| Preface |
| Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings |
| Nanophase Ceramics, Metals and Alloys |
| Solution-Based Synthesis of Magnesium Oxide Nanorods / Q. Wei ; C.M. Lieber |
| Stoichiometry Control in Molecular Beam Deposited Nanocrystalline SnO[subscript 2] and TiO[subscript 2] Thin Films / H. Hoche ; H. Hahn ; F. Edelman ; R. Nagel ; P. Werner |
| Electrical Properties of Nanocrystalline Tungsten Trioxide / A. Hoel ; L.B. Kish ; R. Vajtai ; G.A. Niklasson ; C.G. Granqvist ; E. Olsson |
| Preparation and Properties of Colloidal Particles: Silica on Yttrium Iron Garnet / R.H.M. Godoi ; M. Jafelicci, Jr. ; Joaquim Portillo |
| Synthesis of Cubic and Rhombohedral Phased Nanocrystalline SnO[subscript 2] Doped In[subscript 2]O[subscript 3] [ITO] Powders With Coprecipitation Method / Bong-Chull Kim ; Jeong-Joo Kim ; Se-Hong Chang |
| Effect of Vapor Pressure of H[subscript 2]O on the Formation of Nanocrystalline TiO[subscript 2] Ultrafine Powders / K.R. Lee ; S.J. Kim ; J.S. Song ; S. Park |
| Superparamagnetic Ferrites Realization and Physical Obstacles / D. Vollath ; E. Pellegrin ; D.V. Szabo |
| Synthesis of Passivated Metal Nanoparticles / Mark Green ; Paul O'Brien |
| Preparation of Nanocrystalline Bismuth-Containing Powders Through Solution-Phase Reductions / Edward E. Foos ; Alan D. Berry ; Arthur W. Snow ; J. Paul Armistead |
| Synthesis and Characterization of Resorcinarene-Encapsulated Nanoparticles / Alexander Wei ; Kevin B. Stavens ; Stephen V. Pusztay ; Ronald P. Andres |
| Protein Supported Metallic Nanostructures as Catalysts / S. Behrens ; W. Habicht ; N. Boukis ; E. Dinjus ; M. Baum ; E. Unger |
| The Formation of High-Coercivity, Oriented, Nanophase Cobalt Precipitates in Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3] Single Crystals by Ion Implantation / S. Honda ; F.A. Modine ; T.E. Haynes ; A. Meldrum ; J.D. Budaik ; K.J. Song ; J.R. Thompson ; L.A. Boatner |
| Can We Determine the Barrier Resistance for Electron Transport in Ligand Stabilized Nanoparticles from Integral Conductance Measurements? / U. Simon |
| Synthesis, Characterization, and Utilization of Single Crystalline Nanoparticles of Silver / Yadong Yin ; Ziyi Zhong ; Byron Gates ; Younan Xia |
| Structure and Stability of Nanoscale Melt Spun Mg-Ca-Zn Alloys / P.M. Jardim ; I.G. Solorzano ; J.B. Vander Sande ; B.S. You ; W.W. Park |
| Structure and Magnetic Property Correlation in Nanocrystalline SmFe[subscript 9] / C. Djega-Mariadassou ; L. Bessais |
| Glass Formation and Nanostructure Development in Al-Based Alloys / R.I. Wu ; G. Wilde ; J.H. Perepezko |
| Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Gold-Coated Iron Core-Shell and Au/Fe/Au Onion-Like Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Reverse Micelles / W.L. Zhou ; E.E. Carpenter ; J. Sims ; A. Kumbhar ; C.J. O'Connor |
| Nanophase Semiconductors and Non-Oxide Ceramics |
| Solution-Processed Inorganic Transistors and Sub-Micron Non-Lithographic Patterning Using Nanoparticle Inks / Brent A. Ridley ; Babak Nivi ; Brian N. Hubert ; Colin A. Bulthaup ; Eric J. Wilhelm ; Joseph M. Jacobson |
| Nano-Sized Semiconducting Oxide Powders for Thick Film Gas Sensors: From Powder Processing to Environmental Monitoring Devices / Enrico Traversa ; Maria Cristina Carotta ; Giuliano Martinelli |
| Synthesis and Characterization of Mn Doped CdS Quantum Dots From a Single Source Precursor / M. Azad Malik ; N. Revaprasadu |
| Synthesis and Characterization of Strongly Fluorescent CdTe Nanocrystal Colloids / Frederic V. Mikulec ; Moungi G. Bawendi |
| Electrochemical Atomic-Layer Epitaxy: Electrodeposition of III-V and II-VI Compound Semiconductors / Travis L. Wade ; Billy H. Flowers, Jr. ; Raman Vaidyanathan ; Kenneth Mathe ; Clinton B. Maddox ; Uwe Happek ; John L. Stickney |
| Nanocrystalline Alloys of II-VI Semiconductors From Molecular Multilayer Templates / L. Cristofolini ; P. Facci ; M.P. Fontana |
| Solar Cell Contacts Using Nanosized Dispersions / Doug Schulz ; R. Ribelin ; X. Wu ; K.M. Jones ; R.J. Matson ; C.J. Curtis ; T. Gessert ; D.S. Ginley |
| Size Effect in Germanium Nanostructures Fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition / K.M. Hassan ; A.K. Sharma ; J. Narayan ; J.F. Muth ; C.W. Teng ; R.M. Kolbas |
| Functionalization of CdSe and GaAs Quantum Dots / Sebastian J. Norager ; Michael Lazell |
| Synthesis of Self-Capped Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles / Mike Lazell |
| Sputtering Effects and Two Dimensional Arrangement of Nanoparticles in Insulators Under High Flux Cu- Implantation / N. Kishimoto ; C.G. Lee ; N. Umeda ; Y. Takeda ; V.T. Gritsyna |
| Crystallization Behavior of Amorphous Si[subscript 0.5]Ge[subscript 0.5] Films Observed by Positron Annihilation / F. Borner ; R. Krause-Rehrberg ; R. Weil ; W. Beyer ; R. Butz |
| Synthesis of Nanostructured WC Films by Supersonic Impaction of Nanoparticle Aerosols / W.T. Nichols ; G. Malyavanatham ; M.P. Beam ; D.E. Henneke ; J.R. Brock ; M.F. Becker ; J.W. Keto |
| Structure of Polycrystalline Silicon Films by Glow-Discharge Decomposition Using SiH[subscript 4]/H[subscript 2]/SiF[subscript 4] at Low Temperature / R. Tsuchida ; M. Syed ; T. Inokuma ; Y. Kurata ; S. Hasegawa |
| Formation of Nanocrystalline SiC Powder from Chlorine-Containing Polycarbosilane Precursors / Brian S. Mitchell ; Haoyue Zhang ; Martin Ade ; Dirk Kurtenbach ; Eberhard Muller |
| Nanowires |
| Structure and Composition of Bismuth Nanowire Arrays / M.S. Sander ; Y-M. Lin ; M.S. Dresselhaus ; R. Gronsky |
| Synthesis of Single Crystal Bismuth-Telluride and Lead-Telluride Nanowires for New Thermoelectric Materials |
| Controlled Growth of Amorphous Silicon Nanowires Via a Solid-Liquid-Solid (SLS) Mechanism / H.F. Yan ; Y.J. Xing ; Q.L. Hang ; D.P. Yu ; J. Xu ; H.Z. Zhang ; Z.H. Xi ; S.Q. Feng |
| Oriented Si Nanowires Grown Via an SLS Mechanism |
| Composite Nanowires From Ion Beam Modification of Si Nanowires / X.T. Zhou ; H.Y. Peng ; N.G. Shang ; N. Wang ; I. Bello ; C.S. Lee ; S.T. Lee |
| Arc Discharge for the Synthesis of Monoclinic Ga[subscript 2]O[subscript 3] Nanowires / Young Chul Choi ; Dong Jae Bae ; Seung Mi Lee ; Young Soo Park ; Young Hee Lee ; Gyeong-Su Park ; Won Bong Choi ; Nae Sung Lee ; Jong Min Kim |
| Structural Magnetic Properties of the Electrochemically Deposited Arrays of Nickel Nanowires / H.R. Khan ; K. Petrikowski |
| Mechanical Milling and Other Techniques for Alloys |
| Nanocomposites in the Systems Fe[subscript 1-x]O-Fe[subscript 3]O[subscript 4] and MgO-MgFe[subscript 2]O[subscript 4] Produced by Mechanical Alloying / A. Huerta ; H.A. Calderon ; H. Yee-Madeira ; M. Umemoto ; K. Tsuchiya |
| Magnetic Hardening of Mechanically Alloyed SmFe[subscript 11-x]Co[subscript x]Ti |
| The Role of Boron in the Mechanical Milling of Titanium-6% Aluminum-4% Vanadium Powders / A.P. Brown ; R. Brydson ; C. Hammond ; T.M.T. Godfrey ; A. Wisbey |
| Steady State Phase Diagram of Cu-Ag Under Ball Milling: An XRD and APFIM Study / F. Wu ; P. Bellon ; A.J. Melmed ; T.A. Lusby |
| Formation of Bulk Magnetic Nanostructured Fe[subscript 40]Ni[subscript 40]P[subscript 14]B[subscript 6] Alloys by Metastable Liquid State Phase Separation / Q. Li ; H. W. Kui |
| Supersonic Cluster Beam Synthesis of Nanophase Materials / P. Milani ; S. Iannotta ; F. Biasioli ; P. Piseri ; E. Barborini |
| Nanocomposites |
| Synthesis and Characterization of CdSe/CdS Core-Shell and CdSe/CdS Composites |
| Magnetic Entropy Change of Nanocomposites Composed of a Silver Matrix and Grains of Iron-Oxide or -Nitride / T.A. Yamamoto ; M. Tanaka ; K. Shiomi ; T. Nakayama ; K. Nishimaki ; T. Nakagawa ; T. Numazawa ; M. Katsura ; K. Niihara |
| Residual Stress Determination and Subsurface Microstructure in Ground and Polished Alumina/Silicon Carbide Nanocomposites and Monolithic Alumina Ceramics / H.Z. Wu ; S.G. Roberts ; A.J. Winn ; B. Derby |
| Nanocomposite Material, Liquid Crystal-Aerosil Particles: Dielectric and Photon Correlation Spectroscopy Investigations / F.M. Aliev ; G.P. Sinha |
| The Microstructure and Properties of Framework Zirconium Phosphates Based Nanocomposites-Catalysts of Alkane Isomerization / Vladislav A. Sadykov ; S.N. Pavlova ; G.V. Zabolotnaya ; R.I. Maximovskaya ; D.I. Kochubei ; V.V. Kriventsov ; G.V. Odegova ; N.M. Ostrovskii ; O.B. Bel'skaya ; V.K. Duplyakin ; V.I. Zaikovskii ; E.A. Paukshtis ; E.B. Burgina ; S.V. Tsybulya ; M.V. Chaikina ; N.N. Kuznetsova ; V.V. Lunin ; R. Roy ; D.K. Agrawal |
| Nanocomposites nc-TiN/a-Si[subscript 3]N[subscript 4]/a- and nc-TiSi[subscript 2] With Hardness Exceeding 100 GPa and High Fracture Toughness / S. Veprek ; A. Niederhofer ; K. Moto ; P. Nesladek ; H. Mannling ; T. Bolom |
| Crack Healing in an Alumina/Silicon Carbide Nanocomposite After Grinding and Annealing / J.M. Titchmarsh |
| Fe-Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3] Nanocomposite: Synthesis and Magnetic Properties / A. Santos ; W.A.A. Macedo ; J.D. Ardisson ; A.D.C. Viegas ; J.E. Schmidt |
| CVD of Carbide Multi-Phased Coatings / K.E. Versprille ; Hua Xia Ji ; C.C. Amato-Wierda ; P.J. Ramsey ; D.A. Wierda |
| XPS Study of Pt/Ce[subscript x]Zr[subscript 1-x]O[subscript 2]/Si Composite Systems / A. Norman ; R. Sporken ; A. Galtayries ; F. Mirabella ; K. Keveney ; M. Pijolat ; R. Baker ; S. Bernal |
| Sol-Gel and Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposites |
| Transparent Monolithic Metal Ion Containing Nanophase Aerogels / William M. Risen, Jr. ; Xiangjun Hu ; Shuang Ji ; Kenneth Littrell |
| Preparation of Aerogel and Xerogel Nanocomposite Materials / M.F. Casula ; A. Corrias ; G. Paschina |
| Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Resin Composite Materials Using Carboxylate-Alumoxanes as Cross-Linking Agents / Cullen T. Vogelson ; Yoshihiro Koide ; Andrew R. Barron |
| Thin Polytetrafluoroethylene Organosilane Nanocomposite Films Used as Ultra Low Dielectric Constant Materials in Microelectronics / Shichun Qu ; Tom Rosenmayer ; Ping Xu ; Perry Spevack |
| Proton Conducting Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposite Polymer Electrolytic Membrane Synthesized by Sol-Gel Process / I. Honma ; S. Nomura ; H. Nakajima |
| Modified Sol-Gel Synthesis of Vanadium Oxide Nanocomposites Containing Surfactant Ions / Arthur Dobley ; Peter Y. Zavalij ; M. Stanley Whittingham |
| Vanadium Oxide Nanotubes With Diamine Templates / F. Krumeich ; H-J. Muhr ; M. Niederberger ; F. Bieri ; M. Reinoso ; R. Nesper |
| A Nanocomposite Poly(methyl-methacrylate) Bone Cement / Andreas H. Gomoll ; Anuj Bellare ; Wolfgang Fitz ; Thomas S. Thornhill ; Richard D. Scott ; Peter R. Jemian ; Gabrielle G. Long |
| Electroluminescence Devices With CdS and CdS:Mn Nanoparticles and Polymer Blends / Ch. Brugger ; S. Tasch ; M. Lal ; P.N. Prasad ; G. Leising |
| Preparation of Submicron and Micron Size Cr (IV) Optical Composites / L.L. Isaacs ; V. Petricevic ; BaoPing Wang ; Jinpin Ying ; R.R. Alfano |
| Nanocomposites Using Mesoporous and Layered Hosts |
| Quantum Confined Gallium Nitride in a Mesoporous Matrix of MCM-41 / H. Winkler ; R.A. Fischer ; R. Schmechel ; H. von Seggern |
| Preparation of Highly Ordered Mesoporous Thin Film With Alkyltrimethylammonium (CnTMA+) / Y. Goto ; N. Sugimoto ; Y. Fukushima ; Y. Imada ; Y. Kubota ; Y. Sugi |
| Phase Transition and Control of Self-Assembled Mesostructured Vanadia/Surfactant Composites / Y. Yagi ; H.S. Zhou ; A. Endo ; M. Miyayama ; T. Kudo |
| Nanocomposites Based Upon Alumina and Zirconia Pillared Clays Loaded With Transition Metal Cations and Clusters of Precious Metals: Synthesis, Properties and Catalysis of NOx Selective Reduction by Hydrocarbons / R.V. Bunina ; G.M. Alikina ; V.P. Doronin ; T.P. Sorokina ; B.N. Novgorodov ; V.B. Fenelonov ; A. Yu. Derevyankin ; A.S. Ivanova ; T.G. Kuznetsova ; B.A. Beloshapkin ; V.N. Kolomiichuk ; L.M. Plasova ; V.A. Matyshak ; G.A. Konin ; A. Ya. Rozovskii ; V.F. Tretyakov ; T.N. Burdeynaya ; M.N. Davydova ; J.R.H. Ross ; J.P. Breen ; F.C. Meunier |
| Soft Chemical Design of Transition-Metal-Oxide/Clay Layered Nanocomposites / Kiyoshi Fuda ; Shuji Narita ; Shuji Kudo ; Kenji Murakami ; Toshiaki Matsunaga |
| Characterization, Properties and Applications of Nanophases and Nanocomposites |
| Catalytic Activity and Surface Characterization Study of Pd Supported on Nanocrystalline and Polycrystalline CeO[subscript 2] / Gar B. Hoflund ; Zhenhua Li ; Timothy J. Campbell ; William S. Epling ; Horst W. Hahn |
| Electrical Resistivity as a Characterization Tool for Nanocrystalline Metals / J.L. McCrea ; K.T. Aust ; G. Palumbo ; U. Erb |
| Characterization of Voids in Rutile Nanoparticles by Transmission Electron Microscopy / S. Turner |
| Ultrasonic Force Microscopic Characterization of Nanosized Copper Particles / E.J. Schumaker ; L. Shen ; M.J. Ruddell ; S. Sathish ; P.T. Murray |
| Power of Mass Spectrometry for Analyzing Organometallic Molecules as Precursor of Nanomaterials / G.F. Strouse ; J.J. Gaumet |
| Optical Characterization of a Spheroidal Nanoparticle on a Substrate / Carlos E. Roman-Velazquez ; Cecilia Noguez ; Ruben G. Barrera |
| Dielectric Characterization of Thin Films Consisting of Tin Doped Indium Oxide Nanoparticles / A. Hultaker |
| Synthesis and Characterization of Manganese Vanadium Oxides as Cathodes in Lithium Batteries / Fan Zhang ; Peter Zavalij |
| Z-Contrast STEM Imaging and EELS of CdSe Nanocrystals: Towards the Analysis of Individual Nanocrystal Surfaces / A.V. Kadavanich ; T. Kippeny ; M. Erwin ; S.J. Rosenthal ; S.J. Pennycook |
| Hysteresis Loop Shifts in Magnetic Field Cooled FeOOH Nanoparticles / M.S. Seehra ; Paromita Roy ; A. Manivannan |
| Atomic Scale Characterization of Electrodeposited Nanocrystalline Ni-P Alloys / Matthias Abraham ; Mattias Thuvander ; Helen M. Lane ; Alfred Cerezo ; George D.W. Smith |
| Nanoporous Alumina Coatings for Medical Implants and Stents--Radiotherapy, Drug Delivery, Biological Compatibility / T. Sawitowski ; W. Brandau ; A. Fischer ; A. Heilmann ; G. Schmid |
| Micro-Raman Study of Self-Assembled Nanostructures: (1-x)PZN:xPT Solid Solution / S. Gupta ; R.S. Katiyar ; R. Guo ; A.S. Bhalla |
| Microstructural and Magnetic Properties on Graphitic Encapsulated Ni Nanocrystals and Pure Ni Nanoparticles with NiO Layer / Xiangcheng Sun ; M. Jose Yacaman ; F. Morales |
| Temperature Dependence of the Electrical Resistivity in Nanocrystalline Gold Films Made by Advanced Gas Deposition / J. Ederth ; L.B. Kiss |
| Sintering Behavior of Nano-Ceramic Coatings / J.Th.M. De Hosson ; R. Popma ; J. Hooijmans |
| Nanoporous Alumina Films Prepared From Colloidal Solution / Vladimir Petrovsky ; Harlan U. Anderson ; Tatiana Petrovsky |
| Chemical Reactions on the Surface of SnO[subscript 2] Nanosized Powders at the Origin of the Gas Sensing Properties: FTIR Investigation / M-I. Baraton ; L. Merhari |
| Optical Properties of Nanocrystalline Silicon Films With Different Deposition Temperatures / A.M. Ali |
| Insulator-Metal Transition in Nanostructured Ni-Al Thin Films / H.P. Ng ; A.H.W. Ngan |
| Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Oxide Eutectic Fibers / S.D. Durbin ; A. Yoshikawa ; K. Hasegawa ; J-H. Lee ; B.M. Epelbaum ; T. Fukuda ; Y. Waku |
| Features of Fracture Surface and Grain Boundary Structure of Boride/Nitride Materials / R.A. Andrievski ; G.V. Kalinnikov ; D.V. Shtansky |
| Thermoelectric Properties of Bi[subscript 2]Te[subscript 3]-Sb[subscript 2]Te[subscript 3] Compounds Prepared by MA-Pulse Discharge Sintering Process / R.E. Park ; Y.H. Park ; T. Abe |
| Raman Shift and Broadening in Stress-Minimized Ge Nanocrystals in Silicon Oxide Matrix / Y.X. Jie ; C.H.A. Huan ; A.T.S. Wee ; Z.X. Shen |
| Morphological Stability of Ni(Al)/Ni[subscript 3]Al Nanolaminate Composites / Jason P. Fain ; Rajarshi Banerjee ; Daniel Josell ; Peter M. Anderson ; Hamish Fraser ; Natalia Tymiak ; William Gerberich |
| Relationship Between Thermally Activated Atomic Diffusion Processes in Co-Cu Nanoscale Granular Films and Electric/Magnetic Properties / F. Spizzo ; F. Ronconi ; P. Vavassori ; G. Bordin ; D. Bisero ; L. Pareti ; G. Turilli |
| Understanding the Second Harmonic Generation of Light From Nanometal Composites / M.L. Sandrock ; Colby A. Foss, Jr. |
| Measuring the Dielectric Properties of Nanostructures Using Optical Reflection and Transmission: Bismuth Nanowires in Porous Alumina / M.R. Black ; Y.M. Lin ; M. Tachibama ; S. Fang ; O. Rabin ; F. Ragot ; P.C. Eklund ; Bruce Dunn |
| Colossal Hopping Magnetoresistance of GaAs/ErAs Nanocomposites / A.G. Petukhov ; M. Foygel ; A. Chantis |
| Thermally Driven Shape Instability of Multilayer Structures / P. Troche ; J. Hoffmann ; C. Herweg ; Ch. Lang ; H.C. Freyhardt ; D. Rudolph |
| Magnetic Hardening Induced by Exchange Coupling in Mechanically Milled Antiferromagnetic-Ferromagnetic Composites / J. Sort ; J. Nogues ; X. Amils ; S. Surinach ; J.S. Munoz ; M.D. Baro |
| Study of the Luminescence of Eu-Doped Nanocrystalline Si/SiO[subscript 2] Systems Prepared by RF Co-Sputtering / G.A. Nery ; A. Mahfoud ; L.F. Fonseca ; H. Liu ; O. Resto ; S.Z. Weisz |
| Screen-Printed Dye-Sensitized Large Area Nanocrystalline Solar Cell / T.K. Gupta ; L.J. Cirignano ; K.S. Shah ; L.P. Moy ; D.J. Kelly ; M.R. Squillante ; G. Entine ; G.P. Smestad |
| Carboxylate-Alumoxanes: Precursors for Heterogeneous Catalysts / Christopher D. Jones ; David S. Brown ; Larry L. Marshall |
| Molecular-Dynamics Simulations |
| Intercluster Interaction of TiO[subscript 2] Nanoclusters Using Variable-Charge Interatomic Potentials / Shuji Ogata ; Hiroshi Iyetomi ; Kenji Tsuruta ; Fuyuki Shimojo ; Rajiv K. Kalia ; Aiichiro Nakano ; Priya Vashishta |
| Tight-Binding Molecular Dynamics of Ceramic Nanocrystals Using PC-Based Parallel Machines / Hiroo Totsuji ; Chieko Totsuji |
| Author Index |
| Subject Index |
| Preface |
| Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings |
| Nanophase Ceramics, Metals and Alloys |
| Solution-Based Synthesis of Magnesium Oxide Nanorods / Q. Wei ; C.M. Lieber |
| Stoichiometry Control in Molecular Beam Deposited Nanocrystalline SnO[subscript 2] and TiO[subscript 2] Thin Films / H. Hoche ; H. Hahn ; F. Edelman ; R. Nagel ; P. Werner |
| Electrical Properties of Nanocrystalline Tungsten Trioxide / A. Hoel ; L.B. Kish ; R. Vajtai ; G.A. Niklasson ; C.G. Granqvist ; E. Olsson |
