Journal of Materials Research November 2005 Vol. 20, No. 11 Editor-in-Chief: Gordon E. Pike Associate Editors: Franz Faupel, Hiroshi Yamamoto

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Restructuring tungsten thin films into nanowires and hollow square cross-section microducts   2889-2894
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Creep rupture induced silica-based nanofibers formed on fracture surfaces of Ti₃SiC₂   2895-2897
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Thick Pb(Zr,Ti)O₃ films fabricated by inducing residual compressive stress during the annealing process   2898-2901
Jae-Wung Lee, Jong-Jin Choi, Gun-Tae Park, Chee-Sung Park, Hyoun-Ee Kim
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Refractory Mo-Si-based glassy alloy designed for ultrahigh strength and thermal stability   2910-2913
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Incontinuous grain growth in pure Co nanocrystalline powders prepared by mechanical attrition   3054-3060
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Continuous strain bursts in crystalline and amorphous metals during plastic deformation by nanoindentation   3072-3081
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Erratum: “Nanoscale morphology and indentation of individual nacre tablets from the gastropod mollusc Trochus niloticus” [J. Mater. Res. 20, 2400 (2005)]   3157
B.J.F. Bruet, H.J. Qi, M.C. Boyce, R. Panas, K. Tai, L. Frick, C. Ortiz

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