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Volume 116, Issue 2

August 2014

Glass, Ceramics and Glass-Ceramics

Issue Editor:

Waguih S. Ishak

50 articles in this issue

Ultra-slim flexible glass for roll-to-roll electronic device fabrication
Sean Garner
Scott Glaesemann
Xinghua Li
OriginalPaper 15 May 2014 Pages: 403 - 407
Feasibility on a piezoresistive tactile normal force sensor array
Shichao Yue
Walied A. Moussa
L. Richard Williston
OriginalPaper 14 June 2014 Pages: 409 - 414
Wafer-level manufacturing technology of glass microlenses
U. Gossner
T. Hoeftmann
W. Hansch
OriginalPaper 28 June 2014 Pages: 415 - 425
Design and characterization of arrayed waveguide gratings using ultra-low loss Si₃N₄ waveguides
Jared F. Bauters
James R. Adleman
John E. Bowers
OriginalPaper Open access 03 June 2014 Pages: 427 - 432
Semiconducting large bandgap oxides as potential thermoelectric materials for high-temperature power generation?
M. Backhaus-Ricoult
J. Rustad
J. Brown
Invited paper 25 June 2014 Pages: 433 - 470
High-speed camera study of Stage III crack propagation in chemically strengthened glass
Zhongzhi Tang
Matthew B. Abrams
Guangli Hu
OriginalPaper 25 March 2014 Pages: 471 - 477
Modifier cation (Ba, Ca, La, Y) field strength effects on aluminum and boron coordination in aluminoborosilicate glasses: the roles of fictive temperature and boron content
Elizabeth I. Morin
Jingshi Wu
Jonathan F. Stebbins
OriginalPaper 02 April 2014 Pages: 479 - 490
Principles of Pyrex^® glass chemistry: structure–property relationships
Morten M. Smedskjaer
Randall E. Youngman
John C. Mauro
OriginalPaper 29 March 2014 Pages: 491 - 504
Alumina as a dopant in optical fiber by OVD
Ji Wang
OriginalPaper 19 June 2014 Pages: 505 - 518
Environmental effects on initiation and propagation of surface defects on silicate glasses: scratch and fracture toughness study
Nicholas D. Surdyka
Carlo G. Pantano
Seong H. Kim
OriginalPaper 25 June 2014 Pages: 519 - 528
Structural and compositional modification of a barium boroaluminosilicate glass surface by thermal poling
Nicholas J. Smith
Carlo G. Pantano
OriginalPaper 15 May 2014 Pages: 529 - 543
Metastable carbon allotropes in picosecond-laser-modified diamond
Sergei M. Pimenov
Andrey A. Khomich
Valerio Romano
Rapid communication 04 June 2014 Pages: 545 - 554
Quantifying the quality of femtosecond laser ablation of graphene
Ramazan Sahin
Selcuk Akturk
Ergun Simsek
Rapid communication 03 June 2014 Pages: 555 - 560
Influence of pulse laser energy on laser-induced voltage in La_2/3Ca_1/3MnO₃:Ag_0.04 films
Xiang Liu
Zhi-ping Guo
Yun-biao Duan
Rapid communications 21 June 2014 Pages: 561 - 565
Adhesion control by inflation: implications from biology to artificial attachment device
Kirstin Dening
Lars Heepe
Stanislav N. Gorb
Invited paper 25 June 2014 Pages: 567 - 573
Sub-micro watt resistive memories using nano-crystallized aluminum oxynitride dielectric
N. H. Chen
Z. W. Zheng
F. S. Yeh
OriginalPaper 22 November 2013 Pages: 575 - 579
Electrical and optoelectronic properties of graphene Schottky contact on Si-nanowire arrays with and without H₂O₂ treatment
Jian-Jhou Zeng
Yow-Jon Lin
OriginalPaper 23 November 2013 Pages: 581 - 587
Microwave-assisted synthesis of silver nanocrystals in benzyl alcohol and their subsequent in situ chemical transformation into Ag–AgCl nanohybrids for plasmonic photocatalysis
Lunhong Ai
OriginalPaper 03 December 2013 Pages: 589 - 595
Laser-induced backside wet cleaning technique for glass substrates
Tsu-Shien Weng
Chwan-Huei Tsai
OriginalPaper 10 December 2013 Pages: 597 - 604
On the mechanism of material removal in nanometric cutting of metallic glass
Pengzhe Zhu
Fengzhou Fang
OriginalPaper 15 December 2013 Pages: 605 - 610
Optical and spectral tunability of multilayer spherical and cylindrical nanoshells
Nader Daneshfar
Khashayar Bazyari
OriginalPaper 20 December 2013 Pages: 611 - 620
Characterizations of evaporated α-Si thin films for MEMS application
X. Q. Jiao
R. Zhang
J. Shi
OriginalPaper 21 December 2013 Pages: 621 - 627
The electric field screening and crossing point shift effects in coated carbon nanotubes
Tao Jiang
OriginalPaper 18 December 2013 Pages: 629 - 633
Laser-induced synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their conjugation with protein
Deepti Joshi
R. K. Soni
OriginalPaper 16 January 2014 Pages: 635 - 641
Circular polarization converters based on bi-layered asymmetrical split ring metamaterials
Lin Wu
Zhenyu Yang
Xiuhua Yuan
OriginalPaper 02 February 2014 Pages: 643 - 648
Platinum–nickel alloy catalysts for fuel elements
R. M. Balabai
H. N. Chernikova
OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 649 - 655
Planar self-aligned imprint lithography for coplanar plasmonic nanostructures fabrication
Weiwei Wan
Liang Lin
Yanfeng Chen
OriginalPaper 01 March 2014 Pages: 657 - 662
Resistive switching of in situ and ex situ oxygen plasma treated ZnO thin film deposited by atomic layer deposition
Jian Zhang
Hui Yang
Shurong Dong
OriginalPaper 25 February 2014 Pages: 663 - 669
Precise selective scribing of thin-film solar cells by a picosecond laser
Xin Zhao
Yunfeng Cao
Gary Cheng
OriginalPaper 08 March 2014 Pages: 671 - 681
Large-scale black multi-crystalline silicon solar cell with conversion efficiency over 18 %
Zhihao Yue
Honglie Shen
Jibo Cai
OriginalPaper 22 April 2014 Pages: 683 - 688
Laser synthesis of aluminium nanoparticles in biocompatible polymer solutions
Rina Singh
R. K. Soni
OriginalPaper 28 May 2014 Pages: 689 - 701
Modulation of diffusion with polarized lasers
Sen-Yong Chen
Othmane Benafan
Aravinda Kar
OriginalPaper 14 June 2014 Pages: 703 - 713
A neural model of hysteresis in amorphous materials and piezoelectric materials
Lianwei Ma
Yu Shen
OriginalPaper 20 June 2014 Pages: 715 - 722
A new double negative metamaterial for multi-band microwave applications
Sikder Sunbeam Islam
Mohammad Rashed Iqbal Faruque
Mohammad Tariqul Islam
OriginalPaper 17 June 2014 Pages: 723 - 733
Ni nanoparticles fabricated by laser ablation in water
O. R. Musaev
J. Yan
M. B. Kruger
OriginalPaper 29 June 2014 Pages: 735 - 739
Band engineering of ZnS by codoping for visible-light photocatalysis
Hui Wan
Liang Xu
P. Peng
OriginalPaper 28 June 2014 Pages: 741 - 750
Influence of germanium incorporation on the structural and electrical properties of boron-doped ultrathin poly-Si_1−xGe_x films deposited by chemical vapour deposition
T. B. Asafa
A. Witvrouw
S. A. M. Said
OriginalPaper 20 November 2013 Pages: 751 - 757
Synthesis and luminescence properties of red long-lasting phosphor Y₂O₂S:Eu³⁺, Zn²⁺, Ti⁴⁺ nanotubes via hydrothermal method
Ping Huang
Dan Liu
Guowei Jiang
OriginalPaper 08 December 2013 Pages: 759 - 765
Thermal expansion of CuInSe₂ in the 11–1,073 K range: an X-ray diffraction study
W. Paszkowicz
R. Minikayev
R. Bacewicz
OriginalPaper Open access 29 December 2013 Pages: 767 - 780
Hydrothermal synthesis of hierarchical WO₃ nanostructures for dye-sensitized solar cells
M. M. Rashad
A. E. Shalan
OriginalPaper 20 November 2013 Pages: 781 - 788
Thermodynamic analysis of nanoparticle size effect on kinetics in Fischer–Tropsch synthesis by lanthanum promoted iron catalyst
Ali Nakhaei Pour
Mohammad Reza Housaindokht
Mohammad Ali Khodagholi
OriginalPaper 26 November 2013 Pages: 789 - 797
Electromagnetically induced transparency and slow light in a simple complementary metamaterial constructed by two bright slot-structures
X. J. He
T. Y. Li
Z. X. Geng
OriginalPaper 26 November 2013 Pages: 799 - 804
Nonlinear refractive and optical limiting measurements of 2-thienylchalcone derivatives under cw laser regime
Lana M. Saleh
Hiba Abu Hassan
M. S. Bannur
OriginalPaper 05 December 2013 Pages: 805 - 810
Synthesis of self-light-scattering wrinkle structured ZnO photoanode by sol–gel method for dye-sensitized solar cells
C. Justin Raj
S. N. Karthick
Hee-Je Kim
OriginalPaper 29 November 2013 Pages: 811 - 816
First-principles study of graphyne on SiO₂
Z. Liu
OriginalPaper 05 December 2013 Pages: 817 - 821
Structure/surface and optical property modifications of MgO powder by Q-switched laser pulses in water
Pei-Ju Chen
Chao-Hsien Wu
Shuei-Yuan Chen
OriginalPaper 05 December 2013 Pages: 823 - 830
Study of the structural and morphological changes during the phase transition of ZnS to ZnO
Geeta Rani
P. D. Sahare
OriginalPaper 06 December 2013 Pages: 831 - 837
Magnetism of colossal magnetoresistance material Fe_1−xCd_xCr₂S₄
Nan Jia
Bijun Fang
Zhaorong Yang
OriginalPaper 20 December 2013 Pages: 839 - 843
Tuning the properties of an MgO layer for spin-polarized electron transport
Chong-Jun Zhao
Lei Ding
Guang-Hua Yu
OriginalPaper 21 December 2013 Pages: 845 - 850
The role of H-plasma on aluminum-induced crystallization of amorphous silicon
Juan Li
Chong Luo
Hoi Sing Kwok
OriginalPaper 11 March 2014 Pages: 851 - 855