1. Studies on the RF sputtered amorphous SiGe thin films

   • M. Serényi
   • T. Lohner
   • P. Turmezei

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 6

2. Electronic band structure and stability of fluorite-like phases in the Mg-Sn-B system

   • I. R. Shein
   • A. L. Ivanovskii

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 13

3. Annealing-induced ordering of bulk nonstoichiometric vanadium carbide

   • V. N. Lipatnikov
   • A. I. Gusev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 14 - 18

4. Thermal stability of graphite-Cobalt nanocomposite materials

   • L. L. Vovchenko
   • L. Yu. Matzui
   • A. I. Brusilovets

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 23

5. Properties of amorphous silica produced from rice and oat processing waste

   • L. A. Zemnukhova
   • A. G. Egorov
   • A. I. Botsul

   OriginalPaper Pages: 24 - 29

6. Effect of gamma irradiation on the electrical and optical properties and conduction mechanism of α-SiO₂

   • I. Kh. Abdukadyrova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 30 - 34

7. Determination of the modified effect of nano-SiO₂ by titration in nonaqueous phase

   • Lei Zhang
   • Danfeng Zhang
   • Shuliang Zang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 38

8. Surface modification of nano-SiO₂ by in situ grafted polymerization of butyl methacrylate

   • Lei Zhang
   • Danfeng Zhang
   • Shuliang Zang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 43

9. Vapor-phase growth of Bi₂Sr₂Ca _n−1Cu _n O _x (n= 1–3) single crystals

   • Yu. I. Gorina
   • G. A. Kalyuzhnaya
   • S. G. Chernook

   OriginalPaper Pages: 44 - 49

10. Phase transformations during plasma synthesis of sodium polyaluminates

    • G. B. Tel’nova
    • Ya. P. Grabis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 50 - 58

11. Matrix-inducing synthesis and luminescence of microcrystalline red phosphors YVO₄:Pb²⁺,Eu³⁺ derived from the in situ coprecipitation of hybrid precursors

    • Xue-Qing Su
    • Bing Yan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 63

12. Low-frequency and microwave dielectric properties of Ba₂LnTaO₆ (Ln = La, Pr, Sm, Dy, Ce, Gd, Nd, Tm, Tb) ceramics

    • S. K. Korchagina
    • Yu. A. Shevchuk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 64 - 67

13. Synthesis and properties of GdMCr₂O₅ (M = Na, K, Cs)

    • B. K. Kasenov
    • S. Zh. Davrenbekov
    • E. K. Zhumadilov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 68 - 74

14. Formation of cadmium chlorides via cadmium dissolution in chloride melts

    • V. F. Kozin
    • A. A. Omel’chuk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 80

15. Preparation and optical properties of rare-earth-activated alkali metal lead chlorides

    • N. V. Lichkova
    • V. N. Zagorodnev
    • A. V. Shestakov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 88

16. Glass formation in the ZrF₄-PbF₂-LaF₃-NaF system

    • A. A. Babitsyna
    • T. A. Emel’yanova
    • V. A. Fedorov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 91

17. Mechanochemical synthesis, phase composition, and properties of Pb(Zn_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-based ferroelectric ceramics

    • V. V. Zyryanov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 92 - 98

18. Does the phenomenological approach contradict the quantum theory of exciton-polariton spatial dispersion?

    • Qi Guo
    • Sien Chi

    Erratum Pages: 99 - 99