1. Editor’s note

   EditorialNotes 09 January 2009 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Editorial

   • Sishen Xie

   EditorialNotes 09 January 2009 Pages: 2 - 3

3. Effect of excitation intensity on fluorescence spectra in ZnO nanostructures and its origin

   • YuGang Zhang
   • LiDe Zhang

   OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 4 - 12

4. Solution-phase synthesis of nanomaterials at low temperature

   • YongChun Zhu
   • YiTai Qian

   OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 13 - 20

5. The magnetic mechanism of Zn_0.93Co_0.07O thin films

   • XiaoJuan Ye
   • DengLu Hou
   • YouWei Du

   OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 21 - 25

6. Optical waveguide behavior of Se-doped and undoped CdS one-dimensional nanostructures using near-field optical microscopy

   • Xiao Wang
   • Dan Liu
   • Xing Zhu

   OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 26 - 30

7. Synthesis and magnetic properties of carbon-coated Ni/SiO₂ core/shell nanocomposites

   • NuJiang Tang
   • LiYa Lü
   • YouWei Du

   OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 31 - 34

8. Mg micro/nanoscale materials with sphere-like morphologies: Size-controlled synthesis and characterization

   • ZhanLiang Tao
   • ChunSheng Li
   • Jun Chen

   OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 35 - 39

9. Ambient noise near the sea-route

   • Li He
   • ZhengLin Li
   • ZhaoHui Peng

   OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 40 - 45

10. First-principles study on the electronic structure and optical properties of CrSi₂

    • ShiYun Zhou
    • Quan Xie
    • Qian Chen

    OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 46 - 51

11. Magnetic, magetostrictive properties, spin reorientation and Mössbauer effect of Tb_0.3Dy_0.7−x Pr _x (Fe_0.9Al_0.1)_1.95 alloys

    • XiaoPing Zheng
    • PeiFeng Zhang
    • FaShen Li

    OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 52 - 57

12. Advances in high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance methods in inhomogeneous magnetic fields using intermolecular multiple quantum coherences

    • Zhong Chen
    • MeiJin Lin
    • ShuHui Cai

    OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 58 - 69

13. Influence of macroscopic graphite particulates on the damping properties of Zn-Al eutectoid alloy

    • JianNing Wei
    • ShiHua Song
    • FuSheng Han

    OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 70 - 75

14. First-principle study on the electronic structure of stressed CrSi₂

    • ShiYun Zhou
    • Quan Xie
    • Qian Chen

    OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 76 - 81

15. Experimental study on correlation between sound velocity and solute molecular weight in polyethylene glycol solution

    • XiangYu Yin
    • Hao Song
    • HuiJun Zhou

    OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 82 - 86

16. Engineering the near-field imaging of a rectangular-lattice photonic-crystal slab in the second band

    • Shuai Feng
    • Ling Ao
    • YiQuan Wang

    OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 87 - 91

17. The numerical simulation and analysis of three-dimensional seawater intrusion and protection projects in porous media

    • YiRang Yuan
    • Dong Liang
    • HongXing Rui

    OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 92 - 107

18. Effects of rainfall infiltration on deep slope failure

    • JianPing Sun
    • QingQuan Liu
    • Yi An

    OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 108 - 114

19. Transition prediction of a hypersonic boundary layer over a cone at small angle of attack—with the improvement of e ^N method

    • CaiHong Su
    • Heng Zhou

    OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 115 - 123

20. Study on the unified algorithm for three-dimensional complex problems covering various flow regimes using Boltzmann model equation

    • ZhiHui Li
    • HanXin Zhang

    OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 124 - 138

21. The elasto-damage theory of the components assembling model

    • ShouChun Deng
    • NaiGang Liang
    • HaiXing Lu

    OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 139 - 150

22. Astronomical function and date of the Taosi observatory

    • JiaBi Wu
    • MeiDong Chen
    • CiYuan Liu

    OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 151 - 158