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2 June 2014
ISSN 0003-6951
EISSN 1077-3118
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PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS
Extreme optical activity and circular dichroism of chiral metal hole arrays
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221102 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4880798
Photo-guided sampling for rapid detection and imaging of traces of explosives by a compact Raman spectrometer
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221103 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4880940
Continuous operation of a monolithic semiconductor terahertz source at room temperature
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221105 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881182
Optically pumped whispering-gallery mode lasing from 2-μm GaN micro-disks pivoted on Si
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221106 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881183
Ultra-narrow-band light dissipation by a stack of lamellar silver and alumina
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221107 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881267
Super-collimation by axisymmetric photonic crystals
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221108 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881839
In-plane emission of indistinguishable photons generated by an integrated quantum emitter
Sokratis Kalliakos; Yarden Brody; Andre Schwagmann; Anthony J. Bennett; Martin B. Ward; David J. P. Ellis; Joanna Skiba-Szymanska; Ian Farrer; Jonathan P. Griffiths; Geb A. C. Jones; David A. Ritchie; Andrew J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221109 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881887
Wideband radar cross section reduction using two-dimensional phase gradient metasurfaces
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221110 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881935
High sensitivity optomechanical reference accelerometer over 10 kHz
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221111 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881936
Spontaneous radial liquid crystals alignment on curved polymeric surfaces
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221112 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881976
Frustrated total internal reflection and critical coupling in a thick plasmonic grating with narrow slits
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221113 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4882915
Tunable ultracompact chip-integrated multichannel filter based on plasmon-induced transparencies
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221114 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4882916
Multi-phonon-assisted absorption and emission in semiconductors and its potential for laser refrigeration
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221115 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4880799
SURFACES AND INTERFACES
Influence of step morphology on the structural phase transition of the α-Al2O3(0001) surface
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221601 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881334
Coexistence of epitaxial lattice rotation and twinning tilt induced by surface symmetry mismatch
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221602 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881612
Field emission characteristics from graphene on hexagonal boron nitride
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221603 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881718
Enhancing controllability and stability of bottom-gated graphene thin-film transistors by passivation with methylamine
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221604 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881841
The effect of Ta interface on the crystallization of amorphous phase change material thin films
G. E. Ghezzi; P. Noé; M. Marra; C. Sabbione; F. Fillot; N. Bernier; J. Ferrand; S. Maîtrejean; F. Hippert
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221605 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881927
STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, OPTICAL, AND THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF ADVANCED MATERIALS
Multiferroic BiFeO3 glass-ceramics: Phase formation and physical property
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221901 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881138
On electronic structure of polymer-derived amorphous silicon carbide ceramics
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221902 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881139
Percolative superconductivity in La2CuO4.06 by lattice granularity patterns with scanning micro x-ray absorption near edge structure
Nicola Poccia; Matthieu Chorro; Alessandro Ricci; Wei Xu; Augusto Marcelli; Gaetano Campi; Antonio Bianconi
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221903 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4879286
Broadband impedance-matched electromagnetic structured ferrite composite in the megahertz range
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221905 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881186
Ultra broadband phase measurements on nanostructured metasurfaces
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221906 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881332
In situ observation of structure and electrical property changes of a Ga-doped ZnO/graphene flexible transparent electrode during deformation
L. Q. Zhang; Z. F. Gao; Z. Q. Tu; C. Liu; Y. Qi; F. Yang; W. Yang; D. Q. Jiang; Y. P. Guo; Z. Z. Ye; J. G. Lu; X. Y. Hou; Y. F. Li; L. S. Cui
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221907 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881336
Phonon renormalization and Raman spectral evolution through amorphous to crystalline transitions in Sb2Te3 thin films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221908 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881937
Lattice distortions and octahedral rotations in epitaxially strained LaNiO3/LaAlO3 superlattices
M. K. Kinyanjui; Y. Lu; N. Gauquelin; M. Wu; A. Frano; P. Wochner; M. Reehuis; G. Christiani; G. Logvenov; H.-U. Habermeier; G. A. Botton; U. Kaiser; B. Keimer; E. Benckiser
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221909 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881557
Effect of fluid medium on mechanical behavior of carbon nanotube foam
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 221910 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881843
SEMICONDUCTORS
Electric double layer transistors with ferroelectric BaTiO3 channels
M. Ito; Y. Matsubara; Y. Kozuka; K. S. Takahashi; F. Kagawa; J. T. Ye; Y. Iwasa; K. Ueno; Y. Tokura; M. Kawasaki
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222101 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881059
Resonant photoactivation of cadmium sulfide and its effect on the surface chemical activity
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222102 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881179
Multistage effect in enhancing the field emission behaviour of ZnO branched nanostructures
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222104 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881595
O-vacancies mediated room temperature ferromagnetism in Cu-implanted In2O3:Cu nanowires
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222105 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881840
Phonon lifetime in SiSn and its suitability for hot-carrier solar cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222106 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881938
MAGNETICS AND SPINTRONICS
In situ manufacture of magnetic tunnel junctions by a direct-write process
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222401 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4880728
Increasing the Néel temperature of magnetoelectric chromia for voltage-controlled spintronics
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222402 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4880938
Mechanism of coercivity enhancement by Ag addition in FePt-C granular films for heat assisted magnetic recording media
B. S. D. Ch. S. Varaprasad; Y. K. Takahashi; J. Wang; T. Ina; T. Nakamura; W. Ueno; K. Nitta; T. Uruga; K. Hono
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222403 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4880655
Effect of damping on the laser induced ultrafast switching in rare earth-transition metal alloys
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222404 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881135
Spin switches for compact implementation of neuron and synapse
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222405 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881575
Fast, low-power manipulation of spin ensembles in superconducting microresonators
A. J. Sigillito; H. Malissa; A. M. Tyryshkin; H. Riemann; N. V. Abrosimov; P. Becker; H.-J. Pohl; M. L. W. Thewalt; K. M. Itoh; J. J. L. Morton; A. A. Houck; D. I. Schuster; S. A. Lyon
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222407 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881613
A comparative transport study of Bi2Se3 and Bi2Se3/yttrium iron garnet
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222409 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881975
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRONICS
Electrodynamics of superconducting pnictide superlattices
A. Perucchi; F. Capitani; P. Di Pietro; S. Lupi; S. Lee; J. H. Kang; J. Jiang; J. D. Weiss; E. E. Hellstrom; C. B. Eom; P. Dore
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222601 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4880939
DIELECTRICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND MULTIFERROICS
Zigzag-shaped piezoelectric based high performance magnetoelectric laminate composite
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222901 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4880116
Interpretation of set and reset switching in nickel oxide thin films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222902 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4880796
Ferroelectric tunnel junctions with multi-quantum well structures
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222904 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4880896
The intermediate temperature T* revealed in relaxor polymers
B. L. Liu; B. B. Tian; S. Geiger; Z. G. Hu; X. L. Zhao; Y. H. Zou; J. L. Wang; J. L. Sun; S. Sun; B. Dkhil; X. J. Meng; J. H. Chu
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222907 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881268
Strong piezoelectricity exhibited by large-grained BaTiO3 ceramics
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222909 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881597
Solid-state conversion of (Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3-BaTiO3-(K1/2Na1/2)NbO3 single crystals and their piezoelectric properties
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222910 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881615
Pinning effects of dislocations on vortex domain structure in ferroelectric nanodots
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222912 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881884
Strong electron emission from antiferroelectric PLZT(2/95/5) films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222913 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881885
NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Equivalent Young's modulus and thickness of graphene sheets for the continuum mechanical models
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223101 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4880729
Thermal and optical properties of freestanding flat and stacked single-layer graphene in aqueous media
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223102 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881136
Evanescent-wave pumped room-temperature single-mode GaAs/AlGaAs core-shell nanowire lasers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223103 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881266
Photoelectrochemical water splitting and hydrogen generation by a spontaneously formed InGaN nanowall network
N. H. Alvi; P. E. D. Soto Rodriguez; Praveen Kumar; V. J. Gómez; P. Aseev; A. H. Alvi; M. A. Alvi; M. Willander; R. Nötzel
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223104 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881324
Structural disorder versus spin canting in monodisperse maghemite nanocrystals
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223105 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881331
Optical properties of strain-free AlN nanowires grown by molecular beam epitaxy on Si substrates
Q. Wang; S. Zhao; A. T. Connie; I. Shih; Z. Mi; T. Gonzalez; M. P. Andrews; X. Z. Du; J. Y. Lin; H. X. Jiang
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223107 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881558
Observation of the partial reheating of the metallic vapor during the wire explosion process for nanoparticle synthesis
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223108 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881838
Cleaning graphene with a titanium sacrificial layer
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223109 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881886
Reduction of metal contact resistance of graphene devices via CO2 cluster cleaning
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223110 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881635
Strong spin-orbit coupling and Zeeman spin splitting in angle dependent magnetoresistance of Bi2Te3
Rik Dey; Tanmoy Pramanik; Anupam Roy; Amritesh Rai; Samaresh Guchhait; Sushant Sonde; Hema C. P. Movva; Luigi Colombo; Leonard F. Register; Sanjay K. Banerjee
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223111 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881721
Fabrication of sub-12 nm thick silicon nanowires by processing scanning probe lithography masks
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223112 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881977
Tuning the local temperature during feedback controlled electromigration in gold nanowires
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223113 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881055
ORGANIC ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS
Local excitation of strongly coupled exciton-surface plasmons polaritons by a single nanoantenna
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223301 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881717
DEVICE PHYSICS
Lifting the off-state bandgap limit in InAs channel metal-oxide-semiconductor heterostructures of nanometer dimensions
Matthias Passlack; Shih-Wei Wang; Gerben Doornbos; Chien-Hsun Wang; Rocio Contreras-Guerrero; Madhavie Edirisooriya; Juan Rojas-Ramirez; Chih-Hua Hsieh; Ravi Droopad; Carlos H. Diaz
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223501 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4880719
Continuous controllable amorphization ratio of nanoscale phase change memory cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223502 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4880936
The magnetic flywheel flow meter: Theoretical and experimental contributions
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223504 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881330
Bipolar resistive switching behavior of La0.5Sr0.5CoO3−σ films for nonvolatile memory applications
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223505 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881720
Time evolution of off-state degradation of AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223506 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881637
BIOPHYSICS AND BIO-INSPIRED SYSTEMS
MagnetoSperm: A microrobot that navigates using weak magnetic fields
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223701 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4880035
Power enhancement of a μl-scale microbial fuel cells by surface roughness
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223702 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4880596
Enhanced multicolor fluorescence in bioimaging using deep-ultraviolet surface plasmon resonance
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223703 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881325
ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE
Solvent-induced surface state passivation reduces recombination in semisquarylium dye-sensitized solar cells
Andreas F. Bartelt; Robert Schütz; Christian Strothkämper; Ivo Kastl; Stephan Janzen; Dennis Friedrich; Wolfram Calvet; Gerda Fuhrmann; David Danner; Lars-Peter Scheller; Gabriele Nelles; Rainer Eichberger
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223902 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881180
Analyzing carrier escape mechanisms in InAs/GaAs quantum dot p-i-n junction photovoltaic cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223903 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881181
Energy harvester array using piezoelectric circular diaphragm for broadband vibration
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 223904 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4878537
INTERDISCIPLINARY AND GENERAL PHYSICS
Visual degradation in Leonardo da Vinci's iconic self-portrait: A nanoscale study
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 224101 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4879838
Achieving clean epitaxial graphene surfaces suitable for device applications by improved lithographic process
A. Nath; A. D. Koehler; G. G. Jernigan; V. D. Wheeler; J. K. Hite; S. C. Hernández; Z. R. Robinson; N. Y. Garces; R. L. Myers-Ward; C. R. Eddy, Jr.; D. K. Gaskill; M. V. Rao
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 224102 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4880937
Multi-scale patterning of microparticles using a combination of surface acoustic waves and ultrasonic bulk waves
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 224103 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881261
Stepped-frequency continuous-wave microwave-induced thermoacoustic imaging
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 224104 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4879841
ERRATA
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.