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1 September 2011
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EISSN 1089-7550
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SPECIAL TOPIC: SELECTED PAPERS FROM THE PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY WORKSHOP SERIES: MONTREAL, BEIJING, AND PRAGUE, 2010
Preface to special topic: Piezoresponse force microscopy and nanoscale phenomena in polar materials
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 051901 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3625609
Ferroelectric domain structure of PbZr0.35Ti0.65O3 single crystals by piezoresponse force microscopy
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 052003 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3623768
Ferroelectric and dielectric properties of Bi3.15Nd0.85Ti3O12 nanotubes
Wei Cai; Xiaomei Lu; Huifeng Bo; Yi Kan; Yuyan Weng; Liang Zhang; Xiaobo Wu; Fengzhen Huang; Lukas M. Eng; Jinsong Zhu; Feng Yan
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 052004 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3624801
Bubble polarization domain patterns in periodically ordered epitaxial ferroelectric nanodot arrays
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 052006 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3623766
Thermal-induced domain wall motion of tip-inverted micro/nanodomains in near-stoichiometric LiNbO3 crystals
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 052009 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3624808
Orientational imaging in polar polymers by piezoresponse force microscopy
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 052010 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3623765
Determination of the effective coercive field of ferroelectrics by piezoresponse force microscopy
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 052012 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3624802
Investigation of the nanodomain structure formation by piezoelectric force microscopy and Raman confocal microscopy in LiNbO3 and LiTaO3 crystals
V. Ya. Shur; P. S. Zelenovskiy; M. S. Nebogatikov; D. O. Alikin; M. F. Sarmanova; A. V. Ievlev; E. A. Mingaliev; D. K. Kuznetsov
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 052013 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3623778
Watching domains grow: In-situ studies of polarization switching by combined scanning probe and scanning transmission electron microscopy
Hyejung Chang; Sergei V. Kalinin; Seungyeul Yang; Pu Yu; Saswata Bhattacharya; Ping P. Wu; Nina Balke; Stephen Jesse; Long Q. Chen; Ramamoorthy Ramesh; Stephen J. Pennycook; Albina Y. Borisevich
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 052014 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3623779
Anomalous domain inversion in LiNbO3 single crystals investigated by scanning probe microscopy
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 052018 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3623775
Nanoscale electromechanical properties of CaCu3Ti4O12 ceramics
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 052019 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3623767
Point force and generalized point source on the surface of semi-infinite transversely isotropic material
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 052020 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3624799
ARTICLES
Lasers, Optics, and Optoelectronics
InGaN light-emitting diodes with indium-tin-oxide photonic crystal current-spreading layer
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053104 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631797
A tunable microcavity
Russell J. Barbour; Paul A. Dalgarno; Arran Curran; Kris M. Nowak; Howard J. Baker; Denis R. Hall; Nick G. Stoltz; Pierre M. Petroff; Richard J. Warburton
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053107 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3632057
High spatial resolution characterization of silicon solar cells using thermoreflectance imaging
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053108 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3629979
Nanoscale dynamic inhomogeneities in electroluminescence of conjugated polymers
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053111 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633226
Shock pressure induced by glass-confined laser shock peening: Experiments, modeling and simulation
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053112 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633266
Dispersion of the refractive indices of thiophene/phenylene co-oligomer single crystals
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053113 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3634117
Plasmas and Electrical Discharges
Destruction of methane in low-pressure, electrodeless radio frequency plasma on quartz walls
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053302 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3629982
Control of N/N2 species ratio in NO plasma for p-type doping of ZnO
Xingyou Chen; Zhenzhong Zhang; Bin Yao; Mingming Jiang; Shuangpeng Wang; Binghui Li; Chongxin Shan; Lei Liu; Dongxu Zhao; Dezhen Shen
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053305 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626069
Structural, Mechanical, Thermodynamic, and Optical Properties of Condensed Matter
Dissipative and hysteresis loops as images of irreversible processes in nonlinear acoustic fields
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053503 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631800
Local structure analysis of boron-doped graphite by soft x-ray emission and absorption spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation
Atsushi Hanafusa; Yasuji Muramatsu; Yutaka Kaburagi; Akira Yoshida; Yoshihiro Hishiyama; Wanli Yang; Jonathan D. Denlinger; Eric M. Gullikson
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053504 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631108
Effect of AlN buffer layer properties on the morphology and polarity of GaN nanowires grown by molecular beam epitaxy
Matt D. Brubaker; Igor Levin; Albert V. Davydov; Devin M. Rourke; Norman A. Sanford; Victor M. Bright; Kris A. Bertness
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053506 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633522
Preparation of superior lubricious amorphous carbon films co-doped by silicon and aluminum
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053507 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626929
Kinetics of the 3C-6H polytypic transition in 3C-SiC single crystals: A diffuse X-ray scattering study
D. Dompoint; A. Boulle; I. Galben-Sandulache; D. Chaussende; L. T. M. Hoa; T. Ouisse; D. Eyidi; J. L. Demenet; M. F. Beaufort; J. Rabier
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053508 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3627371
Temperature dependent upconversion luminescence of Yb/Er codoped NaYF4 nanocrystals
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053510 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631822
Reactive molecular dynamics simulation of early stage of dry oxidation of Si (100) surface
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053513 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3632968
The mechanical spectra of glycerol measured by a composite reed vibration method
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053515 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3636400
Understanding and controlling heteroepitaxy with the kinetic Wulff plot: A case study with GaN
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053517 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3632073
Origin of Berreman effect in GaN layers on sapphire substrates
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053519 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631830
Growth mechanism of ZnO low-temperature homoepitaxy
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053520 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3630030
LaPO4:Ce,Tb and YVO4:Eu nanophosphors: Luminescence studies in the vacuum ultraviolet spectral range
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053522 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3634112
Femtosecond laser-induced crystallization of amorphous Sb2Te3 film and coherent phonon spectroscopy characterization and optical injection of electron spins
Simian Li; Huan Huang; Weiling Zhu; Wenfang Wang; Ke Chen; Dao-xin Yao; Yang Wang; Tianshu Lai; Yiqun Wu; Fuxi Gan
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053523 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633228
Pressure-induced phase transformations during femtosecond-laser doping of silicon
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053524 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633528
Electronic Structure and Transport
A study on the spectral response of back-illuminated p-i-n AlGaN heterojunction ultraviolet photodetector
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053701 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3629987
Thermoelectric properties for single crystal bismuth nanowires using a mean free path limitation model
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053702 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3630014
Ge clustering effects in Ge doped CdTe: Electrical and structural properties
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053706 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626048
Formation of transition layers at metal/perovskite oxide interfaces showing resistive switching behaviors
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053707 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631821
Barrier height and tunneling aspects in (110) CrO2 with its natural barrier
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053708 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626471
Effect of Si-doping on InAs nanowire transport and morphology
S. Wirths; K. Weis; A. Winden; K. Sladek; C. Volk; S. Alagha; T. E. Weirich; M. von der Ahe; H. Hardtdegen; H. Lüth; N. Demarina; D. Grützmacher; Th. Schäpers
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053709 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631026
Energy transfer dynamics in organic light emitting diode emission layers doped with triplet emitters
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053712 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631784
The effect of oxide precipitates on minority carrier lifetime in p-type silicon
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053713 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3632067
Hydrogen donors and Ti3+ ions in reduced TiO2 crystals
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053714 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3630964
Magnetism and Superconductivity
Investigation on the structural and magnetic properties of sputtered TbFe2/Fe3Ga heterostructures
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053901 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626070
Manipulation of magnetic anisotropy of Co ultrathin films by substrate engineering
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053902 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3624662
Structural and magnetic properties of quaternary Co2Mn1-xCrxSi Heusler alloy thin films
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053903 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626055
Application of the double relaxation oscillation superconducting quantum interference device sensor to micro-tesla 1H nuclear magnetic resonance experiments
Chan Seok Kang; Kiwoong Kim; Seong-Joo Lee; Seong-min Hwang; Jin-Mok Kim; Kwon Kyu Yu; Hyukchan Kwon; Sang Kil Lee; Yong-Ho Lee
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053906 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626826
Dependence of exchange coupling direction on cooling-field strength
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053908 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3632066
Permeability spectra of yttrium iron garnet and its granular composite materials under dc magnetic field
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053909 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626057
Low temperature synthesis of nanocrystalline Dy3+ doped cobalt ferrite: Structural and magnetic properties
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053910 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3632987
Non-reciprocal devices using attenuated total reflection and thin film magnetic layered structures
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053912 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3636365
Magnetic properties of nanoparticles of cobalt ferrite at high magnetic field
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053913 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626931
Transmission electron microscopy study on Co/Fe interdiffusion in SmCo5/Fe and Sm2Co7/Fe/Sm2Co7 thin films
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053914 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3634063
Tailoring magnetic orders in (LaFeO3)n–(LaCrO3)n superlattices model
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053916 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631787
Properties of magnetic nanodots with perpendicular anisotropy
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053917 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631081
Unattenuated conical spin wave in spiral magnet: The role of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053918 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631827
Microwave power dependence of the retrapping current of superconducting nanostrips
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053919 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3632982
Spectral characteristics of noisy Josephson flux flow oscillator
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053922 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633231
Effect of oxygen content on magnetic properties of layered cobaltites PrBaCo2O5+δ
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053923 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633521
Dielectrics and Ferroelectricity
Correlations between microstructure and Q-factor of tunable thin film bulk acoustic wave resonators
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054102 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626939
Persistent multiferroicity without magnetoelectric effects in CuO
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054106 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3636106
Stress-induced phase transition and deformation behavior of BaTiO3 nanowires
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054109 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633267
Nanoscale Science and Design
Plasmonic properties of a nanoporous gold film investigated by far-field and near-field optical techniques
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054302 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631824
Local conductance measurement of graphene layer using conductive atomic force microscopy
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054307 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626058
Intrinsic and external strains modulated electronic properties of GaN/InN core/shell nanowires
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054308 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3630122
Deformation behaviors of an armchair boron-nitride nanotube under axial tensile strains
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054310 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626065
Out-of-plane thermal conductivity of polycrystalline silicon nanofilm by molecular dynamics simulation
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054318 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633232
Diamond nanoparticles with more surface functional groups obtained using carbon nanotubes as sources
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054321 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3636103
The ZrO/W(100) Schottky cathode: Morphological modification and its effect on long term operation
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054322 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3632064
On the effective plate thickness of monolayer graphene from flexural wave propagation
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054324 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633230
Device Physics
Voltage polarity effects in Ge2Sb2Te5-based phase change memory devices
Alvaro Padilla; Geoffrey W. Burr; Charles T. Rettner; Teya Topuria; Philip M. Rice; Bryan Jackson; Kumar Virwani; Andrew J. Kellock; Diego Dupouy; Anthony Debunne; Robert M. Shelby; Kailash Gopalakrishnan; Rohit S. Shenoy; Bülent N. Kurdi
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054501 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626047
Light-induced resistance effect of Pd doped carbon film/SiO2/Si
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054503 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3632074
Cr metal thin film memory
Augustin J. Hong; Jiyoung Kim; Kyoungwhan Kim; Yong Wang; Faxian Xiu; Jaeseok Jeon; Jemin Park; Iris Rauda; Li-Min Chen; Yang Yang; Sarah Tolbert; Jin Zou; Kang L. Wang
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054504 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626901
Molecular doping effect in bottom-gate, bottom-contact pentacene thin-film transistors
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054505 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3627240
Geometrical effects on the thermoelectric properties of ballistic graphene antidot lattices
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054506 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3629990
On the stochastic nature of resistive switching in Cu doped Ge0.3Se0.7 based memory devices
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054509 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631013
Optically functional surface composed of patterned graded-refractive-index coatings to enhance light-extraction of GaInN light-emitting diodes
Ahmed N. Noemaun; Frank W. Mont; Guan-Bo Lin; Jaehee Cho; E. Fred Schubert; Gi Bum Kim; Cheolsoo Sone; Jong Kyu Kim
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054510 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3632072
Numerical simulation study of electrostatically defined silicon double quantum dot device
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054511 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3627238
Influence of the metallic contact in extreme-ultraviolet and soft x-ray diamond based Schottky photodiodes
I. Ciancaglioni; C. Di Venanzio; Marco Marinelli; E. Milani; G. Prestopino; C. Verona; G. Verona-Rinati; M. Angelone; M. Pillon; N. Tartoni
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054513 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633219
Local heating-induced plastic deformation in resistive switching devices
W. Jiang; R. J. Kamaladasa; Y. M. Lu; A. Vicari; R. Berechman; P. A. Salvador; J. A. Bain; Y. N. Picard; M. Skowronski
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054514 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633271
Variability of physical characteristics of electro-sprayed poly(3-hexylthiophene) thin films
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054515 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633519
Breakdown voltage of ultrathin dielectric film subject to electrostatic discharge stress
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054516 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633527
Applied Biophysics
Three-dimensional endoscopic photoacoustic imaging based on multielement linear transducer array
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054701 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626789
Interdisciplinary and General Physics
Controlled adsorption of droplets onto anti-nodes of an ultrasonically vibrating needle
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054901 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3630954
Adhesion selectivity by electrostatic complementarity. I. One-dimensional stripes of charge
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054902 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626432
Adhesion selectivity by electrostatic complementarity. II. Two-dimensional analysis
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054903 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626433
Directional solvent for membrane-free water desalination—A molecular level study
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054905 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3627239
Extreme subwavelength electric GHz metamaterials
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054906 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633213
COMMUNICATIONS
Picosecond kinetic confirmation of overlapping Ca cluster and MNa absorption bands in UV grade CaF2
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 056101 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631096
The integral magneto-refractive effect: A method of probing magneto-resistance
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 056103 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631778
Effect of gravity on the microstructure of Al-Si alloy for rear-passivated solar cells
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 056104 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633510
Non-destructive detection of killer defects of diamond Schottky barrier diodes
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 056105 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626791
In situ observation of vacancy dynamics during resistance changes of oxide devices
Sang-Jun Choi; Gyeong-Su Park; Ki-Hong Kim; Woo-Young Yang; Hyung-Jin Bae; Kyung-Jin Lee; Hyung-ik Lee; Seong Yong Park; Sung Heo; Hyun-Joon Shin; Sangbin Lee; Soohaeng Cho
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 056106 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3626816
Impact of forward bias injection on minority carrier transport in p-type ZnO nanowires
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 056108 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633224
ERRATA
Erratum: “High efficiency semimetal/semiconductor nanocomposite thermoelectric materials” [J. Appl. Phys. 108, 123702 (2010)]
J. M. O. Zide; J.-H. Bahk; R. Singh; M. Zebarjadi; G. Zeng; H. Lu; J. P. Feser; D. Xu; S. L. Singer; Z. X. Bian; A. Majumdar; J. E. Bowers; A. Shakouri; A. C. Gossard
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 059902 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3630947
Publisher’s Note: “Scalability of spin field programmable gate array: A reconfigurable architecture based on spin metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor” [J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07C312 (2011)]
Tetsufumi Tanamoto; Hideyuki Sugiyama; Tomoaki Inokuchi; Takao Marukame; Mizue Ishikawa; Kazutaka Ikegami; Yoshiaki Saito
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 059906 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3633243
A step-by-step guide to perform x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Grzegorz Greczynski, Lars Hultman
Piezoelectric thin films and their applications in MEMS: A review
Jinpeng Liu, Hua Tan, et al.
Tutorial: Simulating modern magnetic material systems in mumax3
Jonas J. Joos, Pedram Bassirian, et al.