1. Short-pulse laser excitation of quartz: experiments and modelling of transient optical properties and ablation

   • L. Haahr-Lillevang
   • K. Wædegaard
   • P. Balling

   OriginalPaper 09 July 2015 Pages: 1221 - 1227

   

2. Laser wavelength effect on laser-induced photo-thermal sintering of silver nanoparticles

   • Dongwoo Paeng
   • Junyeob Yeo
   • Costas P. Grigoropoulos

   OriginalPaper 04 July 2015 Pages: 1229 - 1240

   

3. Monte Carlo study of impact ionization in InSb induced by intense ultrashort terahertz pulses

   • S. Ašmontas
   • R. Raguotis
   • S. Bumelienė

   OriginalPaper 02 July 2015 Pages: 1241 - 1245

   

4. A comparison of the characteristics of nanosecond, picosecond and femtosecond lasers generated Ag, TiO₂ and Au nanoparticles in deionised water

   • Abubaker Hamad
   • Lin Li
   • Zhu Liu

   OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 1247 - 1260

   

5. A simulation approach to material removal in microwave drilling of soda lime glass at 2.45 GHz

   • Nitin Kumar Lautre
   • Apurbba Kumar Sharma
   • Shantanu Das

   OriginalPaper 26 July 2015 Pages: 1261 - 1274

   

6. Tuning the thermal conductivity of multi-layer graphene with interlayer bonding and tensile strain

   • Taiyu Guo
   • Zhen-Dong Sha
   • Yong-Wei Zhang

   OriginalPaper 23 July 2015 Pages: 1275 - 1281

   

7. Manipulation of transmitted wave front using ultrathin planar acoustic metasurfaces

   • Shilong Zhai
   • Huaijun Chen
   • Xiaopeng Zhao

   OriginalPaper 28 July 2015 Pages: 1283 - 1289

   

8. Au nanoparticle-decorated ultrathin CdS nanowires for high-efficiency photodegradation of organic dyes

   • Xinyu Wang
   • Yulong Ying
   • Xinsheng Peng

   OriginalPaper 31 July 2015 Pages: 1291 - 1297

   

9. Fabrication and different photoelectric responses of nanocrystalline ZnO film irradiated with UV and white light in dry air

   • Zhijun Zou
   • Yang Qiu
   • Hailong Yan

   OriginalPaper 30 July 2015 Pages: 1299 - 1307

   

10. Vibration analysis of carbon nanotube-based resonator using nonlocal elasticity theory

    • Toshiaki Natsuki
    • Nobuhiro Matsuyama
    • Qing-Qing Ni

    OriginalPaper 06 August 2015 Pages: 1309 - 1313

    

11. Enhanced green upconversion luminescence in Yb³⁺/Tb³⁺-codoped silica fiber based on glass phase-separated method

    • Yingbo Chu
    • Yu Yang
    • Luyun Yang

    OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 1315 - 1322

    

12. Photothermal and morphological characterization of PLA/PCL polymer blends

    • Z. N. Correa-Pacheco
    • J. L. Jiménez-Pérez
    • M. Loaiza

    OriginalPaper 01 July 2015 Pages: 1323 - 1329

    

13. Dynamics of graphene nanoribbon with carbon nanotubes coexisting with [Bmim][Cl] molecules

    • Yunfang Li

    OriginalPaper 29 June 2015 Pages: 1331 - 1337

    

14. Raman spectroscopy of polyhedral carbon nano-onions

    • Daniel Codorniu Pujals
    • Olimpia Arias de Fuentes
    • Lorenzo S. Caputi

    OriginalPaper 30 June 2015 Pages: 1339 - 1345

    

15. Thermodynamic, structural and surface properties in Sn–Zn melt at 750 K

    • B. P. Singh
    • R. P. Koirala
    • D. Adhikari

    OriginalPaper 05 July 2015 Pages: 1347 - 1356

    

16. Building intuition of iron evolution during solar cell processing through analysis of different process models

    • Ashley E. Morishige
    • Hannu S. Laine
    • Tonio Buonassisi

    OriginalPaper 14 July 2015 Pages: 1357 - 1373

    

17. Investigation of the annealing effects on the structural and optoelectronic properties of RF-sputtered ZnO films studied by the Drude–Lorentz model

    • Manuel García-Méndez
    • Álvaro Bedoya-Calle
    • Víctor Coello

    OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 1375 - 1382

    

18. Enhanced electron field emission from CuO nanoplate arrays decorated with Au nanoparticles

    • Fei Li
    • Shumao Wu
    • Zhen Li

    OriginalPaper 30 June 2015 Pages: 1383 - 1389

    

19. Effect of crystal orientation on the formation of bct-5 silicon

    • Kausala Mylvaganam
    • Liangchi Zhang

    OriginalPaper 01 July 2015 Pages: 1391 - 1398

    

20. A molecular dynamics study on the vibration of carbon and boron nitride double-walled hybrid nanotubes

    • R. Ansari
    • S. Ajori

    OriginalPaper 02 July 2015 Pages: 1399 - 1406

    

21. Physical properties of chalcogenide Sn–Bi–S graded thin films annealed in argon

    • G. H. Tariq
    • D. W. Lane
    • M. Anis-ur-Rehman

    OriginalPaper 02 July 2015 Pages: 1407 - 1414

    

22. Keratin film ablation for the fabrication of brick and mortar skin structure using femtosecond laser pulses

    • Bibi Safia Haq
    • Hidayat Ullah Khan
    • Islam Zari

    OriginalPaper 12 July 2015 Pages: 1415 - 1425

    

23. Effect of copper oxide on structure and physical properties of lithium lead borate glasses

    • I. Kashif
    • A. Ratep

    OriginalPaper 10 July 2015 Pages: 1427 - 1434

    

24. The process of wavy fiber deposition via auxiliary electrodes in near-field electrospinning

    • Ziming Zhu
    • Xindu Chen
    • Han Wang

    OriginalPaper 07 July 2015 Pages: 1435 - 1442

    

25. Formation of GaPd₂ and GaPd intermetallic compounds on GaN(0001)

    • M. Grodzicki
    • P. Mazur
    • A. Ciszewski

    OriginalPaper 17 July 2015 Pages: 1443 - 1451

    

26. Electrical conductance and complex impedance analysis of La_0.6Pr_0.1Ba_0.3Mn_1−xNi_xO₃ nanocrystalline manganites

    • Sobhi Hcini
    • Elaa Oumezzine
    • Mohamed Oumezzine

    OriginalPaper 12 July 2015 Pages: 1453 - 1459

    

27. Structure and resistivity of bismuth thin films deposited by pulsed DC sputtering

    • S. A. Stanley
    • M. D. Cropper

    OriginalPaper 07 July 2015 Pages: 1461 - 1468

    

28. Photoluminescence investigations and thermal activation energy evaluation of Fe³⁺-doped PVA films

    • N. Khalifa
    • H. Kaouach
    • R. Chtourou

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2015 Pages: 1469 - 1474

    

29. Carbonation acceleration of calcium hydroxide nanoparticles: induced by yeast fermentation

    • Paula Lopez-Arce
    • Ainara Zornoza-Indart

    OriginalPaper 16 July 2015 Pages: 1475 - 1495

    

30. Hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon thin films with promising thermoelectric properties

    • Joana Loureiro
    • Tiago Mateus
    • Isabel Ferreira

    OriginalPaper 26 July 2015 Pages: 1497 - 1502

    

31. Effect of initial tension on mechanics of adhered graphene blisters

    • Pinzhen Liao
    • Pei Xu

    OriginalPaper 15 July 2015 Pages: 1503 - 1509

    

32. Investigating the effect of surface roughness on the critical sliding and rolling forces of cylindrical nanoparticles based on the multi-asperity contact models

    • M. H. Korayem
    • S. A. Mirmohammad
    • M. B. Saraee

    OriginalPaper 06 August 2015 Pages: 1511 - 1528

    

33. Enhancement of the visible light photocatalytic activity of heterojunction In₂O₃/BiVO₄ composites

    • J. Z. Yin
    • S. B. Huang
    • X. R. Xu

    OriginalPaper 23 July 2015 Pages: 1529 - 1535

    

34. Conductivity study and correlated barrier hopping (CBH) conduction mechanism in diphosphate compound

    • Y. Ben Taher
    • A. Oueslati
    • M. Gargouri

    OriginalPaper 29 July 2015 Pages: 1537 - 1543

    

35. Impact of substrate composition on the morphology and conductivity of laser-crystallized silicon films

    • Matthew R. Semler
    • Justin M. Hoey
    • Erik K. Hobbie

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2015 Pages: 1545 - 1553

    

36. Sensing performance of SnO₂ film fabricated by sputtering deposition

    • N. M. Shaalan
    • M. Rashad
    • T. Yamazaki

    OriginalPaper 22 July 2015 Pages: 1555 - 1563

    

37. Crystallization of Fe₈₃B₁₇ amorphous alloy by electric pulses produced by a capacitor discharge

    • Konstantinos Georgarakis
    • Dina V. Dudina
    • Alain R. Yavari

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2015 Pages: 1565 - 1572

    

38. Transport critical current density of (Bi_1.6Pb_0.4)Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O₁₀/Ag superconductor tapes with addition of nanosized CoFe₂O₄

    • M. Hafiz
    • R. Abd-Shukor

    OriginalPaper 17 July 2015 Pages: 1573 - 1578

    

39. Synthesis of different copper nanostructures by the use of polyol technique

    • Maryamsadat Hosseini
    • Davoud Haghshenas Fatmehsari
    • Seyed Pirooz Hoveida Marashi

    OriginalPaper 28 July 2015 Pages: 1579 - 1586

    

40. Facile synthesis of decorated graphene oxide sheets with WO₃ nanoparticles

    • Ensieh Adineh
    • Reza Rasuli

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2015 Pages: 1587 - 1592

    

41. Numerical investigation of In_0.23Ga_0.77As-based planar Gunn diodes with fundamental frequency up to 116 GHz

    • B. Li
    • H. X. Liu
    • C. Wen

    OriginalPaper 28 July 2015 Pages: 1593 - 1598

    

42. The effect of Ti and O ion implantation on the resistive switching in Pt/TiO_2−x /Pt devices

    • Ligang Gao
    • Brian Hoskins
    • Dmitri Strukov

    OriginalPaper 24 July 2015 Pages: 1599 - 1603

    

43. Evolution of the texture, mechanical properties, and microstructure of Cu-2.7Be alloys during hot cross-rolling

    • Daibo Zhu
    • Chuming Liu
    • Shunong Jiang

    OriginalPaper 23 July 2015 Pages: 1605 - 1613

    

44. Synthesis, photoluminescence and Judd–Ofelt parameters of LiNa₃P₂O₇:Eu³⁺ orthorhombic microstructures

    • K. Munirathnam
    • G. R. Dillip
    • D. Prakashbabu

    OriginalPaper 25 July 2015 Pages: 1615 - 1623

    

45. Modeling of thermal expansion coefficient of perovskite oxide for solid oxide fuel cell cathode

    • F. Heydari
    • A. Maghsoudipour
    • M. Javaheri

    OriginalPaper 05 August 2015 Pages: 1625 - 1633

    

46. Investigation of the interrelation between the chemical state and the electric properties in Al-doped ZnO films

    • Jinzhao Wang
    • Dongfang Ni
    • Kun Liang

    OriginalPaper 06 August 2015 Pages: 1635 - 1642

    

47. Composition and microstructure of maiolica from the museum of ceramics in Ascoli Piceno (Italy): evidences by electron microscopy and microanalysis

    • M. Gulmini
    • F. Scognamiglio
    • G. Vaggelli

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2015 Pages: 1643 - 1652

    

48. Influence of carbon nanotube addition on sliding wear behaviour of pulse electrodeposited cobalt (Co)–phosphorus (P) coatings

    • E. Edward Anand
    • S. Natarajan

    OriginalPaper 26 July 2015 Pages: 1653 - 1658

    

49. Spectrophotometric and electrical properties of imperatorin: an organic molecule

    • Feroz A. Mir

    OriginalPaper 28 July 2015 Pages: 1659 - 1663