1. Editors’ note

   • Gangan Prathap
   • Roddam Narasimha

   EditorialNotes Pages: i - i

2. Frontiers in materials science and technology

   • R. Chidambaram

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 4

3. Frontiers in materials science and technology

   • Baldev Raj
   • K. Bhanu Sankara Rao

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 15

4. Freedom and fashion in materials science and engineering

   • Robert W. Cahn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 22

5. Structure and thermal stability of nanocrystalline materials

   • B. S. Murty
   • M. K. Datta
   • S. K. Pabi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 45

6. Characterisation of interfaces in nanocrystalline palladium

   • R. Divakar
   • V. S. Raghunathan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 62

7. Melting behaviour of lead and bismuth nano-particles in quasicrystalline matrix — The role of interfaces

   • Alok Singh
   • A. P. Tsai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 80

8. Nanostructured electronic and magnetic materials

   • R. V. Ramanujan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 96

9. Thermally assisted deformation of structural superplastics and nanostructured materials: A personal perspective

   • K. A. Padmanabhan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 113

10. Rafting in single crystal nickel-base superalloys — An overview

    • M. Kamaraj

    OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 128

11. Dynamics of micromechanisms controlling the mechanical behaviour of industrial single crystal superalloys

    • M. Benyoucef
    • A. Coujou
    • N. Clément

    OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 146

12. Thermomechanical fatigue—damage mechanisms and mechanism-based life prediction methods

    • H. -J. Christ
    • A. Jung
    • R. Teteruk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 165

13. Ductile fracture behaviour of primary heat transport piping material of nuclear reactors

    • S. Tarafder
    • V. R. Ranganath
    • P. Johri

    OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 186

14. Cyclic deformation behaviour of austenitic steels at ambient and elevated temperatures

    • Th. Nebel
    • D. Eifler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 208

15. Mechanical behaviour of aluminium-lithium alloys

    • N. Eswara Prasad
    • A. A. Gokhale
    • P. Rama Rao

    OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 246

16. Physical metallurgy of nickel aluminides

    • G. K. Dey

    OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 262

17. Superconductivity in MgB₂: Phonon modes and influence of carbon doping

    • A. Bharathi
    • Y. Hariharan
    • C. S. Sundar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 263 - 272

18. Critical current densities in superconducting materials

    • P. Chaddah

    OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 282

19. Nanocrystalline magnetic alloys and ceramics

    • M. Pal
    • D. Chakravorty

    OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 297

20. Micro powder-injection moulding of metals and ceramics

    • Volker Piotter
    • Thomas Gietzelt
    • Lothar Merz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 306

21. Ceramic microfabrication by rapid prototyping process chains

    • R. Knitter
    • W. Bauer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 318

22. Aluminium matrix composites: Challenges and opportunities

    • M. K. Surappa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 334

23. Porous carbons

    • Satish M. Manocha

    OriginalPaper Pages: 335 - 348

24. High performance carbon-carbon composites

    • Lalit M. Manocha

    OriginalPaper Pages: 349 - 358