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25 August 2014
ISSN 0003-6951
EISSN 1077-3118
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EDITORIALS
Editorial: Reflections on my tenure as Editor-in-Chief of Applied Physics Letters
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 080401 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894755
PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS
Super-harmonic self-pulsations from a time-delayed phase-conjugate optical system
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081101 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894119
Bandwidth enhancement in disordered metamaterial absorbers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081102 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894181
Controlling quantum dot energies using submonolayer bandstructure engineering
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081103 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893983
Refractive index of erbium doped GaN thin films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081104 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893992
Mid-infrared intersubband polaritons in dispersive metal-insulator-metal resonators
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081105 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893730
Hole-assisted multicore optical fiber for next generation telecom transmission systems
A. Ziolowicz; M. Szymanski; L. Szostkiewicz; T. Tenderenda; M. Napierala; M. Murawski; Z. Holdynski; L. Ostrowski; P. Mergo; K. Poturaj; M. Makara; M. Slowikowski; K. Pawlik; T. Stanczyk; K. Stepien; K. Wysokinski; M. Broczkowska; T. Nasilowski
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081106 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894178
A carrier relaxation bottleneck probed in single InGaAs quantum dots using integrated superconducting single photon detectors
G. Reithmaier; F. Flassig; P. Hasch; S. Lichtmannecker; K. Müller; J. Vučković; R. Gross; M. Kaniber; J. J. Finley
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081107 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894239
Probing the transition from an uncoupled to a strong near-field coupled regime between bright and dark mode resonators in metasurfaces
Ranjan Singh; Ibraheem Al-Naib; Dibakar Roy Chowdhury; Longqing Cong; Carsten Rockstuhl; Weili Zhang
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081108 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893726
Boron-doped superlattices and Bragg mirrors in diamond
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081109 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894376
Heterogeneous metasurface for high temperature selective emission
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081110 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893742
Single photon emission of a charge-tunable GaAs/Al0.25Ga0.75As droplet quantum dot device
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081111 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894372
Structural control of metamaterial oscillator strength and electric field enhancement at terahertz frequencies
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081112 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894466
Blue phase liquid crystals stabilized by linear photo-polymerization
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081114 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894727
SURFACES AND INTERFACES
Tuning of noble metal work function with organophosphonate nanolayers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081601 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4890486
Effects of a modular two-step ozone-water and annealing process on silicon carbide graphene
Matthew J. Webb; Craig Polley; Kai Dirscherl; Gregory Burwell; Pål Palmgren; Yuran Niu; Anna Lundstedt; Alexei A. Zakharov; Owen J. Guy; Thiagarajan Balasubramanian; Rositsa Yakimova; Helena Grennberg
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081602 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893781
Type I and type II band alignments in ZnO/MgZnO bilayer films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081603 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893986
Room temperature alcohol sensing by oxygen vacancy controlled TiO2 nanotube array
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081604 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894008
Band gap engineering for graphene by using Na+ ions
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081605 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893993
Valence and conduction band alignment at ScN interfaces with 3C-SiC (111) and 2H-GaN (0001)
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081606 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894010
STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, OPTICAL, AND THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF ADVANCED MATERIALS
Linearly polarized single photon antibunching from a site-controlled InGaN quantum dot
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081901 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893476
Role of suprathermal electrons during nanosecond laser energy deposit in fused silica
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081902 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4892886
Graphene-based terahertz tunable plasmonic directional coupler
Meng-Dong He; Kai-Jun Wang; Lei Wang; Jian-Bo Li; Jian-Qiang Liu; Zhen-Rong Huang; Lingling Wang; Lin Wang; Wei-Da Hu; Xiaoshuang Chen
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081903 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894090
Polyhedral units and network connectivity in GeO2 glass at high pressure: An X-ray total scattering investigation
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081904 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894103
Operation of ohmic Ti/Al/Pt/Au multilayer contacts to GaN at 600 °C in air
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081905 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894290
Elasticity and hardness of nano-polycrystalline boron nitrides: The apparent Hall-Petch effect
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081906 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894377
Hydrogenation of GaSb/GaAs quantum rings
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 081907 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894413
SEMICONDUCTORS
Electrical contact for wurtzite GaN microdisks
Ikai Lo (羅奕凱); Ying-Chieh Wang (王映傑); Yu-Chi Hsu (徐鈺淇); Cheng-Hung Shih (施政宏); Wen-Yuan Pang (龐文淵); Shuo-Ting You (尤碩廷); Chia-Hsuan Hu (胡嘉軒); Mitch M. C. Chou (周明奇); Gary Z. L. Hsu (徐忠龍)
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082101 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894080
An ion-gated bipolar amplifier for ion sensing with enhanced signal and improved noise performance
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082102 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894240
Optical spin polarization and Hanle effect in GaAsSb: Temperature dependence
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082104 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893981
Magneto-resistive property study of direct and indirect band gap thermoelectric Bi-Sb alloys
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082105 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894095
Strain and morphology compliance during the intentional doping of high-Al-content AlGaN layers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082106 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894173
All quantum dot mode-locked semiconductor disk laser emitting at 655 nm
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082107 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894182
Enhanced low temperature thermoelectric performance of Ag-doped BiCuSeO
S. G. Tan (谭树刚); Hechang Lei (雷和畅); D. F. Shao; H. Y. Lv; W. J. Lu; Y. N. Huang; Y. Liu; B. Yuan; L. Zu; X. C. Kan; W. H. Song; Y. P. Sun
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082109 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894258
Diamond logic inverter with enhancement-mode metal-insulator-semiconductor field effect transistor
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082110 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894291
Charge tuning in [111] grown GaAs droplet quantum dots
L. Bouet; M. Vidal; T. Mano; N. Ha; T. Kuroda; M. V. Durnev; M. M. Glazov; E. L. Ivchenko; X. Marie; T. Amand; K. Sakoda; G. Wang; B. Urbaszek
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082111 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894174
Influence of vicinal sapphire substrate on the properties of N-polar GaN films grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition
Zhiyu Lin; Jincheng Zhang; Shengrui Xu; Zhibin Chen; Shuangyong Yang; Kun Tian; Xujun Su; Xuefang Shi; Yue Hao
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082114 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894632
MAGNETICS AND SPINTRONICS
Intrinsic Rashba-like splitting in asymmetric Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 heterogeneous topological insulator films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082401 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893987
Efficient room temperature spin-Hall injection across an oxide barrier
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082402 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894104
Detection of a vortex nucleation position in a circular ferromagnet using asymmetrically configured electrodes
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082403 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894216
The influence of Nd dopants on spin and orbital moments in Nd-doped permalloy thin films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082405 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894180
Controlling the magnetization reversal in planar nanostructures with wire-ring morphology
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082406 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894292
Crossover of conduction mechanism in Sr2IrO4 epitaxial thin films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082407 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894465
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRONICS
Proximity nanovalve with large phase-tunable thermal conductance
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082601 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893759
DIELECTRICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND MULTIFERROICS
Largely enhanced electromechanical properties of BaTiO3-(Na0.5Er0.5)TiO3 lead-free piezoelectric ceramics
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082901 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893610
Enhancing metal-insulator-insulator-metal tunnel diodes via defect enhanced direct tunneling
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082902 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893735
Fe(III) doped and grafted PbTiO3 film photocathode with enhanced photoactivity for hydrogen production
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082903 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894097
Modeling of hysteretic Schottky diode-like conduction in Pt/BiFeO3/SrRuO3 switches
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082904 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894116
Loparite-(Ce), a natural ferroelectric with the perovskite-type structure
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082905 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894171
Nanocharacterization of the negative stiffness of ferroelectric materials
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082906 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894274
Spectral phonon scattering effects on the thermal conductivity of nano-grained barium titanate
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 082907 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893920
NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Blinking suppression of CdTe quantum dots on epitaxial graphene and the analysis with Marcus electron transfer
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083102 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893667
Metal-organic molecular device for non-volatile memory storage
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083103 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893755
Strain characterization of fin-shaped field effect transistors with SiGe stressors using nanobeam electron diffraction
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083104 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893926
Thermopower as a tool to investigate many-body effects in quantum systems
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083105 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893928
Investigation of the electrical switching and rectification characteristics of a single standalone n-type ZnO-nanowire/p-Si junction diode
Avishek Das; Mainak Palit; Somdatta Paul; Basudev Nag Chowdhury; Himadri Sekhar Dutta; Anupam Karmakar; Sanatan Chattopadhyay
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083106 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893944
In situ transmission electron microscopy of individual carbon nanotetrahedron/nanoribbon structures in Joule heating
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083107 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894003
Shear strain induced modulation to the transport properties of graphene
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083108 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894082
Surface plasmon resonance assisted rapid laser joining of glass
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083109 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894118
Room temperature magnetocaloric effect and refrigerant capacitance in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 nanotube arrays
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083110 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894175
Quantifying electron-phonon coupling in CdTe1−xSex nanocrystals via coherent phonon manipulation
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083111 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894176
Scalable synthesis of layer-controlled WS2 and MoS2 sheets by sulfurization of thin metal films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083112 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893978
Gold cluster/titanium dioxide heterojunction photovoltaic cell
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083113 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894257
Impact of symmetry in transport properties of graphene nanoribbons with defects
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083115 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894462
Enhanced electrocatalytic activity of the Au-electrodeposited Pt nanoparticles-coated conducting oxide for the quantum dot-sensitized solar cells
Yeung-Pil Yoon; Jae-Hong Kim; Soon-Hyung Kang; Hyunsoo Kim; Chel-Jong Choi; Kyong-Kook Kim; Kwang-Soon Ahn
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083116 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893669
A thermal conductivity model of nanofluids based on particle size distribution analysis
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083117 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894254
Wafer-size free-standing single-crystalline graphene device arrays
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083118 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894255
Lattice vibrational modes and Raman scattering spectra of strained phosphorene
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083120 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894273
Ultrasensitive detection of Hg2+ using oligonucleotide-functionalized AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083121 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894277
Gallium loading of gold seed for high yield of patterned GaAs nanowires
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083122 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894288
Location deterministic biosensing from quantum-dot-nanowire assemblies
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083123 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893878
InGaAs/GaAsP strain balanced multi-quantum wires grown on misoriented GaAs substrates for high efficiency solar cells
D. Alonso-Álvarez; T. Thomas; M. Führer; N. P. Hylton; N. J. Ekins-Daukes; D. Lackner; S. P. Philipps; A. W. Bett; H. Sodabanlu; H. Fujii; K. Watanabe; M. Sugiyama; L. Nasi; M. Campanini
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083124 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894424
ORGANIC ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS
Flexible semi-transparent organic spin valve based on bathocuproine
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083302 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894114
Charge transport and memristive properties of graphene quantum dots embedded in poly(3-hexylthiophene) matrix
Alexandru Cosmin Obreja; Dana Cristea; Iuliana Mihalache; Antonio Radoi; Raluca Gavrila; Florin Comanescu; Cristian Kusko
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083303 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893919
High open-circuit voltage, high fill factor single-junction organic solar cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083304 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894089
Enhanced performance of polymer:fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells upon graphene addition
Pieter Robaeys; Francesco Bonaccorso; Emilie Bourgeois; Jan D'Haen; Wouter Dierckx; Wim Dexters; Donato Spoltore; Jeroen Drijkoningen; Jori Liesenborgs; Antonio Lombardo; Andrea C. Ferrari; Frank Van Reeth; Ken Haenen; Jean V. Manca; Milos Nesladek
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083306 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893777
DEVICE PHYSICS
Investigation of length-dependent characteristics of the voltage-induced metal insulator transition in VO2 film devices
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083503 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893783
Towards reproducible, scalable lateral molecular electronic devices
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083504 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894091
Ion-implantation-enhanced chalcogenide-glass resistive-switching devices
Mark A. Hughes; Yanina Fedorenko; Russell M. Gwilliam; Kevin P. Homewood; Steven Hinder; Behrad Gholipour; Daniel W. Hewak; Tae-Hoon Lee; Stephen R. Elliott; Richard J. Curry
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083506 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894245
Effects of In profile on simulations of InGaN/GaN multi-quantum-well light-emitting diodes
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083507 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894464
Transistor roadmap projection using predictive full-band atomistic modeling
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083508 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894217
Light-induced degradation and metastable-state recovery with reaction kinetics modeling in boron-doped Czochralski silicon solar cells
Soo Min Kim; Seungju Chun; Suhyun Bae; Seungeun Park; Min Gu Kang; Hee-eun Song; Yoonmook Kang; Hae-seok Lee; Donghwan Kim
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083509 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894289
Acoustic transistor: Amplification and switch of sound by sound
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083510 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894293
High gain, low noise, fully complementary logic inverter based on bi-layer WSe2 field effect transistors
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083511 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894426
BIOPHYSICS AND BIO-INSPIRED SYSTEMS
Cell-matrix adhesion characterization using multiple shear stress zones in single stepwise microchannel
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083701 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4892666
Thermodynamic insight into spontaneous hydration and rapid water permeation in aquaporins
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083702 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893782
Automated single cell sorting and deposition in submicroliter drops
Rita Salánki; Tamás Gerecsei; Norbert Orgovan; Noémi Sándor; Beatrix Péter; Zsuzsa Bajtay; Anna Erdei; Robert Horvath; Bálint Szabó
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083703 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893922
Multiple-robot drug delivery strategy through coordinated teams of microswimmers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083705 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893695
ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE
Flexible cadmium telluride thin films grown on electron-beam-irradiated graphene/thin glass substrates
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083902 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893744
Carbon nanotube dispersed conductive network for microbial fuel cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083904 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894259
Selenization of Sb2Se3 absorber layer: An efficient step to improve device performance of CdS/Sb2Se3 solar cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083905 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894170
Application of 3A molecular sieve layer in dye-sensitized solar cells
Yuan Yan; Jinzhong Wang; Qingjiang Yu; Yuewu Huang; Quanhong Chang; Chunlei Hao; Shujie Jiao; Shiyong Gao; Hongtao Li; Dongbo Wang
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083907 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894183
Experimental evidence for the bending of heat flux in a thermal metamaterial
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083908 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894387
Structural transitions of ternary imide Li2Mg(NH)2 for hydrogen storage
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 083909 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894378
INTERDISCIPLINARY AND GENERAL PHYSICS
Study of heat sources interacting in integrated circuits by laser mirage effect
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 084101 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894079
Impurity precipitation in atomized particles evidenced by nano x-ray diffraction computed tomography
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 084103 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894009
Experimental measurement of vapor density in the discharge channel of a pulsed positive streamer discharge in water
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 084104 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894474
High energy gain in three-dimensional simulations of light sail acceleration
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 084105 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894092
Intrinsic low pass filtering improves signal-to-noise ratio in critical-point flexure biosensors
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 084106 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893597
ERRATA
Erratum: “Nonpolar III-nitride vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers with a polarization ratio of 100% fabricated using photoelectrochemical etching” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 031111 (2014)]
C. O. Holder; J. T. Leonard; R. M. Farrell; D. A. Cohen; B. Yonkee; J. S. Speck; S. P. DenBaars; S. Nakamura; D. F. Feezell
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 089902 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894638