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Volume 116, Issue 16

20 April 2020

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ISSN 0003-6951

EISSN 1077-3118

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PERSPECTIVES
PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS
SURFACES AND INTERFACES
ADVANCED MATERIALS
SEMICONDUCTORS
MAGNETICS AND SPINTRONICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRONICS
LOW-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES
ORGANIC ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS
DEVICE PHYSICS
BIOPHYSICS, BIOMATERIALS, LIQUIDS, AND SOFT MATTER
ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE
INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLIED PHYSICS

PERSPECTIVES

Scaling magnetic tunnel junction down to single-digit nanometers—Challenges and prospects

Butsurin Jinnai; Kyota Watanabe; Shunsuke Fukami; Hideo Ohno

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 160501 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0004434

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View articletitled, Scaling magnetic tunnel junction down to single-digit nanometers—Challenges and prospects

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PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS

Long-wavelength infrared photovoltaic heterodyne receivers using patch-antenna quantum cascade detectors

Azzurra Bigioli; Giovanni Armaroli; Angela Vasanelli; Djamal Gacemi; Yanko Todorov; Daniele Palaferri; Lianhe Li; A. Giles Davies; Edmund H. Linfield; Carlo Sirtori

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 161101 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0004591

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View articletitled, Long-wavelength infrared photovoltaic heterodyne receivers using patch-antenna quantum cascade detectors

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Design of terahertz-wave Doppler interferometric velocimetry for detonation physics

Zhao-Hui Zhai; Chang-Lin Sun; Qiao Liu; Liu-Wei Guo; Yu-Si Liu; Xu Zhang; De-Tian Wang; Kun Meng; Jiang Li; Liang-Hui Du; Shou-Xian Liu; Sen-Cheng Zhong; Li-Guo Zhu

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 161102 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5142415

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View articletitled, Design of terahertz-wave Doppler interferometric velocimetry for detonation physics

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Spectrally selective photodetection in the near-infrared with a gold grating-based hot electron structure

Hongbin Xiao; Shu-Cheng Lo; Yi-Hsin Tai; Ya-Lun Ho; J. Kenji Clark; Pei-Kuen Wei; Jean-Jacques Delaunay

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 161103 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5144029

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View articletitled, Spectrally selective photodetection in the near-infrared with a gold grating-based hot electron structure

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On-chip terahertz modulation and emission with integrated graphene junctions

Joshua O. Island; Peter Kissin; Jacob Schalch; Xiaomeng Cui; Sheikh Rubaiat Ul Haque; Alex Potts; Takashi Taniguchi; Kenji Watanabe; Richard D. Averitt; Andrea F. Young

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 161104 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0005870

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View articletitled, On-chip terahertz modulation and emission with integrated graphene junctions

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An antipodal Vivaldi antenna for improved far-field properties and polarization manipulation of broadband terahertz quantum cascade lasers

U. Senica; E. Mavrona; T. Olariu; A. Forrer; M. Shahmohammadi; M. Beck; J. Faist; G. Scalari

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 161105 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0004038

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View articletitled, An antipodal Vivaldi antenna for improved far-field properties and polarization manipulation of broadband terahertz quantum cascade lasers

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A compact electron source for the dielectric laser accelerator

Tomohiko Hirano; Karel E. Urbanek; Andrew C. Ceballos; Dylan S. Black; Yu Miao; R. Joel England; Robert L. Byer; Kenneth J. Leedle

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 161106 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0003575

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View articletitled, A compact electron source for the dielectric laser accelerator

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Strongly polarized quantum well infrared photodetector with metallic cavity for narrowband wavelength selective detection

Xiaofei Nie; Honglou Zhen; Gaoshan Huang; Yizhe Yin; Shilong Li; Pingping Chen; Xiaohao Zhou; Yongfeng Mei; Wei Lu

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 161107 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0002012

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View articletitled, Strongly polarized quantum well infrared photodetector with metallic cavity for narrowband wavelength selective detection

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High performance Zn-diffused planar mid-wavelength infrared type-II InAs/InAs_1−xSb_x superlattice photodetector by MOCVD

Donghai Wu; Arash Dehzangi; Jiakai Li; Manijeh Razeghi

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 161108 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0005326

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View articletitled, High performance Zn-diffused planar mid-wavelength infrared type-II InAs/InAs1−xSbx superlattice photodetector by MOCVD

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Smaller antenna-gate gap for higher sensitivity of GaN/AlGaN HEMT terahertz detectors

Jiandong Sun; Wei Feng; Qingfeng Ding; Yifan Zhu; Zhipeng Zhang; Xiang Li; Hua Qin; Jinfeng Zhang; Xinxing Li; Yang Shangguan; Lin Jin; Yunfei Sun; V. V. Popov

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 161109 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5142436

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View articletitled, Smaller antenna-gate gap for higher sensitivity of GaN/AlGaN HEMT terahertz detectors

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Thermally tunable whispering-gallery mode cavities for magneto-optics

Serge Vincent; Xin Jiang; Philip Russell; Frank Vollmer

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 161110 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0006367

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View articletitled, Thermally tunable whispering-gallery mode cavities for magneto-optics

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Low-power all-optical tunable sharp trapped-mode resonances in asymmetrical planar WS₂ exciton-polariton gratings

Zhen Chai; Xiaoyong Hu; Hong Yang; Qihuang Gong

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 161111 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5143707

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View articletitled, Low-power all-optical tunable sharp trapped-mode resonances in asymmetrical planar WS2 exciton-polariton gratings

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SURFACES AND INTERFACES

An anomalous wave formation at the Al/Cu interface during magnetic pulse welding

J. S. Li; R. N. Raoelison; T. Sapanathan; Z. Zhang; X. G. Chen; D. Marceau; Y. L. Hou; M. Rachik

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 161601 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0005299

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View articletitled, An anomalous wave formation at the Al/Cu interface during magnetic pulse welding

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ADVANCED MATERIALS

Terahertz emission from in-plane and out-of-plane dipoles in layered SnS₂ crystal

Zhen Lei; Yuanyuan Huang; Zeyu Fan; Wanyi Du; Chuan He; He Wang; Yanping Jin; Xinlong Xu

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 161901 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0004701

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View articletitled, Terahertz emission from in-plane and out-of-plane dipoles in layered SnS2 crystal

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Multiple-frequency perfect absorption by hybrid membrane resonators

Suet To Tang; Joshua Lau; Ka Yan Au Yeung; Z. Yang

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 161902 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0002974

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View articletitled, Multiple-frequency perfect absorption by hybrid membrane resonators

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SEMICONDUCTORS

633-nm InGaN-based red LEDs grown on thick underlying GaN layers with reduced in-plane residual stress

Daisuke Iida; Zhe Zhuang; Pavel Kirilenko; Martin Velazquez-Rizo; Mohammed A. Najmi; Kazuhiro Ohkawa

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 162101 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5142538

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View articletitled, 633-nm InGaN-based red LEDs grown on thick underlying GaN layers with reduced in-plane residual stress

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PLD-derived ${Ge}_{2} {Sb}_{2} {Te}_{5}$ phase-change films with extreme bending stability for flexible device applications

Ming Li (李明); Mingzhang Xie (谢明章); Huan Ji (纪桓); Jiaoyan Zhou; Kai Jiang (姜凯); Liyan Shang (商丽燕); Yawei Li (李亚巍); Zhigao Hu (胡志高); Junhao Chu (褚君浩)

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 162102 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0001348

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View articletitled, PLD-derived <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow xmlns=""><msub><mrow><mtext>Ge</mtext></mrow><mn>2</mn></msub><msub><mrow><mtext>Sb</mtext></mrow><mn>2</mn></msub><msub><mrow><mtext>Te</mtext></mrow><mn>5</mn></msub></mrow></math> phase-change films with extreme bending stability for flexible device applications

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High performance CsPbBr₃ quantum dots photodetectors by using zinc oxide nanorods arrays as an electron-transport layer

Huaxin Wang; Pengfei Zhang; Zhigang Zang

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 162103 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0005464

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View articletitled, High performance CsPbBr3 quantum dots photodetectors by using zinc oxide nanorods arrays as an electron-transport layer

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Control of n-type electrical conductivity for cubic boron nitride (c-BN) epitaxial layers by Si doping

Kazuyuki Hirama; Yoshitaka Taniyasu; Hideki Yamamoto; Kazuhide Kumakura

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 162104 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5143791

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View articletitled, Control of n-type electrical conductivity for cubic boron nitride (c-BN) epitaxial layers by Si doping

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2D hole gas mobility at diamond/insulator interface

G. Daligou; J. Pernot

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 162105 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0002768

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View articletitled, 2D hole gas mobility at diamond/insulator interface

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Enhancing electrostatic coupling in silicon quantum dot array by dual gate oxide thickness for large-scale integration

N. Lee; R. Tsuchiya; G. Shinkai; Y. Kanno; T. Mine; T. Takahama; R. Mizokuchi; T. Kodera; D. Hisamoto; H. Mizuno

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 162106 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5141522

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View articletitled, Enhancing electrostatic coupling in silicon quantum dot array by dual gate oxide thickness for large-scale integration

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Pulse-shape analysis in Cd_0.9Zn_0.1Te_0.98Se_0.02 room-temperature radiation detectors

Sandeep K. Chaudhuri; Mohsin Sajjad; Krishna C. Mandal

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 162107 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0003646

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View articletitled, Pulse-shape analysis in Cd0.9Zn0.1Te0.98Se0.02 room-temperature radiation detectors

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Cryogenic behavior of NbO₂ based threshold switching devices as oscillation neurons

Panni Wang; Asif I. Khan; Shimeng Yu

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 162108 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0006467

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View articletitled, Cryogenic behavior of NbO2 based threshold switching devices as oscillation neurons

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MAGNETICS AND SPINTRONICS

All-electrical manipulation of magnetization in magnetic tunnel junction via spin–orbit torque

W. J. Kong; C. H. Wan; C. Y. Guo; C. Fang; B. S. Tao; X. Wang; X. F. Han

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 162401 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0001758

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View articletitled, All-electrical manipulation of magnetization in magnetic tunnel junction via spin–orbit torque

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High-temperature quantum anomalous Hall insulator in two-dimensional Bi₂ON

Yan Liang; Yandong Ma; Pei Zhao; Hao Wang; Baibiao Huang; Ying Dai

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 162402 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5144064

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View articletitled, High-temperature quantum anomalous Hall insulator in two-dimensional Bi2ON

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Microwave assisted gating of spin wave propagation

Arabinda Haldar; Adekunle Olusola Adeyeye

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 162403 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0006945

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View articletitled, Microwave assisted gating of spin wave propagation

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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRONICS

Magnetic flux pumping in superconducting loop containing a Josephson ψ junction

S. Mironov; H. Meng; A. Buzdin

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 162601 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0006479

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View articletitled, Magnetic flux pumping in superconducting loop containing a Josephson ψ junction

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LOW-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES

High-frequency current oscillations in charge-density-wave 1T-TaS₂ devices: Revisiting the “narrow band noise” concept

Adane K. Geremew; Sergey Rumyantsev; Bishwajit Debnath; Roger K. Lake; Alexander A. Balandin

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 163101 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0007043

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View articletitled, High-frequency current oscillations in charge-density-wave 1T-TaS2 devices: Revisiting the “narrow band noise” concept

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CHORUS

Thermal transport exceeding bulk heat conduction due to nonthermal micro/nanoscale phonon populations

Vazrik Chiloyan; Samuel Huberman; Alexei A. Maznev; Keith A. Nelson; Gang Chen

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 163102 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5139069

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View articletitled, Thermal transport exceeding bulk heat conduction due to nonthermal micro/nanoscale phonon populations

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CHORUS

Topotactic transformation in SrFeO_3−δ triggered by low-dose Ga⁺ focused ion irradiation

Elías Ferreiro-Vila; David Bugallo; César Magén; Francisco Rivadulla; José María De Teresa

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 163103 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5141154

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View articletitled, Topotactic transformation in SrFeO3−δ triggered by low-dose Ga+ focused ion irradiation

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Simple optical knife-edge effect based motion detection approach for a microcantilever

Wonki Kim; Taejoon Kouh

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 163104 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0005924

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View articletitled, Simple optical knife-edge effect based motion detection approach for a microcantilever

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Raman fingerprints and exciton-phonon coupling in 2D ternary layered semiconductor InSeBr

Xuerong Hu; Luojun Du; Yadong Wang; Jouko Lahtinen; Lide Yao; Zhaoyu Ren; Zhipei Sun

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 163105 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5143119

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View articletitled, Raman fingerprints and exciton-phonon coupling in 2D ternary layered semiconductor InSeBr

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ORGANIC ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS

Graphene-passivated nickel as an efficient hole-injecting electrode for large area organic semiconductor devices

Daniele Di Nuzzo; Ryo Mizuta; Kenichi Nakanishi; Marie-Blandine Martin; Adrianus I. Aria; Robert Weatherup; Richard H. Friend; Stephan Hofmann; Jack Alexander-Webber

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 163301 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0002222

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View articletitled, Graphene-passivated nickel as an efficient hole-injecting electrode for large area organic semiconductor devices

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DEVICE PHYSICS

Direct observation of charge accumulation in quantum well solar cells by cross-sectional Kelvin probe force microscopy

Takeshi Noda; Nobuyuki Ishida; Takaaki Mano; Daisuke Fujita

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 163501 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5142438

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View articletitled, Direct observation of charge accumulation in quantum well solar cells by cross-sectional Kelvin probe force microscopy

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Quality factor boosting of bulk acoustic wave resonators based on a two dimensional array of high-Q resonant tanks

Gayathri Pillai; Sheng-Shian Li

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 163502 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0007418

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View articletitled, Quality factor boosting of bulk acoustic wave resonators based on a two dimensional array of high-Q resonant tanks

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Uniform multilevel switching of graphene oxide-based RRAM achieved by embedding with gold nanoparticles for image pattern recognition

Meng Qi; Shuo Cao; Liu Yang; Qi You; Libin Shi; Zhiying Wu

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 163503 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0003696

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View articletitled, Uniform multilevel switching of graphene oxide-based RRAM achieved by embedding with gold nanoparticles for image pattern recognition

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Acoustic vortices with high-order orbital angular momentum by a continuously tunable metasurface

Shi-Wang Fan; Yan-Feng Wang; Liyun Cao; Yifan Zhu; A-Li Chen; Brice Vincent; Badreddine Assouar; Yue-Sheng Wang

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 163504 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0007351

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View articletitled, Acoustic vortices with high-order orbital angular momentum by a continuously tunable metasurface

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Low voltage thin film transistors based on solution-processed In₂O₃:W. A remarkably stable semiconductor under negative and positive bias stress

Kosta Paxinos; Giorgos Antoniou; Dimitrios Afouxenidis; Ahmed Mohamed; Umar Dikko; Ioannis Tsitsimpelis; William I. Milne; Arokia Nathan; George Adamopoulos

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 163505 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5142699

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View articletitled, Low voltage thin film transistors based on solution-processed In2O3:W. A remarkably stable semiconductor under negative and positive bias stress

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BIOPHYSICS, BIOMATERIALS, LIQUIDS, AND SOFT MATTER

High pressure dielectric study of N-ethylacetamide

Marzena Rams-Baron; Agnieszka Jedrzejowska; Marian Paluch

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 163701 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5144053

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View articletitled, High pressure dielectric study of N-ethylacetamide

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Plasmonic nano-dumbbells for enhanced photothermal and photodynamic synergistic damage of cancer cells

Jinchang Yin; Haonan Wu; Xiang Wang; Li Tian; Renlong Yang; Lizhi Liu; Yuanzhi Shao

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 163702 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0003769

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View articletitled, Plasmonic nano-dumbbells for enhanced photothermal and photodynamic synergistic damage of cancer cells

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ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE

Thermoelectric modulation by intrinsic defects in superionic conductor Ag_xCrSe₂

Mingjing Tang; Zhiyu Chen; Cong Yin; Liwei Lin; Ding Ren; Bo Liu; Bin Kang; Ran Ang

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 163901 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0004972

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View articletitled, Thermoelectric modulation by intrinsic defects in superionic conductor AgxCrSe2

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INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLIED PHYSICS

Atomic microwave-to-optical signal transduction via magnetic-field coupling in a resonant microwave cavity

A. Tretiakov; C. A. Potts; T. S. Lee; M. J. Thiessen; J. P. Davis; L. J. LeBlanc

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 164101 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5144616

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View articletitled, Atomic microwave-to-optical signal transduction via magnetic-field coupling in a resonant microwave cavity

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Variation in guided streamer propagation along a DBD plasma jet by tailoring the applied voltage waveform

M. E. Pinchuk; O. M. Stepanova; M. Gromov; Ch. Leys; A. Nikiforov

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 164102 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0006178

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View articletitled, Variation in guided streamer propagation along a DBD plasma jet by tailoring the applied voltage waveform

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Via resistance and reliability trends in copper interconnects with ultra-scaled barrier layers

Nicholas A. Lanzillo; Koichi Motoyama; Huai Huang; Robert R. Robison; Terry Spooner

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 164103 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0005428

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View articletitled, Via resistance and reliability trends in copper interconnects with ultra-scaled barrier layers

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Experimental demonstration of elastic analogues of nonseparable qutrits

M. Arif Hasan; Lazaro Calderin; Trevor Lata; Pierre Lucas; Keith Runge; Pierre A. Deymier

Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 164104 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5145097

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View articletitled, Experimental demonstration of elastic analogues of nonseparable qutrits

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