2004, Volume 14, Issue 4

Keeping traditions: from the boom of HTSC to frontiers of functional materials

Epitaxial stabilization of rare-earth garnets (La_{1 – x}Nd_x)₃Fe₅O₁₂ and perovskites RInO₃ (R = Sm–Tm)

Thin-film heterostructures containing La–Sr manganite and soft ferromagnets: metallorganic chemical vapour deposition, characterization and tunneling magnetoresistance

New cationic clathrate: synthesis and structure of [Si₄₀P₆]I_6.5

Growth of polycrystalline GeTe films on Pb_{1 – x}Sn_xTe (x = 0, 0.05 or 0.2) and BaF₂ substrates

Mixed 3d-metal oxides prepared using molten ammonium nitrate

Unusual distribution of the constituents of an (Fe₂O₃)_0.8(SnO₂)_0.2 nanocomposite evidenced by ⁵⁷Fe and ¹¹⁹Sn Mössbauer spectroscopy

Synthesis and crystal structure of trinuclear carboxylate complexes M₃(μ₃-O)(CF₃COO)₆L₃

Kinetics and mechanism of the high-temperature sonochemical synthesis of spinel-type ferrites

Synthesis of multicomponent ferrites by microwave treatment of nitrate mixtures

Synthesis, structure and properties of a double potassium–yttrium vanadate

Low-field magnetoresistance of La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃ nanoceramics processed by different precursor approaches and powder compaction techniques

Crystallization of amino acids on substrates with superficial chiral reliefs

Processing-dependent CMR properties of Ca(Cu,Mn)₇O₁₂ manganites

The topography of organic light-emitting diode-component functional layers as studied by atomic force microscopy

Relations between the synthesis conditions, composition, microstructure and superconducting properties of Bi-2212 based composites

Microstructure and conductivity evolution in Bi₂CuO₄–Bi₂O₃ and Bi₂MoO₆–Bi₂Mo₂O₉ oxide composites nearby eutectic temperatures

Thermal instability of a cation-disordered NdBa₂Cu₃O₇ superconductor

Low-temperature sintering of BaZrO₃ and BaCeO₃ barrier materials

Synthesis and microstructure of silica photonic crystals

Crystallite size effect on the conductivity of the ultradisperse ceramics of SnO₂ and In₂O₃

Synthesis and optical properties of PbSe and CdSe colloidal quantum dots capped with oleic acid

Synthesis of magnetic glass ceramics containing fine SrFe₁₂O₁₉ particles

Nanoparticle separation by mesoporous molecular sieves

One-step synthesis of shelled PbS nanoparticles in a layered double hydroxide matrix

Energy transfer in luminescent Tb- and Eu-containing layered double hydroxides

Synthesis of silicon-substituted hydroxylapatite

Cements for biomedical applications

Internal oxidation in Bi_{2.1 – x}PbxSr_{2 – y}Ca_{1 – z}Y_{y + z}Cu₂O_{8 + d} solid solutions

Interactions of complex barium oxides with molten HTSC cuprates