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MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETYSYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS VOLUME 1124

Scientific Basis for NuclearWaste Management XXXII

Symposium held December 1-5, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

EDITORS:

Neil C. HyattThe University of SheffieldSheffield, United Kingdom

David A. PickettSouthwest Research InstituteSan Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.

Raul B. RebakGE Global Research

Schenectady, New York, U.S.A.

IMIRISIMaterials Research Society

Warrendale, Pennsylvania

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CONTENTS

Preface xvii

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings xviii

NATIONAL PROGRAMS ANDADVANCED FUEL CYCLE

* Long-Term Performance of the Proposed YuccaMountain Repository, USA 3

Peter Swift, M.K. Knowles, Jerry McNeish,Clifford W. Hansen, Rob Howard,Robert J. MacKinnon, and S.D. Sevougian

* Corrosion Issues Related to Disposal of High-LevelNuclear Waste in the Yucca Mountain Repository 15

David J. Duquette, Ronald M. Latanision,Carlos A. Di Bella, and Bruce E. Kirstein

* Repository Design - Postclosure Safety AnalysesIterations — A Retrospective Evaluation of the LastDecade of Development of the Yucca MountainRepository 29

Robert Andrews, Gerald H. Nieder-Westermann,Jack Bailey, and Rob Howard

* Integration of Postclosure Safety Analysis with RepositoryDesign for the Yucca Mountain Repository Through theSelection of Design Control Parameters 41

Gerald H. Nieder-Westermann, Robert H. Spencer Jr.,Robert Andrews, and Neil Brown

* A Trade Study for Waste Concepts to Minimize HLWVolume 53

Dirk Gombert, Tim Trickel, Joe Carter, Steve Piet,John Vienna, and Bill Ebert

* The National Nuclear Laboratory and CollaborativeUniversity Research in the UK 65

Graham Fairhall

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DIAMOND: Academic Innovation in Support ofUK Radioactive Waste Management 77

Neil C. Hyatt, Simon R. Biggs, Francis Livens,and James Young

SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL

* Key Scientific Issues Related to the SustainableManagement of the Spent Nuclear Fuel in theBack-End of the Fuel Cycle 85

Christophe Poinssot and Jean-Marie Gras

Influence of the Specific Surface Area on SpentNuclear Fuel Dissolution Rates 99

Javier Quinones, Eduardo Iglesias,Nieves Rodriguez, and Juan M. Nieto

UO2 Corrosion in an Iron Waste Package 105Elizabeth D.A. Ferriss, Katheryn B. Helean,Charles Bryan, Patrick V. Brady, andRodney Ewing

Immobilization of Radionuclides on Iron CanisterMaterial at Simulated Near-Field Conditions I l l

Daqing Cui, Ylva Ranebo, Jeanett Low,Vincenzo Rondinella, Jinshan Pan, andKastriot Spahiu

A New Criterion for the Degradation of a DefectiveSpent Fuel Rod Under Dry Storage Conditions Basedon Nuclear Ceramic Cracking 117

Lionel Desgranges, Francis Charollais,Isabelle Felines, Cecile Ferry, and Jean Radwan

Corrosion Studies with High Burnup LWR Fuel inSimulated Groundwater 123

Ella Ekeroth, Jeanett Low, Hans-Urs Zwicky,and Kastriot Spahiu

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NUCLEAR WASTE GLASSESAND VITRIFICATION

Iron Redox Reactions in Model Nuclear WasteGlasses and Melts 131

Benjamin Cochain, Daniel R. Neuville,Jacques Roux, Dominique de Ligny,Denis Testemale, Olivier Pinet, andPascal Richet

Widening the Envelope of UK HLW Vitrification —Experimental Studies with High Waste LoadingFormulations Containing Platinoids 141

Carl J. Steele, Charlie Scales, andBarbara Dunnett

Microwave Processing of Glasses for WasteImmobilization 147

Martin C. Stennett and Neil C. Hyatt

95Mo NMR Study of Crystallization in ModelNuclear Waste Glasses 153

Scott Kroeker, Ian Farnan, Sophie Schuller,and Thierry Advocat

Glass Development for Vitrification of WetIntermediate Level Waste (WILW) fromDecommissioning of the Hinkley Point fAf Site 161

Paul A. Bingham, Neil C. Hyatt, Russell J. Hand,and Christopher R. Wilding

Infrared Spectroscopy Structural Analysis ofCorroded Nuclear Waste Glass K-26 167

Alexander Barinov, Galina Varlakova,Irene Startceva, Sergey Stefanovsky,and Michael I. Ojovan

Electron Energy-Loss Near-Edge Structure ofZircon 175

Nan Jiang

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Effects of Silica Particle Size and pH on RheologicalProperties of Simulated Melter Feed Slurries forNuclear Waste Vitrification 181

Hong Zhao and Ian L. Pegg

Infra-Red and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance(EPR) Spectroscopy Studies of Simulated VitrifiedWastes Produced in Cold Crucible 187

Lidia Bogomolova, Sergey Stefanovsky, andJames C. Marra

CERAMIC WASTEFORMS

* HIPed Tailored Pyrochlore-Rich Glass-CeramicWaste Forms for the Immobilization of Nuclear Waste 195

Melody L. Carter, Huijun Li, Yingjie Zhang,Andrew L. Gillen, and Eric R. Vance

Calcium Phosphate: A Potential Host for HalideContaminated Plutonium Wastes 207

Brian Metcalfe, Ian Donald, Shirley Fong,Lee Gerrard, Denis Strachan, and Randall Scheele

Experimental and Atomistic Modeling Study of IonIrradiation Damage in Thin Crystals of the TiO2

Polymorphs 213Gregory R. Lumpkin, Katherine L. Smith,Mark G. Blackford, Bronwyn S. Thomas,Darren J. Attard, Karl R. Whittle, Nigel A. Marks,and Nestor J. Zaluzec

Porous Alumosilicates as a Filter for High-Temperature Trapping of Cesium-137 Vapor 219

Albert Aloy and Alexander V. Strelnikov

Oxygen Lattice Distortions and U Oxidation Statesin UO2+X Fluorite Structures 225

Lionel Desgranges and Gianguido Baldinozzi

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Cerium Dioxide Surface Characterization andDetermination of Surface Site Density byPotentiometric Fast Titration 231

Javier Quinones, Nieves Rodriguez,Juan C. Marugan, Eduardo Iglesias,Juan M. Nieto, Tiziana Missana,Nairoby Albarran, and Joaquin Cobos

In Situ Radiation Damage Studies of Ca3Zr2FeAlSiOi2

and Ca3Hf2FeAlSiO12 237Mark Blackford, Karl R. Whittle,Gregory R. Lumpkin, Katherine L. Smith,and Nestor J. Zaluzec

Characterization of Ion Beam Irradiated Zirconolitefor Pu Disposition 243

Martin C. Stennett, Neil C. Hyatt, Daniel Reid,Ewan Maddrell, Nianhua Peng, Chris Jeynes,Karen Kirkby, and Joseph Woicik

ENGINEERED BARRIER SYSTEMSAND THE NEAR FIELD

Identification of Oxygen-Depleting Componentsin MX-80 Bentonite 251

Torbjorn Carlsson and Arto Muurinen

Soft X-ray Spectroscopic Characterization ofMontmorillonite 257

Jan-Erik Rubensson, Franz Hennies,Lars Werme, and Ola Karnland

Diffusion Behavior of Humic Acid in CompactedBentonite: Effect of Ionic Strength, Dry Density andMolecular Weight of Humic Acid 263

Kazuki Iijima, Seiichi Kurosawa, Minoru Tobita,Satoshi Kibe, and Yuji Ouchi

Experimental Work Conducted on MgO Characterizationand Hydration 271

Haoran Deng, Yongliang Xiong, Martin Nemer,and Shelly Johnsen

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Diffusion of 60Co, 137Cs and 152Eu in Opalinus Clay 277Miguel Garcia-Gutierrez, Jose L. Cormenzana,Tiziana Missana, Manuel Mingarro, andUrsula Alonso

Migration Behavior of Plutonium in CompactedBentonite Under Reducing Conditions Controlledwith Potentiostat 283

Kazuya Idemitsu, Hirotomo Ikeuchi,Syeda A. Nessa, Yaohiro Inagaki,Tatsumi Arima, Shigeru Yamazaki,Toshiaki Mitsugashira, Mitsuo Hara,and Yoshimitsu Suzuki

State of Compacted MX-80 Bentonite AfterSimulation of Thermo-Hydraulic Conditionsin Deep Geological Storage 289

Roberto Gomez-Espina andMaria Victoria Villar

Temporal Evolution of the Concrete-BentoniteSystem Under Repository Conditions 295

Elena Torres Alvarez, Alicia Escribano,Maria J. Turrero, Pedro L. Martin,Javier Pena, and Maria V. Villar

Evolution of the Geochemical Conditions inthe Bentonite Barrier and Its Influence on theCorrosion of the Carbon Steel Canister 301

Elena Torres Alvarez, Alicia Escribano,Juan L. Baldonedo, Maria J. Turrero,Pedro L. Martin, Javier Pena, andMaria V. Villar

A Thermodynamic Approach on the Effect of SaltConcentration on Swelling Pressure of Water-Saturated Bentonite 307

Haruo Sato

Limitations on Radionuclide Release from PartiallyFailed Containers 313

Lubna K. Hamdan and John C. Walton

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Dependence of the Dynamic Behavior ofSupersaturated Silicic Acid on the SurfaceArea of the Solid Phase 319

Yuichi Niibori, Yasunori Kasuga,Hiroshi Kokubun, Kazuki Iijima,and Hitoshi Mimura

CEMENT-BASED SYSTEMS

Modeling the Spatial and Temporal Evolution of pHin the Cementitious Backfill of a Geological DisposalFacUity 327

Joe S. Small and Olivia R. Thompson

Properties and Composition of Cemented RadioactiveWastes Extracted from the Mound-Type Repository 333

Galina A. Varlakova, Michael I. Ojovan,Zoya I. Golubeva, Alexander S. Barinov,and Igor A. Sobolev

RBS and juPIXE Study of I and Cs HeterogeneousRetention on Concrete 339

Ursula Alonso, Tiziana Missana,Miguel Garcia-Gutierrez, Alessandro Patelli,Daniele Ceccato, Valentino Rigato,Nairoby Albarran, Henar Rojo, andTrinidad Lopez

The Inhibition of Aluminium Corrosion in OPCBased Composite Cements 345

Nicholas C. Collier, Neil B. Milestone, andPaul D. Swift

Assessing Radionuclide Solubility Limits for Cement-Based, Near-Surface Disposal 351

David A. Pickett, Karen E. Pinkston, andJames L. Myers

Acoustic Emission Characterization of CementitiousWasteforms Under Three-Point Bending andCompression 357

Lyubka M. Spasova and Michael I. Ojovan

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Modeling of pH Elevation Due to the Reaction ofSaline Groundwater with Hydrated OrdinaryPortland Cement Phases 365

Akira Honda, Kenta Masuda, Hiroshi Nakanishi,Hideki Fujita, and Kumi Negishi

Cement Based Encapsulation Experiments ofLow-Radioactive Phosphate Effluent 373

Atsushi Sugaya, Kenichi Horiguchi,Kenji Tanaka, and Shigeru Akutsu

Diffusion Behavior of Organic Carbon and Iodinein Low-Heat Portland Cement Containing Fly Ash 379

Taiji Chida and Daisuke Sugiyama

GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL ANDWASTE TREATMENT

Uranium-Series Disequilibrium Studies in Bedrockfor the Safety Case of Deep Geological Disposal ofSpent Fuel 387

Kari Rasilainen, Juhani Suksi, Petteri Pitkanen,Nuria Marcos, and Torbjorn Carlsson

Uranium Mineralogy at the Askola Ore Deposit,Southern Finland 393

Mira Markovaara-Koivisto, David Read,Antero Lindberg, Marja Siitari-Kauppi,and Nuria Marcos

Secondary Minerals and Ambient Fluid Flow atYucca Mountain 399

William M. Murphy

A Systematic Approach to Evaluate the Importanceof Concerns Affecting the Geological Disposal ofRadioactive Wastes 407

Takao Ohi, Manabu Inagaki, Makoto Kawamura,and Takeshi Ebashi

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Estimation of Ra Concentration in High-LevelRadioactive Waste Disposal System 413

Yasushi Yoshida and Hideki Yoshikawa

Tribochemical Treatment for Immobilization ofRadioactive Wastes 421

Olga G. Batyukhnova and Michael I. Ojovan

Resorcinarenes and Aza-Crowns as New Extractantsfor the Separation of Technetium-99 427

Patricia Paviet-Hartmann, Jared Horkley,Joshua Pak, Eric Brown, and Terry Todd

CONTAINER CORROSION

* Comparison of Alloy 22 Crevice CorrosionRepassivation Potentials from DifferentElectrochemical Methods 435

Ricardo M. Carranza

A Comparison of the Corrosion Resistance of Iron-Based Amorphous Metals and Austenitic Alloys inSynthetic Brines at Elevated Temperature 447

Joseph C. Farmer

Studies of the Effect of Chloride and Nitrate on thePropagation of Localized Corrosion of Alloy 22 455

Fraser King, Jingli Luo, Licai Mao, Mick Apted,John Kessler, and Andrew Sowder

Corrosion Behavior of Weld Zone of Carbon SteelOverpack for HLW Geological Disposal 463

Yutaka Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Mitsui,Rieko Takahashi, Hidekazu Asano,Naoki Taniguchi, and Morimasa Naito

General Corrosion Behavior of N06022 in SuperConcentrated Brines at Temperatures HigherThanlOO°C 473

Raul B. Rebak

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Comparison of Wet Air and Water Radiolysis Effectson Oxidized Zircaloy-4 Corrosion 481

Claire Guipponi, Nathalie Millard-Pinard,Nicolas Bererd, Eric Serris, Michele Pijolat,Veronique Peres, Virginie Wasselin-Trupin,Laurent Pinard, Laurent Roux, and Pascal Leverd

Effect of Fluoride Ions on Passivity and Chloride-Induced Crevice Corrosion of Alloy 22 487

Ricardo M. Carranza, Martin A. Rodriguez,and Raul B. Rebak

Robustness of Passive Films in High TemperatureBrines 493

Joe Payer and Pallavi Pharkya

MIGRATION AND COLLOIDS

* The Formation and Modeling of CoUoids from theCorrosion of Nuclear Waste Forms 509

Edgar Buck and Rick S. Wittman

Evaluation of Colloid Transport Experiments in aQuarried Block 519

Hua Cheng and Vladimir Cvetkovic

Release of Colloids from Injection Grout Silica Sol 525Pirkko L. Holtta, Martti Hakanen, Mari Lahtinen,Anumaija Leskinen, Jukka Lehto, and Piia Juhola

Ni(II) Sorption on the Fracture Filling MineralChlorite 531

Asa Zazzi and Susanna Wold

Performance Assessment for Depleted UraniumDisposal in a Near-Surface Disposal Facility 537

Karen Pinkston, David W. Esh, andChristopher J. Grossman

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3D Random Walk Simulation of Migration Behaviorof Radionuclide in a Granite Core 543

Yoshimi Seida, Hiroyasu Takase, Hiroaki Takahashi,and Yuichi Niibori

Sorption and Retardation Processes of Cs in GraniteUnder Ground Water Conditions 549

Yoshimi Seida, Takahiro Kikuchi, Hiroaki Takahashi,Hisao Satoh, Akira Ueda, and Hidekazu Yoshida

Physical Rock Matrix Characterization: Structuraland Mineralogical Heterogeneities in Granite 555

Mikko Voutilainen, Suvi Lamminmaki,Jussi Timonen, Marja Siitari-Kauppi,and Daniel Breitner

Experimental Study and Modeling of Uranium (VI)Sorption Onto a Spanish Smectite 561

Tiziana Missana, Ursula Alonso,Miguel Garcia-Gutierrez, Nairoby Albarran,and Trinidad Lopez

Influence of Humic Acid on Se and Th Sorption onSedimentary Rock 567

Yoshimi Seida, Yukio Tachi, Akira Kitamura,Toshiyuki Nakazawa, and Norikazu Yamada

Sorption and Diffusion of Cs in Horonobe-URLfsSedimentary Rock: Comparison and Model Predictionof Retardation Parameters from Sorption andDiffusion Experiments 573

Yukio Tachi, Yoshimi Seida, Reisuke Doi,Xiaobin Xia, and Mikazu Yui

Migration Behavior of Bentonite Colloids through aFractured Rock 581

Yoshio Kuno and Hiroshi Sasamoto

Author Index 587

Subject Index 591

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PREFACE

Symposium Q, "Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXII," was heldDecember 1-5 at the 2008 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. The scientificprogram featured 72 oral and 34 poster presentations, from 15 countries, covering:national research programs; advanced fuel cycles; behavior of spent nuclear fuel; nuclearwaste glasses and vitrification; ceramic wasteforms; engineered barrier systems and thenear field; cementitious wasteforms; geological disposal; container corrosion; wasteformperformance and natural analogues; migration and colloids. The symposium featured aspecial focus session on Yucca Mountain, and a joint session on actinide fuels andwasteforms with Symposium O, "Structure/Property Relationships in Fluorite-DerivativeCompounds."

The success of this 32nd Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management symposiumand the publication of this volume is the result of contributions from many people.We thank the Session Chairs for their assistance in delivering the symposium:Graham Fairhall, Virginia Oversby, Michael Ojovan, Karl Whittle, Nicholas Collier,Paul Bingham, Ricardo Carranza, Xihua He, Fraser King, Melody Carter, Martin Stennett,Edgar Buck, and Joe Small. We are grateful to our Symposium Assistant, Daniel Reid, forhis help in ensuring that the symposium ran smoothly. We also wish to thank the manyparticipants who reviewed the manuscripts published in this proceedings volume. We alsothank the entire MRS staff for their impeccable support in organizing the symposium and inthe production of this volume.

On behalf of the symposium participants, we wish to record our particular thanks toLars Werme and Virginia Oversby as Chair and Secretary, respectively, of theinternational advisory committee, for their dedication to the Symposium on the ScientificBasis for Nuclear Waste Management. The new Chair, Neil Hyatt, was elected by theinternational advisory committee during the 2008 MRS Fall Meeting.

We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our symposium sponsors:

CEA Marcoule (France)GE Global Research (USA)National Nuclear Laboratory (UK)Southwest Research Institute (USA)

We look forward to meeting again in St. Petersburg, Russia, for the 33rd symposiumwhich begins May 24, 2009; in San Francisco, USA, for the 34th symposium which willbe held at the 2010 MRS Spring Meeting which starts April 5, 2010; and in BuenosAires, Argentina, for the 35th symposium which commences on October 2,2011.

Neil C. HyattDavid A. PickettRaul B. Rebak

March 2009

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Volume 1113E —Low-Cost Solution-Based Deposition of Inorganic Films for Electronic/PhotonicDevices, D.B. Mitzi, D. Ginley, B. Smarsly, D.V. Talapin, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-085-1

Volume 1114E —Organic and Hybrid Materials for Large-Area Functional Systems, A. Salleo, A.C. Arias,D.M. DeLongchamp, C.R. Kagan, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-086-8

Volume 1115 — Physics and Technology of Organic Semiconductor Devices, M. Baldo, A. Kahn,P.W.M. Blom, P. Peumans, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-087-5

Volume 1116E —Reliability and Properties of Electronic Devices on Flexible Substrates, J.R. Greer,J. Vlassak, J. Daniel, T. Tsui, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-088-2

Volume 1117E —Materials Science for Quantum Information Processing Technologies, M. Fanciulli,J. Martinis, M. Eriksson, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-089-9

Volume 1118E —Magnetic Nanostructures by Design, J. Shen, Z. Bandic, S. Sun, J. Shi, 2009,ISBN 978-1-60511-090-5

Volume 1119E —New Materials with High Spin Polarization and Their Applications, C. Felser,A. Gupta, B. Hillebrands, S. Wurmehl, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-091-2

Volume 1120E —Energy Harvesting—Molecules and Materials, D.L. Andrews, K.P. Ghiggino,T. Goodson III, AJ. Nozik, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-092-9

Volume 112IE —Next-Generation and Nano-Architecture Photovoltaics, V.G. Stoleru, A.G. Norman,N.J. Ekins-Daukes, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-093-6

Volume 1122E —Structure/Property Relationships in Fluorite-Derivative Compounds, K.E. Sickafus,A. Navrotsky S.R. Phillpot, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-094-3

Volume 1123 — Photovoltaic Materials and Manufacturing Issues, B. Sopori, J. Yang, T. Surek,B. Dimmler, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-095-0

Volume 1124 — Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXII, R.B. Rebak, N.C. Hyatt,D.A. Pickett, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-096-7

Volume 1125 — Materials for Future Fusion and Fission Technologies, C.C. Fu, A. Kimura, M. Samaras,M. Serrano de Caro, R.E. Stoller, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-097-4

Volume 1126 — Solid-State Ionics—2008, E. Traversa, T. Armstrong, K. Eguchi, M.R. Palacin, 2009,ISBN 978-1-60511-098-1

Volume 1127E —Mobile Energy, M.C. Smart, M. Nookala, G. Amaratunga, A. Nathan, 2009,ISBN 978-1-60511-099-8

Volume 1128 — Advanced Intermetallic-Based Alloys for Extreme Environment and EnergyApplications, M. Palm, Y-H. He, B.P. Bewlay, M. Takeyama, J.M.K. Wiezorek,2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-100-1

Volume 1129 — Materials and Devices for Smart Systems III, J. Su, L-P. Wang, Y. Furuya,S. Trolier-McKinstry, J. Leng, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-101-8

Volume 1130E —Computational Materials Design via Multiscale Modeling, H.E. Fang, Y. Qi,N. Reynolds, Z-K. Liu, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-102-5

Volume 113 IE —Biomineral Interfaces—From Experiment to Theory, J.H. Harding, J.A. Elliott,J.S. Evans, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-103-2

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Volume 1132E —Mechanics of Biological and Biomedical Materials, R. Narayan, K. Katti, C. Hellmich,U.G.K. Wegst, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-104-9

Volume 1133E —Materials for Optical Sensors in Biomedical Applications, D. Nolte, P. Kiesel, X. Fan,G. Hong, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-105-6

Volume 1134 — Polymer-Based Smart Materials—Processes, Properties and Application, Z. Cheng,Q. Zhang, S. Bauer, D.A. Wrobleski, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-106-3

Volume 1135E —Design, Fabrication, and Self Assembly of "Patchy" and Anisometric Particles, E. Luijten,S.C. Glotzer, F. Sciortino, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-107-0

Volume 1136E —Materials in Tissue Engineering, T. Webster, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-108-7Volume 1137E —Nano- and Microscale Materials—Mechanical Properties and Behavior under Extreme

Environments, A. Misra, TJ. Balk. H. Huang, M.J. Caturla, C. Eberl, 2009,ISBN 978-1-60511-109-4

Volume 1138E —Nanofunctional Materials, Structures and Devices for Biomedical Applications,L. Nagahara, T. Thundat, S. Bhatia, A. Boisen, K. Kataoka, 2009,ISBN 978-1-60511-110-0

Volume 1139 — Microelectromechanical Systems—Materials and Devices II, S.M. Spearing,S. Vengallatore, J. Bagdahn, N. Sheppard, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-111-7

Volume 1 HOE —Advances in Material Design for Regenerative Medicine, Drug Delivery andTargeting/Imaging, V.P. Shastri, A. Lendlein, L.S. Liu, S. Mitragotri, A. Mikos, 2009,ISBN 978-1-60511-112-4

Volume 114IE —Bio-Inspired Transduction, Fundamentals and Applications, T. Vo-Dinh, C. Liu,A. Zribi, Y. Zhao, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-113-1

Volume 1142 — Nanotubes, Nanowires, Nanobelts and Nanocoils—Promise, Expectations and Status,P. Bandaru, S. Grego, I. Kinloch, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-114-8

Volume 1143E —Transport Properties in Polymer Nanocomposites, J. Grunlan, M. Ellsworth, S. Nazarenko,J-F. Feller, B. Pivovar, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-115-5

Volume 1144 — Nanowires—Synthesis, Properties, Assembly and Applications, Y. Cui, E.P.A.M. Bakkers,L. Lauhon, A. Talin, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-116-2

Volume 1145E —Applications of Group IV Semiconductor Nanostructures, T. van Buuren, L. Tsybeskov,S. Fukatsu, L. Dal Negro, F. Gourbilleau, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-117-9

Volume 1146E —In Situ Studies across Spatial and Temporal Scales for Nanoscience and Technology,S. Kodambaka, G. Rijnders, A. Petford-Long, A. Minor, S. Helveg, A. Ziegler, 2009,ISBN 978-1-60511-118-6

Volume 1147E —Grazing-Incidence Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering, B. Ocko, J. Wang, K. Ludwig,T.P. Russell, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-119-3

Volume 1148E —Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials VII, P.M. Woodward, J.F. Mitchell,S.L. Brock, J.S.O. Evans, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-120-9

Volume 1149E —Synthesis and Processing of Organic and Polymeric Functional Materials for aSustainable Energy Economy, J. Li, C-C. Wu, S.Y. Park, F.B. McCormick, 2009,ISBN 978-1-60511-121-6

Volume 1150E —Artificially Induced Grain Alignment in Thin Films, V. Matias, R. Hammond,S-H. Moon, R. Huhne, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-122-3

Volume 115IE —Selecting and Qualifying New Materials for Use in Regulated Industries, R. Rogge,J. Theaker, C. Hubbard, R. Schneider, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-123-0

Volume 1152E —Local Structure and Dynamics in Amorphous Systems, Jeff Th.M. de Hosson,A.L. Greer, C.A. Volkert, K.F. Kelton, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-124-7

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