Vol. 59, No. 8, 2017

Physics of the Solid State

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Metals

Electronic and Mechanical Properties, Phase Stability, and Formation Energies of Point Defects of Niobium Boronitride Nb₂BN

D. V. Suetin and I. R. Shein p. 1481 abstract

Superconductivity

Phase Transitions and Vortex Structure Evolution in Two-Level High-Temperature Granular Superconductor YBa₂Cu₃O_{7 – δ} under Temperature and Magnetic Field

V. V. Derevyanko, T. V. Sukhareva and V. A. Finkel’ p. 1492 abstract

Semiconductors

The Electric Conductivity and Dielectric Properties of Tl(GaS₂)_{1 –} _x(InSe₂)_xSolid Solutions

V. G. Hurtavy, A. U. Sheleg, S. N. Mustafaeva, E. M. Kerimova and S. G. Dzhafarova p. 1501 abstract

Peculiarities of EPR in Polycrystalline Solid Solutions Zn_0.95Fe_0.05O with Different Particles Morphology: The Role of Intrinsic Defects in Formation of Magnetic Properties

M. A. Melkozerova, O. I. Gyrdasova, T. V. D’yachkova, A. P. Tyutyunnik, V. V. Bannikov, E. V. Zabolotskaya, V. V. Marchenkov, Yu. A. Perevozchikova, F. Sauerzopf and V. N. Krasil’nikov p. 1506 abstract

Dielectrics

An Experimental and Theoretical Study of Ni Impurity Centers in Ba_0.8Sr_0.2TiO₃

I. A. Sluchinskaya and A. I. Lebedev p. 1512 abstract

Effect of Nonstoichiometry on the Lattice Constant of Cubic Vanadium Carbide VC_y

A. S. Kurlov and A. I. Gusev p. 1520 abstract

Electron-Beam Charging of Dielectrics Preirradiated with Moderate-Energy Ions and Electrons

E. I. Rau, A. A. Tatarintsev, E. Yu. Zykova, I. P. Ivanenko, S. Yu. Kupreenko, K. F. Minnebaev and A. A. Khaidarov p. 1526 abstract

Magnetism

Magnetic Properties of Multiferroics Bi_{1 –} _xSm_xFeO₃ Synthesized under High Pressure

I. I. Makoed, A. F. Ravinski, V. V. Lazenka, A. I. Galyas, O. F. Demidenko, A. M. Zhivul’ko, K. I. Yanushkevich and V. V. Moshchalkov p. 1536 abstract

Dependence of the Coercive Force on the Magnetic Field Sweep Rate in (PrDy)(FeCo)B Alloys

E. I. Kunitsyna, O. V. Koplak, V. V. Kucheryaev, D. V. Korolev, V. P. Piskorskii, A. Bezverkhnii and R. B. Morgunov p. 1543 abstract

Magnetic Properties of NiO Nano Particles: Contributions of the Antiferromagnetic and Ferromagnetic Subsystems in Different Magnetic Field Ranges up to 250 kOe

D. A. Balaev, A. A. Dubrovskiy, A. A. Krasikov, S. I. Popkov, A. D. Balaev, K. A. Shaikhutdinov, V. L. Kirillov and O. N. Mart’yanov p. 1547 abstract

Ferromagnetic Resonance in Monocrystalline Spin Valves CoFeB/Ta/CoFeB and CoFeB Films with Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy

A. D. Talantsev, G. L. L’vova, O. V. Koplak, O. S. Dmitriev, Y. Lu, S. Mangin and R. B. Morgunov p. 1553 abstract

Ferroelectricity

Mössbauer Studies of Multiferroics BiFe_{1 –} _xCr_xO₃ (x = 0–0.20)

V. S. Pokatilov, V. S. Rusakov, A. S. Sigov and A. A. Belik p. 1558 abstract

Mechanical Properties, Physics of Strength, and Plasticity

Studying the Fine Structure of a Nanosecond Breakdown Channel in Potassium Chloride

R. V. Emlin and I. F. Punanov p. 1565 abstract

Effect of Upsetting Deformation Temperature on the Formation of the Fine-Grained Cast Alloy Structure of the Ni–Mn–Ga System

I. I. Musabirov, I. M. Safarov, I. Z. Sharipov, M. I. Nagimov, V. V. Koledov, V. V. Khovailo and R. R. Mulyukov p. 1570 abstract

Acoustic Emission at Interaction of Gliding Deformation with Point Obstacles

V. V. Blagoveshchenskii and I. G. Panin p. 1577 abstract

The Influence of the Structure of a Nanocrystalline Solid (Sandstone) on the Dynamics of Microcrack Accumulation on Friction

V. I. Vettegren’, A. V. Ponomarev, I. P. Shcherbakov and R. I. Mamalimov p. 1580 abstract

Changes in the Diffusion Properties of Nonequilibrium Grain Boundaries upon Recrystallization and Superplastic Deformation of Submicrocrystalline Metals and Alloys

V. N. Chuvil’deev, A. V. Nokhrin, O. E. Pirozhnikova, M. Yu. Gryaznov, Yu. G. Lopatin, M. M. Myshlyaev and V. I. Kopylov p. 1584 abstract

Application of Nonlocal Criteria for Destruction in Problems with a Nonuniform Stress Field

A. A. Chevrychkina, A. A. Gruzdkov and Yu. V. Petrov p. 1594 abstract

Impurity Centers

Submillimeter ESR Spectra of Fe²⁺ Ions in Synthetic and Natural Beryl Crystals

G. S. Shakurov, R. I. Khaibullin, V. G. Tomas, D. A. Fursenko, R. I. Mashkovtsev, O. N. Lopatin, A. G. Nikolaev, B. P. Gorshunov and E. S. Zhukova p. 1600 abstract

Optical Properties

“Negative” Gap in the Spectrum of Localized States of (In₂O₃)_0.9(SrO)_0.1

V. D. Okunev, T. A. D’yachenko and V. V. Burkhovetski p. 1607 abstract

Phase Transitions

Kinetics of the Growth of Filamentary KH₂PO₄ Crystals on a Seed Crystal

E. K. Titaeva, M. S. Kuritsyn, A. N. Noskova and V. N. Portnov p. 1619 abstract

Low-Dimensional Systems

The Synthesis of Clusters of Iron Oxides in Mesopores of Monodisperse Spherical Silica Particles

E. Yu. Stovpiaga, D. A. Eurov, D. A. Kurdyukov, A. N. Smirnov, M. A. Yagovkina, V. Yu. Grigorev, V. V. Romanov, D. R. Yakovlev and V. G. Golubev p. 1623 abstract

The Irradiation Influence on the Properties of Silver Sulfide (Ag₂S) Colloidal Nanoparticles

S. V. Rempel, Yu. V. Kuznetsova, E. Yu. Gerasimov and A. A. Rempel’ p. 1629 abstract

Surface Physics and Thin Films

Transfilm Passivation of a Silicon–Ytterbium Nanofilms Interface with Chemisorbed CO and O₂ Molecules

M. A. Mittsev, M. V. Kuz’min and N. M. Blashenkov p. 1637 abstract

Structural and Optical Properties of Cu₂ZnSn(S,Se)₄ Films Obtained by Magnetron Sputtering of a Cu₂ZnSn Alloy Target

M. N. Solovan, A. I. Mostovoi, S. V. Bilichuk, F. Pinna, T. T. Kovalyuk, V. V. Brus, E. V. Maistruk, I. G. Orletskii and P. D. Mar’yanchuk p. 1643 abstract

Polymers

Diffusion Processes in Freely Suspended Smectic Films

I. Śliwa and A. V. Zakharov p. 1648 abstract

Self-Organization Processes in Polysiloxane Block Copolymers, Initiated by Modifying Fullerene Additives

A. P. Voznyakovskii, V. Kh. Kudoyarova, M. F. Kudoyarov and M. Ya. Patrova p. 1656 abstract

Atomic Clasters

Yttrium-Containing Endohedral Metallofullerenes: Synthesis and Extraction

G. N. Churilov, N. G. Vnukova, E. V. Tomashevich, A. I. Dudnik, G. A. Glushchenko, I. A. Dubinina, U. E. Gulyaeva and E. I. Mel’nikova p. 1662 abstract

The Effect of Thermal Treatment on the Atomic Structure of Core–Shell PtCu Nanoparticles in PtCu/C Electrocatalysts

V. V. Pryadchenko, S. V. Belenov, D. B. Shemet, V. A. Volochaev, V. V. Srabionyan, L. A. Avakyan, N. Yu. Tabachkova, V. E. Guterman and L. A. Bugaev p. 1666 abstract

Graphenes

The Role of Electron–Electron Repulsion in the Problem of Epitaxial Graphene on a Metal: Simple Estimates

S. Yu. Davydov p. 1674 abstract

Thermal Properties

High-Temperature Specific Heat of Bi₂GeO₅ and SmBiGeO₅ Compounds

L. T. Denisova, N. V. Belousova, N. A. Galiakhmetova, V. M. Denisov and V. P. Zhereb p. 1683 abstract

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