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Lei and Modulus characteristics during the y — e martensitic trans- Y.N. Huang formation in Fe-Mn-Si-Cr-N alloys K. Kuriyama, T. Tokumasu, H. Sano and Jon channeling and Raman scattering studies of the lattice M. Okada disorder and residual strain in neutron irradiated GaN Z.J. Qiu, Y.S. Gui, T. Lin, J. Lu, N. Tang, B. Shen, Scattering times in AlGaN/GaN two-dimensional electron gas N. Dai and J.H. Chu from magnetotransport measurements S. Zhang, C.A. Randall and T.R. Shrout Dielectric, piezoelectric and elastic properties of tetragonal BiScO;-PbTiO; single crystal with single domain P. Kounavis The trapping centers of holes in a-As,Se; L. Gaffo, O.D.D. Couto, R. Giro, M.J.S.P. Brasil, Effects of chlorine gas exposure on the optical properties of D.S. Galvao, F. Cerdeira, O.N. de Oliveira and rhodium phthalocyanine films K. Wohnrath Z. Cao, A. Ding, Y. Zhang, P. Qiu and X. Zheng Double-hysteresis-like loops in Mn-doped (Pb,La)(Zr,Ti)O; ceramics E. Clifford, M. Venkatesan, R. Gunning and Magnetoresistance in point contacts of the Heusler alloy J.M.D. Coey Co7Cro 6Feo 4Al S. Neeraj, N. Kijima and A.K. Cheetham Novel red phosphors for solid state lighting; the system Bi,Ln,_,VO4; Ew + /Sm* * (Ln = Y, Gd) Keywords Instructions to Authors VOLUME 131, NUMBER 2 (Published 18 June 2004) CONTENTS S. Rayaprol, C.M. Thaker, N.A. Shah and 71 Critical current density and flux pinning in Laj_,Pr,Cap,- D.G. Kuberkar BapCuy+2,0, (x = 0.1-0.5) superconductors T. Chatterji, B. Ouladdiaf, P. Mandal and 75 Orbital order—disorder transition in La,;_,Ba,MnQ; in the low- B. Ghosh doping region E.A. Gonzalez, P.V. Jasen, N.J. Castellani and 81 The adsorption of hydrogen on face centered tetragonal FePd A. Juan surfaces D.R. Noakes, G.M. Kalvius, R. Wappling, Search for a spin glass state in PrAu2Si, by wSR E. Schreier, A. Krimmel, J. Hemberger and A. Loidl W. Xiao-Xuan, Z. Wen-Chen, T. Sheng and Theoretical explanation of the g factor for Cr** in Y,SiOs Z. Jian crystal IV Vol. 131, Nos 1—-i2 Volume Index W. Dunhui, H. Songling, H. Zhida, S. Zhenghua, 97 The magnetic entropy changes in Gd,_,B, alloys W. Yi and D. Youwei M. Li, B. Ma, R.E. Koritala, B.L. Fisher, X. Zhao, c-Axis orientation control of YBa,Cu,07_, films grown on V.A. Maroni, S.E. Dorris and U. Balachandran inclined-substrate-deposited MgO-buffered metallic substrates H. Guan, C. Shao, Y. Liu, N. Yu and X. Yang Fabrication of NiCo,O, nanofibers by electrospinning J.J. Lima-Silva, I. Guedes, J. Mendes Filho, Phase diagram of the relaxor (1 — x)Pb(Zn;Nby3)03;—xPbTiO; A.P. Ayala, M.H. Lente, J.A. Eiras and D. Garcia investigated by dielectric and Raman spectroscopies A.V. Soloninin, A.V. Skripov, A.L. Buzlukov, Proton NMR study of a-MnHp0 6 V.E. Antonov and T.E. Antonova N. Koi and T. Oku Hydrogen storage in boron nitride and carbon clusters studied by molecular orbital calculations G. Cao, X. Tang, Y. Xu, M. Zhong, X. Chen, Proton incorporations and superconductivity in a cobalt C. Feng and Z. Xu oxyhydrate S.J. Kim, J.E. Kim, Y.H. Rim and Y.S. Yang Kinetics of non-isothermal crystallization process in various sized Li,B,4O; glasses Z.-S. Liu The magnetic orderings and phase transitions of rare-earth rhodium borides Keywords Instructions to Authors VOLUME 131, NUMBERS 3-4 (Published 2 July 2004) CONTENTS Research Paper L. Wirtz and A. Rubio 141 The phonon dispersion of graphite revisited Communications V. Gupta, P. Scharff, K. Risch, H. Romanus and 153 Synthesis of Cgo intercalated graphite R. Miiller T.S. Snider and J.V. Badding 157 The high-pressure chemistry of potassium—copper mixtures X.G. Tang, J. Wang, X.X. Wang and H.L.W. Chan 163 Effects of grain size on the dielectric properties and tunabilities of sol-gel derived Ba(ZTirp p:) O3 ceramics R. Burtovyy and M. Tkacz 169 High-pressure synthesis of a new copper hydride from elements E. Hiiger and K. Osuch 175 Ferromagnetism in body centred cubic Rh V.V. Levitin and S.V. Loskutov 181 The effect of a current pulse on the fatigue of titanium alloy S.K. Ren, W.Q. Zou, J. Gao, X.L. Jiang, 185 The influences on magnetic properties of substitution of Cu for F.M. Zhang and Y.W. Du Ni in NiMnSb alloys W. Li, D. Su, J. Zhu and Y. Wang 189 Mechanical and dielectric relaxation in neodymium-modified bismuth titanate ceramics M.A. Continentino and A.S. Ferreira 195 Solid state Pomeranchuk effect in unstable Kondo lattice systems A.M. Panich, C.L. Teske, W. Bensch, A. Perlov and 201 Thallium NMR study of the chain semiconductor TITaS; H. Ebert J. Ladik, Y.-J. Ye and L. Shen 207 The a.c. conductivity of aperiodic DNA revisited G. Zhang, D. Gu and F. Gan 211 Femtosecond laser-induced crystallization in amorphous Sb- rich AgInSbTe films T. Hashimoto, J. Kuwahara, T. Yoshida, 217 Thermal conductivity of negative-thermal-expansion oxide, M. Nashimoto, Y. Takahashi, K. Takahashi and Zr,-xY,W20x (x = 0.00, 0.01)—temperature dependence and Y. Morito effect of structural phase transition Vol. 131, Nos 1-12 Volume Index Vv I.R. Shein and A.L. Ivanovskii Electronic properties of the novel 18-K superconducting Y,C, as compared with 4-K YC) from first principles calculations M. Sanati, S.K. Estreicher and M. Cardona Isotopic dependence of the heat capacity of c-C, Si, and Ge: an ab initio calculation D. Li, W. Liu, Y. Zhang, P. Yang and C. Chen Fabrication, microstructure, mechanical and transporting prop- erties of BaZrO;-particles-dispersed YBa,Cu,;0;_; mixed con- duction composites D. Cakmak, A. Elmali, Y. Elerman and O. Cakir Influence of the Ni substitution for Co on 4f—3d interactions in ErCoj9_,Ni,Sip (0 =x=s 10) M. Sugihara, K. Ozawa, K. Edamoto and S. Otani Electronic structure of Mo ,C(0001) studied by resonant photoemission spectroscopy A.P. Ramirez, G. Lawes, D. Li and Valence-electron transfer and a metal-insulator transition in a M.A. Subramanian strongly correlated perovskite oxide M. Womes, J.C. Jumas and J. Olivier-Fourcade X-ray absorption spectra and conduction band structure of In.S; A.K. Jain, G.V.M. Kiruthika, V. Bhattacharya and Superconductivity at J, ~ 9 K in the multiphase samples of a L.C. Gupta new quaternary system R-Rh-Si-B (R = Y, Lu, Er) C.E.M. Campos, J.C. de Lima, T.A. Grandi, Hexagonal CoSe formation in mechanical alloyed Co7;Se,5 K.D. Machado, V. Drago and P.S. Pizani mixture F.C. Zhang, W.Z. Gong, C. Cai, B. Xu, X.G. Qiu, Room temperature’ ultrahigh magnetoresistance in R. Vanfleet, L. Chow and B.R. Zhao Lag6 7Sto33MnO; thin films with ordered nanometer structure C. Chen, Z.-j. Zhou, X.-g. Li, J. Xu, Y.-h. Wang, Phase formation of polycrystalline MgB, at low temperature Z.-x. Gao and Q.-r. Feng using nanometer Mg powder Author Index Keywords Vil Instructions to Authors VOLUME 131, NUMBER 5 (Published 16 July 2004) CONTENTS M.H. Lente, J. de Los. S. Guerra, J.A. Eiras and 279 Investigation of microwave dielectric relaxation process in the S. Lanfredi antiferroelectric phase of NaNbO; ceramics A. Golnik, P. Kossacki, K. Kowalik, W. Maslana, 283 Microphotoluminescence study of local temperature fluctu- J.A. Gaj, M. Kutrowski and T. Wojtowicz ations in n-type (Cd,Mn)Te quantum well K. Naito, Y. Benino, T. Fujiwara and T. Komatsu 289 Judd-Ofelt parameters of Er’* in transparent TeO,-based nanocrystallized glasses F. Chen, B. Gorshunov, G. Cristiani, 295 Suppression of superconductivity in YBCO/LCMO. super- H.-U. Habermeier and M. Dressel lattices R. Asgari, B. Davoudi and M.P. Tosi 301 Analytic theory of correlation energy and spin poiarization in the 2D electron gas M.V. Nazarov, D.Y. Jeon, J.H. Kang, 307 Luminescence properties of europium—terbium double activated E.-J. Popovici, L.-E. Muresan, calcium tungstate phosphor M.V. Zamoryanskaya and B.S. Tsukerblat Y.L. Du, G. Chen and M.S. Zhang Temperature dependent Raman scattering in polycrystalline BiyTi,0), thin films M. Tepe, I. Avci, H. Kocoglu and D. Abukay Investigation of the variation in weak-link profile of YBajCu;_,- Ag,O7_-3 superconductors by Ag doping concentration K.F. Cai, E. Mueller, C. Drasar and C. Stiewe The effect of titanium diboride addition on the thermoelectric properties of B-FeSi, semiconductors G. Cao, W.H. Song, Y.P. Sun and X.N. Lin Violation of the Mott—loffe-Regel limit: high-temperature resistivity of itinerant magnets Sr,+)Ru,O3,+; (a = 2,3,00 ) and CaRuO,; VI Vol. 131, Nos 1-12 Volume Index M. Battabyal and T.K. Dey Low temperature electrical transport in Ag substituted LaMnO, polycrystalline pellets prepared by a pyrophoric method K.B. Garg, T. Chatterji, S. Dalela, M. Heinonnen, Core level photoemission study of polycrystalline MgB, J. Leiro, B. Dalela and R.K. Singhal Keywords Instructions to Authors VOLUME 131, NUMBER 6 (Published 28 July 2004) CONTENTS R.S. Chen, C.C. Chen, Y.S. Huang, C.T. Chia, A comparative study of microstructure of RuO, nanorods via H.P. Chen, D.S. Tsai and K.K. Tiong Raman scattering and field emission scanning electron microscopy V.V. Slavin Low-temperature thermodynamic properties of a one-dimen- sional disordered electron lattice system J. Swerts, S. Vandezande, K. Temst and Surface roughness effects on the magnetization reversal of C. Van Haesendonck polycrystalline Fe/Ag thin films R.A. Escorcia, C. Riva and I.D. Mikhailov Polaronic exciton in quantum wells wires and nanotubes H.-C. Hsu and W.-F. Hsieh Excitonic polaron and phonon assisted photoluminescence of ZnO nanowires T. Yamaguchi Magnetization and electron spin resonance of Fe impurities in (TMTSF),AsF,: magnetic-field-dependent interaction between impurity spins and spin-density waves G.L. Yuan, J.-M. Liu, K. Baba-Kishi, Possible mechanism for tunneling magnetoresistance in H.L.W. Chan, C.L. Choy and Z.G. Liu Lap 9Bao, ;MnO;/Nb-doped SrTiO; p *—n junctions T.Y. Lin, Y.M. Sheu, Y.F. Chen, J.Y. Lin and Optical properties of GaN/AIN multiple quantum wells H.X. Jiang J. Yang, W.H. Song, R.L. Zhang, Y.Q. Ma, The effect of oxygen stoichiometry on electrical transport and B.C. Zhao, Z.G. Sheng, G.H. Zheng, J.M. Dai and magnetic properties of Lap Teo ;MnO, Y.P. Sun Q.-m. Gong, Z. Li, D. Li, X.-d. Bai and J. Liang Fabrication and structure: a study of aligned carbon nanotube/ carbon nanocomposites C.Z. Tan Piezoelectric lattice vibrations at optical frequencies A.A. Shanenko, J. Tempere, F. Brosens and Mesoscopic samples: the superconducting condensate via the J.T. Devreese Gross—Pitaevskii scenario E. Rozenberg Comment on: “‘Magnetoresistance in La,;_,Ca,MnO; (0=x< 0.4)’ G. Li, T. Qian, S.-J. Feng, F. Liu, H.-D. Zhou and Reply to the comment on: ‘Magnetoresistance X.-G. Li La,_,Ca,MnO,(0 = x < 0.4)’ Keywords Instructions to Authors VOLUME 131, NUMBER 7 (Published 3 August 2004) CONTENTS X.-M. Tao, C.-M. Feng, P.-G. Cai, B. Yang and Anomalous electrical transport properties of a quenched iron G.-X. Ye film system QO. Durand-Drouhin and M. Benlahsen Internal stress of sputtered amorphous carbon nitride thin films Vol. 131, Nos 1-12 Volume Index S. Bobev, D.J. Williams, J.D. Thompson and 431 Thermal expansion in YbGaGe J.L. Sarrao J.X. Wang, S.S. Xie, H.J. Yuan, X.Q. Yan, 435 Synthesis, structure, and photoluminescence of Zn,SnO, single- D.F. Liu, Y. Gao, Z.P. Zhou, L. Song, L.F. Liu, crystal nanobelts and nanorings X.W. Zhao, X.Y. Dou, W.Y. Zhou and G. Wang W. Zhang, Y. Liu, Z. Yang, S. Tang and M. Chen Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured Li,MnO; from nanostructured MnOOH precursors S. Bandopadhyay, R. Krishnan and Hartman effect in presence of Aharanov—Bohm flux A.M. Jayannavar T. Chatterji and B. Frick Low energy nuclear spin excitations in NdGaO, X. Bi, B. Yang, L. Gan, S. Gong and H. Xu Enhancement of magnetoresistance sensitivity in Co/Cu/NiFe trilayers by softening the Co hard layer Y.-H. Lee, S.-Y. Hyun, Y.M. Kim, I.W. Park, Magnetism in nanometer-thick TiO,/Co/TiO,/TiN/Si multi- D.H. Kim, S.Y. Ahn and J.S. Kim layered structures F.V. Motsnyi, E.Y. Peresh and O.M. Smolanka Nontraditional temperature shift of the fundamental absorption edge for layered substances and the ferroelastic phase transition in Cs3BizlIy S. Karmakar and S.M. Sharma High-pressure behavior of red mercuric iodide: in situ X-ray diffraction and optical absorption studies K. Lal, P. Ghosh, D. Biswas, A.K. Meikap, A low temperature study of electron transport properties of S.K. Chattopadhyay, S.K. Chatterjee, M. Ghosh, tantalum nitride thin films prepared by ion beam assisted K. Baba and R. Hatada deposition Z. Zhou, S. Xie, D. Wan, D. Liu, Y. Gao, X. Yan, Multidimensional magnesium oxide nanostructures with cone- H. Yuan, J. Wang, L. Song, L. Liu, W. Zhou, shaped branching Y. Wang, H. Chen and J. Li Keywords Instructions to Authors VOLUME 131, NUMBER 8 (Published 13 August 2004) CONTENTS D.C. Kundaliya and S.K. Malik 489 Superconductivity in the intermetallic compound YRhAI J.S. Kim, J.S. Kim, T.W. Kim, H.L. Park, 493 Energy transfer among three luminescent centers in full-color Y.G. Kim, S.K. Chang and S.D. Han emitting ZnGa)O,:Mn2*, Cr** phosphors R.K. Kremer, K. Graf, M. Cardona, 499 Thermal conductivity of isotopically enriched *8Si: revisited G.G. Devyatykh, A.V. Gusev, A.M. Gibin, A.V. Inyushkin, A.N. Taldenkov and H.-J. Pohl T. Furubayashi, H. Suzuki, N. Kobayashi and Large negative magnetoresistance in thiospinel CuCrZrS, S. Nagata X.G. Zheng and C.N. Xu Antiferromagnetic transition in botallackite Cu,Cl(OH),; Y. Idemoto, M. Matsuzawa, N. Koura, Effects of excess oxygen content on the hole-carrying CuO)- K. Takeuchi, J.W. Richardson Jr. and C.-K. Loong layers in T1,(Ba,_,Sr,)»CayCu;O, superconducting oxides J.-J. Li, W. Xu, H.-M. Yuan and J.-S. Chen Sol-gel synthesis and magnetization study of Mn,-,Cu,Fe,O, (x = 0, 0.2) nanocrystallites T. Chen, X.M. Li and S. Zhang Enhanced strain relaxation induced by epitaxial layer growth mode of MgO thin films K.W. Lee and C.E. Lee Nuclear magnetic relaxation by regularly distributed dense paramagnetic ions in a quasi-two-dimensional system Vill Vol. 131, Nos 1-12 Volume Index T.S. Chan, R.S. Liu, G.Y. Guo, S.F. Hu, J.G. Lin, 531 Structural, electrical and magnetic characterization of the J.-F. Lee, L.-Y. Jang, C.-R. Chang and C.Y. Huang double perovskites Sr,CrMO, (M = Mo, W): B’ 4d—Sd-system R. Prasada Rao and M. Seshasayee Fo Molecular dynamics simulation of ternary glasses LixO—P,O0,— LiCl I. Noiret, J. Schamps, F. Real, J. Lamiot and X-ray diffraction and ab initio determinations of the structure of F. Hamzaoui Rb,CdCl, H.-T. Chung, S.-K. Jang, H.W. Ryu and Effects of nano-carbon webs on the electrochemical properties K.-B. Shim in LiFePO,/C composite Author Index Keywords Instructions to Authors VOLUME 131, NUMBERS 9-10 (Published 25 August 2004) CONTENTS New Advances on Collective Phenomena in One-dimensional Systems A Special Issue of Solid State Communications V. Pellegrini 555 Preface A. Calzolari, R. Di Felice and E. Molinari Electronic properties of guanine-based nanowires S. Roddaro, V. Pellegrini and F. Beltram Quasi-particle tunneling at a constriction in a fractional quantum Hall state C. Thelander, M.T. Bjork, M.W. Larsson, Electron transport in InAs nanowires and_ heterostructure A.E. Hansen, L.R. Wallenberg and L. Samuelson nanowire devices M. Governale and U. Ziilicke Rashba spin splitting in quantum wires A.C. Graham, K.J. Thomas, M. Pepper, 0.7 Analogue structures and exchange interactions in quantum M.Y. Simmons, D.A. Ritchie, K.-F. Berggren, wires P. Jaksch, A. Debnarova and I.I. Yakimenko B. Huard, A. Anthore, F. Pierre, H. Pothier, Intensity of Coulomb interaction between quasiparticles in N.O. Birge and D. Esteve diffusive metallic wires D.F. Urban, J. Biirki, A.I. Yanson, I.K. Yanson, Electronic shell effects and the stability of alkali nanowires C.A. Stafford, J.M. van Ruitenbeek and H. Grabert M. Ferrier, A. De Martino, A. Kasumov, Superconductivity in ropes of carbon nanotubes S. Guéron, M. Kociak, R. Egger and H. Bouchiat E. Vecino, M.R. Buitelaar, A. Martin-Rodero, Conductance properties of nanotubes coupled to superconduct- C. Schénenberger and A. Levy Yeyati ing leads: signatures of Andreev states dynamics A. Komnik and A.O. Gogolin Resonant tunnelling in interacting 1D systems with an AC modulated gate D.-W. Wang, A.J. Millis and $.D. Sarma Collective modes and Raman scattering in one dimensional electron systems M. Sassetti, F. Cavaliere and B. Kramer Transport properties of quantum wires O.M. Auslaender, H. Steinberg, A. Yacoby, Many-body dispersions in interacting ballistic quantum wires Y. Tserkovnyak, B.I. Halperin, R. de Picciotto, K.W. Baldwin, L.N. Pfeiffer and K.W. West Keywords Instructions to Authors Vol. 131, Nos 1-12 Volume Index VOLUME 131, NUMBER 11 (Published 1 September 2004) CONTENTS P. Pandit, S.M. Gupta and V.K. Wadhawan 665 Shape-memory effect in PMN-PT(65/35) ceramic A. Razzaque, A.K.M.A. Islam, F.N. Islam and 671 Superconductivity of Li under pressure MLN. Islam J.H. Kim, H. Kim, D. Kim, S.G. Yoon and 677 Optical and magnetic properties of laser-deposited Co-doped W.K. Choo ZnO thin films T. Sudyoadsuk, R. Suryanarayanan and P. Winotai 681 Increase in T, and spin glass transition in Lag 9Cap ;Mn,-,CrjO3 (y = 0, 0.1 and 0.2) K.-H. Lee, C. Lofton, K. Kim, W.-S. Seo, Y. Lee, 687 Photoluminescence from amorphous silica nanowires syn- M.-H. Lee and W. Sigmund thesized using TiN/Ni/SiO7/Si and TiN/Ni/Si substrates D. de Graaf, H.T. Hintzen, G. de With, 693 Quantitative determination of Eu?* and Eu** content in (Eu, Y)— K.V. Ramanujachary, C. Lanci and S.E. Lofland Si-Al-O-N glasses by magnetic measurements J.W. Jang, K.W. Lee and C.E. Lee 697 In situ electron paramagnetic resonance study of spin dynamics in an iodine-doped poly(thiophene) derivative J. Mei, Y. Rui, Z. Ma, J. Xu, D. Zhu, L. Yang, 701 Contribution of multiple emitting centers to luminescence from X. Li, W. Li, X. Huang and K. Chen Si/SiO, multilayers with step by step thermal annealing H. Sato, T. Watanabe and J.-I. Yamaura 707 Anomalous magnetism in three-dimensional orthogonal dimer lattice system: (Ba;_,Sr,)2Ru3Op9 (x ~ 0.35) T. Chatterji, K.D. Li8, T. Tschentscher, 713 High-energy non-resonant X-ray magnetic scattering from B. Janossy, J. Strempfer and T. Briickel EuAs; D.K. Benjamin, S. Takahashi, S. Hill and 719 Temperature dependence of the Josephson plasma resonance J.S. Qualls between vortex phases in the organic superconductor x-(BEDT- TTF):Cu(NCS), A.J. Ekpunobi Calculation of band offset in chalcopyrite system A.G. Mostafa, G.A. Yahya, K.A. Ali, M. Gabr, Studies on some alkali-phosphate glasses containing antimony N.S. Gomma and N.A. Eissa and iron oxides Keywords Instructions to Authors VOLUME 131, NUMBER 12 (Published 8 September 2004) CONTENTS J.S. Kim, J.S. Kim and H.L. Park 735 Optical and structural properties of nanosized ZnGa,O,:Cr** phosphor K. Yamaguchi 739 First principles study on electronic structure of B-Ga,O; M. Tachibana, H. Kawaji and T. Atake 745 Heat capacity and magnetic properties of pyrochlore Hg:Os,O, G. Zou, D. Yu, J. Lu, D. Wang, C. Jiang and 749 A self-generated template route to hollow carbon nanospheres in Y. Qian a short time K.W. Lee, J.-I. Choi, S.H. Kim, C.E. Lee, 753 Magnetoresistance and electron paramagnetic resonance study Y.H. Jo and S.G. Lee of Lap ¢7-yYyBao33MnO,/LaAIO,; thin films F.M. Araujo-Moreira, W. Maluf and S. Sergeenkov Influence of nonuniform critical current density profile on magnetic field behavior of AC susceptibility in 2D Josephson junction arrays S.P. Lepkowski and J.A. Majewski Pressure dependence of elastic constants in zinc-blende GaN and InN and their influence on the pressure coefficients of the light emission in cubic InGaN/GaN quantum wells xX . 131, Nos 1-12 Volume Index J. Li and X. Chen 769 Large-scale and catalyst-free synthesis of zinc nanotubes and nanowires Y. Chen, Y. Araki, M. Fujitsuka, M. Hanack, Photophysical studies on axially substituted indium and gallium O. Ito, S.M. O’Flaherty and W.J. Blau phthalocyanines upon UV-Vis laser irradiation C.S. Hong, N.H. Hur and Y.N. Choi Lanthanum deficiency effect in magnetic transition and trans- port property of Lao —sCap2MnO, P.S. Chowdhury, S. Saha and A. Patra Influence of nanoenvironment on luminescence of Eu* * activated SnO, nanocrystals Volume 131 Index Author Index Keywords Instructions to Authors