MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING A Materials Science and Engineering A204 (1995) v—vii Contents 66 a Ae RO 8 ee + Oe ee We Ea ee Os ee ee eee 1X Properties Young’s modulus of nanocrystalline Fe measured by nanoindentation........0.00.0.0 .e.e.e .e.ue.as l G.E. Fougere, L. Riester, M. Ferber, J.R. Weertman, R.W. Siegel (USA) Residual stress, strain, and faults in nanocrystalline palladium and copper. ............0.000 .ee0 e0ue e 7 P.G. Sanders, A.B. Whitney, J.R. Weertman, R.Z. Valiev, R.W. Siegel (USA, Russian Federation) Influence of strain rate on the mechanical properties in fine grained aluminium alloys .................... 12 T. Mukai, K. Ishikawa, K. Higashi (Japan) Synthesis, structure, properties and magnetic applications of carbon-coated nanocrystals produced by a carbon-arc . . . 19 M.E. McHenry, S.A. Majetich, E.M. Kirkpatrick (USA) Magnetotransport properties of annealed Fe—Co/Ag multilayers... .....00..00.. e0ee .eee0 ee 0eee eee 25 D.V. Dimitriov, A.S. Murthy, G.C. Hadjipanayis (USA) Structural and mageetic properties Of gramuier Cisse FO. tetee eee eee ree t ee eee ne as 30 J.A. Christodoulides, A.S. Murthy, G.C. Hadjipanayis (USA) Thermal expansion and heat capacity of porosity-free nanocrystalline materials ................2002000- 34 T. Turi, U. Erb (Canada) Microstructural and magnetic studies of granular Gd—W films... ........ 0... 0.00. eee eee ee eee 39 N.B. Shevchenko, A.S. Murthy, G.C. Hadjipanayis (USA) Characterization Microscopic investigations of the nanocomposite WGa ...... 2... 2.2... ee ee 43 H. Wolf, H.G. Zimmer, T. Filz, St. Lauer, Th. Wichert, W. Kraus (Germany) ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 48 J. Rankin, B.W. Sheldon (USA) In situ ultra-high vacuum transmission electron microscopy studies of nanocrystalline copper. ............... 54 D.L. Olynick, J.M. Gibson, R.S. Averback (USA) Surface characterization of nanostructured metal and ceramic particles... .. 2... 2 ee eee ee ee ee 59 P. Luo, T.G. Nieh, A.J. Schwartz, T.J. Lenk (USA) Synthesis and nitridation of nanocrystalline silicon produced via a tubular forced flow reactor ............... 65 D.T. Castro, J.Y. Ying (USA) Modelling Size distribution of Ni precipitates in Ag—Ni alloys determined by maximum entropy analysis of magnetization curves . 71 H.G. Zolla, F. Spaepen (USA) Computer simulation of the structure and dynamical properties of grain boundaries in nanocrystalline model material . 76 S.R. Phillpot, J. Wang, D. Wolf, H. Gleiter (USA) Modeling densification during sinter-forging of yttria-partially-stabilized zirconia ............-...2.++++06- 83 D.C. Hague, M.J. Mayo (USA) ON i gb te oe HO OSES OSHA RO Ee) OAS pee Che Bees 90 D.G. Vlachos (USA) Molecular dynamics simulations of densification processes in nanocrystalline materials. ........-.....522005 96 H. Zhu, R.S. Averback (USA) ee Se GE © es Ig... 5555 6 8 6s ORE RR ERA tee ee On eK ee ee ON 101 M. Celino, G. D’Agostino, V. Rosato (Italy) Contents Processing Processing of nano-scaled silicon powders to prepare slip cast structural ceramics C. Bossel, J. Dutta, R. Houriet, J. Hilborn, H. Hofmann (Switzerland) Particle structure control in nanoparticle synthesis form the vapor phase R.C. Flagen, M.M. Lunden (USA) Nanocomposites for high temperature applications V. Provenzano, R.L. Holtz (USA) Variations in nanostructure and composition for controlling the interglacial properties of metal matrix composites and ceramic matrix composites J.T. McGinn, B. Singh, T. Mukherji (USA) Nanostructured palladium membrane synthesis by magnetron sputtering K.J. Bryden, J.Y. Ying (USA) Fast consolidation of ceramic powders S.H. Risbud, C.-H. Shan (USA) High pressure and low temperature sintering of bulk nanocrystalline TiO, S.-C. Liao, K.D. Pae, W.E. Mayo (USA) Synthesis Aerosol synthesis of nanoscale clusters using atmospheric arc evaporation W. Mahoney, R.P. Andres (USA) Synthesis and characterization of amorphous Feg,_ , Cr, Bs) nanoparticles D. Fiorani, H. Romero, J. Suber, A.M. Testa, M. Vittori, A. Montone (Italy), J.L. Dormann, J. Maknani (France) Effect of hydrolysis on the colloidal stability of fine alumina suspensions J. Liu, L.Q. Wang, B.C. Bunker, G.L. Graff, J.W. Virden, R.H. Jones (USA) Nanocomposites containing nanoclusters of Fe,P or y-Fe,O, C.M. Lukehart, $.B. Milne, S.R. Stock, R.D. Shull, J.E. Wittig (USA) Thermal chemical synthesis of nanostructured chromium carbide cermets P. Luo, P.R. Strutt (USA) Sonochemical synthesis of nanostructured catalysts K.S. Suslick, T. Hyeon, M. Fang, A.A. Cichowlas (USA) Sonochemical synthesis of nanocrystalline molybdenum disilicide (MoSi,) T.J. Trentler, R. Suryanarayanan, S.M.L. Sastry, W.E. Buhro (USA) Chemical synthesis and characterization of nanosized titanium aluminide S.T. Schwab, P.P. Paul, Y.-M. Pan (USA) Nanostructure of polymer-derived silicon nitride S.T. Schwab, R.A. Page (USA) Phase and size control of nanometer-size materials synthesized in supersonic jet expansions W. Lu, J. Huang (USA) The synthesis of nanocrystalline nickel boride powders by ball milling of elemental components A. Corrias, G. Ennas, G. Margongiu, A. Musinu, G. Paschina, D. Zedda (Italy) Synthesis of nanocrystalline Fe — 13at.’%%B — 7at.%Si by mechanical alloying R.J. Perez, B. Huang, P.J. Crawford, A.A. Sharif, E.J. Lavernia (USA) Electronic and vibrational properties of Rb-intercalated MoS, nanoparticles S. Bandow, Y. Maruyama (Japan), X.-X. Bi, R. Ochoa, J.M. Holden, W.-T. Lee, P.C. Eklund (USA) Thermodynamics and kinetics Study of grain growth in electrodeposited nanocrystalline nickel — 1.2wt.'% phosphorous alloy S.C. Mehta, D.A. Smith (USA), U. Erb (Canada) Engineering nanocrystalline materials from amorphous precursors M.L. Trudeau (Canada) Nanophase metallic alloys consolidated from powders prepared by mechanical alloying L. He, E. Ma (USA) Contents Applications Application opportunities for nanostructured materials and coatings M. Gell (USA) Characterization of humidity-sensing NiO—Ni(OH), nanocomposites by impedance spectroscopy J.-H. Hwang, T.O. Mason, M.F. Buehler, J.G. Darab, D.W. Matson, J.C. Linehan (USA) Electrical characterization of nanocrystalline titania—I: (impedance spectroscopy studies between 300 K and 473K) . . S. Bhowmik, K.P. Constant, J.C. Parker, M. Ali (USA) Processing and structural evolution of nanocrystalline Cu-CeO,_ . catalysts A. Tschépe, J.Y. Ying, Y.-M. Chiang (USA) AUTHOR INDEX SUBJECT INDEX The manuscript for thses Proceedings were received by the Publishers: June 1995. The publisher encourages the submission of articles in electronic form thus saving time and avoiding rekeying errors. A leaflet describing our requirements is available from the publisher upon request.