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Volume 125,

Issue 12,

16 September 2024

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Applied Physics Letters emphasizes rapid dissemination of key data and new physical insights, offering prompt publication of new experimental and theoretical papers related to applications of physics phenomena in all branches of science, engineering, and modern technology.

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Maria Antonietta Loi

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| September 18 2024

Selective incorporation of antimony into gallium nitride

Yujie Liu, Ishtiaque Ahmed Navid et al.

Dilute concentrations of antimony (Sb) incorporation into GaN induce strong bandgap bowing and tunable room-temperature photoluminescence from the UV to the green spectral regions. However, the ...

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| September 18 2024

Influence of carrier localization on photoluminescence emission from sub-monolayer quantum dot layers

T.-Y. Huang, T. Borrely et al.

We have investigated the origins of photoluminescence from quantum dot (QD) layers prepared by alternating depositions of sub-monolayers and a few monolayers of size-mismatched species, termed as ...

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| September 17 2024

Surface thermomigration of 2D voids

Stefano Curiotto, Nicolas Combe et al.

In a thermal gradient, surface nanostructures have been experimentally observed to move due to thermomigration. However, analytical models that describe the thermomigration force acting on surfaces ...

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| September 20 2024

KOH-activated CoO mesoporous nanoarrays for boosted supercapacitive performance

Geng Wei, Wei Xu et al.

Highly active transition metal oxides mesoporous materials have tremendous potential applications in energy storage and catalysis due to their great physicochemical performance. However, the ...

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| September 18 2024

Magnetic heating of interacting nanoparticles under different driving field waveforms

J. Ortega-Julia, D. Ortega et al.

This study explores the impact of different magnetic driving field waveforms on nanoparticle heating in magnetic hyperthermia. Our research, which shifts the usual focus from individual nanoparticle ...

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| September 18 2024

Revealing two-dimensional electric field crowding effect in breakdown performance of DPPT-TT polymer-based OFETs

Yabin Mou, Jun Zhang et al.

The diketopyrrolopyrrole-based polymer (DPPT-TT) has been employed in organic power field effect transistors due to its exceptional off-state breakdown performance. The impact of organic ...

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| September 20 2024

Enhanced device performance of GaN high electron mobility transistors with in situ crystalline SiN cap layer

Xin Luo, Peng Cui et al.

In this paper, a ∼2 nm in situ SiN cap layer on AlGaN barrier layer is grown, which is revealed to be crystalline using high-resolution cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy. Benefitting ...

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| September 20 2024

Growth of VO₂-ZnS thin film cavity for adaptive thermal emission

Raymond Yu, Bo K. Shrewsbury et al.

Low-weight, passive, thermal-adaptive radiation technologies are needed to maintain an operable temperature for spacecraft while they experience various energy fluxes. In this study, we used a thin ...

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| September 20 2024

KOH-activated CoO mesoporous nanoarrays for boosted supercapacitive performance

Geng Wei, Wei Xu et al.

Highly active transition metal oxides mesoporous materials have tremendous potential applications in energy storage and catalysis due to their great physicochemical performance. However, the ...

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