Bulletin of Materials Science Volume 35, No. 1, February 2012

CONTENTS

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Structural and optical characterization of thick and thin polycrystalline diamond films deposited by microwave plasma activated CVD
S K Pradhan, B Satpati, B P Bag and T Sharda	1
Recent analytical applications of nanoparticle sensitized lucigenin and luminol chemiluminescent reactions
S M Wabaidur, Mu Naushad and Z A Alothman	7
Effects of nitrogen annealing on surface structure, silicide formation and magnetic properties of ultrathin films of Co on Si (100)
Ganesh K Rajan, Shivaraman Ramaswamy, C Gopalakrishnan and D John Thiruvadigal	13
Dielectric properties and structural dynamics of melt compounded hot-pressed poly (ethylene oxide)–organophilic montmorillonite claynanocomposite films
R J Sengwa and Shobhna Choudhary	19
Ultrasound assisted synthesis of PMMA/clay nanocomposites: Study of oxygen permeation and flame retardant properties
Subrata K Patra, Gyanaranjan Prusty and Sarat K Swain	27
Application of aromatization catalyst in synthesis of carbon nanotubes
Song Rongjun, Yang Yunpeng, Li Qing and Li Bin	33
On conduction mechanism in paramagnetic phase of Gd based manganites
S Sagar and M R Anantharaman	41
Electrical and magnetic properties of (BiNa)1/2(FeV)1/2O3
S K Bera, Subrat K Barik, R N P Choudhary and P K Bajpai	47
Barrier characteristics of Pt/Ru Schottky contacts on n-type GaN based on I–V–T and C–V–T measurements
N Nanda Kumar Reddy and V Rajagopal Reddy	53
High temperature C/C–SiC composite by liquid silicon infiltration: a literature review
Manish Patel, Kumar Saurabh, V V Bhanu Prasad and J Subrahmanyam	63
Humidity sensing behaviour of polyaniline/magnesium chromate (MgCrO4) composite
Machappa and M V N Ambika Prasad	75
Correlation between diffraction and viscosity data for Bi–Ga molten alloys
S Mudry, A Yakymovych, I Shtablavyi, V Sidorov and K Shunyaev	83
Influence of heat treatment on microstructure and passivity of Cu–30Zn–1Sn alloy in buffer solution containing chloride ions
U Tabrizi, R Parvizi, A Davoodi and M H Moayed	89
Synthesis of boron nitride from boron containing poly (vinyl alcohol) as ceramic precursor
M Das and S Ghatak	99
EXAFS investigations on PbMoO4 single crystals grown under different conditions
A K Poswal, D Bhattacharyya, S N Jha, Sangeeta and S C Sabharwal	103
Analysis on insulator–metal transition in yttrium doped LSMO from electron density distribution
S Israel, S Saravana Kumar, R Renuretson, R A J R Sheeba and R Saravanan	107
Synthesis and luminescence properties of Eu2+-activated Ca4Mg5(PO4)6 for blue-emitting phosphor
Liu Min, Tang Wanjun and Deng Kejian	119
Synthesis and properties of N,N,N′-tris-(2-ethoxynaphthalenen-1-yl)–N, N, N′ triphenylbenzene 1, 3, 5-triamine for dye sensitized solar cell
Suji Mathew and Karickal R Haridas	123