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   • Editorial Board

   OriginalPaper Pages: iv - v

2. Consistency checks on elastic properties of crystals

   • D. B. Sirdeshmukh
   • K. G. Subhadra

   ReviewPaper Pages: 1553 - 1570

3. Glass-formation region of ternary Sn–Sb–Se-based chalcogenide glasses

   • A. B. Adam
   • S. Sakrani
   • Y. Wahab

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1571 - 1576

4. High temperature compressive properties over a wide range of strain rates in an AZ31 magnesium alloy

   • K. Ishikawa
   • H. Watanabe
   • T. Mukai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1577 - 1582

5. Evaluation of the suitability of various glass sealant—alloy combinations under SOFC stack conditions

   • V. A. C. Haanappel
   • V. Shemet
   • W. J. Quadakkers

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1583 - 1592

6. Piezo-spectroscopic behavior of the emission bands of α-alumina in the 13900–14250 cm^{− 1} spectral range

   • R. Abbasova
   • S. Visintin
   • V. Sergo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1593 - 1597

7. Predicting dendrite arm spacing and their effect on microporosity formation in directionally solidified Al-Cu alloy

   • M. L. N. M. Melo
   • E. M. S. Rizzo
   • R. G. Santos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1599 - 1609

8. Amorphous indium tungsten oxide films prepared by DC magnetron sputtering

   • Y. Abe
   • N. Ishiyama
   • K. Adachi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1611 - 1614

9. Tensile strength and fracture surface characterisation of sized and unsized glass fibers

   • S. Feih
   • A. Thraner
   • H. Lilholt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1615 - 1623

10. Ceramic flake formation in the aluminosilicate system by plasma spraying

    • J. G. Fisher
    • K. Chang
    • H. A. Davies

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1625 - 1632

11. Morphology study of rubber based nanocomposites by transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy

    • S. Sadhu
    • A. K. Bhowmick

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1633 - 1642

12. Melting behavior and origin of strain in ball-milled nanocrystalline Al powders

    • á. RéVéSZ

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1643 - 1646

13. Slow crack growth of brittle materials with exponential crack-velocity formulation—static fatigue

    • S. R. Choi
    • N. N. Nemeth
    • J. P. Gyekenyesi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1647 - 1654

14. Microhardness indentation size effect studies in 60B₂O₃-(40-x)PbO-xMCl₂ and 50B₂O₃(50-x)PbO-xMCl₂ (M = Pb, Cd) glasses

    • S. Sebastian
    • M. A. Khadar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1655 - 1659

15. Kinetics of phase transitions and dielectric relaxations in poly-bis(trifluorethoxy- phosphazene) (PBFP)

    • P. van Mourik
    • E. Veldman
    • M. W¨bbenhorst

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1661 - 1671

16. Spray formed bearing steel insensitive to distortion

    • C. Cui
    • A. Schulz
    • P. Mayr

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1673 - 1680

17. Preparation and characterization of dendritic silver nanoparticles

    • Guo-hua Jiang
    • Li Wang
    • Jian-jun Wang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1681 - 1683

18. Co,Ni-base alloy thin films deposited by r.f. magnetron sputtering in Ar/N₂ atmosphere

    • M. Leoni
    • C. Tosi
    • P. Scardi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1685 - 1691

19. Microstructure and mechanical properties of 3Y-TZP/Al₂O₃ composites fabricated by liquid phase sintering

    • X. W. Huang
    • J. C. Yu
    • X. L. Liu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1693 - 1697

20. The effect of grain refinement by warm equal channel angular extrusion on room temperature twinning in magnesium alloy ZK60

    • R. Lapovok
    • P. F. Thomson
    • Y. Estrin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1699 - 1708

21. Examination of morphological changes of pore channel network during the intermediate stage of sintering of undoped, MgO-doped and ZrO₂-doped alumina compacts by modified statistical theory of sintering

    • Tsang-Tse Fang
    • Fuh-Shan Shiau

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1709 - 1715

22. Fabrication, characterisation and application of (8 mol% Y₂O₃) ZrO₂ thin film on Na₃Zr₂Si₂PO₁₂ substrate for sensing CO₂ gas

    • L. Wang
    • L. Pan
    • G. M. Kale

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1717 - 1723

23. Lamellar structure and twist boundary of NaV₂O₅ grown by flux method

    • Y. G. Wang
    • H. Y. Wu
    • V. P. Dravid

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1725 - 1729

24. Mechanical behaviour of a solid with many stress corrosion growing cracks

    • F. Le Poulain
    • M. Touzet
    • I. Aubert

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1731 - 1741

25. Inorganic whiskers reinforced bismaleimide composites

    • Guozheng Liang
    • Xiaolan Hu
    • Tingli Lu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1743 - 1748

26. Modeling mechanical responses in a laminated biocomposite

    • K. Katti
    • D. R. Katti
    • M. Sarikaya

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1749 - 1755

27. Announcement

    • Editorial Board

    Announcement Pages: 1757 - 1757

28. Novel fabrication method of porous poly(L-lactic acid) scaffolds using liquid–solid extraction

    • C. Guo
    • P. H. Lin
    • C. L. Chu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1759 - 1761

29. Pressureless sintering of Si₃N₄ ceramics with oxide additives in different packing powder

    • Vedat Demir
    • Derek P. Thompson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1763 - 1765

30. Use of artificial neural network for prediction of physical properties and tensile strengths in particle reinforced alüminum matrix composites

    • Necat Altinkok
    • Rasit Koker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1767 - 1770

31. Preparation and conductivity of decatungstomolybdovanadogermanic acid polyethylene glycol (PEG) hybrid material

    • Qingyin Wu
    • Xiaoguang Sang
    • Wenqin Pang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1771 - 1772

32. Low-temperature damping behavior of cast iron with aluminum addition

    • Xinbao Liu
    • Susumu Takamori
    • Fuxing Yin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1773 - 1775

33. HDPE/PA-6 blends: Influence of screw shear intensity and HDPE melt viscosity on phase morphology development

    • Han-Xiong Huang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1777 - 1779

34. Preparation low dielectric constant material of cordierite with polyacrylamide gel method

    • Bing Zhang
    • Chuanbao Cao
    • Guobao Li

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1781 - 1783

35. Development of amorphous PLA-montmorillonite nanocomposites

    • J. L. Feijoo
    • L. Cabedo
    • J. J. Saura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1785 - 1788

36. On Sneddon’s boundary conditions used in the analysis of nanoindentation data

    • Guanghui Fu
    • Anthony C. Fischer-Cripps

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1789 - 1791

37. Effect of surface roughness on the diffusion bonding of Incoloy MA 956

    • Zhang Guoge
    • R. S. Chandel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1793 - 1796

38. Nanostructured titania membranes with improved thermal stability

    • Jinsoo Kim
    • Jae Won Lee
    • Jonghee Han

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1797 - 1799

39. Microwave dielectric properties of (Zn_{1 − x}Mn _x )₂P₂O₇

    • Jianjiang Bian
    • DongWan Kim
    • Kugsun Hong

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1801 - 1803

40. Geometrical features of wear debris

    • A. W. Momber
    • Y. C. Wong

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1805 - 1808

41. Effect of flowing speed on bone-like apatite formation in porous calcium phosphate in dynamic RSBF

    • Chunliun Deng
    • Jiyong Chen
    • Xingdong Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1809 - 1812

42. Preparation of EPDM/synthetic montmorillonite nanocomposites by direct compounding

    • C. Da Silva
    • B. Haidar
    • L. Vidal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1813 - 1818

43. Comparison of hardness and XPS measurement on austenitic stainless steel irradiated by He⁺ or Fe⁺ high energy ions

    • Li Hongmei
    • Cai Xun
    • Yang Wu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1817 - 1821

44. Wettability and soil friction of the wollastonite fiber filled UHMWPE composites

    • Jin Tong
    • Fengwu Zhu
    • Luquan Ren

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1823 - 1825

45. Synthesis and structure of bismuth titanate nanopowders prepared by metalorganic decomposition method

    • W. L. Liu
    • H. R. Xia
    • X. Q. Wang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1827 - 1829

46. In-situ Mg₂Si/Al-Si-Cu composite modified by strontium

    • Y. G. Zhao
    • Q. D. Qin
    • Q. C. Jiang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1831 - 1833

47. Styrene-acrylic latex binder for room temperature lamination of ceramics green tapes

    • Xuemin Cui
    • Ji Zhou
    • Shixi Ouyang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1835 - 1837

48. Review papers in Journal of Materials Science Volumes 39 and 40

    • Editorial Board

    ReviewPaper Pages: 1839 - 1839