Preface. Introduction. Hydrogen Permeable Membranes from Palladium Coated Anodic Alumina ( Ian Brown, Jeremy Wu, Melanie Nelson, Mark Bowden, and Tim Kemmitt ). Softening of Rare Earth Orthophosphates by Transformation Plasticity: Possible Applications to Fiber-Matrix Interphases in Ceramic Composites ( R. S. Hay, G. Fair, E. E.
Boakye, P. Mogilevsky, T. A. Parthasarathy, and J. Davis ). Solvothermal Synthesis of Gadolinium Hydroxide and Oxide Powders and Their Potential for Biomedical Applications ( Eva Hemmer, Yvonne Kohl, Sanjay Mathur, Hagen Thielecke, and Kohei Soga ). CVD Grown Semiconductor Nanowires: Synthesis, Properties and Challenges ( J. Pan, H.
Shen, and S. Mathur ). Nanowires as Building Blocks of New Devices: Present State and Prospects ( F. Hernandez-Ramirez, J. D. Prades, R. Jimenez-Diaz, S. Barth, A.
Cirera, A. Romano-Rodriguez, S. Mathur, and J. R. Morante ). Preparation of TiO2-Nanoparticles-Thin Films by Electrophoresis Deposition Method ( Kazuatsu Ito, Yuuki Sato, Motonari Adachi, and Shinzo Yoshikado ). Effect of Nano-Silica on Acid Resistance Properties of Enamel and Its Connection to Energy Saving ( Majid Jafari and Javad Sarraf ). Immobilization of Myoglobin with Regenerated Silk Fibroin/MWCNTs on Screen-Printed Electrode: Direct Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis of H2O2 ( Lei Zhang, Lei Shi, Wei Song, and Yi-Tao Long ).
Liquid Phase Patterning and Morphology Control of Metal Oxides ( Yoshitake Masuda ). Role of Nano-Structured Domain Derived from Organically Modified Silicate in Electrocatalysis ( P. C. Pandey, D. S. Chauhan, and V. Singh ). Individual Metal Oxide Nanowires in Chemical Sensing: Breakthroughs, Challenges and Prospects ( J.
D. Prades, R. Jimenez-Diaz, F. Hernandez-Ramirez, A. Cirera, A. Romano-Rodriguez, S. Mathur, and J. R.
Morante ). Preparation and Their Mechanical Properties of Al2O3/Ti Composite Materials ( Enrique Rocha-Rangel, Elizabeth Refugio-García, José G. Miranda-Hernández, Eduardo Térres-Rojas, and Sebastián Díaz de la Torre ). Biphasic Nano-Materials and Applications in Life Sciences: 1D Al/Al2O3 Nanostructures for Improved Neuron Cell Culturing ( M. Veith, O. C. Aktas, J. Lee, M.
M. Miró, C. K. Akkan ). Bioactive Glass-Ceramic/Mesoporous Silica Composite Scaffolds for Bone Grafting and Drug Release ( Enrica Verné, Francesco Baino, Marta Miola, Giorgia Novajra, Renato Mortera, Barbara Onida, Chiara Vitale-Brovarone ). Comparison of Oxide and Nitride Thin Films--Electrochemical Impedance Measurements and Materials Properties ( Y. Liu, C. Qu, R.
E. Miller, D.D. Edwards, J.H. Fan, P .Li, E. Pierce, A.
Geleil, G. Wynick, and X. W. Wang ). Synthesis of PbTe Nanowires with Enhanced Seebeck Coefficient ( Wenwen Zhou, Hao Cheng, Aidong Li, Huey Hoon Hng, Jan Ma, and Qingyu Yan ). Author Index.