz Muhammad
    • Yaseen Iqbal

    Original Paper 30 November 2015 Pages: 2958 - 2963

    

18. Dye-sensitized solar cells based on nanocomposite of polyaniline/graphene quantum dots

    • Mohammad Dinari
    • Mohamad Mohsen Momeni
    • Meysam Goudarzirad

    Original Paper 23 November 2015 Pages: 2964 - 2971

    

19. One-pot synthesis of a photostable green fluorescent probe for biological imaging

    • Zhenzhen Tu
    • Qian Zhang
    • Wei Huang

    Original Paper 09 December 2015 Pages: 2972 - 2979

    

20. Effect of compounding method and processing conditions on the electrical response of exfoliated graphite nanoplatelet/polylactic acid nanocomposite films

    • Erin M. Sullivan
    • Rosario A. Gerhardt
    • Kyriaki Kalaitzidou

    Original Paper 10 December 2015 Pages: 2980 - 2990

    

21. Thermal conductivity of engineered bamboo composites

    • Darshil U. Shah
    • Maximilian C. D. Bock
    • Michael H. Ramage

    Original Paper Open access 09 December 2015 Pages: 2991 - 3002

    

22. Vulcanization, centrifugation, water-washing, and polymeric covering processes to optimize natural rubber membranes applied to microfluidic devices

    • Flávio C. Cabrera
    • Guilherme Dognani
    • Aldo E. Job

    Original Paper 30 November 2015 Pages: 3003 - 3012

    

23. The influence of grain size and strain rate on the mechanical behavior of pure magnesium

    • Roberto B. Figueiredo
    • Flávia S. J. Poggiali
    • Terence G. Langdon

    Original Paper 30 November 2015 Pages: 3013 - 3024

    

24. Silk microfiber-reinforced silk composite scaffolds: fabrication, mechanical properties, and cytocompatibility

    • Gang Li
    • Fei Li
    • David L. Kaplan

    Original Paper 30 November 2015 Pages: 3025 - 3035

    

25. Effect of NaCl in a nickel electrodeposition on the formation of nickel nanostructure

    • Jae Min Lee
    • Kyung Kuk Jung
    • Jong Soo Ko

    Original Paper 30 November 2015 Pages: 3036 - 3044

    

26. Growth, structure peculiarities, and dielectric properties of ferroelectric KDP/TiO₂ single crystals

    • Galina M. Kuz’micheva
    • Olesya I. Timaeva
    • Vadim V. Grebenev

    Original Paper 07 December 2015 Pages: 3045 - 3055

    

27. Microcapsules containing multi-functional reactive isocyanate-terminated polyurethane prepolymer as a healing agent. Part 1: synthesis and optimization of reaction conditions

    • M. Haghayegh
    • S. M. Mirabedini
    • H. Yeganeh

    Original Paper 08 December 2015 Pages: 3056 - 3068

    

28. Simultaneous optimisation of orientation and constituent volume in piezoelectric composites

    • K. P. Jayachandran
    • J. M. Guedes
    • H. C. Rodrigues

    Original Paper 07 December 2015 Pages: 3069 - 3079

    

29. A qualitative analysis of particle-induced viscosity reduction in polymeric composites

    • Jingqing Li
    • Zhihao Li
    • Shichun Jiang

    Original Paper 11 December 2015 Pages: 3080 - 3096

    

30. Biological evaluation of ultra-fine titanium with improved mechanical strength for dental implant engineering

    • Lucie Ostrovska
    • Lucie Vistejnova
    • Marie Hubalek Kalbacova

    Original Paper 07 December 2015 Pages: 3097 - 3110

    

31. Effect of polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) molecular weights on dispersion of sub-micron nickel particles by chemical reduction process

    • Dayong Liu
    • Lieshu Lin
    • Shuangxue Fu

    Original Paper 10 December 2015 Pages: 3111 - 3117

    

32. Hybrid metallic composite materials fabricated by sheathed powder compaction

    • Thaneshan Sapanathan
    • Shahin Khoddam
    • Raafat Ibrahim

    Original Paper 21 December 2015 Pages: 3118 - 3124

    

33. Ab initio investigation of the adsorption of zoledronic acid molecule on hydroxyapatite (001) surface: an atomistic insight of bone protection

    • Mun-Hyok Ri
    • Chol-Jun Yu
    • Song-Un Kim

    Original Paper 14 December 2015 Pages: 3125 - 3135

    

34. Direct observations of erosion-induced ferroelasticity in EB-PVD thermal barrier coatings

    • Amanda B. Schubert
    • Richard Wellman
    • Molly M. Gentleman

    Original Paper 17 December 2015 Pages: 3136 - 3145

    

35. Preparation of mesoporous silicoaluminophosphate using ammonium hydroxide as the base and its catalytic application in the trans-alkylation of aromatics

    • Arvind Kumar Singh
    • Rekha Yadav
    • Ayyamperumal Sakthivel

    Original Paper 10 December 2015 Pages: 3146 - 3154

    

36. Improvement of pyroelectric figures of merit in zirconia-doped congruent lithium niobate single crystals

    • Y. Z. Zhu
    • S. P. Lin
    • Biao Wang

    Original Paper 11 December 2015 Pages: 3155 - 3161

    

37. Large-scale exfoliation of hexagonal boron nitride with combined fast quenching and liquid exfoliation strategies

    • Zahra Rafiei-Sarmazdeh
    • Seyed Hassan Jafari
    • Seyed Morteza Zahedi-Dizaji

    Original Paper 14 December 2015 Pages: 3162 - 3169

    

38. Multifunctional magnetic branched polyethylenimine nanogels with in-situ generated Fe₃O₄ and their applications as dye adsorbent and catalyst support

    • Xin Wen
    • Xianliang Qiao
    • Guoyi Bai

    Original Paper 21 December 2015 Pages: 3170 - 3181

    

39. Probing trace levels of prometryn solutions: from test samples in the lab toward real samples with tap water

    • Rafael J. G. Rubira
    • Sabrina A. Camacho
    • Carlos J. L. Constantino

    Original Paper Open access 17 December 2015 Pages: 3182 - 3190

    

40. Morphology and photophysical properties of dual-emissive hyperbranched zinc phthalocyanines and their self-assembling superstructures

    • Kun Jia
    • Lin Pan
    • Xiaobo Liu

    Original Paper 11 December 2015 Pages: 3191 - 3199

    

41. Fabrication of thermosensitive hydrogel-supported Ni nanoparticles with tunable catalytic activity for 4-nitrophenol

    • Gao Youzhi
    • He Yang
    • Yan Fanyong

    Original Paper 14 December 2015 Pages: 3200 - 3210

    

42. Facile preparation of superhydrophobic and superoleophilic porous polymer membranes for oil/water separation from a polyarylester polydimethylsiloxane block copolymer

    • Hui Li
    • Xiaoyun Zhao
    • Bing Geng

    Original Paper 11 December 2015 Pages: 3211 - 3218

    

43. Photocatalytic activity and colloidal stability of various combinations of TiO₂/SiO₂ nanocomposites

    • A. Khadem-Hosseini
    • S. M. Mirabedini
    • S. Pazokifard

    Original Paper 16 December 2015 Pages: 3219 - 3230

    

44. A new shape memory epoxy resin with excellent comprehensive properties

    • Xiao Wu
    • Xin Yang
    • Wei Huang

    Original Paper 11 December 2015 Pages: 3231 - 3240

    

45. Enhanced third-order optical nonlinearity in Ce³⁺ ion-doped zinc sulfide–polyvinyl alcohol freestanding nanocomposite films

    • G. Shanmugam
    • V. Sasikala
    • K. Govindasamy

    Original Paper 11 December 2015 Pages: 3241 - 3249

    

46. Gas-phase fabrication of noble metal–γ-Al₂O₃ Janus nanoparticles and nanoworms

    • Kenji Koga
    • Makoto Hirasawa

    Original Paper 11 December 2015 Pages: 3250 - 3256

    

47. Fabrication of a highly b-oriented MFI-type zeolite film-modified electrode with molecular sieving properties by Langmuir–Blodgett method

    • Pei Nian
    • Meihui Su
    • Qiang Ma

    Original Paper 21 December 2015 Pages: 3257 - 3270

    

48. Density functional theory study of diffusion of lithium in Li–Sn alloys

    • Jianjian Shi
    • Zhiguo Wang
    • Y. Q. Fu

    Original Paper 14 December 2015 Pages: 3271 - 3276

    

49. Characterization of 3D woven reinforcements for liquid composite molding processes

    • H. Alhussein
    • R. Umer
    • W. J. Cantwell

    Original Paper 14 December 2015 Pages: 3277 - 3288

    

50. Third-order nonlinear optical properties and power limiting behavior of magnesium ferrite under CW laser (532 nm, 50 mW) excitation

    • M. Saravanan
    • T. C. Sabari Girisun
    • G. Vinitha

    Original Paper 15 December 2015 Pages: 3289 - 3296