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1 January 2011
ISSN 0021-8979
EISSN 1089-7550
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APPLIED PHYSICS REVIEWS—FOCUSED REVIEW
ARTICLES
Lasers, Optics, and Optoelectronics
Enhanced femtosecond optical nonlinearity of Mn doped films
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013101 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3527969
Ultrafast relaxation and absorption saturation at near exciton resonance in a thin ZnO epilayer
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013102 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3525993
Metamaterial tunnel barrier gives broadband microwave transmission
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013104 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3525557
Cathodoluminescent properties and surface characterization of bluish-white :Tb phosphor
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013105 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530607
The detection of terahertz waves by semimetallic and by semiconducting materials
F. Gouider; G. Nachtwei; C. Brüne; H. Buhmann; Yu. B. Vasilyev; M. Salman; J. Könemann; P. D. Buckle
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013106 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530727
Distorted wurtzite unit cells: Determination of lattice parameters of nonpolar -plane AlGaN and estimation of solid phase Al content
Masihhur R. Laskar; Tapas Ganguli; A. A. Rahman; Amlan Mukherjee; Nirupam Hatui; M. R. Gokhale; Arnab Bhattacharya
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013107 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3525602
Nanometer-resolution optical probe using a metallic-nanoparticle-intercalated carbon nanotube
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013110 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3511437
Coherent transport description of the dual-wavelength ambipolar terahertz quantum cascade laser
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013111 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530628
Plasmas and Electrical Discharges
Microdischarge extreme ultraviolet source with alkali metal vapor for surface morphology application
Takeshi Higashiguchi; Hiromitsu Terauchi; Takamitsu Otsuka; Mami Yamaguchi; Keisuke Kikuchi; Noboru Yugami; Toyohiko Yatagai; Wataru Sasaki; Rebekah D’Arcy; Padraig Dunne; Gerry O’Sullivan
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013301 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3528165
Spatially resolved argon microplasma diagnostics by diode laser absorption
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013304 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3531557
Numerical analysis of electronegative plasma in the extraction region of negative hydrogen ion sources
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013305 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530454
Ionization in inductively coupled argon plasmas studied by optical emission spectroscopy
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013306 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530578
Polaritonic pulse and coherent - and gamma rays from Compton (Thomson) backscattering
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013307 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530599
Deuterium retention in tungsten exposed to low-energy pure and helium-seeded deuterium plasmas
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013309 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3505754
Hydrophobic treatment of organics against glass employing nonequilibrium atmospheric pressure pulsed plasmas with a mixture of and gases
Hirotoshi Inui; Keigo Takeda; Kenji Ishikawa; Takuya Yara; Tsuyoshi Uehara; Makoto Sekine; Masaru Hori
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013310 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3525246
Influence of cathode material on generation of energetic hydrogen atoms in a glow discharge
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013311 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530869
Correlation between nanoparticle and plasma parameters with particle growth in dusty plasmas
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013312 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3531546
Structural, Mechanical, Thermodynamic, and Optical Properties of Condensed Matter
Plastic hardening in cubic semiconductors by nanoscratching
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013502 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3517459
Dynamic response of phenolic resin and its carbon-nanotube composites to shock wave loading
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013503 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3524559
Nanoscale surface modifications and formation of conical structures at aluminum surface induced by single shot exposure of soft x-ray laser pulse
Masahiko Ishino; Anatoly Ya. Faenov; Momoko Tanaka; Noboru Hasegawa; Masaharu Nishikino; Satoshi Tamotsu; Tatiana A. Pikuz; Nail A. Inogamov; Vasily V. Zhakhovsky; Igor Yu. Skobelev; Vladimir E. Fortov; Viktor A. Khohlov; Vadim V. Shepelev; Toshiyuki Ohba; Takeshi Kaihori; Yoshihiro Ochi; Takashi Imazono; Tetsuya Kawachi
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013504 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3525980
The elastic-plastic response of aluminum films to ultrafast laser-generated shocks
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013505 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3506696
Photoluminescence and photostimulated luminescence of oxygen impurities in CsBr
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013507 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3525580
Nonuniversality of density and disorder in jammed sphere packings
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013508 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3524489
Wide band gap tunability of bulk
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013510 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3526300
Structural, thermal, optical, and photoacoustic study of nanocrystalline produced by mechanical alloying
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013512 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3520658
Measuring lattice parameter of iron silicides using x-ray Bragg-surface diffraction
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013514 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530586
Long-range structure of : A complementary neutron and anomalous x-ray diffraction study
S. Lehmann; D. Fuertes Marrón; M. León; R. Feyerherm; E. Dudzik; E. J. Friedrich; M. Tovar; Y. Tomm; C. Wolf; S. Schorr; Th. Schedel-Niedrig; M. Ch. Lux-Steiner; J. M. Merino
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013518 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3524183
Mechanisms of laser induced modification of lead and barium vanadate glasses
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013521 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3517081
Stress transmission in porous materials impacted by shock waves
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013523 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3517791
Boundary scattering effects during electron thermalization in nanoporous gold
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013524 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530866
Influence of growth rate on the epitaxial orientation and crystalline quality of thin films grown on
M. I. Nandasiri; P. Nachimuthu; T. Varga; V. Shutthanandan; W. Jiang; Satyanarayana V. N. T. Kuchibhatla; S. Thevuthasan; S. Seal; A. Kayani
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013525 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3525558
Specific heat of shape memory alloys with soft elastic moduli
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013526 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3531537
Inner surface enhanced femtosecond second harmonic generation in thin ZnO crystal tubes
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013528 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3531566
Spectroscopic ellipsometry study on the dielectric function of bulk , , , , and MAX-phases
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013530 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3525648
Shock equation of state of multi-constituent epoxy-metal particulate composites
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013531 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3531579
Grain size effect on the phase transformation temperature of nanostructured
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013532 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3493244
Electronic Structure and Transport
Major deep levels with the same microstructures observed in n-type 4H–SiC and 6H–SiC
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013705 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3528124
Metamorphic GaAsP buffers for growth of wide-bandgap InGaP solar cells
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013708 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3525599
Defect properties of ZnO and ZnO:P microwires
Christof P. Dietrich; Matthias Brandt; Martin Lange; Johannes Kupper; Tammo Böntgen; Holger von Wenckstern; Marius Grundmann
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013712 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530610
Electronic and thermoelectric analysis of phases in the system
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013713 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530733
Impurity-modulated electron properties in a double-quantum-dot Aharonov–Bohm ring
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013714 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530842
Defect production in strained -type by Er implantation
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013715 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3531539
The effect of stress migration on electromigration in dual damascene copper interconnects
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013716 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3531393
Magnetism and Superconductivity
Crystallographic and magnetic properties of , , and hexaferrites
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013904 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3527933
Thickness dependence of the effective damping in epitaxial thin films
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013907 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3531989
Spin injection from epitaxial films to ZnO films
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013908 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3528202
Intrinsic ambient ferromagnetism in ZnO:Co induced by Eu codoping
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013909 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530840
Dipolar interactions in arrays of ferromagnetic nanowires: A micromagnetic study
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013910 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3518498
Structure and magnetism of clusters
A. Jain; M. Jamet; A. Barski; T. Devillers; I.-S. Yu; C. Porret; P. Bayle-Guillemaud; V. Favre-Nicolin; S. Gambarelli; V. Maurel; G. Desfonds; J. F. Jacquot; S. Tardif
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013911 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3531222
Distinguishing magnetic blocking and surface spin-glass freezing in nickel ferrite nanoparticles
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013912 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3527932
Dielectrics and Ferroelectricity
The influence of thermal stresses on the phase composition of thick films
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014101 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3526971
Reassessment of the impedance spectra and dielectric responses of undoped and -doped
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014102 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3527926
Dielectric properties of interface nanolayer
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014103 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3527900
Structure, electrical properties, and depoling mechanism of high-temperature piezoelectric ceramics
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014105 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3525995
Electromechanical properties of single crystals
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014108 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530617
Phase transition in nanotube arrays
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014109 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530614
Evolving morphotropic phase boundary in lead-free piezoceramics
Wook Jo; John E. Daniels; Jacob L. Jones; Xiaoli Tan; Pamela A. Thomas; Dragan Damjanovic; Jürgen Rödel
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014110 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530737
Electrochemical impedance analysis of electric field dependence of the permittivity of and single crystals
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014112 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530612
Effect of a dielectric thin film on the photodetachment of near a metal surface
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014113 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3489916
Relaxor behavior and dielectric relaxation in : A phase pure new relaxor material
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014114 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3528219
Dielectric and ferroelectric behaviors of ceramics
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014117 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3531563
Nanoscale Science and Design
Magnetic vortex formation and gyrotropic mode in nanodisks
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014301 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3526970
Electromagnetic properties of resonant magnetoplasmonic core-shell nanostructures
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014302 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3527007
Photon-magnetoexciton coupling in quantum wells induced by in-plane electric field
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014303 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3524549
Copper coverage effect on tungsten crystallites texture development in W/Cu nanocomposite thin films
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014305 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3524264
Conductance fluctuations in metallic nanogaps made by electromigration
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014307 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3528160
Photoluminescence and Raman Scattering in Ag-doped ZnO Nanoparticles
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014308 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530631
Structural and optical properties of InGaN–GaN nanowire heterostructures grown by molecular beam epitaxy
F. Limbach; T. Gotschke; T. Stoica; R. Calarco; E. Sutter; J. Ciston; R. Cusco; L. Artus; S. Kremling; S. Höfling; L. Worschech; D. Grützmacher
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014309 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530634
Strong stress-enhanced diffusion in amorphous lithium alloy nanowire electrodes
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014310 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530738
Fluxoid-based digitized mechanical torque in subfemtonewton-meter range
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014311 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3531556
III-V compound semiconductor screening for implementing quantum dot intermediate band solar cells
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014313 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3527912
Self-consistent electrothermal analysis of nanotube network transistors
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014315 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3524209
Nanoporous metal film: An energy-dependent transmission device for electron waves
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014316 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3524405
Manipulation of diamond nanoparticles using bulk acoustic waves
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014317 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530670
Mechanisms of nanodot formation under focused ion beam irradiation in compound semiconductors
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014319 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530839
Aging effects on the nucleation of Pb nanoparticles in silica
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014320 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530844
Photovoltaic devices based on high density boron-doped single-walled carbon nanotube/n-Si heterojunctions
Viney Saini; Zhongrui Li; Shawn Bourdo; Vasyl P. Kunets; Steven Trigwell; Arthur Couraud; Julien Rioux; Cyril Boyer; Valens Nteziyaremye; Enkeleda Dervishi; Alexandru R. Biris; Gregory J. Salamo; Tito Viswanathan; Alexandru S. Biris
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014321 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3531112
Studies on structures, electronic and magnetic properties of TM-doped clusters (, Fe, and Co)
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014322 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3531533
A nonequilibrium Green’s function study of thermoelectric properties in single-walled carbon nanotubes
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014326 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3531573
Device Physics
Observation of negative capacitances in structures
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014501 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3528119
Efficiency measurement of GaN-based quantum well and light-emitting diode structures grown on silicon substrates
Dandan Zhu; Clifford McAleese; Maik Häberlen; Carmen Salcianu; Ted Thrush; Menno Kappers; Andrew Phillips; Penelope Lane; Michael Kane; David Wallis; Trevor Martin; Mike Astles; Nicolas Hylton; Phil Dawson; Colin Humphreys
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014502 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530602
Investigation of the drain current shift in ZnO thin film transistors
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014503 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3525998
Ultimate scaling of capacitors: Leakage currents and limitations due to electrode roughness
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014504 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3531538
Opening of simultaneous photonic and phononic band gap in two-dimensional square lattice periodic structure
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014507 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530682
Scalar scattering model of highly textured transparent conducting oxide
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014508 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530684
Effects of barrier height inhomogeneities on the determination of the Richardson constant
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014510 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530868
Applied Biophysics
Interdisciplinary and General Physics
Fano–Feshbach resonance in structural symmetry broken metamaterials
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014901 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3528208
Influence of oxygen partial pressure on surface tension and its temperature coefficient of molten iron
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014902 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3527917
A comparative study of TiN and TiC: Oxidation resistance and retention of xenon at high temperature and under degraded vacuum
S. Gavarini; R. Bes; N. Millard-Pinard; S. Cardinal; C. Peaucelle; A. Perrat-Mabilon; V. Garnier; C. Gaillard
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014906 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3524267
Boundary layer charge dynamics in ionic liquid-ionic polymer transducers
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014909 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3524189
Power law fitting procedures: The electrical conductance of coalescing nanocluster films
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014910 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3528203
Copper detection utilizing dendrimer and gold nanowire-induced surface plasmon resonance
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014911 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530641
Coherent population trapping resonances in Cs–Ne vapor microcells for miniature clocks applications
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014912 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530951
Combined x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy studies of the reactive hydride composite with and without a Ti-based additive
E. Deprez; M. A. Muñoz-Márquez; M. C. Jimenez de Haro; F. J. Palomares; F. Soria; M. Dornheim; R. Bormann; A. Fernández
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014913 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3525803
Dislocation contribution to acoustic nonlinearity: The effect of orientation-dependent line energy
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014915 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530736
Numerical investigation of the nanosecond opening-mechanism of drift step recovery diodes
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 014917 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3531624
COMMUNICATIONS
A metal-metal Fabry–Pérot cavity photoconductor for efficient GaAs terahertz photomixers
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 016101 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3525709
Magnetotransport properties of lattice-matched heterostructures
Z. L. Miao; N. Tang; F. J. Xu; L. B. Cen; K. Han; J. Song; C. C. Huang; T. J. Yu; Z. J. Yang; X. Q. Wang; G. Y. Zhang; B. Shen; K. Wei; J. Huang; X. Y. Liu
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 016102 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3525989
Peak temperatures from Raman Stokes/anti-Stokes ratios during laser heating by a Gaussian beam
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 016103 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3520456
Improved reliability of resistive switching memory cells due to a hydrogen postannealing treatment
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 016105 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3525991
Manipulation of nuclear spin dynamics in n-GaAs using an on-chip microcoil
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 016106 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530731
Minority carrier transport in p-ZnO nanowires
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 016107 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530732
Large low field magnetoresistance in nanowire devices
Battogtokh Jugdersuren; Sungmu Kang; Robert S. DiPietro; Don Heiman; David McKeown; Ian. L. Pegg; John Philip
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 016109 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3493693
Inelastic hosts as electrodes for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 016110 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3525990
Half-metallic ferromagnetism of chalcopyrite : A first-principles prediction
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 016111 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3530728
ERRATA
A step-by-step guide to perform x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
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Scaling effects on the microstructure and thermomechanical response of through silicon vias (TSVs)
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