1. Review Properties of blends and composites based on poly(3-hydroxy)butyrate (PHB) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) copolymers

   • M. Avella
   • E. Martuscelli
   • M. Raimo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 523 - 545

2. Mechanical buckling instability of thin coatings deposited on soft polymer substrates

   • A. L. Volynskii
   • S. Bazhenov
   • N. F. Bakeev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 547 - 554

3. Toughening and strengthening of polypropylene using the rigid-rigid polymer toughening concept Part II Toughening mechanisms investigation

   • Guang-Xue Wei
   • H.-J. Sue
   • Kecheng Gong

   OriginalPaper Pages: 555 - 566

4. The determination of the elastic modulus of microcantilever beams using atomic force microscopy

   • B. T. Comella
   • M. R. Scanlon

   OriginalPaper Pages: 567 - 572

5. The transverse compression of PPTA fibers Part I Single fiber transverse compression testing

   • J. Singletary
   • H. Davis
   • M. Toney

   OriginalPaper Pages: 573 - 581

6. The transverse compression of PPTA fibers Part II Fiber transverse structure

   • J. Singletary
   • H. Davis
   • W. Knoff

   OriginalPaper Pages: 583 - 592

7. Surface characteristics of a porous-surfaced Ti-6Al-4V implant fabricated by electro-discharge-compaction

   • W. H. Lee
   • J. W. Park
   • Jung-Yeul Kim

   OriginalPaper Pages: 593 - 598

8. In situ mechanical testing of dry and hydrated breadcrumb in the environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM)

   • D. J. Stokes
   • A. M. Donald

   OriginalPaper Pages: 599 - 607

9. Self-monitoring of fracture and strain in titanium carbide reinforced silicon nitride ceramics

   • H. L. Wang
   • J. B. Li
   • Y. Li

   OriginalPaper Pages: 609 - 612

10. The ferromagnetic transition in MnAs synthesised by mechanical alloying and powder blending techniques

    • V. A. Chernenko
    • L. Wee
    • R. Street

    OriginalPaper Pages: 613 - 616

11. Peroxosalts initiated graft copolymerization of aniline onto wool fibre—a comparative kinetic study

    • R. Anbarasan
    • T. Vasudevan
    • A. Gopalan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 617 - 625

12. FeCrNiAl alloy intended for using as blade material fabricated by rapid solidification method

    • S. Yamada
    • T. Hamada
    • T. Saburi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 627 - 631

13. Effects of yttrium and cerium additives in lubricants on corrosive wear of stainless steel 304 and Al alloy 6061

    • R. Liu
    • D. Y. Li

    OriginalPaper Pages: 633 - 641

14. Compression of a 0°-ply/acrylic sandwich

    • P. J. Berbinau
    • E. G. Wolff

    OriginalPaper Pages: 643 - 648

15. Thermal conductivity of crystalline particulate materials

    • V. V. Murashov
    • Mary Anne White

    OriginalPaper Pages: 649 - 653

16. The Crystalline quality of lnxAl1 − xAs layers on lnP grown by molecular beam epitaxy at 520°C

    • J. S. Choi
    • T. S. Oh
    • W. K. Choo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 655 - 660

17. Low temperature hydrothermal synthesis of ZrO2-CaO solid solutions

    • G. Dell'Agli
    • G. Mascolo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 661 - 665

18. Influence of some precipitation variables on thermal behavior of ZrO2-Y2O3 and ZrO2-CeO2 precipitated gels

    • A. P. Oliveira
    • M. L. Torem

    OriginalPaper Pages: 667 - 672

19. Morphology, crystallization and melting behaviors of isotactic polypropylene/high density polyethylene blend: effect of the addition of short carbon fiber

    • C. Zhang
    • X.-S. Yi
    • M. Sumita

    OriginalPaper Pages: 673 - 683

20. Sulphidation and oxidation of the Ni22Cr10Al1Y alloy in H2/H2S and SO2 atmospheres at high temperatures

    • Z. Żurek
    • J. Jedliński
    • J. Musil

    OriginalPaper Pages: 685 - 692

21. Microstructure and mechanical properties of B6O-B4C sintered composites prepared under high pressure

    • H. Itoh
    • I. Maekawa
    • H. Iwahara

    OriginalPaper Pages: 693 - 698

22. Prediction of strength of recrystallized siliconcarbide from pore size measurement Part I The bimodality of the distribution

    • N. Orlovskaja
    • H. Peterlik
    • K. Kromp

    OriginalPaper Pages: 699 - 705

23. Prediction of strength of recrystallized siliconcarbide from pore size measurement Part II The reliability of the prediction

    • H. Peterlik
    • N. Orlovskaja
    • K. Kromp

    OriginalPaper Pages: 707 - 711

24. Phase formation in yttrium aluminum garnet powders synthesized by chemical methods

    • S.-M. Sim
    • K. A. Keller
    • T.-I. Mah

    OriginalPaper Pages: 713 - 717

25. Dilatometric behavior of martensitic transformation of NdNbO4 polycrystals

    • M. Omori
    • Y. Kobayashi
    • T. Hirai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 719 - 721

26. A comparison of indentations of different size and geometry in single-quasicrystalline AIPdMn

    • B. Wolf
    • M. Swain
    • P. Paufler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 723 - 734

27. Dissolution behaviour of stainless steel weld metals during active potential range: A calculational approach

    • M. G. Pujar
    • R. K. Dayal
    • T. P. S. Gill

    OriginalPaper Pages: 735 - 746

28. In situ formation of TiC particulate composite layer on cast iron by laser alloying of thermal sprayed titanium coating

    • Heung-Il Park
    • Kazuhiro Nakata
    • Shogo Tomida

    OriginalPaper Pages: 747 - 755

29. Atomic force microscopy using plastic replicas

    • J. B. Campbell
    • J. Lankford

    OriginalPaper Pages: 757 - 765

30. Implantation of silicon ions into a surface layer of the Ti6A14V titanium alloy and its effect upon the corrosion resistance and structure of this layer

    • J. Baszkiewicz
    • M. Kamiiński
    • J. Jagielski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 767 - 775

31. The effect of microstructure on interphase interaction in layered polycrystalline films of silver-nickel and silver-copper-nickel

    • A. Wehr
    • A. Rylski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 777 - 781