1. Instructions for Authors

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 2

2. PbS Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Size Determination by X-ray Diffraction

   • N. S. Belova
   • A. A. Rempel'

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 10

3. MOCVD of p-Cd _x Hg_{1 – x} Te/GaAs Heteroepitaxial Structures

   • A. N. Moiseev
   • A. P. Kotkov
   • N. D. Grishnova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 15

4. Absorption Spectra of SbSeI and BiSeI Crystals

   • V. Val. Sobolev
   • E. V. Pesterev
   • V. V. Sobolev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 16 - 19

5. Interaction of Fine Fe Particles with Structural Defects on {111} Faces of Synthetic Diamond Crystals in a Hydrogen Atmosphere

   • V. M. Sonin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 20 - 22

6. Kinetics of the Thermal Transformation of w-BN intog-BN

   • S. M. Gavrilkin
   • L. I. Kopaneva
   • S. S. Batsanov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 26

7. Metal-Containing Poly(tetrafluoroethylene): A Novel Material

   • M. S. Korobov
   • G. Yu. Yurkov
   • S. P. Gubin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 26 - 34

8. Heat-Generating Composite Material: Fe Oxidation in Fibers of a Polymer Matrix

   • I. Z. Babievskaya
   • N. F. Drobot
   • A. A. Vishnev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 43

9. Crystal Growth, Thermal Stability, and Electrical Properties of LiCu₂O₂

   • A. A. Bush
   • K. E. Kamentsev
   • E. A. Tishchenko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 44 - 49

10. Composition and Properties of Superconducting Materials Containing Rare Earths, V, and W

    • L. I. Ochertyanova
    • N. K. Bel'skii

    OriginalPaper Pages: 50 - 53

11. Effect of Bismuth Ions on the Optical Absorption in Gd₃Ga₅O₁₂〈Bi〉 Epitaxial Films

    • V. V. Randoshkin
    • N. V. Vasil'eva
    • N. N. Sysoev

    OriginalPaper Pages: 54 - 58

12. Order–Disorder Transformations in Ln₂Ti₂O₇(Ln = Lu, Yb, Tm, Gd)

    • A. V. Shlyakhtina
    • O. K. Karyagina
    • L. G. Shcherbakova

    OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 65

13. Composition and Properties of Crystals Growing in the Ca²⁺–Mg²⁺–HPO^2- ₄–HCO^- ₃ System in the Presence of Na⁺, K⁺, Cl^–, and SO^2- ₄ Ions

    • S. V. Dorozhkin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 66 - 72

14. Mechanochemical Synthesis of Yttrium and Lanthanum Tantalates

    • V. V. Molchanov
    • M. G. Zuev
    • S. V. Bogdanov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 79

15. Preparation, Structure, and Electrical Conductivity of La(Ga,Mn)O₃ Ceramics

    • T. V. Polteva
    • N. U. Venskovskii
    • E. D. Politova

    OriginalPaper Pages: 80 - 85

16. Structuring of Inorganic Materials in Weak RF Electromagnetic Fields

    • V. I. Zarembo
    • O. L. Kiseleva
    • K. A. Suvorov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 86 - 91