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27 October 2008
ISSN 0003-6951
EISSN 1077-3118
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LASERS, OPTICS, AND OPTOELECTRONICS
Gate-field-induced phase transitions in : Monoclinic metal phase separation and switchable infrared reflections
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171101 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009569
Optical property of beta barium borate in terahertz region
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171102 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009964
Autofluorescence insensitive imaging using upconverting nanocrystals in scattering media
Can T. Xu; Niclas Svensson; Johan Axelsson; Pontus Svenmarker; Gabriel Somesfalean; Guanying Chen; Huijuan Liang; Haichun Liu; Zhiguo Zhang; Stefan Andersson-Engels
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171103 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3005588
All-optical steering of soliton waveguides in dye-doped liquid crystals
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171104 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009658
Stark-tunable electroluminescence from cavity polariton states
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171105 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3002302
A physical model for the rapid degradation of semiconductor laser diodes
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171106 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009290
Ultrashort-pulse laser calligraphy
Weijia Yang; Peter G. Kazansky; Yasuhiko Shimotsuma; Masaaki Sakakura; Kiyotaka Miura; Kazuyuki Hirao
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171109 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3010375
Plasmonic antenna array at optical frequency made by nanoapertures
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171110 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3010741
Reduction of efficiency droop in InGaN light emitting diodes by coupled quantum wells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171113 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3012388
Spontaneous luminescence polarizations of wurtzite quantum wells
Chuanyu Jia; Tongjun Yu; Renchun Tao; Xiaodong Hu; Zhijian Yang; Zhixin Qin; Zhizhong Chen; Guoyi Zhang
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171114 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2999540
PLASMAS AND ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES
Application of carbon nanotubes as a source of priming electrons in ac plasma display panels
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171501 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3013562
STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, THERMODYNAMIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CONDENSED MATTER
Electrochemical growth of ultraflat Au(111) epitaxial buffer layers on H–Si(111)
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171901 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3006064
Molecular beam epitaxy and structural anisotropy of -plane InN grown on free-standing GaN
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171902 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3001806
The effect of DNA on mechanical properties of nanofiber hydrogels
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171903 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009204
Observations of gas-phase nanoparticles during InGaN metal-organic chemical vapor deposition
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171906 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009291
CaLi-based bulk metallic glasses with multiple superior properties
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171907 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2998262
Molecular dynamics nanoindentation simulation of an energetic material
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171908 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3006428
Magnetic tuning of electrically resonant metamaterial with inclusion of ferrite
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171909 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3006429
Columnar quantum dashes for an active region in polarization independent semiconductor optical amplifiers at
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171910 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009557
Photovoltaic effect in micrometer-thick perovskite-type oxide multilayers on Si substrates
Hao Liu; Kun Zhao; Na Zhou; Huibin Lu; Meng He; Yanhong Huang; Kui-Juan Jin; Yueliang Zhou; Guozhen Yang; Songqing Zhao; Aijun Wang; Wenxiu Leng
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171911 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3010373
Thermal expansion behavior study of Co nanowire array with in situ x-ray diffraction and x-ray absorption fine structure techniques
Guang Mo; Quan Cai; Longsheng Jiang; Wei Wang; Kunhao Zhang; Weidong Cheng; Xueqing Xing; Zhongjun Chen; Zhonghua Wu
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171912 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3012367
Photoluminescence lifetime and potential fluctuation in wurtzite alloy films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171913 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3013322
First-principles calculation of the effect of stress on the chemical activity of graphene
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171915 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3010740
The Hall–Petch breakdown at high strain rates: Optimizing nanocrystalline grain size for impact applications
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 171916 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3000655
ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT AND SEMICONDUCTORS
Separation of the Schottky barrier and polarization effects on the photocurrent of Pt sandwiched films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172101 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009563
Ni diffusion and its influence on electrical properties of heterostructures
S. Huang; B. Shen; F. Lin; N. Ma; F. J. Xu; Z. L. Miao; J. Song; L. Lu; F. Liu; Y. Wang; Z. X. Qin; Z. J. Yang; G. Y. Zhang
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172102 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3010371
Determination of the intershell conductance in a multiwall carbon nanotube
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172103 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3006426
Resistance switching properties of sol-gel derived thin films on F-doped conducting glass
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172104 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3011029
Intermixing and chemical structure at the interface between and V-based contacts
S. Pookpanratana; R. France; M. Bär; L. Weinhardt; O. Fuchs; M. Blum; W. Yang; J. D. Denlinger; T. D. Moustakas; C. Heske
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172106 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2992199
Narrow inhomogeneous broadening of V-groove quantum wires grown on vicinal substrates
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172107 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2976555
Tunable graphene system with two decoupled monolayers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172108 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3012369
Fully transparent nonvolatile memory employing amorphous oxides as charge trap and transistor’s channel layer
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172109 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3012386
In situ verification of single-domain III-V on Si(100) growth via metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172110 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009570
Reproducible growth of -type ZnO:N using a modified atomic layer deposition process combined with dark annealing
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172111 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3000604
Metal modulation epitaxy growth for extremely high hole concentrations above in GaN
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172112 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3005640
Zero-field spin splitting in heterostructures with various Al compositions
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172113 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3012361
Substrate misorientation induced strong increase in the hole concentration in Mg doped GaN grown by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy
T. Suski; E. Litwin-Staszewska; R. Piotrzkowski; R. Czernecki; M. Krysko; S. Grzanka; G. Nowak; G. Franssen; L. H. Dmowski; M. Leszczynski; P. Perlin; B. Łucznik; I. Grzegory; R. Jakieła
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172117 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3013352
On the explanation of the barrier heights of InP Schottky contacts by metal-induced gap states
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172118 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009283
Resistance dependence of photovoltaic effect in Schottky junctions
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172119 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009285
MAGNETISM AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
In-plane -axis oriented barium ferrite films with self-bias and low microwave loss
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172503 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3010374
Iron nanoparticle driven spin-valve behavior in aligned carbon nanotube arrays
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172505 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2999374
superconducting quantum interference device amplifier for acoustic gravitational wave detectors
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172506 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3002321
Asymmetric critical current of niobium microbridges with ferromagnetic stripe
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172507 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009207
Magnetic field effect on the hydrogen desorption and recombination reaction in disproportionated Sm–Co-type alloys
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172509 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3000660
Role of pinning in current driven domain wall motion in wires with perpendicular anisotropy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172513 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2998393
Controlled manipulation of individual vortices in a superconductor
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172514 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3000963
High tunneling magnetoresistance in with metal/insulator/semiconductor structure
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172515 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3013327
DIELECTRICS AND FERROELECTRICITY
Diamondoids as low- dielectric materials
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172901 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3010379
Piezoelectric response and origin in (001) crystal
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172905 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3012384
In situ study of surface reactions of atomic layer deposited films on atomically clean
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 172907 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009303
NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND DESIGN
Rapid degradation of colloidal quantum dots exposed to gamma irradiation
Nathan J. Withers; Krishnaprasad Sankar; Brian A. Akins; Tosifa A. Memon; Tingyi Gu; Jiangjiang Gu; Gennady A. Smolyakov; Melisa R. Greenberg; Timothy J. Boyle; Marek Osiński
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173101 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2978073
Electrical resistivity of individual molecular-assembly nanowires of amphiphilic bis-tetrathiafulvalene macrocycle/2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro- 7,7,8,8-tetracyano--quinodimethane charge transfer complex characterized by point-contact current-imaging atomic force microscopy
Ryo Tsunashima; Yuki Noda; Yoko Tatewaki; Shin-ichiro Noro; Tomoyuki Akutagawa; Takayoshi Nakamura; Takuya Matsumoto; Tomoji Kawai
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173102 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009556
Phase and photoelectrochemical behavior of solution-processed nanocrystals for oxidation of water under solar light
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173103 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3005557
Quantum confinement effect in ZnO thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173104 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3010376
Revisiting the separation dependent surface enhanced Raman scattering
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173106 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009301
Enhanced luminescence efficiency due to carrier localization in heterostructures grown on nanoporous GaN templates
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173107 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3005409
Single live cell refractometer using nanoparticle coated fiber tip
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173110 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009205
Phonon-engineered mobility enhancement in the acoustically mismatched silicon/diamond transistor channels
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173111 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3007986
ORGANIC ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS
Three-dimensional organic field-effect transistors: Charge accumulation in the vertical semiconductor channels
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173301 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3007984
Electrical instability in vanadyl-phthalocyanine thin-film transistors
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173303 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009208
Inverted small molecule organic photovoltaic cells on reflective substrates
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173304 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3005173
DEVICE PHYSICS
Thermal stability of amorphous silicon/silicon nitride stacks for passivating crystalline silicon solar cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173502 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009571
Theory of analyzing free energy losses in solar cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173503 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3006053
Two-dimensional electron gas based actuation of piezoelectric AlGaN/GaN microelectromechanical resonators
K. Brueckner; F. Niebelschuetz; K. Tonisch; S. Michael; A. Dadgar; A. Krost; V. Cimalla; O. Ambacher; R. Stephan; M. A. Hein
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173504 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3002296
-based photodetectors covering the whole solar-blind spectrum range
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173505 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3002371
Electrically driven single quantum dot emitter operating at room temperature
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173506 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009302
Diblock copolymer based self-assembled nanomagnetoelectric
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173507 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3005558
Thermally excited tunneling from a metastable electronic state in a single-Cooper-pair transistor
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173508 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3012374
An electron microscopic investigation of structural variation of fibers after working as ethanol sensors
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173510 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009304
APPLIED BIOPHYSICS
Micromechanical observation of the kinetics of biomolecular interactions
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 173901 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3006329
INTERDISCIPLINARY AND GENERAL PHYSICS
Measurements of evanescent wave in a sandwich Lamb wave sensor
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 174101 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3009562
Experimental demonstration of a structured material with extreme effective parameters at microwaves
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 174103 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3012373
Tenfold improved sensitivity using high refractive-index substrates for surface plasmon sensing
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 174104 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3005584
Creating cellular and molecular patterns via gravitational force with liquid droplets
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 174106 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3006058
Measurement of temperature after hypervelocity collision of microparticles in the range from 10 to 40 km/s
Takashi Miyachi; Masayuki Fujii; Nobuyuki Hasebe; Mitsuhiro Miyajima; Osamu Okudaira; Seiji Takechi; Toshiyuki Onishi; Shigeyuki Minami; Hiromi Shibata; Hideo Ohashi; Takeo Iwai; Ken-ichi Nogami; Sho Sasaki; Eberhard Grün; Ralf Srama; Nagaya Okada
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 174107 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3013313
Optimum nitride concentration in multiband III-N–V alloys for high efficiency ideal solar cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 174109 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3013570
COMMENTS
Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces
Sebastian A. Schulz, Rupert. F. Oulton, et al.
Attosecond physics and technology
O. Alexander, D. Ayuso, et al.
THz cyclotron resonance of a 2D hole gas in a GaN/AlN heterostructure
J. Wang, D. G. Rickel, et al.