The present book is a compilation of research papers pertaining to a broad range of materials namely, crystalline solids, non-crystalline or semicrystalline solids, polymer composites, glasses, etc. encompassing dimensions varying through bulk crystals to thin films to nanocrystals, contributed by various scientists/researchers and covers a wide range of materials and their science, from kidney stone crystals to fly-ash, and would hopefully attract interest of an equally broad spectrum of materials scientists.

Preface / CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS: FTIR Spectroscopic and Powder XRD Study of Gel Grown Zinc Tartrate Crystal / Methods of Measuring Crystallization in Idiopathic Kidney Stone Disease / Dielectric Properties of Y3Fe5O12 Garnet Prepared using Co-precipitation Technique / High Temperature Synthesis of SnS2 Nanoparticles and their Characterizations / Effects of SHI Irradiation on Structural Properties of Ba(Co0.5Nb0.5)O3 thin Films / Knoop Microhardness of Bi1-x-Sbx (x=.05 to .30) Single Crystals / Characterization of Bi2S3 Nanorods Prepared at Room Temperature / Vickers Microhardness of Bi2-xSbxTe3(x= 0 to 0.2) Single Crystals / Studies of Thermoelectric Properties of MoSe2 Crystal / Study of Microhardness of Non-Corrosive Lead-Cadmium Binary Alloy Crystals Grown by Zone-refining Technique / Crystal Growth of Bi1-xSbx (x = 0.05 to 0.30) using Zone-melting Method / Effect of Sea Water on the Growth of Calcite Crystals / Structural Properties of M-type Barium Hexaferrite Particles Prepared using a Thermal Treatment Method / Quantum Size Effect in In0.5Bi1.5Te3 Thin Films / Study of Sol-Gel Synthesis and Magnetic Property of Titanium Dioxide Doped with Manganese / Ellipsometric Studies on Thiourea Crystals Grown by Inexpensive Technique / Synthesis and Characterization of ZnS Nanoparticles / An Optical Study of PEG Capped ZnS:Fe Nanoclusters / A Comparative Study of Crystal Structures of Oxovanadium(IV) Complexes of 4-Acylpyrazolone Ligand System / Micellar Mediated Crystallization of DL-Valine: Influence of Nature of Surfactant / Electrical, Mechanical and Structural Characterization of Bi2Te3 Single Crystals by Zone Melting / Solvent free Synthesis and Characterization of W-type Hexaferrite / Temperature Dependence of Electrical Resistivity and Thermoelectric Power of Bi-Sb Single Crystals / Electrical Resistivity of MoSe2 Crystal / NON-CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS: Scaling of Dielectric Relaxation Spectra in PbI2 Doped Superionic Glass System / Effect of 80 MeV C6+ ion Irradiation on Structure and Conductivity of PEO Based Nanocomposite Electrolytes / Theoretical Study of Collective Dynamics in Cu50Zr50 Glass / Dielectric Properties of PMMA/PVAc Polymer Blend / Hydrogen Bonding Interactions in N-phenyl-3-oxobutanamide: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study / Structural and Dielectric Properties of Ag+-ion Conducting PEO-PMMA Plasticized Polymer Blends / Characterization of Fly Ash from Different Thermal Power Plant / A Study of Photoluminescence Spectra of PMMA/TiO2 Polymer Composites / Transport Studies of Ag2O Based Barium Vanado-tellurite Mixed Conducting Glasses / Conductivity Studies on PEO-AgCF3SO3-SiO2 –PEG Plasticized Nano Composite Polymer Electrolytes / A Comparative Study of Conductivity and Relaxation in Plasticized PVA-PEO Nano-Composites / Author Index.

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