Journal of Materials Research December 2005 Vol. 20, No. 12 Editor-in-Chief: Gordon E. Pike Associate Editors: Franz Faupel, Hiroshi Yamamoto

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Special Focus Issue: Energy and the Environment
Guest Editors: Anne C. Dillon, David S. Ginley, Ahsan Habib, Sulay D. Jhaveri, Michael D. McGhee

Introduction   3165-3166
Anne C. Dillon, David S. Ginley, Ahsan Habib, Sulay D. Jhaveri, Michael D. McGhee

FOCUS SECTION:

REVIEWS—Energy and the Environment Special Section

Organic and nano-structured composite photovoltaics: An overview 3167-3179
Sophie E. Gledhill, Brian Scott, Brian A. Gregg
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Hydrogen energy cycle: An overview   3180-3187
Jim Ohi
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ARTICLES—Energy and the Environment Special Section

Variable band gap conjugated polymers for optoelectronic and redox applications   3188-3198
Young-Gi Kim, Barry C. Thompson, Nisha Ananthakrishnan, G. Padmanaban, S. Ramakrishnan, John R. Reynolds
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Modeling alkali alanates for hydrogen storage by density-functional band-structure calculations   3199-3213
Ole Martin Løvvik, Ole Swang, Susanne M. Opalka
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Tailoring singlewalled carbon nanotubes for hydrogen storage   3214-3223
M.K. Haas, J.M. Zielinski, G. Dantsin, C.G. Coe, G.P. Pez, A.C. Cooper
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Flexible, conjugated polymer-fullerene-based bulk-heterojunction solar cells: Basics, encapsulation, and integration   3224-3233
G. Dennler, C. Lungenschmied, H. Neugebauer, N.S. Sariciftci , A. Labouret
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Partial filling of skutterudites: Optimization for thermoelectric applications   3234-3237
G.S. Nolas, G. Fowler
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Nanoporous zero-valent iron   3238-3243
Jiasheng Cao, Patrick Clasen, Wei-xian Zhang
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Study of C₆₀ transport in porous media and the effect of sorbed C₆₀ on naphthalene transport   3244-3254
Xuekun Cheng, Amy T. Kan, Mason B. Tomson
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Effect of magnetite particle size on adsorption and desorption of arsenite and arsenate   3255-3264
S. Yean, L. Cong, C.T. Yavuz, J.T. Mayo, W.W. Yu, A.T. Kan, V.L. Colvin, M.B. Tomson
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Characterization of titanium dopants in sodium alanate by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy   3265-3269
Meredith T. Kuba, Sandra S. Eaton, Christine Morales, Craig M. Jensen
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End of focus section

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Combined synchrotron x-ray diffraction and micro-Raman for following in situ the growth of solution-deposited YBa₂Cu₃O₇ thin films   3270-3273
F. Berberich, H. Graafsma , B. Rousseau, A. Canizares, R. Ramy Ratiarison, N. Raimboux, P. Simon, P. Odier, N. Mestres, T. Puig, X. Obradors
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Compliant thin film patterns of stiff materials as platforms for stretchable electronics   3274-3277
Teng Li, Zhigang Suo, Stéphanie P. Lacour, Sigurd Wagner
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OUTSTANDING MEETING PAPER

Review

Advances in the growth and characterization of Ge quantum dots and islands   3278-3293
J-M. Baribeau, N.L. Rowell, D.J. Lockwood
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Article

Magnetoresistive sensors and magnetic nanoparticles for biotechnology    3294-3302
Guenter Reiss, Hubert Brueckl, Andreas Huetten, Joerg Schotter, Monika Brzeska, Michael Panhorst, Daniela Sudfeld, Anke Becker, Paul B. Kamp, Alfred Puehler, Klaus Wojczykowski, Peter Jutzi
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ARTICLES

In vitro mineralization on chitosan using solutions with excess of calcium and phosphate ions   3303-3311
Marisa Masumi Beppu, Marco Antonio Torres, Cassiano Gomes Aimoli, Gilberto Alessandre Soares Goulart, Cesar Costapinto Santana
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Fourier transform infrared analysis of hydroxyl content of hydrothermally processed heteroepitaxial barium titanate films   3312-3319
Sandeep K. Patil, Nipun Shah, Frank D. Blum, Mohamed N. Rahaman
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Spectroellipsometric characterization of Au-Y₂O₃-stabilized ZrO₂ nanocomposite films   3320-3328
George Sirinakis, Rezina Siddique, Kathleen A. Dunn, Harry Efstathiadis, Michael A. Carpenter, Alain E. Kaloyeros, Lianchao Sun
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Structure and spectroscopic properties of (AA′)(BB′)O₃ mixed-perovskite crystals   3329-3337
Dorota A. Pawlak, Masahiko Ito, Lukasz Dobrzycki, Krzysztof Wozniak, Masaoki Oku, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Tsuguo Fukuda
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Structure of a-C:N:H prepared from ammonia   3338-3345
J.K. Walters, D.M. Pickup, R.J. Newport
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Liquidus temperature measurements for modeling oxide glass systems relevant to nuclear waste vitrification   3346-3357
Jonathan B. Hanni, Eric Pressly, Jarrod V. Crum, Kevin B.C. Minister, Diana Tran, Pavel Hrma, John D. Vienna
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Growth of superconducting and non-superconducting whiskers in the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O (BSCCO) system   3358-3367
P. Badica, K. Togano
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Defect-induced vibrational response of multi-walled carbon nanotubes using resonance Raman spectroscopy   3368-3373
S.A. Curran, J.A. Talla, D. Zhang, D.L. Carroll
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Silk apatite composites from electrospun fibers   3374-3384
Chunmei Li, Hyoung-Joon Jin, Gregory D. Botsaris, David L. Kaplan
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Compressive properties at elevated temperatures of porous aluminum processed by the spacer method   3385-3390
Masataka Hakamada, Tatsuho Nomura, Youqing Chen, Hiromu Kusuda, Mamoru Mabuchi, Yasuo Yamada, Yasumasa Chino, Hiroyuki Hosokawa, Takeshi Nakajima
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Resistivity-temperature behavior of dilute Cu(Ir) and Cu(W) alloy films   3391-3396
K. Barmak, C. Cabral, Jr., A.J. Kellock, J.M.E. Harper
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One-dimensional β-Ga₂O₃ nanostructures on sapphire (0001): Low-temperature epitaxial nanowires and high-temperature nanorod bundles   3397-3403
Ko-Wei Chang, Jih-Jen Wu
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Quantitative evaluation of indentation-induced densification in glass   3404-3412
Satoshi Yoshida, Jean-Christophe Sangleboeuf, Tanguy Rouxel
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Utility of dodecyl sulfate surfactants as dissolution inhibitors in chemical mechanical planarization of copper   3413-3424
Y. Hong, U.B. Patri, S. Ramakrishnan, D. Roy, S.V. Babu
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Electromigration-induced Pb segregation in eutectic Sn-Pb molten solder   3425-3430
Chien-Neng Liao, Chien-Ping Chung, Wen-Tai Chen
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Thermal and photo optical properties of azoxybenzene/alkyloxy-azobenzene-cholesterol with alkyl diacetylene linker containing dimesogens   3431-3438
Subramanian Kumaresan, V. Ajay Mallia, Yoshishige Kida, Nobuyuki Tamaoki
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Preparation and tribological properties of SiC/rice bran carbon composite ceramics   3439-3448
You Zhou, Kiyoshi Hirao, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Kazuo Hokkirigawa
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