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Volume 47, Issue 3

February 2012

Special Section: Materials in New Zealand; Guest Editor: Mark P. Staiger

Issue Editor:

Mark Staiger

62 articles in this issue

Guest Editor’s Editorial: Preface to the special section on Materials Science in New Zealand
Mark P. Staiger
Materials in New Zealand 08 November 2011 Pages: 1101 - 1102
Nanogold and nanosilver composites with lignin-containing cellulose fibres
James H. Johnston
Thomas Nilsson
Materials in New Zealand 07 September 2011 Pages: 1103 - 1112
Insights into the power law relationships that describe mass deposition rates during electrospinning
Jonathan Stanger
Nick Tucker
Mark P. Staiger
Materials in New Zealand 27 September 2011 Pages: 1113 - 1118
Effect of annealing on the structural, electrical and magnetic properties of Gd-implanted ZnO thin films
P. P. Murmu
J. Kennedy
A. A. Suvorova
Materials in New Zealand 31 August 2011 Pages: 1119 - 1126
Evolution of the structure and magneto-optical properties of ion beam synthesized iron nanoclusters
J. Kennedy
J. Leveneur
J. B. Metson
Materials in New Zealand 12 August 2011 Pages: 1127 - 1134
Nanoparticles of IrO₂ or Sb–SnO₂ increase the performance of iridium oxide DSA electrodes
Aaron T. Marshall
Richard G. Haverkamp
Materials in New Zealand 24 September 2011 Pages: 1135 - 1141
Complete desorption of interlayer hydrogen phosphate in Mg/Al-layered double hydroxides by means of anion exchange with 1-octanesulfonate
Akihiro Shimamura
Mark I. Jones
James B. Metson
Materials in New Zealand 27 September 2011 Pages: 1142 - 1147
Effects of the molecular format of collagen on characteristics of electrospun fibres
Kathleen Hofman
Nick Tucker
Bronwyn Hall
Materials in New Zealand 20 July 2011 Pages: 1148 - 1155
Manipulation of electrospun fibres in flight: the principle of superposition of electric fields as a control method
A. H. Nurfaizey
J. Stanger
M. P. Staiger
Materials in New Zealand 13 August 2011 Pages: 1156 - 1163
Energy loss in a unidirectional flax-polyester composite subjected to multiple tensile load–unload cycles
Roger H. Newman
Mark A. Battley
Marie Joo Le Guen
Materials in New Zealand 25 June 2011 Pages: 1164 - 1170
A critical review of all-cellulose composites
Tim Huber
Jörg Müssig
Mark P. Staiger
Materials in New Zealand 21 July 2011 Pages: 1171 - 1186
Moisture sorption and plasticization of bloodmeal-based thermoplastics
Casparus J. R. Verbeek
Nicolas J. Koppel
Materials in New Zealand 20 July 2011 Pages: 1187 - 1195
Studies on physicochemical characteristics of chitosan derivatives with dicarboxylic acids
Arun Ghosh
M. Azam Ali
Materials in New Zealand 31 August 2011 Pages: 1196 - 1204
Effects of amount and type of cation species on the phase formation of single and codoped α-SiAlONs
Kurt Kugler
Ivan Ravlich
Mark I. Jones
Materials in New Zealand 15 June 2011 Pages: 1205 - 1216
Synthesis of porous oxide ceramics using a soft responsive scaffold
Agathe C. Fournier
Kathryn M. McGrath
Materials in New Zealand 01 June 2011 Pages: 1217 - 1222
Tensile properties and fracture behaviour of an ultrafine grained Ti–47Al–2Cr (at.%) alloy at room and elevated temperatures
V. N. Nadakuduru
D. L. Zhang
Y. L. Chiu
Materials in New Zealand 07 September 2011 Pages: 1223 - 1233
Microstructural evolution during mechanical milling of Ti/Al powder mixture and production of intermetallic TiAl cathode target
Brian Gabbitas
Peng Cao
Deliang Zhang
Materials in New Zealand 07 September 2011 Pages: 1234 - 1243
Effect of aluminium evaporation loss on pore characteristics of porous FeAl alloys produced by vacuum sintering
Gang Chen
Peng Cao
Haiyan Gao
Materials in New Zealand 16 July 2011 Pages: 1244 - 1250
Effects of friction stir lap welding parameters on weld features on advancing side and fracture strength of AA6060-T5 welds
S. Yazdanian
Z. W. Chen
G. Littlefair
Materials in New Zealand 07 July 2011 Pages: 1251 - 1261
An XPS study of the fluorination of carbon anodes in molten NaF–AlF₃–CaF₂
Richard G. Haverkamp
Materials in New Zealand 20 July 2011 Pages: 1262 - 1267
Diagnosing faults in aluminium processing by using multivariate statistical approaches
Nazatul Aini Abd Majid
Mark P. Taylor
Brent R. Young
Materials in New Zealand 03 September 2011 Pages: 1268 - 1279
Thermo- and pH-sensitive behavior of hydrogels based on oligo (ethylene glycol) methacrylates and acrylic acid
Y. Wang
Z. C. Yuan
D. J. Chen
OriginalPaper 09 September 2011 Pages: 1280 - 1288
Lowering the percolation threshold of polymer matrix composite by using raspberry-like carbon black/polystyrene composite particles
Yubin Bao
Jibin Wang
Chifei Wu
OriginalPaper 09 September 2011 Pages: 1289 - 1295
Effect of nanostructures on the exothermic reaction and ignition of Al/CuOx based energetic materials
Yang Yang
Daguo Xu
Kaili Zhang
OriginalPaper 08 September 2011 Pages: 1296 - 1305
Hot compressive deformation behavior of 7075 Al alloy under elevated temperature
Y. C. Lin
Lei-Ting Li
Yu-Qiang Jiang
OriginalPaper 13 September 2011 Pages: 1306 - 1318
Experimental investigation and thermodynamic assessment of the Mg–Zn–Gd system focused on Mg-rich corner
H. Y. Qi
G. X. Huang
Z. P. Jin
OriginalPaper 14 September 2011 Pages: 1319 - 1330
Aging behavior of 359-type Al–9%Si–0.5%Mg casting alloys
H. R. Ammar
A. M. Samuel
A. M. A. Al-Ahmari
OriginalPaper 10 September 2011 Pages: 1331 - 1338
Morphology and rheology of poly(l-lactide)/polystyrene blends filled with silica nanoparticles
Meng Zhang
Yajiang Huang
Qi Yang
OriginalPaper 03 September 2011 Pages: 1339 - 1347
Preparation and characterisation of chromium-doped cobalt oxide spinel thin films
V. Vannier
M. Schenk
N. Bahlawane
OriginalPaper 07 September 2011 Pages: 1348 - 1353
Structure, infrared and Raman spectroscopic studies of new Sr_0.50SbFe(PO₄)₃ and SrSb_0.50Fe_1.50(PO₄)₃ Nasicon phases
Abderrahim Aatiq
My Rachid Tigha
Said Benmokhtar
OriginalPaper 13 September 2011 Pages: 1354 - 1364
Effect of copper doping on physical properties of nanocrystallized SnS zinc blend thin films grown by chemical bath deposition
Anis Akkari
Meriem Reghima
Najoua Kamoun-Turki
OriginalPaper 14 September 2011 Pages: 1365 - 1371
Sustained release of ethyl cellulose micro-particulate drug delivery systems prepared using electrospraying
Li-Ya Huang
Deng-Guang Yu
Li-Min Zhu
OriginalPaper 07 September 2011 Pages: 1372 - 1377
Effect of filler size and concentration on the structure and properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride)/BaTiO₃ nanocomposites
S. F. Mendes
C. M. Costa
S. Lanceros-Méndez
OriginalPaper 13 September 2011 Pages: 1378 - 1388
Analysis of scratch-induced damages in multi-layer packaging film systems
Brian A. Hare
Allan Moyse
Hung-Jue Sue
OriginalPaper 14 September 2011 Pages: 1389 - 1398
Avoiding error of determining the martensite finish temperature due to thermal inertia in differential scanning calorimetry: model and experiment of Ni–Ti and Cu–Al–Ni shape memory alloys
Hiroyuki Kato
Kazuaki Sasaki
OriginalPaper Open access 16 September 2011 Pages: 1399 - 1410
Influence of hierarchical hybrid micro/nano-structured surface on biological performance of titanium coating
Youtao Xie
Xuebin Zheng
Chuanxian Ding
OriginalPaper 16 September 2011 Pages: 1411 - 1417
Thermal and electrical conductivity of Al(OH)₃ covered graphene oxide nanosheet/epoxy composites
Jiwon Kim
Hyungu Im
Jooheon Kim
OriginalPaper 10 September 2011 Pages: 1418 - 1426
Microemulsion-based synthesis and luminescence of nanoparticulate CaWO₄, ZnWO₄, CaWO₄:Tb, and CaWO₄:Eu
M. Mai
C. Feldmann
OriginalPaper 28 September 2011 Pages: 1427 - 1435
Well-organized 3D urchin-like hierarchical TiO₂ microspheres with high photocatalytic activity
Liqin Xiang
Xiaopeng Zhao
Baolin Fan
OriginalPaper 16 September 2011 Pages: 1436 - 1445
Sliding friction and wear behavior of Fe-based bulk metallic glass in 3.5% NaCl solution
Dawit Zenebe
Seonghoon Yi
Seock Sam Kim
OriginalPaper 13 September 2011 Pages: 1446 - 1451
Effect of Pb (Yb_1/2Nb_1/2)O₃ on phase transition and thermal and electrical properties of PZ–PYbN solid solution on PZ-rich side
Usa Sukkha
Rangson Muanghlua
Naratip Vittayakorn
OriginalPaper 14 September 2011 Pages: 1452 - 1459
Microstructural characteristics and mechanical properties in laser beam welds of Ti6Al4V alloy
H. Liu
K. Nakata
J. Liao
OriginalPaper 15 September 2011 Pages: 1460 - 1470
CALPHAD formalism for Portland clinker: thermodynamic models and databases
M.-N. de Noirfontaine
S. Tusseau-Nenez
V. Pontikis
OriginalPaper 21 September 2011 Pages: 1471 - 1479
Performance of epoxy filled with nano- and micro-sized Magnesium hydroxide
Reija Suihkonen
Katja Nevalainen
Jyrki Vuorinen
OriginalPaper 23 September 2011 Pages: 1480 - 1488
Magnetic field-guided orientation of carbon nanotubes through their conjugation with magnetic nanoparticles
Suresh Kumar
Harsimran Kaur
Lalit M. Bharadwaj
OriginalPaper 04 October 2011 Pages: 1489 - 1496
Statistical description of the effect of Zr addition on the behavior of microcracks in Cu–6Ni–2Mn–2Sn–2Al Alloy
Masahiro Goto
Seung-Zeon Han
Kusno Kamil
OriginalPaper 20 September 2011 Pages: 1497 - 1503
Determination of local stress–strain properties of resistance spot-welded joints of advanced high-strength steels using the instrumented indentation test
Christian Ullner
Stephan Brauser
Michael Rethmeier
OriginalPaper 20 September 2011 Pages: 1504 - 1513
A cellular level biocompatibility and biosafety evaluation of mesoporous SiO₂-based nanocomposite with lanthanum species
Wusheng Guo
Yun Luo
Xin Gao
OriginalPaper 08 October 2011 Pages: 1514 - 1521
Orientation study of iron phthalocyanine (FePc) thin films deposited on silicon substrate investigated by atomic force microscopy and micro-Raman spectroscopy
M. Szybowicz
J. Makowiecki
OriginalPaper Open access 21 September 2011 Pages: 1522 - 1530
Raman temperature dependence analysis of carbon-doped titanium dioxide nanoparticles synthesized by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis technique
R. Taziwa
E. L. Meyer
K. G. Chinyama
OriginalPaper 28 September 2011 Pages: 1531 - 1540