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23 July 2012
ISSN 0003-6951
EISSN 1077-3118
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PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS
Efficient directional beaming from small apertures using surface-plasmon diffraction gratings
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041102 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738890
Electrical effects of metal nanoparticles embedded in ultra-thin colloidal quantum dot films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041103 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738993
InGaAs quantum wire intermediate band solar cell
Vas. P. Kunets; C. S. Furrow; T. Al. Morgan; Y. Hirono; M. E. Ware; V. G. Dorogan; Yu. I. Mazur; V. P. Kunets; G. J. Salamo
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041106 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737944
Highly efficient twisted nematic liquid crystal polarization gratings achieved by microrubbing
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041107 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737945
Coupling into tapered metal parallel plate waveguides using a focused terahertz beam
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041109 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738982
Ultraviolet electroluminescence from horizontal ZnO microrods/GaN heterojunction light-emitting diode array
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041110 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739002
Light sailboats: Laser driven autonomous microrobots
Anrdás Búzás; Lóránd Kelemen; Anna Mathesz; László Oroszi; Gaszton Vizsnyiczai; Tamás Vicsek; Pál Ormos
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041111 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737646
Ultrafast third order nonlinear optical response of donor and acceptor codoped and compensated silicon quantum dots
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041112 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739237
High thermal performance of μ-stripes quantum cascade laser
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041113 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739004
Suppression of cross-hatched polariton disorder in GaAs/AlAs microcavities by strain compensation
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041114 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739245
Improved quantum efficiency in InGaN light emitting diodes with multi-double-heterostructure active regions
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041115 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739419
10 GHz fundamental mode fiber laser using a graphene saturable absorber
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041118 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739512
SURFACES AND INTERFACES
Surface modification by nonthermal plasma induced by using magnetic-field-assisted gliding arc discharge
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041602 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738766
Activation mechanism of carbon monoxide on α-Fe2O3 (0001) surface studied by using first principle calculations
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041603 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739935
Cathode-like luminescence from vacuum-dielectric interface induced by self-stabilizing secondary electron emission
Jiang-Yang Zhan (詹江杨); Hai-Bao Mu (穆海宝); Guan-Jun Zhang (张冠军); Xue-Zeng Huang (黄学增); Xian-Jun Shao (邵先军); Jun-Bo Deng (邓军波)
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041604 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738999
Precise control of epitaxy of graphene by microfabricating SiC substrate
H. Fukidome; Y. Kawai; F. Fromm; M. Kotsugi; H. Handa; T. Ide; T. Ohkouchi; H. Miyashita; Y. Enta; T. Kinoshita; Th. Seyller; M. Suemitsu
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041605 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4740271
STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, OPTICAL, AND THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF ADVANCED MATERIALS
Nanometer-scale tunnel formation in metallic glass by helium ion irradiation
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041901 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4734399
Ultrafast photoinduced mechanical strain in epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films
L. Y. Chen; J. C. Yang; C. W. Luo; C. W. Laing; K. H. Wu; J.-Y. Lin; T. M. Uen; J. Y. Juang; Y. H. Chu; T. Kobayashi
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041902 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4734512
Thermo-optic coefficient of silicon at 1550 nm and cryogenic temperatures
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041905 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738989
Direct visualization of boron dopant distribution and coordination in individual chemical vapor deposition nanocrystalline B-doped diamond grains
Ying-Gang Lu; Stuart Turner; Johan Verbeeck; Stoffel D. Janssens; Patrick Wagner; Ken Haenen; Gustaaf Van Tendeloo
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041907 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738885
Enhancement of emission characteristics of cadmium-free ZCIS/ZnS/SiO2 quantum dots by Au nanoparticles
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041908 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739246
Phonon plasmon interaction in ternary group-III-nitrides
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041909 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739415
Origins of high visible light transparency and solar heat-shielding performance in LaB6
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041913 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4733386
SEMICONDUCTORS
Self-heating enhanced charge trapping effect for InGaZnO thin film transistor
Te-Chih Chen; Ting-Chang Chang; Tien-Yu Hsieh; Ming-Yen Tsai; Yu-Te Chen; Yi-Chen Chung; Hung-Che Ting; Chia-Yu Chen
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042101 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4733617
In-situ transmission electron microscopy of partial-dislocation glide in 4H-SiC under electron radiation
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042102 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737938
Optical polarization in c-plane Al-rich AlN/AlxGa1-xN single quantum wells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042103 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737941
Impact of surface morphology above threading dislocations on leakage current in 4H-SiC diodes
Hirokazu Fujiwara; Hideki Naruoka; Masaki Konishi; Kimimori Hamada; Takashi Katsuno; Tsuyoshi Ishikawa; Yukihiko Watanabe; Takeshi Endo
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042104 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738886
Dielectric covered hairpin probe for its application in reactive plasmas
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042105 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738888
Heavy p-type doping of ZnSe thin films using Cu2Se in pulsed laser deposition
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042107 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739083
Dependence of internal quantum efficiency on doping region and Si concentration in Al-rich AlGaN quantum wells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042110 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739431
Mobility enhancement of strained Si by optimized SiGe/Si/SiGe structures
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042111 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739513
Optimization of sample-chip design for stub-matched radio-frequency reflectometry measurements
S. Hellmüller; M. Pikulski; T. Müller; B. Küng; G. Puebla-Hellmann; A. Wallraff; M. Beck; K. Ensslin; T. Ihn
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042112 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739248
Copper centers in copper-diffused n-type silicon measured by photoluminescence and deep-level transient spectroscopy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042113 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739470
Room temperature fabrication of p-channel Cu2O thin-film transistors on flexible polyethylene terephthalate substrates
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042114 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739524
MAGNETICS AND SPINTRONICS
Magnetoelastic resonance sensor for remote strain measurements
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042402 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4735340
Interface induced inverse spin Hall effect in bismuth/permalloy bilayer
Dazhi Hou; Z. Qiu; K. Harii; Y. Kajiwara; K. Uchida; Y. Fujikawa; H. Nakayama; T. Yoshino; T. An; K. Ando; Xiaofeng Jin; E. Saitoh
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042403 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738786
Evidence of oxygen-vacancy-induced ferromagnetic order in single crystal Mn-doped SrTiO3
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042406 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738785
Spectroscopic defect imaging in magnetic nanostructure arrays
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042408 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738789
Influence of rare earth moment ordering on magnetic entropy change in Nd0.5Sr0.5CoO3
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042411 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738889
Wireless and passive temperature indicator utilizing the large hysteresis of magnetic shape memory alloys
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042412 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739836
Remarkable current-enhanced photoconductivity in oxygen-deficient La7/8Sr1/8MnO3−δ thin film
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042413 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739842
Half metallic character of NiMoO3 driven by the electron correlation and spin-orbit coupling
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042414 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739847
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRONICS
Pressure effects on the superconducting thin film Ba1−xKxFe2As2
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042601 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738783
Noise properties of high-Tc superconducting flux transformers fabricated using chemical-mechanical polishing
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042602 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738782
Electric-field-induced superconductivity at 9.4 K in a layered transition metal disulphide MoS2
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042603 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4740268
Frequency division multiplexing readout and simultaneous manipulation of an array of flux qubits
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042604 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739454
DIELECTRICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND MULTIFERROICS
Direct physical evidence of mechanisms of leakage and equivalent oxide thickness reduction in metal-insulator-metal capacitors based on RuOx/TiOx/SrxTiyOz/TiN stacks
M. A. Pawlak; J. Swerts; M. Popovici; B. Kaczer; M.-S. Kim; W.-C. Wang; K. Tomida; B. Govoreanu; J. Delmotte; V. V. Afanas’ev; M. Schaekers; W. Vandervorst; J. A. Kittl
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042901 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737871
Strongly coupled phase transition in ferroelectric/correlated electron oxide heterostructures
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042902 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738784
Valence band offset at the amorphous hydrogenated boron nitride-silicon (100) interface
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042903 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739474
Bipolar piezoelectric fatigue of Bi(Zn0.5Ti0.5)O3-(Bi0.5K0.5)TiO3-(Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3 Pb-free ceramics
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042905 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738770
Atomic-resolution chemical imaging of oxygen local bonding environments by electron energy loss spectroscopy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042907 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737208
Multiferroic domain structure in orthorhombic multiferroics of cycloidal spin order: Phase field simulations
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 042908 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739426
NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Split-illumination electron holography
Toshiaki Tanigaki; Yoshikatsu Inada; Shinji Aizawa; Takahiro Suzuki; Hyun Soon Park; Tsuyoshi Matsuda; Akira Taniyama; Daisuke Shindo; Akira Tonomura
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043101 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737152
Small-signal amplifier based on single-layer MoS2
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043103 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738986
Noise sensitivity of a mass detection method using vibration modes of coupled microcantilever arrays
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043104 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737636
Germanium nanowire growth controlled by surface diffusion effects
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043105 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737004
Autonomic restoration of electrical conductivity using polymer-stabilized carbon nanotube and graphene microcapsules
Susan A. Odom; Timothy P. Tyler; Mary M. Caruso; Joshua A. Ritchey; Matthew V. Schulmerich; Scott J. Robinson; Rohit Bhargava; Nancy R. Sottos; Scott R. White; Mark C. Hersam; Jeffrey S. Moore
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043106 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737935
High-frequency gate manipulation of a bilayer graphene quantum dot
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043107 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737937
Emergence of giant magnetic anisotropy in freestanding Au/Co nanowires
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043108 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738767
Sub-wavelength surface gratings for light redirection in transparent substrates
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043109 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738777
Multi-scale graphene patterns on arbitrary substrates via laser-assisted transfer-printing process
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043110 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738883
Thermal transport in grain boundary of graphene by non-equilibrium Green’s function approach
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043112 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737653
Heat conduction in carbon nanotube materials: Strong effect of intrinsic thermal conductivity of carbon nanotubes
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043113 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737903
The influence of phonon scatterings on the thermal conductivity of SiGe nanowires
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043114 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737909
High compositional homogeneity in In-rich InGaAs nanowire arrays on nanoimprinted SiO2/Si (111)
S. Hertenberger; S. Funk; K. Vizbaras; A. Yadav; D. Rudolph; J. Becker; S. Bolte; M. Döblinger; M. Bichler; G. Scarpa; P. Lugli; I. Zardo; J. J. Finley; M.-C. Amann; G. Abstreiter; G. Koblmüller
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043116 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738769
Nanoscale fluorescence imaging with quantum dot near-field electroluminescence
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043118 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739235
Optimum drift velocity for single molecule fluorescence bursts in micro/nano-fluidic channels
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043120 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739471
Ambipolar operation of hybrid SiC-carbon nanotube based thin film transistors for logic circuits applications
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043121 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739939
Noble metal nanodisks epitaxially formed on ZnO nanorods and their effect on photoluminescence
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043122 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739516
Strong photoluminescence from diameter-modulated single-walled carbon nanotubes
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043123 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739522
ORGANIC ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS
Influence of mobility on the dissociation probability of electron-hole pair in hopping system
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043302 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737934
Effects of mixed host spatial distribution on the efficiency of blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043303 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739499
DEVICE PHYSICS
Analysis of AlN/AlGaN/GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor structure by using capacitance-frequency-temperature mapping
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043501 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737876
Controllable formation of resistive switching filaments by low-energy H+ irradiation in transition-metal oxides
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043502 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738894
Broadband directional acoustic waveguide with high efficiency
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043503 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739081
Annealing-induced conductivity transition in ZnO nanowires for field-effect devices
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043504 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739520
Magnetically controlled photonic crystal binary digits generator
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043505 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4734398
Dynamic state switching in nonlinear multiferroic cantilevers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043506 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738991
BIOPHYSICS AND BIO-INSPIRED SYSTEMS
Viable capture and release of cancer cells in human whole blood
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043701 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737936
Mapping the surface charge distribution of amyloid fibril
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043703 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739494
Taking whispering gallery-mode single virus detection and sizing to the limit
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043704 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739473
The discharge mode transition and O(5p1) production mechanism of pulsed radio frequency capacitively coupled plasma
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043705 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4733662
ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE
Zn migration during spark plasma sintering of thermoelectric Zn4Sb3
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 043901 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4731764
INTERDISCIPLINARY AND GENERAL PHYSICS
The capture of flowing microbubbles with an ultrasonic tap using acoustic radiation force
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 044102 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739514
ERRATA
Erratum: “Fatigue cracking at twin boundary effect of dislocation reactions” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 011907 (2012)]
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 049901 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738773
Erratum: “On the practicability of pentamode mechanical metamaterials” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 191901 (2012)]
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 049902 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739496
Publisher’s Note: “Relaxor behaviour of K0.5Bi0.5TiO3-BiScO3 ceramics” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 202904 (2012)]
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 049904 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738751
Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces
Sebastian A. Schulz, Rupert. F. Oulton, et al.
Feedback cooling of an insulating high-Q diamagnetically levitated plate
S. Tian, K. Jadeja, et al.
Special topic on Wide- and ultrawide-bandgap electronic semiconductor devices
Joachim Würfl, Tomás Palacios, et al.