Metallic materials and applications Effect of the cooling rate and final cooling temperature on the microstructure of GCr15 bearing steel X.D. Huo, Z.Z. Tian, L.J. Li & N.F. Liu Effect of different flakiness ratios of two-liquid bimetal casting on the technology and microstructure Y.C. Zhu, Z.J. Wei, S.F. Rong, C.L. Ma & Y.H. Wu Comprehensive research of carbide indexable toll edge cutting simulation F. Li Microstructure of plasma surface iron alloy coating reinforced by pre-coated SiCp X.D. Du, Z.L. Song, Z. Dan, J. Shen & G.F. Liu Characterization of Al-Mn particles in Mg-6Al-xMn magnesium alloys L. Zhang, Z. Wu & J.H. Wang Structure, hydrogen storage properties and thermal stability of Mg90 (RE0.25Ni0.75)10 alloys J.J. Li, Z.M. Wang, P. Lv, P. Liu, J.Q. Deng & Q.R. Yao Precipitation behavior of MnS inclusion for high-speed wheel steel during the solidification process Y. Tang Mechanism research on the formation and control of MnS inclusion in heavy rail steel H.G. Li, T.M. Chen & L. Chen Methodology of the fatigue test for the partial component of the railway vehicle’s carbody Z.Z. Wang & X.W. Wu Iron slag as a flame retardant for flexible Poly(Vinyl Chloride) M. Gao, H. Wang, Y.H. Wang & C.B. Guo Research on dissimilar metal fusion welding-brazing of titanium alloy and aluminum alloy H. Li & J.J. Dai Analyzing the structure strength of tracked vehicles’ wheel box based on the virtual prototyping technology F. Yang, Q.G. Shang & X. Jin Characterization of precipitate phases in a Mg-Gd-Y-Nd-Zr alloy J.C. Xiong, Z.W. Du, T. Li, X.L. Han, Y.J. Li, X.G. Li & K. Zhang Molecular dynamics simulation of the crack propagation of aluminum with void under various conditions P. Chen, X.B. Liu & Z. Fang Effects of the ytterbium modification on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the Mg-3Al-1Si magnesium alloy X.L. Wei, K. Jia, L. Li, W.B. Yu & H.Z. Zhao Surface characteristics of TiN, TiAlN and AlCrN coated tungsten carbide P. Jaritngam, C. Dumkum & V. Tangwarodomnukun Influence of V and N addition on the microstructure and properties of low-alloy steel containing 1% chromium X.M. Dong, Z.H. Zhang & Y.X. Chen Effect of heat treatment on the banded structure of a hot-rolled 30CrMo steel M. Wang, G. Xu, Y. Zhang & L. Wang Effect of Ti content on microstructures and Charpy impact properties in the Coarse-Grained Heat-Affected Zones of HSLA steels X. Luo, Z.D. Wang, H. Tang, J. Cai, K.X. Chen & X.H. Chen Adsorption kinetics of soil-exchangeable Zn and Mn by Fe–Al binary oxide Y.L. Dong Effect of sand-blasted treatment on the oxidation resistance of TP347 stainless steel in high-temperature water vapor J.W. Chen, Z. Jiang, H. Mu, C. Luo, H.D. Liu & B. Yang Investigation on the magnetic properties of heat-resistant steels and oxides J.W. Chen, Z. Jiang, H. Mu, Q. Wan, H.D. Liu & B. Yang Chemical materials High-performance UV-cure polyurethane acrylate for UV transparent insulation inks J.J. Huang, X.C. Zhang, J.T. Liang, Y.C. Feng, W.J. Zhao & Z.H. Yang Fluorescence reabsorption analysis on the laser cooling of Er3 -doped fluoroindate glass Y.H. Jia, B. Zhong & J.P. Yin The first-principle study of structures and properties of Cun 1, PbCun (n = 1 8) clusters L.T. Sun, C.P. Fu, M. Huang & C.Z. Guo Research on the influence of species and diameters of the filler on the thermal conductivities of silicone potting glue J.Y. He, Q. Wang, X.C. Ye, R.Y. Wang, X. Tang, L.C. He & H. He Double functional polystyrene beads X.D. Duan, W.H. Sun, Y.H. Zhang, L.G. Sun & D.M. Zhao Preparation of quaternized cationic waterborne polyurethane and its fixative performance on reactive dyes M.Y. Zhang, J.Q. Liu & H. Quan Effect of unvulcanized polar graft-modified rubbers on mechanical and thermal properties of Polypropylene X. Li & H.T. Liu Properties of medical grade Polypropylene and its as-spun filament F.Q. Li, X.H. Liu & H.T. Liu Phenolic Foam modified with butadiene-acrylonitrile rubber as a toughening agent M. Gao, Z.H. Chai, Y.H. Wang & C.B. Guo Study on the main affecting factors of the fire-retardant retention on the bamboo bundles of a fire-retardant bamboo scrimber C.G. Du, J.G. Wei & C.D. Jin Electrochemical properties of rod-like liquid crystalline molecules based on aromatic aldehyde M.Y. Zheng, Y.S. Wei, W. Geng & Y.Z. Gu Synthesis and crystal structure of ethyl 2-(salicylylideneamino)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo [b]thiophene-3-carboxylate H. Gao, J. Fu & X.J. Song Magnesium olivine sand as a flame retardant for flexible Poly(Vinyl Chloride) X.J. Ren, Z.H. Chai, C.G. Song & M. Gao Preparation of a non-ionic polyacrylamide-grafted starch flocculant and its application in the treatment of coal slurry waste water Y.J. Sun, Y.L. Yang, F. Zhen & T.J. Zhang Preparation of a cationic polyacrylamide-grafted starch flocculant and its application Y.J. Sun, Y.L. Yang & Q.L. Xu Epoxy resins treated with manganese-containing compounds Y.L. Yang, C.B. Guo & M. Gao Chitosan/polyvinylpyrrolidone hydrogels for cimetidine release X.J. Li, Z.D. Zhou, Y. Huang & G.Y. Li Preparation and characterization of a novel desulfurizer, Co3O4/ -Al2O3-attapulgite, and its optimization for the removal of SO2 T. Zhang, J.Q. Li, Y.N. Wei & M. Ye Electronic materials Electronic and optical properties of quasi-2D BCN2 L.N. Jiao, C.M. Li, F. Li, J.P. Wang & Z.Q. Chen Magnetic effect on electron spin with both hyperfine interaction and spin-orbit coupling J.Q. Zhao, T. Wang, L.Y. Li, S.D. Zhuang, J.H. Mao & H.L. Wang Enhanced performance of HIZO Thin-Film Transistors by using a high- HfTaO gate dielectric P. Xu & H.-J. Wang Cathodoluminescence and photoluminescence properties of Eu-doped Ba3Si6O12N2 green phosphors by microwave sintering B. Han, Y.F. Wang, Q. Liu & Q. Huang Influence of Mn doping on dielectric loss of La/Ca Co-doped BaTiO3 ceramic with dielectric-temperature stability D.Y. Lu, Q.Y. Zhang, T.T. Liu, Y.Y. Peng, X.Y. Yu, Q. Cai & X.Y. Sun Electronic structure and power factor of NaxCoO2 from first-principles calculation P.X. Lu & X.M. Wang Electrodeposition of nickel under the conditions of applied magnetic field and no forced-convection X.D. Zhang & P.M. Ming Synthesis and characterization of core-shell ion-imprinted polymers by the surface imprinting technology for selective separation lead ions from the aqueous solution G.X. Zhong, W.L. Guo, Y. Xu, L.L. Zhang & Y. Chen Low electrolyte dyeing technology with reactive dyes X.P. Zeng Photon-assistant transport properties of coupled Quantum Dots Y.R. Ma, Y.J. Liu, R. Niu & Y.R. Huang Research on a new oxide-scale detection technique based on magnetic induction J.W. Chen, Z. Jiang, H. Mu, H.D. Liu, Q. Wan & B. Yang Nanomaterials Effective properties prediction of Carbon Nanotubes reinforced nanomaterials Y. Sha & C.H. Duan Ion-implanted Au nanoparticles for encoding information in light C. Torres-Torres, R. Rangel-Rojo, R. Torres-Martínez, J.C. Cheang-Wong, A. Crespo-Sosa, L. Rodríguez-Fernández & A. Oliver Cooperative buckling of parallel nanowires on elastomeric substrates Y.L. Chen, L.L. Zhu, Y.L. Liu & X. Chen Improvement of the field emission properties of post-annealed ZnO nanorod arrays by chemical bath deposition Y.H. Huang, H.M. He, C.H. Lai, Y.M. Lee, W.S. Chen, C.H. Hsu & J.S. Lin Synthesis and structural characterization of a nanotube potassium titanate anode material for lithium-ion batteries X.L. Ma & Y.J. Zhao The fabrication of the InP nanoporous structure and the optical property of sulfur-passivated InP S.Z. Niu, D. Fang, J.L. Tang, H.M. Jia, X. Gao, R.X. Li, X. Fang, Z.P. Wei & F. Fang Photoluminescence analysis of ZnO microrods grown by the hydrothermal method H.Q. Zhang, Y. Jin & L.Z. Hu Composite and polymer materials Study on the preparation and characteristics of HDPE/dialdehyde starch composites X.Q.