The Bulletin of Materials Science is a bi-monthly journal being published by the Indian Academy of Sciences in collaboration with the Materials Research Society of India and the Indian National Science Academy. The journal publishes original research articles, review articles and rapid communications in all areas of materials science. The journal also publishes from time to time important Conference Symposia/ Proceedings which are of interest to materials scientists. It has an International Advisory Editorial Board and an Editorial Committee. The Bulletin accords high importance to the quality of articles published and to keep at a minimum the processing time of papers submitted for publication.

Editor
G U Kulkarni, Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Science, Bengaluru
Associate Editors
Ayan Datta, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
M Eswaramoorthy, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru
A K Ganguli, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali
V Jayaram, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
M Ghanashyam Krishna, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
S Krishna Prasad, Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Science, Bengaluru
Rabibrata Mukherjee, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur
Amitava Patra, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
N Ravishankar, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Avesh K Tyagi, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai
Praveen Kumar Vemula, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru
Prof. M.V. Sangaranarayanan, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai
Editorial Advisory Board
P M Ajayan, Texas, USA
D Banerjee, Bengaluru, India
D Chakravorty, Kolkata, India
J Gopalakrishnan, Bengaluru, India
K T Jacob, Bengaluru, India
D Pandey, Varanasi, India
C N R Rao, Bengaluru, India
K J Rao, Bengaluru, India
P Rama Rao, Hyderabad, India
G Sundararajan, Hyderabad, India
George W Whitesides, Massachusetts, USA
Editor of Publications
Amitabh Joshi, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, India
Associate Editor of Publications
Ram Sagar, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, India