1. A new solder wetting layer for Pb-free solders

   • Chang Yul Oh
   • Hee-Ra Roh
   • Young-Ho Kim

   OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 297 - 300

   

2. Thermal coarsening of nanoporous gold: Melting or recrystallization

   • Masataka Hakamada
   • Mamoru Mabuchi

   OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 301 - 304

   

3. Stressed solid-phase epitaxial growth of (011) Si

   • N.G. Rudawski
   • K.S. Jones
   • R. Gwilliam

   OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 305 - 309

   

4. Greatly enhanced broadband near-infrared emission due to energy transfer from Cr³⁺ to Ni²⁺ in transparent magnesium aluminosilicate glass ceramics

   • Jin Luo
   • Shifeng Zhou
   • Jianrong Qiu

   OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 310 - 315

   

5. Thermal stability, corrosion resistance, and surface analysis of Cu–Hf–Ti–Ni–Nb bulk metallic glasses

   • C.L. Qin
   • W. Zhang
   • A. Inoue

   OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 316 - 323

   

6. Magnetodielectric Ni ferrite ceramics with Bi₂O₃ additive for potential antenna miniaturizations

   • X.T. Liew
   • K.C. Chan
   • L.B. Kong

   OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 324 - 332

   

7. Microstructure of lamellar liquid crystal in Tween 85/[Bmim]PF₆/H₂O system and applications as Ag nanoparticle synthesis and lubrication

   • Tuosu Dai
   • Lingling Ge
   • Rong Guo

   OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 333 - 341

   

8. Characterization of grain structure in nanocrystalline gadolinium by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy

   • Martin Seyring
   • Xiaoyan Song
   • Markus Rettenmayr

   OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 342 - 346

   

9. Bi-template effect of a vegetal system on the synthesis of alkaline-earth tungstate nanocrystals

   • Dong-Mei Sun
   • Da-Zhang Zhu
   • Qing-Sheng Wu

   OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 347 - 351

   

10. Growth and assembly of monodisperse Ag nanoparticles by exchanging the organic capping ligands

    • Chenhui Hao
    • Dingsheng Wang
    • Qing Peng

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 352 - 356

    

11. Bulk metallic glass formation, composite, and magnetic propertiesof Fe-B-Nd based alloys

    • J. Zhang
    • Y.P. Feng
    • Y. Li

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 357 - 371

    

12. Nanostructural characterizations of hydrogen-permselective Si–Co–O membranes by transmission electron microscopy

    • Shinji Fujisaki
    • Koji Hataya
    • Kotaro Kuroda

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 372 - 378

    

13. Failure by simultaneous grain growth, strain localization, and interface debonding in metal films on polymer substrates

    • Nanshu Lu
    • Xi Wang
    • Joost Vlassak

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 379 - 385

    

14. Oxidation and reduction behavior of pure indium

    • Harry Schoeller
    • Junghyun Cho

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 386 - 393

    

15. Nanopatterned optical and magnetic La_0.6Ca_0.4MnO₃ arrays: Synthesis, fabrication, and properties

    • Ming-Chung Wu
    • Chih-Min Chuang
    • Wei-Fang Su

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 394 - 403

    

16. Spark plasma sintering of zirconium carbide and oxycarbide: Finite element modeling of current density, temperature, and stress distributions

    • Guy Antou
    • Gendre Mathieu
    • Alexandre Maître

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 404 - 412

    

17. The role of Cu addition in the coercivity enhancement of sintered Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets

    • W.F. Li
    • T. Ohkubo
    • K. Hono

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 413 - 420

    

18. Digital image correlation shows localized deformation bands in inelastic loading of fibrolamellar bone

    • Gunthard Benecke
    • Michael Kerschnitzki
    • Himadri S. Gupta

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 421 - 429

    

19. Effects of Nb doping on thermoelectric properties of Zn₄Sb₃ at high temperatures

    • D. Li
    • H.H. Hng
    • X.Y. Qin

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 430 - 435

    

20. Serrated flow behavior induced by blunt mechanism of shear crack propagation in metallic glass

    • J.T. Fan
    • Z.F. Zhang
    • J. Eckert

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 436 - 440

    

21. Effect of film thickness on the structural and electrical properties of Ga-doped ZnO thin films prepared on glass and Al₂O₃ (0001) substrates by RF magnetron sputtering method

    • Seung Wook Shin
    • S.M. Pawar
    • Jin Hyeok Kim

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 441 - 447

    

22. Titanium nitride nanopowders produced via sodium reductionin liquid ammonia

    • Boyan Yuan
    • Mei Yang
    • Hongmin Zhu

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 448 - 451

    

23. The influence of prior cold deformation on precipitation of alpha phase and variation of hardness in Ti-10Mo-8V-1Fe-3.5Al during aging treatment

    • Z.Y. Song
    • Q.Y. Sun
    • P. Ge

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 452 - 458

    

24. A comparison of continuous SPD processes for improving the mechanical properties of aluminum alloy 6111

    • R. Lapovok
    • L.S. Tóth
    • S.L. Semiatin

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 459 - 469

    

25. Compositionally graded mullite-based chemical vapor deposited coatings

    • Tushar Kulkarni
    • H.Z. Wang
    • V.K. Sarin

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 470 - 474

    

26. Growth of nanotubes in sol-gel-derived V₂O₅ powders and films prepared under acidic conditions

    • R. Ceccato
    • S. Dirè
    • E. Cazzanelli

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 475 - 481

    

27. Solid-state reactions and stress evolutions between SnAg and Ni(P) thin films

    • Jae Yong Song
    • Jin Yu

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 482 - 486

    

28. Synthesis and pressureless sintering of Ti₃SiC₂ powder

    • B.B. Panigrahi
    • Min-Cheol Chu
    • Seong-Jai Cho

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 487 - 492

    

29. Multivariable study on homoepitaxial diamond growth using isotopically enriched carbon-13 gas mixtures

    • Gopi K. Samudrala
    • Yogesh K. Vohra

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 493 - 498

    

30. The influence of Sb doping in achieving high magnetic coercivities in CoPt nanoparticles for micromagnet applications

    • Abdulcadir S. Hussein
    • Pandiyan Murugaraj
    • David E. Mainwaring

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 499 - 505

    

31. Microstructure and secondary phase segregation correlation in epitaxial/oriented ZnO films with unfavorable Cr dopant

    • L.V. Saraf
    • Z.H. Zhu
    • M.H. Engelhard

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 506 - 515

    

32. Energy transfer and enhanced broadband near-infrared luminescence in Yb–Bi codoped phosphate glasses

    • Jian Ruan
    • Botao Wu
    • Jianrong Qiu

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 516 - 519

    

33. Influence of oxygen deficiency on the out-of-plane tilt of epitaxial Y₂O₃ films on Ni–5%W tapes

    • C. Cantoni
    • E.D. Specht
    • M. Rupich

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 520 - 525

    

34. Piezoelectric, ferroelectric Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃–PbTiO₃ thin films with compositions around the morphotropic phase boundary prepared by a sol-gel process of reduced thermal budget

    • M.L. Calzada
    • M. Algueró
    • L. Pardo

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 526 - 533

    

35. Effects of under bump metallization and nickel alloying element on the undercooling behavior of Sn-based, Pb-free solders

    • Moon Gi Cho
    • Sung K. Kang
    • Hyuck Mo Lee

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 534 - 543

    

36. Structure of vapor-phase deposited Al-Ge thin films and Al-Ge intermediate layer bonding of Al-based microchannel structures

    • Fanghua Mei
    • W.J. Meng
    • D.J. Miller

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 544 - 555

    

37. Chemical bonding and mechanical properties of M₂AC (M = Ti, V, Cr, A = Al, Si, P, S) ceramics from first-principles investigations

    • Ting Liao
    • Jingyang Wang
    • Yanchun Zhou

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 556 - 564

    

38. Controlled generation of ferromagnetic martensite from paramagnetic austenite in AISI 316L austenitic stainless steel

    • E. Menéndez
    • J. Sort
    • J. Nogués

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2009 Pages: 565 - 573