1. GUEST EDITORIAL

   • Ajoy Kumar Ray

   EditorialNotes 04 June 2018 Pages: 2609 - 2609

2. Effect of Reaction Parameters on Morphology and Photoluminescence of Intrinsic and Mn-doped ZnS Microspheres Synthesized by Hydrothermal Method

   • T. Inakhunbi Chanu
   • Dhrubajyoti Samanta
   • Somenath Chatterjee

   OriginalPaper 20 November 2017 Pages: 2610 - 2616

   

3. Solar Light Responsive Photocatalytic Activity of Reduced Graphene Oxide–Zinc Selenide Nanocomposite

   • Koushik Chakraborty
   • Sk Ibrahim
   • Tanusri Pal

   OriginalPaper 26 October 2017 Pages: 2617 - 2621

   

4. Synthesis of TiO₂ Nanoparticles from Ilmenite Through the Mechanism of Vapor-Phase Reaction Process by Thermal Plasma Technology

   • Sneha Samal

   OriginalPaper 13 November 2017 Pages: 2622 - 2628

   

5. Reduced Graphene Oxide–Cadmium Zinc Sulfide Nanocomposite with Controlled Band Gap for Large-Area Thin-Film Optoelectronic Device Application

   • Sk Ibrahim
   • Koushik Chakraborty
   • Surajit Ghosh

   OriginalPaper 06 December 2017 Pages: 2629 - 2634

   

6. Investigation of Pt and Pd Modified WO₃ and ZnO Based Thin Film Sensors for Ethanol Sensing

   • Subhashis Roy
   • Anup Dey
   • Subir Kumar Sarkar

   OriginalPaper 28 December 2017 Pages: 2635 - 2642

   

7. Effect of Grain Boundaries on the Performance of Thin-Film-Based Polycrystalline Silicon Solar Cells: A Numerical Modeling

   • Nikita Chhetri
   • Somenath Chatterjee

   OriginalPaper 29 January 2018 Pages: 2643 - 2648

   

8. Possibility to Use Hydrothermally Synthesized CuFeS₂ Nanocomposite as an Acceptor in Hybrid Solar Cell

   • Sayantan Sil
   • Arka Dey
   • Partha Pratim Ray

   OriginalPaper 18 January 2018 Pages: 2649 - 2654

   

9. Synthesis and Characterization of Silicon Nanowires by Electroless Etching

   • Rabina Bhujel
   • Umesh Rizal
   • Bibhu P. Swain

   OriginalPaper 01 February 2018 Pages: 2655 - 2660

   

10. Room Temperature Adsorptive Removal of Thiophene over Zinc Oxide-Based Adsorbents

    • Sohan Bir Singh
    • Mahuya De

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2018 Pages: 2661 - 2667

    

11. Synthesis of Flexible Graphene/Polymer Composites for Supercapacitor Applications

    • Himangshu Pal
    • Shuvam Bhubna
    • Somenath Chatterjee

    OriginalPaper 24 January 2018 Pages: 2668 - 2672

    

12. Organic Dye Degradation Under Solar Irradiation by Hydrothermally Synthesized ZnS Nanospheres

    • Dhrubajyoti Samanta
    • T. Inakhunbi Chanu
    • Somenath Chatterjee

    OriginalPaper 13 February 2018 Pages: 2673 - 2678

    

13. Biocompatibility of Hydrogen-Diluted Amorphous Silicon Carbide Thin Films for Artificial Heart Valve Coating

    • Umesh Rizal
    • Bhabani S. Swain
    • Bibhu P. Swain

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2018 Pages: 2679 - 2686

    

14. Analysis of Chemical Bonding and Structural Network of Gold Silicide in Core–Shell Silicon Nanowire

    • Bibhu P. Swain
    • Bhabani S. Swain

    OriginalPaper 12 February 2018 Pages: 2687 - 2692

    

15. Analytical Modeling of Triple-Metal Hetero-Dielectric DG SON TFET

    • Aman Mahajan
    • Dinesh Kumar Dash
    • Subir Kumar Sarkar

    OriginalPaper 20 February 2018 Pages: 2693 - 2700

    

16. Synthesis, Fabrication and Characterization of ZnO-Based Thin Films Prepared by Sol–Gel Process and H₂ Gas Sensing Performance

    • Anup Dey
    • Subhashis Roy
    • Subir Kumar Sarkar

    OriginalPaper 16 March 2018 Pages: 2701 - 2707

    

17. Exploring the Short-Channel Characteristics of Asymmetric Junctionless Double-Gate Silicon-on-Nothing MOSFET

    • Priyanka Saha
    • Pritha Banerjee
    • Subir Kumar Sarkar

    OriginalPaper 15 March 2018 Pages: 2708 - 2712

    

18. Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) Fabricated with Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nanpowders and Nanorods

    • Suman Chatterjee

    OriginalPaper 19 March 2018 Pages: 2713 - 2718

    

19. Nanoindentation Stress–Strain for Fracture Analysis and Computational Modeling for Hardness and Modulus

    • A. S. Bhattacharyya
    • R. P. Kumar
    • S. Anshu

    OriginalPaper 20 March 2018 Pages: 2719 - 2726

    

20. Bias Voltage-Dependent Impedance Spectroscopy Analysis of Hydrothermally Synthesized ZnS Nanoparticles

    • Arka Dey
    • Joydeep Dhar
    • Partha Pratim Ray

    OriginalPaper 16 April 2018 Pages: 2727 - 2733

    

21. Quantified Differentiation of Surface Topography for Nano-materials As-Obtained from Atomic Force Microscopy Images

    • Mousumi Gupta
    • Somenath Chatterjee

    OriginalPaper 19 April 2018 Pages: 2734 - 2740

    

22. Synthesis of Self-Assembled rGO-Co₃O₄ Nanoparticles in Nanorods Structure for Supercapacitor Application

    • Soumita Jana
    • Neha Singh
    • Gajendra Prasad Singh

    OriginalPaper 19 April 2018 Pages: 2741 - 2746

    

23. Modeling of Dual Gate Material Hetero-dielectric Strained PNPN TFET for Improved ON Current

    • Tripty Kumari
    • Priyanka Saha
    • Subir Kumar Sarkar

    OriginalPaper 29 January 2018 Pages: 2747 - 2753

    

24. Synthesis, Characterization and Comparative Luminescence Studies of Rare-Earth-Doped Gd₂O₃ Nanoparticles

    • D. Pyngrope
    • L. R. Singh
    • A. Bora

    OriginalPaper 20 April 2018 Pages: 2754 - 2758

    

25. Effect of Deformation Temperature on Dynamic Recrystallization and CSL Grain Boundary Distribution of Fe-36%Ni Invar Alloy

    • Shuai He
    • Changsheng Li
    • Yahui Han

    OriginalPaper 25 April 2018 Pages: 2759 - 2765

    

26. Hardness of H13 Tool Steel After Non-isothermal Tempering

    • E. Nelson
    • A. Kohli
    • D. R. Poirier

    OriginalPaper 24 April 2018 Pages: 2766 - 2771

    

27. Effects of Controlled Cooling-Induced Ferrite–Pearlite Microstructure on the Cold Forgeability of XC45 Steel

    • Chengliang Hu
    • Lunqiang Chen
    • Weibing Shi

    OriginalPaper 03 May 2018 Pages: 2772 - 2781

    

28. Experimental Investigations to Enhance the Tribological Performance of Engine Oil by Using Nano-Boric Acid and Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes: A Comparative Study to Assess Wear in Bronze Alloy

    • B. S. Ajay Vardhaman
    • M. Amarnath
    • Prabhat K. Rai

    OriginalPaper 30 April 2018 Pages: 2782 - 2795

    

29. Effect of Applied Stress and Temperature on Residual Stresses Induced by Peening Surface Treatments in Alloy 600

    • A. Telang
    • T. Gnäupel-Herold
    • V. K. Vasudevan

    OriginalPaper 23 April 2018 Pages: 2796 - 2804

    

30. Corrosion Inhibition of Cold-rolled Low Carbon Steel with Pulse Fiber Laser Ablation in Water

    • Sze Ney Chan
    • Wai Yin Wong
    • Kean Long Lim

    OriginalPaper 20 April 2018 Pages: 2805 - 2814

    

31. The Effect of Boron and Zirconium on the Structure and Tensile Properties of the Cast Nickel-Based Superalloy ATI 718Plus

    • Seyed Ali Hosseini
    • Seyed Mehdi Abbasi
    • Karim Zangeneh Madar

    OriginalPaper 23 April 2018 Pages: 2815 - 2826

    

32. Electrodeposition and Characterization of Ni-Al₂O₃ Nanocomposite Coatings on Steel

    • Khalida Akhtar
    • Zia Ullah Khan
    • Syed Sajjad Ali Shah

    OriginalPaper 14 May 2018 Pages: 2827 - 2837

    

33. Application of Al-2La-1B Grain Refiner to Al-10Si-0.3Mg Casting Alloy

    • Lijun Jing
    • Ye Pan
    • Ningyue Sheng

    OriginalPaper 03 May 2018 Pages: 2838 - 2843

    

34. A Comparative Study of the Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Corrosion Resistance of Ni- or Fe- Based Composite Coatings by Laser Cladding

    • M. Q. Wan
    • J. Shi
    • X. Wang

    OriginalPaper 23 April 2018 Pages: 2844 - 2854

    

35. Fireside Corrosion Behaviors of Super304H and HR3C in Coal Ash/Gas Environment with Different SO₂ Contents at 650 °C

    • Jintao Lu
    • Zhen Yang
    • Yong Yuan

    OriginalPaper 16 May 2018 Pages: 2855 - 2862

    

36. Development of Alkoxide Precursors-Based Hybrid Coatings on Ti-6Al-4V Alloy for Biomedical Applications: Influence of pH of Sol

    • D. G. Salvador
    • P. Marcolin
    • S. R. Kunst

    OriginalPaper 27 April 2018 Pages: 2863 - 2874

    

37. Study on the Correlation Between Dynamical Behavior and Friction/Wear Mechanism Under the Effect of Grooves

    • Z. Y. Zhu
    • J. L. Mo
    • Z. R. Zhou

    OriginalPaper 26 April 2018 Pages: 2875 - 2884

    

38. Friction and Wear Properties of CrSiCN/SiC Tribopairs in Water Lubrication

    • Zhiwei Wu
    • Fei Zhou
    • Qianzhi Wang

    OriginalPaper 03 May 2018 Pages: 2885 - 2898

    

39. Effect of Pore Size, Morphology and Orientation on the Bulk Stiffness of a Porous Ti35Nb4Sn Alloy

    • Carmen Torres-Sanchez
    • John McLaughlin
    • Ross Bonallo

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 April 2018 Pages: 2899 - 2909

    

40. Formation of Al₁₅Mn₃Si₂ Phase During Solidification of a Novel Al-12%Si-4%Cu-1.2%Mn Heat-Resistant Alloy and Its Thermal Stability

    • Xiaojing Suo
    • Hengcheng Liao
    • Pavel Petrov

    OriginalPaper 21 February 2018 Pages: 2910 - 2920

    

41. Interfacial Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded Joints of Commercially Pure Aluminum and 304 Stainless Steel

    • Balamagendiravarman Murugan
    • Gopinath Thirunavukarasu
    • Subrata Chatterjee

    OriginalPaper 02 May 2018 Pages: 2921 - 2931

    

42. Investigation on Explosive Welding of Zr₅₃Cu₃₅Al₁₂ Bulk Metallic Glass with Crystalline Copper

    • Jianrui Feng
    • Pengwan Chen
    • Qiang Zhou

    OriginalPaper 07 May 2018 Pages: 2932 - 2937

    

43. Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Three-Layer TIG-Welded 2219 Aluminum Alloys with Dissimilar Heat Treatments

    • Dengkui Zhang
    • Quan Li
    • Aiping Wu

    OriginalPaper 07 May 2018 Pages: 2938 - 2948

    

44. Thermophysical Properties of High-Frequency Induction Heat Sintered Graphene Nanoplatelets/Alumina Ceramic Functional Nanocomposites

    • Iftikhar Ahmad
    • Tayyab Subhani
    • Yanqiu Zhu

    OriginalPaper 07 May 2018 Pages: 2949 - 2959

    

45. Effect of Sintering Temperature on Density and Mechanical Properties of Solid-State Sintered Silicon Carbide Ceramics and Evaluation of Failure Origin

    • Dulal Chandra Jana
    • Prasenjit Barick
    • Bhaskar Prasad Saha

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2018 Pages: 2960 - 2966

    

46. Deformational Features and Microstructure Evolution of Copper Fabricated by a Single Pass of the Elliptical Cross-Section Spiral Equal-Channel Extrusion (ECSEE) Process

    • Chengpeng Wang
    • Fuguo Li
    • Juncheng Liu

    OriginalPaper 18 April 2018 Pages: 2967 - 2977

    

47. Computational Design of a Novel Medium-Carbon, Low-Alloy Steel Microalloyed with Niobium

    • Vahid Javaheri
    • Tuomo Nyyssönen
    • David Porter

    OriginalPaper 24 April 2018 Pages: 2978 - 2992

    

48. Effect of Shielding Gas on the Properties of AW 5083 Aluminum Alloy Laser Weld Joints

    • Maroš Vyskoč
    • Miroslav Sahul
    • Martin Sahul

    OriginalPaper 26 April 2018 Pages: 2993 - 3006

    

49. Effect of Heat Exposure on the Fatigue Properties of AA7050 Friction Stir Welds

    • B. C. White
    • R. I. Rodriguez
    • L. Garcia

    OriginalPaper 10 May 2018 Pages: 3007 - 3013

    

50. Development of Graphene Nanoplatelet-Reinforced AZ91 Magnesium Alloy by Solidification Processing

    • Sinan Kandemir

    OriginalPaper 27 April 2018 Pages: 3014 - 3023