Frontiers in Materials Science and Technology

<ul><li>Committees</li><li>Preface</li><li>I. Nanomaterials</li><li>The Intrinsic Frictional Property of Carbon Nanotubes</li><li>Silver Nanoparticles, Cages and Flowers Growing on Carbon Nanosheets</li><li>Thermal Properties and Fire Performance of Woven Glass Fibre Reinforced Nylon 6 Nano-Composites with Carbon Nanotubes</li><li>Detonation Synthesis of TiO₂ Nanoparticles in Gas Phase </li><li>Manufacture, Wet and Dry Corrosion, and Plasma Nitridation of Novel Nanocrystalline Ni-Cr Nanoparticle Nanocomposites: A Brief Review</li><li>Reduced Gravity Testing and Research Capabilities at Queensland University of Technology's New 2.0 Second Drop Tower </li><li>Physical Phenomena of Thermoplastic Articles in the Vicinity of Their Glass Transition Temperatures </li><li>The Role of Al₂O₃ Buffer Layer in the Growth of Aligned CNTs</li><li>Improved Fabrication of PMMA/Ag Core-Shell Nanostructures with Two Steps</li><li>Simulation on Optical Properties of Gold and Silver Coated Nano Coreshell </li><li>Effect of Iron Content on the Properties of FePt Nanoparticles in Water in Oil Microemulsions</li><li>II. Thin Films and Coatings</li><li>Bovine Serum Albumin Adhesion Force Measurements Using an Atomic Force Microscopy</li><li>Prediction of Defects in PZT Thin Film Using Ab-Initio Method</li><li>Nonlinear Analysis of a Ball Grid Array Package under Thermal Cycles</li><li>Deposition and Properties Studies of Superfine TiN Films with Magnetic Filter</li><li>Environmental Response of Plasma Sprayed Nanostructured Coatings</li><li>Residual Thermal Stresses in a Fe₃Al/Al₂O₃ Gradient Coating System</li><li>Residual Stress Estimation of Tungsten Film by GIXRD</li><li>III. Metals and Alloys</li><li>Stress Corrosion Cracking of NiTi Orthodontic Wires in Sodium Fluoride Solution</li><li>Analytic Prediction of Structural Stress-Strain Relations of Microstructured Metal</li><li>Experimental Research on Grain Orientation Evolution of Extruded Mg Alloy AZ31B Sheet during Uniaxial Tensile Deformation</li><li>Bonding of Aluminum Alloy by Hot-Dipping Tin Coating</li><li>Micro Impact Testing of Lead Free Solder Joints</li><li>IV. Composite Materials</li><li>Evaluating Multi-Delamination of Composite Laminates Using an Active Sensor Network</li><li>Optical and Piezoelectric Properties of ZnO Nanowires and Functional Polymer-Based Nanocomposites </li><li>Tough Hypereutectic High Chromium White Iron - A Double <i>In Situ</i> Fibrous Composite</li><li>Microstructural Analysis on Ti-6Al-4V and 10 Vol.% (TiB+TiC)/Ti-6Al-4V Metal Matrix Composites</li><li>Laminated Plate Elements Based on Higher-Order Shear Deformation Theories </li><li>Shape Control in Composite Laminates Using Piezoelectric Actuators considering Thermal Deformation </li><li>Effect of Processing Method on Conductivity and Mechanical Properties of Glass Fibre Reinforced Carbon Black Filled Polyethylene</li><li>Simulations of Delamination Propagation in Composite Laminates under Static and Low-Velocity Impact Transverse Loads Using a New Cohesive Model</li><li>Manufacturing and Testing of High Performance Sheet Moulding Compound</li><li>Effect of Vibrations on Void Content in Composite Materials</li><li>High Performance Composites Using Nanotechnology</li><li>V. Materials Processing and Characterization</li><li>A Knowledge-Based System for Temperature Prediction in Hot Strip Mills</li><li>Surface Roughness and Wear of Work Roll Containing Ti in Cold Strip Rolling </li><li>Rheology of Magnetorheological Shear Thickening Fluids</li><li>Investigation of Bimodal Particles Based Magnetorheological Elastomers</li><li>Analysis of Casting Roll Temperature Field during Twin-Roll Thin Strip Casting</li><li>The Development of a New Image Acquisition & Analysis System for 3D Surface Measurements Using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy</li><li>Gate Location and its Effects on Product Quality in Injection Moulding</li><li>Effect of Surface Texture on Deformation Behavior of Asperity in Cold Metal Forming</li><li>VI. Biomaterials and Biomechanics </li><li>Effect of Fully Porous-Coated (FPC) Technique on Osseointegration of Dental Implants</li><li>Finite Element Analysis of a New Custom Made Orthotropic Post Material for Dental Applications </li><li>Finite Element Analysis of Plant Cell Wall Materials </li><li>Numerical Prediction of Influence of Diamond Burs on Subsurface Damage in Intraoral Adjustments of Porcelain Prostheses</li><li>Magnesium and Magnesium Alloys as Degradable Metallic Biomaterials </li><li>Modification of Porous Alumina Ceramics with Bioinert and Bioactive Glass Coatings</li><li>Novel Synthetic Bio-Mimic Polymers for Cell Delivery</li><li>In Search of a Parameter to Distinguish Viable from Non-Viable Articular Cartilage - Indentation and Ultrasound Studies </li><li>Evaluation of Dentinal Viscoelastic Properties Based on its Microstructural Characters </li><li>Endothelialisation and Cell Retention on Gelatin Chitosan-Coated Electrospun Polyurethane, Poly (Lactide-Co-Glycolide) and Collagen-Coated Pericardium</li><li>VII. Computational Materials Science and Simulation</li><li>Simulation of Three-Point Bending Test of Titanium Foam for Biomedical Applications</li><li>A Multiscale Deformation Analysis for Mono-Crystalline Copper under Dynamic Uniaxial Tension</li><li>The Design of Functional Gradient Materials with Inverse Homogenization Method</li><li>Crystal Plasticity Finite Element Modelling of BCC Deformation Texture in Cold Rolling</li><li>A Study on the Uniaxial Tension of FCC Metals at Nano Level Using MD</li><li>A Study on the Nanoindentation Behaviour of Single Crystal Silicon Using Hybrid MD-FE Method</li><li>Crack Analysis Using an Improved Meshless Technique with Irregular Nodes</li><li>A Data-Constrained 3D Model for Material Compositional Microstructures</li><li>Solidification Microstructure Modelling Using Cellular Automaton Method</li><li>Characterization of Virtual Nano-Structures through the Use of Monte Carlo Integration</li><li>Design of Periodic Microstructural Materials by Using Evolutionary Structural Optimization Method</li><li>Multiscale Particle-In-Cell Modelling for Advanced High Strength Steels</li><li>Guided Wave Propagation and Interaction with Damage in Tubular Structures</li></ul>