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   • Editorial Board

   BriefCommunication Pages: iv - v

2. Wall slip phenomena in talc-filled polypropylene compounds

   • B. Haworth
   • S. W. Khan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3325 - 3337

3. Influence of BaTiO₃ on damping and dielectric properties of filled polyurethane/unsaturated polyester resin interpenetrating polymer networks

   • Dongyan Tang
   • Jusheng Zhang
   • Liancheng Zhao

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3339 - 3345

4. Characterization of low angle grain boundaries in yttrium orthovanadate

   • Joel B. Lebret
   • M. Grant Norton
   • Kelvin G. Lynn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3347 - 3353

5. Effect of surface treatment of carbon fibers with gamma-ray radiation on mechanical performance of their composites

   • Y. Z. Wan
   • Y. L. Wang
   • C. D. Yuan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3355 - 3359

6. Power law indentation creep of Sn-5% Sb solder alloy

   • A. R. Geranmayeh
   • R. Mahmudi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3361 - 3366

7. Manifestation of Nd ions on the structure, Raman and IR spectra of (TeO₂-MoO-Nd₂O₃) glasses

   • I. Shaltout
   • Y. Badr

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3367 - 3373

8. Effect of friction on uniaxial compression of bread dough

   • M. N. Charalambides
   • S. M. Goh
   • W. Xiao

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3375 - 3381

9. Identification and characterization of diffusion barriers for Cu/SiC systems

   • Glenn Sundberg
   • Pradeep Paul
   • Thomas Vasilos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3383 - 3393

10. Development of hybrid Mg/Al₂O₃ composites with improved properties using microwave assisted rapid sintering route

    • W. L. E. Wong
    • S. Karthik
    • M. Gupta

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3395 - 3402

11. A hybrid replication technique for the analysis of precipitate-boundary interactions in Ni-based superalloys

    • Kai Song
    • Mark Aindow

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3403 - 3407

12. Ti₃SiC₂/TiC composites prepared by PDS

    • S. Konoplyuk
    • T. Abe
    • T. Takagi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3409 - 3413

13. Microstructures and mechanical properties of injection molded 17-4PH stainless steel powder with nickel boride additions

    • H. Ö. Gülsoy
    • S. Salman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3415 - 3421

14. Synthesis, characterization and structure dependence of thermochromism of polythiophene derivatives

    • Xiongyan Zhao

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3423 - 3428

15. Drug release from a N-vinylpyrrolidinone/acrylic acid lubricious hydrophilic coating

    • D. M. Devine
    • L. M. Geever
    • C. L. Higginbotham

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3429 - 3436

16. Effects of oxygen contamination in the argon shielding gas in laser welding of commercially pure titanium thin sheet

    • X. Li
    • J. Xie
    • Y. Zhou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3437 - 3443

17. Infrared brazing Inconel 601 and 422 stainless steel using the 70Au-22Ni-8Pd braze alloy

    • Y. K. Yu
    • D. W. Liaw
    • R. K. Shiue

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3445 - 3452

18. Influence of martensite volume fraction and tempering time on tensile properties of partially austenitized in the (α + γ) temperature range and quenched + tempered ferritic ductile iron

    • M. Cerah
    • K. Kocatepe
    • M. Erdogan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3453 - 3459

19. Simulation of clusters formation in Al-Cu based and Al-Zn based alloys

    • Daqin Chen
    • Yuansheng Wang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3461 - 3466

20. Effect of O₂ partial pressure and thickness on the gasochromic properties of sputtered V₂O₅ films

    • H. Shanak
    • H. Schmitt
    • K.-H. Ehses

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3467 - 3474

21. Cell structure and compressive behavior of an aluminum foam

    • Wang Deqing
    • Xue Weiwei
    • Shi Ziyuan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3475 - 3480

22. Effect of preparation conditions on the physical and hydrophobic properties of two step processed ambient pressure dried silica aerogels

    • A. Parvathy Rao
    • G. M. Pajonk
    • A. V. Rao

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3481 - 3489

23. Nanocomposites TiB₂-Cu: Consolidation and erosion behavior

    • J.-S. Kim
    • Y.-S. Kwon
    • V. I. Mali

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3491 - 3495

24. Preparation and properties of silicon oxycarbide fibers

    • L. F. Chen
    • Z. H. Cai
    • X. J. Chen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3497 - 3501

25. Effects of self-affine surface roughness on the adhesion of metal-polymer interfaces

    • R. van Tijum
    • J. Th. M. De Hosson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3503 - 3508

26. Biomimetic apatite formation on a CoCrMo alloy by using wollastonite, bioactive glass or hydroxyapatite

    • D. A. Cortés
    • A. Medina
    • M. A. López

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3509 - 3515

27. Geometrical features of wear debris

    • A. W. Momber
    • Y. C. Wong

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3517 - 3522

28. Electrochemical synthesis of conical Ag₂S nanostructures and their optical properties

    • Rajesh Kumar
    • Vijay Kumar
    • S. K. Chakarvarti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3523 - 3525

29. Role of trace elements on tensile behavior of accumulative roll-bonded pure copper

    • Younghwan Jang
    • Sangshik Kim
    • Masahiro Goto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3527 - 3529

30. Excimer laser surface treatment of magnesium alloy WE43 for corrosion resistance improvement

    • L. F. Guo
    • T. M. Yue
    • H. C. Man

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3531 - 3533

31. Influence of argon plasma pretreatment on properties of liquid crystal polymer

    • B. Wang
    • W. Eberhardt
    • H. Kück

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3535 - 3538

32. Temperature-dependence of dynamic rheological properties for high-density polyethylene filled with graphite

    • Qiqiong Dong
    • Qiang Zheng
    • Mingqiu Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3539 - 3541

33. Application of N₂/Ar inductively coupled plasma → the photoresist ashing for low-k dielectrics

    • Hyoun Woo Kim
    • Ju Hyun Myung
    • Jae-Gab Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3543 - 3544

34. Novel nanocomposite of carbon nanotube–nanoclay by direct growth of nanotubes on nanoclay surface

    • M. Lu
    • K. T. Lau
    • H. L. Li

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3545 - 3548

35. New class of molecules predicted to exhibit non-linear optical properties

    • T. M. Cardozo
    • M. A. C. Nascimento

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3549 - 3551

36. Interface deformation and the parameters relevant to bubble detachment when gas is injected into polymer melt flow field

    • Ye-Bin Cai
    • Ming-Cheng Guo
    • Cun-xi Xie

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3553 - 3557

37. Fabrication of high purity dense Ti₂AlC-Ti₃AlC₂ composite by spark plasma sintering method

    • Weibing Zhou
    • Bingchu Mei
    • Xiaolin Hong

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3559 - 3560

38. A novel green light-emitting material containing both hole and electron transporting units

    • Yingping Zou
    • Songting Tan
    • Zongqiang Yu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3561 - 3563

39. Comment on “Vacancy formation energy of small particles”

    • D. Xie
    • M. P. Wang
    • L. F. Cao

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3565 - 3566

40. Comment on “Size effect on the cohesive energy of nanoparticle”—Extending the model available for embedded nanoparticle

    • D. Xie
    • M. P. Wang
    • L. F. Cao

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3567 - 3568

41. Synthesis, photo- and electroluminescence properties of a PPV derivative with di(ethylene oxide) segment in the backone

    • Yingping Zou
    • Songting Tan
    • Zongjiang Yu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3569 - 3571

42. Property enhancements via matrix microstructure modification of carbon–carbon composites prepared by CVI processing

    • Jinyong Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3573 - 3575

43. Preparation and properties of organic–inorganic hybrid flexible hardcoat films

    • Koji Kuraoka
    • Takeshi Ueda
    • Tetsuo Yazawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3577 - 3579

44. Partial replacement of E-glass fibers with flax fibers in composites and effect on falling weight impact performance

    • C. Santulli
    • M. Janssen
    • G. Jeronimidis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3581 - 3585

45. Nanostructured superhydrophobic surfaces

    • H. M. Shang
    • Y. Wang
    • Y. N. Xia

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3587 - 3591

46. Effect of multi-walled carbon nanotube reinforcement on the fracture behavior of a tetrafunctional epoxy

    • S. Ganguli
    • M. Bhuyan
    • H. Aglan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3593 - 3595

47. List of Review Papers

    • Editorial Board

    ReviewPaper Pages: 3597 - 3597