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Table of Contents to Volume 9, Numbers 1ÂŒ9, 2019 Materials Express www.aspbs.com/mex Table of Contents to Volume 9, Numbers 1–9, 2019 Volume 9, Number 1 (February 2019) ARTICLES • Influence of fly ash on the microstructure and mechanical properties of AA6063 alloy using compocasting technique 1–14 Alaa Mohammed Razzaq, Dayang Laila Majid, Mohamad R. Ishak, and Uday M. Basheer • Optical properties and microstructure of TiN thin films before and after annealing 15–26 Hanan A. Abd El-Fattah, Mostafa H. Shazly, Iman S. El Mahallawi, and Waleed A. Khalifa • Synergistic inhibition behavior of sodium diethyldithiocarbamate and sodium acetate for AZ31B magnesium alloy in NaCl solution 27–41 Xiaoda Liu, Lifeng Hou, Haiyuan Wang, Yulin Li, Huan Wei, Baosheng Liu, Huayun Du, and Yinghui Wei • Preparation and properties of alkyl benzene sulfonic acid coated boehmite/chitosan nanocomposite membranes with enhanced proton conductivity for proton exchange membrane fuel cells 42–50 Saad Ahmed, Yangben Cai, Muhammad Ali, Santosh Khannal, and Shiai Xu • Numerical and experimental verification of transmission enhancement through double fishnet structure metamaterials 51–58 Min Zhong • Silver chloride nanoparticles-decorated molybdenum disulfide nanosheets for highly sensitive chloramphenicol detection 59–64 Yongjian Li, Haipo Dai, Nana Feng, Xiaoling Xie, Jie Zhang, and Wei Li • Excellent visible light absorption byIP: adopting 192.168.39.151 mesoporous On:SiC inSun, SiC/CdS 26 Sep for enhanced 2021 14:45:28 photocatalytic hydrogen generation Copyright: American Scientific Publishers 65–72 Xue Han, Da Wang, Zhongnan Guo, Lin Huang, YuanDelivered Peng, Jiawei by Lin, Ingenta and Wenxia Yuan • Enhanced catalytic activity and stability of palladium decorated iridium-copper nanoparticles for formic acid electro-oxidation reaction 73–80 Yihan Chen, Qing Li, Jie Zhang, Jinwei Chen, Gang Wang, and Ruilin Wang COMMUNICATION • Weldability and mechanical properties of ultrasonic spot welded Cu/Cu joints 81–84 Zeng-Lei Ni and Fu-Xing Ye Volume 9, Number 2 (April 2019) ARTICLES • Catalytic synthesis of high aspect ratio Al2O3 impregnated carbon nanotubes used to improve thermophysical properties of nanofluids with a case study on an industrial gasoline-water heat exchanger 85–98 Zuhair Omar Malaibari • Stress and temperature distribution simulation for arc weld-based rapid prototyping of titanium alloy TC4 99–111 Xizhang Chen, Huili Xu, Guifang Xu, R. Arvind Singh, S. Jayalakshmi, S. Konovalov, and M. Gupta • Ultrathin porous interconnected carbon nanosheets derived from sisal fibers for efficient Li-ion battery anodes 112–122 Yuanzhou Liu, Lixue Wei, Lei Liao, Shuoping Chen, Kaiyou Zhang, and Aimiao Qin • Role of shell thickness and applied field on the magnetic anisotropy and temperature dependence of coercivity in Fe3O4/-Fe2O3 core/shell nanoparticles 123–132 Chiranjib Nayek, M-Ali AL-Akhras, Venkatesha Narayanaswamy, Abbas Khaleel, Imaddin A. Al-Omari, Andrivo Rusydi, and Ihab M. Obaidat • TiO2 nanoparticle modified -Fe2O3 nanospindles for improved photoelectrochemical water oxidation 133–140 Miao Xu, Yang Chen, Guobing Mao, Beibei Zhou, Nicholas Low, Li Zhang, and Qi Liu • Fabrication and characterization of surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrates with ordered arrays of gold nanopyramids by means of nanosphere lithography 141–149 Cecilia Salinas, Erika Rodríguez-Sevilla, Erick Flores-Romero, and Juan-Carlos Cheang-Wong Mater. Express 9, 1135–1141, 2019 1135 222_09MEX09-BM.indd2_09MEX09-BM.indd 11135135 112/4/20192/4/2019 66:00:26:00:26 PPMM Table of Contents to Volume 9, Numbers 1–9, 2019 • Fabrication of low-density heat-resistance polystyrene/carbon black composite microspheres used as hydraulic fracturing proppant 150–158 Rui Ma, Wei Tang, Pan Hu, and Tao Chen • Influence of aging time and medium on enclosed mold shear bond strength on titanium 159–165 Aftab Ahmed Khan, Badreldin Abdelrhaman Mohamed, Saleh Mohamed Al-Hijji, Ravikumar Ramakrishnaiah, Muhammad S. Zafar, Sultan Saleh Al-Shamrani, Pekka K. Vallittu, and Jukka P. Matinlinna • First-principle calculations to investigate electronic and optical properties of MgO monolayer 166–172 Y. Al-Douri and Mohammed A. M. Al Saadi COMMUNICATIONS • Structure and photoluminescence from naturally dispersed ZnTe nanoparticles 173–178 Edgar Mosquera • Microstructure and mechanical properties of 9Cr martensitic heat-resistant steel fabricated by wire and arc additive manufacture technology 179–184 Chuang Gao, Xizhang Chen, Chuanchu Su, R. Arvind Singh, and S. Jayalakshmi Volume 9, Number 3 (June 2019) REVIEW • CeO2-based nanocomposites: An advanced alternative to TiO2 and ZnO in sunscreens 185–202 Shaikh Parwaiz, Mohammad Mansoob Khan, and Debabrata Pradhan ARTICLES • Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and structural investigation of new charge-transfer complexes of piroxicam with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone and chloranilic acid: Experimental and theoretical studies 203–212 Armag˘an Kinal, Merve Güres¸ci, H. AlRabiah, H. A. Abdel-Aziz, and G. A. E. Mostafa • Autogenous shrinkage of high-performance cement-based carbon nanofiber composites 213–225 Yan Zhang, Yongfeng Cheng, Tingting Zhang, Baomin Wang, and Hong Xiao • Numerical verification of absorptionIP: enhancement 192.168.39.151 based on On: metal Sun, array 26 embedded Sep 2021 metamaterials 14:45:28 226–234 Saisai Wang, Zhenya Zhang, Shangshun Copyright:Lin, and Keming American Zhang Scientific Publishers • In situ microscopic observations of dynamic viscoelasticDelivered contact and by deformationIngenta at a friction interface 235–244 Cunao Feng, Dekun Zhang, and Kai Chen • Synthesis, characterization and corrosion resistance properties of Ormosil-modified polyurethane (PU/Ormosil) composites 245–254 Kuo-Hui Wu, Bing-De Yan, and Shin-Yi Yu • Effect of temperature and rolling rate on high chromium cast iron/low carbon steel composite plate prepared by hot rolling 255–264 Yanwei Li, Yugui Li, and Xiaogang Wang • Influence of boron nitride nanoparticles in the electrical and photoconduction characteristics of planar boron nitride-graphene oxide composite layer 265–272 Harith Ahmad and Tamil Many K. Thandavan COMMUNICATION • A tight-binding analysis of models, sheet width, and strain for 2D monoatomic germanium sheets 273–280 Aashka S. Bhandari and Amit Verma Volume 9, Number 4 (July 2019) ARTICLES • Improvement in the electrochemical catalytic performance of fuel cell catalysts by controlling the size of carbon nanotubes as a catalyst carrier by centrifugation 281–290 Naziermu Dongmulati, Xieraili Maimaitiyiming, and Yuemaierjiang Maimaiti • Effects of Nb additions on structure and mechanical properties evolution of CoCrNi medium-entropy alloy 291–298 Wenjie Lu, Xian Luo, Yanqing Yang, and Bin Huang • Influence of mica particles as secondary reinforcement on the mechanical and wear properties of Al/B4C/mica composites 299–309 Samuel Eaben Rajkumar, Kayaroganam Palanikumar, and Pitchanti Kasiviswanathan 2 • Effect of excess Ca on the formation of CaZrO3 powders via polyacrylamide gel method 310–318 Kuo Huang, Bin Xie, Xiaoyang Chen, Yi Zhang, Taolan Mo, Hang Ji, Qiao He, and Ping Yu 1136 Mater. Express 9, 1135–1141, 2019 222_09MEX09-BM.indd2_09MEX09-BM.indd 11136136 112/4/20192/4/2019 66:00:26:00:26 PPMM Table of Contents to Volume 9, Numbers 1–9, 2019 • Photoelectrochemical aptasensor based on a ternary CdS/Au/TiO2 nanotube array for ultrasensitive detection of cytochrome c 319–327 Deshuai Zhen, Fenfen Zhong, De Yang, Qingyun Cai, and Yu Liu • Role of interface quality in iron oxide core/shell nanoparticles on heating efficiency and transverse relaxivity 328–336 Venkatesha Narayanaswamy, Ihab M. Obaidat, Sachin Latiyan, Shilpee Jain, Chiranjib Nayek, Sumana Goankar, M-Ali AL-Akhras, and Imaddin A. Al-Omari • Effect of chain length of cardanol-based phenalkamines on mechanical properties of air-dried and heat-cured epoxies 337–343 Junhui Zhang and Shiai Xu • Microwave-absorbing ability of super-paramagnetic Zn0.8Ni0.2Fe2O4 nanoparticles for the X-band frequency range 344–350 Anh T. Q. Luong and Dan V. Nguyen • Effect of 3D printing direction and water storage on nano-mechanical properties of 3D printed and auto-polymerized polymer with special emphasis on printing layer interface 351–357 Samer M. Alaqeel, Ravikumar Ramakrishnaiah, Ravi M. Basavaraju, Sunil Babu Kotha, Bangalore H. Durgesh, and Pekka K. Vallittu • Development and characterization of novel fiber-metal-laminate (FML) using aluminium sheet and ceramic mat 358–364 V. N. Anbazhagan, R. Edwin Raj, and J. T. Winowlin Jappes COMMUNICATIONS • Effect of eutectic coating on the microstructure, compression property and corrosion behavior of Mg–Li alloy fabricated by co-extrusion 365–370 Zhenduo Ma, Hao Chen, Gang Liu, Guobing Wei, Yan Yang, Tiancai Xu, Weidong Xie, and Xiaodong Peng • Temperature effect on the ground state energy and the longitudinal optical-phonon mean number of the impurity polaron in asymmetrical 2D RbCl semi-exponential quantum wells 371–375 Yong Sun, Zhao-Hua Ding, and Jinglin Xiao Volume 9, Number 5 (August 2019) REVIEW • Research progress of packaging indicatingIP: 192.168.39.151 materials for real-time On: Sun, monitoring 26 Sep of 2021food quality 14:45:28 377–396 Danfei Liu, Ling Yang, Mi Shang, and YunfeiCopyright: Zhong American Scientific Publishers Delivered by Ingenta ARTICLES • Realization of a tunable double layer metamaterial absorber in terahertz 397–404 Min Zhong, Xiaoting Jiang, Xuliang Zhu, Jing Zhang, and Jinglin Zhong • Effect of extrusion treatment on mechanical, thermal conductivity
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