1. Foreword

   • S Basu
   • P Bhargava

   EditorialNotes Pages: 449 - 449

2. Study of YSZ-based electrochemical sensors with oxide electrodes for high temperature applications

   • A. Dutta
   • N. Kaabbuathong
   • E. Traversa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 451 - 453

3. ZrO₂ as a high-K dielectric for strained SiGe MOS devices

   • R. Mahapatra
   • G. S. Kar
   • S. K. Ray

   OriginalPaper Pages: 455 - 457

4. Phonons in mixed superionic fluorites (BaF₂)_1-x(LaF₃)_x

   • M. M. Sinha

   OriginalPaper Pages: 459 - 462

5. A novel method for sensing rotational speed, linear displacement and current using superconducting BPSCCO magnetic sensor

   • T. K. Dey
   • A. Ray
   • S. K. Ghatak

   OriginalPaper Pages: 463 - 467

6. Tunneling of electrons through semiconductor superlattices

   • C. L. Roy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 469 - 471

7. Investigations of surface characterization of silicone rubber due to tracking phenomena under a.c. and d.c. voltages

   • Uma Maheswar Rao
   • S. S. M. S. Abdul Majeed
   • R. Sarathi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 473 - 475

8. Flocculation of chromite ore fines suspension using polysaccharide based graft copolymers

   • N. C. Karmakar
   • B. S. Sastry
   • R. P. Singh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 477 - 478

9. Purification of cadmium up to 5N+ by vacuum distillation

   • S. T. Ali
   • J. V. Rao
   • T. L. Prakash

   OriginalPaper Pages: 479 - 481

10. Characteristics of HgCdTe epilayer grown by LPE using horizontal slider

    • J. K. Radhakrishnan
    • S. Sitharaman
    • S. C. Gupta

    OriginalPaper Pages: 483 - 486

11. Development of diamond coated tool and its performance in machining Al-11% Si alloy

    • B. Sahoo
    • A. K. Chattopadhyay
    • A. B. Chattopadhyay

    OriginalPaper Pages: 487 - 491

12. A novel technique for fabrication of near-net-shape CMCs

    • A. Dey
    • M. Chatterjee
    • K. Basu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 493 - 495

13. Bi-layer functionally gradient thick film semiconducting methane sensors

    • A. Banerjee
    • A. K. Haldar
    • H. S. Maiti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 497 - 499

14. Low temperature preparation of nanocrystalline solid solution of strontium barium niobate by chemical process

    • Asit B. Panda
    • Amita Pathak
    • Panchanan Pramanik

    OriginalPaper Pages: 501 - 503

15. Development of nano indium tin oxide (ITO) grains by alkaline hydrolysis of In(III) and Sn(IV) salts

    • Nimai Chand Pramanik
    • Prasanta Kumar Biswas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 505 - 507

16. UV-photoactivation technique for size and shape controlled synthesis and annealing of stable gold nanoparticles in micelle

    • Madhuri Mandal
    • Subrata Kundu
    • Tarasankar Pal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 509 - 511

17. Improved zinc oxide film for gas sensor applications

    • S. Roy
    • S. Basu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 513 - 515

18. Structural, dielectric and electrical properties of Sm-modified Pb(SnTi)O₃ ferroelectric system

    • B. P. Das
    • R. N. P. Choudhary
    • P. K. Mahapatra

    OriginalPaper Pages: 517 - 519

19. Thermal sensor properties of PANI(EB)-CSA_x (X = 0.4 ±0.1 mol) polymer thin films

    • T. Prakash
    • S. A. K. Narayan Dass
    • K. Prem Nazeer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 521 - 526

20. Studies of properties of rubber wood with impregnation of polymer

    • Rashmi R. Devi
    • T. K. Maji

    OriginalPaper Pages: 527 - 531

21. Synthesis and performance of a novel polyurethaneurea as pervaporation membrane for the selective removal of phenol from industrial waste water

    • Tarakranjan Gupta
    • Narayan C. Pradhan
    • Basudam Adhikari

    OriginalPaper Pages: 533 - 536

22. Grafted hydroxypropyl guargum: Development, characterization and application as flocculating agent

    • B. R. Nayak
    • D. R. Biswal
    • R. P. Singh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 537 - 540

23. New semiconductor materials for magnetoelectronics at room temperature

    • S. K. Kamilla
    • S. Basu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 541 - 543

24. Tellurium purification: various techniques and limitations

    • D. S. Prasad
    • Ch Sudheer
    • T. L. Prakash

    OriginalPaper Pages: 545 - 547

25. Semiconductor applications of plasma immersion ion implantation technology

    • Mukesh Kumar
    • Rajkumar
    • P. J. George

    OriginalPaper Pages: 549 - 551

26. Progress in deep-UV photoresists

    • P. B. Sahoo
    • R. Vyas
    • S. Verma

    OriginalPaper Pages: 553 - 556

27. 3-D mapping with ellipsometrically determined physical thickness/refractive index of spin coated sol-gel silica layer

    • S. Das
    • P. Pal
    • P. K. Biswas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 557 - 560

28. Synthesis of SiC from rice husk in a plasma reactor

    • S. K. Singh
    • B. C. Mohanty
    • S. Basu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 561 - 563

29. Shape forming of ceramics via gelcasting of aqueous particulate slurries

    • S. Dhara
    • R. K. Kamboj
    • P. Bhargava

    OriginalPaper Pages: 565 - 568

30. Effect of boric acid sintering aid on densification of barium ferrite

    • S. S. Vidyawathi
    • R. Amaresh
    • L. N. Satapathy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 569 - 572

31. Influence of quench rates on the properties of rapidly solidified FeNbCuSiB alloy

    • A. K. Panda
    • I. Chattoraj
    • A. Mitra

    OriginalPaper Pages: 573 - 575

32. Silver and gold nanocluster catalyzed reduction of methylene blue by arsine in micellar medium

    • Subrata Kundu
    • Sujit Kumar Ghosh
    • Tarasankar Pal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 577 - 579

33. Evolution, dissolution and reversible generation of gold and silver nanoclusters in micelle by UV-activation

    • Sujit Kumar Ghosh
    • Subrata Kundu
    • Tarasankar Pal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 581 - 582