1. Review Positron annihilation in fine-grained materials and fine powders—an application to the sintering of metal powders

   • T. E. M. Staab
   • R. Krause-Rehberg
   • B. Kieback

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3833 - 3851

2. Physical and dielectric properties of Bi4−xRxSr3Ca3Cu2O10 glasses (x = 0.5 and R = Ag, Ni)

   • A. Memon
   • D. B. Tanner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3853 - 3858

3. Preparation, structure and properties of uniaxially oriented polyethylene-silver nanocomposites

   • Y. Dirix
   • C. Bastiaansen
   • P. Smith

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3859 - 3866

4. Study of the reaction of γ – methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (γ – MPS) with slate surfaces

   • Ma. A. Rodriguez
   • M. J. Liso
   • J. L. Oteo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3867 - 3873

5. Slow crack growth analysis of brittle materials with finite thickness subjected to constant stress-rate flexural loading

   • S. R. Choi
   • J. P. Gyekenyesi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3875 - 3882

6. Microstructure characterization of fractured steel beam-to-column connections

   • C. P. Ostertag

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3883 - 3891

7. The characteristics of single crystal bismuth wires produced by the Ohno continuous casting process

   • G. Motoyasu
   • H. Kadowaki
   • A. Mclean

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3893 - 3899

8. Effect of retained austenite on the microstructure and mechanical properties of martensitic precipitation hardening stainless steel

   • H. Nakagawa
   • T. Miyazaki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3901 - 3908

9. Adsorption of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and its effect on the consolidation of suspensions of nanocrystalline CeO2 particles

   • S. Lakhwani
   • M. N. Rahaman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3909 - 3912

10. Mechanical properties of alkaline earth-doped lanthanum gallate

    • S. Baskaran
    • C. A. Lewinsohn
    • T. R. Armstrong

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3913 - 3922

11. Structure and phase diagram of the Na2B4O7-Na3AlF6 system

    • E. M. Anghel
    • M. Zaharescu
    • E. Pavlatou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3923 - 3929

12. EPR study of Gd3+ doped lead oxide based glasses

    • C. B. Azzoni
    • D. Di Martino
    • M. Bettinelli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3931 - 3935

13. In-situ reactive synthesis of the Ni3Al intermetallic compound and subsequent diffusion bonding with different steels for surface coating

    • J. Duszczyk
    • J. Zhou
    • L. Z. Zhuang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3937 - 3950

14. Effect of chromate conversion coatings with and without poly(acrylic acid) on the press formability, shearing properties and durability of galvanized steel laminates using poly(vinyl butyral) as core material

    • Chi-Wen Lin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3951 - 3956

15. Influence of high-temperature protective coatings on the mechanical properties of nickel-based superalloys

    • Y. Itoh
    • M. Saitoh
    • Y. Ishiwata

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3957 - 3966

16. The deformation response of sol-gel-derived zirconia thin films on 316L stainless steel substrates using a substrate straining test

    • P. B. Kirk
    • R. M. Pilliar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3967 - 3975

17. Degradation mechanism of fiber-reinforced plastics and its implications to prediction of long-term behavior

    • L. Prian
    • A. Barkatt

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3977 - 3989

18. Mechanical behavior of metaphosphate glasses used as coating on metals in relation to their structure and preparation method

    • A. Iost
    • R. Bigot
    • P. Vast

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3991 - 3996

19. On the surface photoconductivity of sintered titanium dioxide pellet

    • B. N. Das
    • K. Krishana

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3997 - 4000

20. Nonlinear electric-mechanical behavior of a soft PZT-51 ferroelectric ceramic

    • Daining Fang
    • Changqing Li

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4001 - 4010

21. The oxidation kinetics of spherically shaped palladium powder

    • E. Shimada
    • H. Yamashita
    • H. Ichimura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4011 - 4015

22. A study on hydrothermal disposal of sodium arsenate waste from Ga-As processing

    • N. Yamasaki
    • F. Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4017 - 4022

23. Liquid phase sintering of RE2O3: YSZ ceramics Part I Grain growth and expelling of the grain boundary glass phase

    • D. P. F. De Souza
    • M. F. De Souza

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4023 - 4030

24. Sol-Gel derived SrTiO3 and SrZrO3 coatings on SiC and C-fibers

    • R. Wurm
    • O. Dernovsek
    • P. Greil

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4031 - 4037

25. Influence of Mn addition on the ordering of DO3 Fe-28%Al intermetallics

    • Lou Baiyang
    • Liu Maosen
    • Mao Zhiyuan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4039 - 4042

26. Preparation of mesocarbon microbeads from coal tar

    • Yonggen Lü
    • Licheng Ling
    • Isao Mochida

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4043 - 4050

27. The effect of interfacial mixing on Ag/Al2O3 by N+ implantation

    • Tian Jun
    • Xue Qunji
    • Chen Yufeng

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4051 - 4055

28. Strength properties of solvent vapour-treated pre-tensioned polypropylene films Part II Aromatic solvent vapours

    • T. C. Uzomah
    • S. C. O. Ugbolue

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4057 - 4064

29. Phase transformations in a super ferritic stainless steel containing 28% Cr after nitrogen ion implantation

    • A. M. Kliauga
    • M. Pohl
    • J. Foct

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4065 - 4073

30. Modeling of room temperature resistivity and grain size for polycrystalline (Ba0.8−xSr0.2)YxTO3 by response surface method

    • Seungwon Kim
    • Hyungchul Moon
    • Chul Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4075 - 4079

31. Determination of the fracture mechanical parameters of porous ceramics from microstructure parameters measured by quantitative image analysis

    • F. Vales
    • R. Rezakhanlou
    • C. Olagnon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4081 - 4088

32. Modification of titania particles by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis of colloid

    • Jong Ho Lee
    • Kyeong Youl Jung
    • Seung Bin Park

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4089 - 4093