KEYWORDS FOR JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Authors should select a maximum of five keywords. Each keyword should be accompanied by the capital letter denoting the categoryfor which the keyword has been selected.

A. Type of Materials

Actinide alloys and compoundsAmorphous materialsCeramicsClustersCoating materialsComposite materialsData storage materialsDental alloysDisordered systemsElectrode materialsEnergy storage materialsFerroelectricsFuel cellsFullerenesHalf metalsHeterojunctionsHigh-temperature alloysHigh-Tc superconductorsHydrogen absorbing materialsInorganic materialsInsulatorsIntermetallicsInterstitial alloysLiquid crystalsMagnetic films and multilayersMagnetically ordered materialsMetal hydridesMetallic glassesMetal matrix compositesMetals and alloysNanostructured materialsNitride materialsNuclear reactor materialsOptical materialsOxide materialsPermanent magnetsPhosphorsPolymers, elastomers, and plasticsQuantum wellsQuasicrystalsRare earth alloys and compoundsSemiconductorsSpin glassesSuperconductorsSurfaces and interfaces

Thin filmsTransition metal alloys and compoundsThermoelectric materials

B. Preparation and Processing

AmorphisationChemical synthesisCrystal growthGas-solid reactionsLaser processingLiquid-solid reactionsPrecipitationPowder metallurgyMechanical alloyingMechanochemical processingNanofabricationsRapid solidification, quenchingSinteringSol-gel processesSolid state reactionsVapour deposition

C. Phenomena

Atomic scale structureAcoustic propertiesAnisotropyAnharmonicityCatalysisComposition fluctuationsCrystal structureCorrosionCrystal and ligand fieldsCrystal binding and equation of stateCyclotron resonanceDielectric responseDiffusionDislocations and disclinationsDomain structureElasticityElectrical transportElectrochemical reactionsElectromotive force, EMFElectron-electron interactionsElectron-phonon interactionsElectronic band structure

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(CONTINUATION OF C)

Electronic propertiesEnthalpyEntropyExchange and superexchangeFractional quantum Hall effectFlux pinning and creepGalvanomagnetic effectsGrain boundariesHeat capacityHeat conductionHeavy fermionsHyperfine interactionsIonic conductionImpurities in semiconductorsKondo effectKineticsMagnetisationMagnetocaloricMagnetoresistanceMagnetostrictionMagneto-volume effectsMechanical propertiesMicrostructureNoiseOptical propertiesOrder-disorder effectsOxidationPhase diagramsPhase transitionsPhononsPhotoconductivity and photovoltaicsPiezoelectricity, electrostritionPreferential site orderingPoint defectsQuantum Hall effectQuantum localizationRadiation effectsRecombination and trappingShape memorySpin dynamicsSpin-orbit effectsThermal expansionThermodynamic propertiesThermoelectricThermochemistry

TunnellingVacancy formationValence fluctuations

D. Experimental and Theoretical Methods

Atomic force microscopy, AFMAtom, molecule, and ion impactCalorimetryComputer simulationsElastic light scatteringElectrochemical impedance spectroscopyElectron emission spectroscopiesElectron energy loss spectroscopyElectron paramagnetic resonanceEXAFS, NEXAFS, SEXAFSHigh-pressureHigh magnetic fieldsInelastic light scatteringInelastic neutron scatteringLight absorption and reflectionLuminescenceMagnetic measurementsMössbauer spectroscopyMetallographyMolecular dynamics simulationsMuon spectroscopiesNeutron diffractionNonlinear opticsNuclear resonancesOptical spectroscopyPerturbed angular correlations, PACPhotoelectron spectroscopiesPositron spectroscopiesRutherford backscattering, RBSScanning electron microscopy, SEMScanning tunnelling microscopy, STMStrain, high pressureSurface electron diffraction (LEED, RHEED)Synchrotron radiationThermal analysisThermodynamic modelingTime-resolved optical spectroscopiesTransmission electron microscopy, TEMX-ray diffractionX-ray and gamma-ray spectroscopiesUltrasonics