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15 June 2012
ISSN 0021-8979
EISSN 1089-7550
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ARTICLES
Lasers, Optics, and Optoelectronics
Exploration of nano-element array architectures for substrate solar cells using an a-Si:H absorber
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123103 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729539
Millisecond annealing for advanced doping of dirty-silicon solar cells
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123104 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729812
Visible light emission and energy transfer processes in Sm-doped nitride films
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123105 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729911
Construction of invisibility cloaks of arbitrary shape and size using planar layers of metamaterials
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123106 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729012
Determination of the melting threshold of TiO2 thin films processed by excimer laser irradiation
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123108 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4728159
A new architecture for solar cells involving a metal bridge deposited between active TiO2 particles
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123109 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730393
High optical quality polycrystalline indium phosphide grown on metal substrates by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition
Maxwell Zheng; Zhibin Yu; Tae Joon Seok; Yu-Ze Chen; Rehan Kapadia; Kuniharu Takei; Shaul Aloni; Joel W. Ager; Ming Wu; Yu-Lun Chueh; Ali Javey
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123112 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730442
Franz-Keldysh electro-absorption modulation in germanium-tin alloys
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123113 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730404
Modal approach for tailoring the absorption in a photonic crystal membrane
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123114 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730443
Shift of indirect to direct bandgap and optical response of LaAlO3 under pressure
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123116 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729264
Plasmas and Electrical Discharges
Molecular dynamics simulation of Si nanoclusters in high rate and low temperature epitaxy
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123301 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729057
Plasma-wall interaction in Hall thrusters with magnetic lens configuration
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123302 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730340
Angular emission of ions and mass deposition from femtosecond and nanosecond laser-produced plasmas
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123304 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730444
Assessment of the roles of various inactivation agents in an argon-based direct current atmospheric pressure cold plasma jet
Qian Zhang; Peng Sun; Hongqing Feng; Ruixue Wang; Yongdong Liang; Weidong Zhu; Kurt H. Becker; Jue Zhang; Jing Fang
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123305 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730627
Rapid calculation of the ion energy distribution on a plasma electrode
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123306 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4728997
Structural, Mechanical, Thermodynamic, and Optical Properties of Condensed Matter
On the oscillator strength in dilute nitride quantum wells on GaAs
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123503 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729320
Electrospinning and optical characterization of organic rubrene nanofibers
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123504 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729537
Ideal transparent conductors for full spectrum photovoltaics
Kin Man Yu; Marie A. Mayer; Derrick T. Speaks; Hongcai He; Ruying Zhao; L. Hsu; Samuel S. Mao; E. E. Haller; Wladek Walukiewicz
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123505 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729563
Interplay between Sb flux and growth temperature during the formation of GaSb islands on GaP
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123506 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729548
Optical analysis of doped ZnO thin films using nonparabolic conduction-band parameters
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123507 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729571
Formation and evolution of oxygen-vacancy clusters in lead and tin doped silicon
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123508 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729573
Semiconductor-metal transition of titanium sesquioxide nanopowder
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123509 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729801
Design of acoustic beam aperture modifier using gradient-index phononic crystals
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123510 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729803
Mesoscale simulation of shock wave propagation in discrete Ni/Al powder mixtures
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123511 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729304
Atomic structure of Ca40+XMg25Cu35−X metallic glasses
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123515 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729450
Oxidation kinetics of nanoscale copper films studied by terahertz transmission spectroscopy
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123517 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729808
Origin of temperature plateaus in laser-heated diamond anvil cell experiments
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123518 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729905
Size dependent carrier thermal escape and transfer in bimodally distributed self assembled InAs/GaAs quantum dots
G. Muñoz-Matutano; I. Suárez; J. Canet-Ferrer; B. Alén; D. Rivas; L. Seravalli; G. Trevisi; P. Frigeri; J. Martínez-Pastor
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123522 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729315
Valence band tail states in disordered superlattices embedded in wide parabolic AlGaAs well
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123523 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730769
The effects of group-I elements co-doping with Mn in ZnO dilute magnetic semiconductor
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123524 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729530
High pressure melting curve of tin measured using an internal resistive heating technique to 45 GPa
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123529 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730968
Electronic Structure and Transport
Thermoelectric properties of -type PbSe revisited
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123701 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4728229
Interplay of bulk and surface properties for steady-state measurements of minority carrier lifetimes
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123703 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729258
First principles calculation of the electronic properties and lattice dynamics of Cu2ZnSn(S1−xSex)4
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123704 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4728232
Electron transport in discontinuous gold films and the effect of Coulomb blockade and percolation
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123705 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729491
The importance of strain on spin-spin coupling in Pr5/8Ca3/8MnO3 single crystal film
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123709 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729835
Work function measurements on nano-crystalline zinc oxide surfaces
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123710 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729527
Enhanced tunnel transport in disordered carbon superlattice structures incorporated with nitrogen
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123711 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729564
Thermoelectric properties of Zn5Sb4In2-δ (δ = 0.15)
Y. Wu; A. P. Litvinchuk; E. S. Toberer; G. J. Snyder; N. Newman; A. Fischer; E.-W. Scheidt; W. Scherer; U. Häussermann
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123712 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729566
Ab-initio studies on Li doping, Li-pairs, and complexes between Li and intrinsic defects in ZnO
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123713 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729774
On the correlation between surface morphology and electron work function of indium tin oxide
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123714 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730388
Incorporation, valence state, and electronic structure of Mn and Cr in bulk single crystal β–Ga2O3
T. C. Lovejoy; Renyu Chen; E. N. Yitamben; V. Shutthanadan; S. M. Heald; E. G. Villora; K. Shimamura; S. Zheng; S. T. Dunham; F. S. Ohuchi; M. A. Olmstead
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123716 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729289
Does the low hole transport mass in and Si nanowires lead to mobility enhancements at high field and stress: A self-consistent tight-binding study
R. Kotlyar; T. D. Linton; R. Rios; M. D. Giles; S. M. Cea; K. J. Kuhn; Michael Povolotskyi; Tillmann Kubis; Gerhard Klimeck
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123718 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729806
The conduction band absorption spectrum of interdiffused InGaAs/GaAs quantum dot infrared photodetectors
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123719 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729833
Imaging ambipolar diffusion of photocarriers in GaAs thin films
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123720 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730396
Angular magnetoresistance of stretched carbon nanotube sheets
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123721 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729538
Magnetism and Superconductivity
Josephson comparator with modified dynamic behavior for improved sensitivity
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123901 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729075
Enhancement of anisotropic magnetoresistance in MgO/NiFe/MgO trilayers via NiFe nanoparticles in MgO layers
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123903 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729273
Micromagnetic simulations of sweep-rate dependent coercivity in perpendicular recording media
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123905 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729328
Synthesis and characterization of Co2FeAl nanowires
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123906 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729807
Switching time of a single spin in linearly varying field
Yasutaro Uesaka; Yoshio Suzuki; Osamu Kitakami; Yoshinobu Nakatani; Nobuo Hayashi; Hiroshi Fukushima
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123907 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729897
Magnetoresistance in graphene-based ferromagnetic/ferromagnetic barrier/superconductor junction
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123908 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729302
A study on exchange coupled structures of Fe/NiO and NiO/Fe interfaced with n- and p-silicon substrates
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123909 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729857
The impact of the lattice symmetry and the inclusion shape on the spectrum of 2D magnonic crystals
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123910 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729559
Spin torque switching and scaling in synthetic antiferromagnet free layers with in-plane magnetization
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123914 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729776
Superferromagnetism and coercivity in Co-Al2O3 granular films with perpendicular anisotropy
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123915 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730397
Weak ferromagnetism in La-doped BiFeO3 multiferroic thin films
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123916 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730896
Ferromagnetic resonance and magnetooptic study of submicron epitaxial Fe(001) stripes
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123917 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730136
Changes in magnetic properties of Co/Pd multilayers induced by hydrogen absorption
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123919 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729797
Dielectrics and Ferroelectricity
Magnetic properties of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles distributed in a multiferroic BiFeO3 matrix
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124101 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729831
Variation of ferroelectric properties in (Bi,Pr)(Fe,Mn)O3/SrRuO3-Pt/CoFe2O4 layered film structure by applying direct current magnetic field
Chen Liu; Takeshi Kawae; Yoshinori Tsukada; Akiharu Morimoto; Hiroshi Naganuma; Takashi Nakajima; Soichiro Okamura
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124103 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730334
Observation of peripheral charge induced low frequency capacitance-voltage behaviour in metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors on Si and GaAs substrates
É. O’Connor; K. Cherkaoui; S. Monaghan; D. O’Connell; I. Povey; P. Casey; S. B. Newcomb; Y. Y. Gomeniuk; G. Provenzano; F. Crupi; G. Hughes; P. K. Hurley
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124104 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729331
Intrinsic and extrinsic defect relaxation behavior of ZnO ceramics
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124106 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729804
Direct and indirect electrocaloric measurements on 〈001〉-PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3-30PbTiO3 single crystals
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124109 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730338
Fatigue effect in ferroelectric crystals: Growth of the frozen domains
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124111 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729834
Fe3+ doping effects on the structure and multiferroicity of Fe1+xV2−xO4 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4) spinels
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124112 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730767
Mechanical characterization of an electrostrictive polymer for actuation and energy harvesting
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124115 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729532
Study of multiferroic properties in Bi5Fe0.5Co0.5Ti3O15 thin films
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124116 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730892
Nanoscale Science and Design
The effect of particle vertical positioning on the absorption enhancement in plasmonic organic solar cells
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124301 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729293
Surface fingerprints of individual silicon nanocrystals in laser-annealed Si/SiO2 superlattice: Evidence of nanoeruptions of laser-pressurized silicon
Timur Nikitin; Marianna Kemell; Esa Puukilainen; Simona Boninelli; Fabio Iacona; Markku Räsänen; Mikko Ritala; Sergei Novikov; Leonid Khriachtchev
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124302 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729303
A fundamental numerical and theoretical study for the vibrational properties of nanowires
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124303 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729485
Characterization of surface and nonlinear elasticity in wurtzite ZnO nanowires
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124305 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729545
Surface effect on electronic and optical properties of Bi2Ti2O7 nanowires for visible light photocatalysis
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124306 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729553
High-temperature gold metallization for ZnO nanowire device on a SiC substrate
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124307 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729802
Tuning of terahertz intrinsic oscillations in asymmetric triple-barrier resonant tunneling diodes
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124310 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729895
Electrical conductivity of cationized ferritin decorated gold nanoshells
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124311 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729800
Layer thickness dependent tensile deformation mechanisms in sub-10 nm multilayer nanowires
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124313 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730337
Correlation between quantum conductance and atomic arrangement of atomic-size silver nanowires
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124316 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729805
The influence of the substrate thermal conductivity on scanning thermochemical lithography
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124317 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729809
Epitaxial two dimensional aluminum films on silicon (111) by ultra-fast thermal deposition
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124320 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730411
Effect of size-dependent grain structures on the dynamics of nanoparticle coalescence
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124321 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730773
Effect of nanoparticles on charge transport in nanofluid-impregnated pressboard
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124322 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730778
Anisotropic surface properties of micro/nanostructured a-C:H:F thin films with self-assembly applications
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124323 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730783
Adhesion of E. coli to silver- or copper-coated porous clay ceramic surfaces
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124324 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4722326
Understanding the effect of the layer-to-layer distance on Li-intercalated graphite
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124325 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730969
On the evolution of nanocluster size distribution in a nanocluster aggregation source
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124326 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4731221
Systematic studies of the nucleation and growth of ultrananocrystalline diamond films on silicon substrates coated with a tungsten layer
Yueh-Chieh Chu; Chia-Hao Tu; Gerald Jiang; Chi Chang; Chuan-pu Liu; Jyh-Ming Ting; Hsin-Li Lee; Yonhua Tzeng; Orlando Auciello
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124328 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729798
Thermal conductivity modeling of periodic porous silicon with aligned cylindrical pores
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124329 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730962
Device Physics
Electrothermal actuation of metal-insulator transition in SmNiO3 thin film devices above room temperature
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124501 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729490
Spin resolved conductance in semiconductor mesoscopic rings: not spin gate response
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124502 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729291
Helicity sensitive terahertz radiation detection by field effect transistors
C. Drexler; N. Dyakonova; P. Olbrich; J. Karch; M. Schafberger; K. Karpierz; Yu. Mityagin; M. B. Lifshits; F. Teppe; O. Klimenko; Y. M. Meziani; W. Knap; S. D. Ganichev
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124504 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729043
Zener tunneling: Congruence between semi-classical and quantum ballistic formalisms
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124506 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729567
Mechanisms of heat transport across a nano-scale gap in heat assisted magnetic recording
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124508 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730048
Influence of channel material properties on performance of nanowire transistors
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124509 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729777
Perfect spin-filter and quantum-signal generator in a parallel coupled multiple triple-quantum-dots device
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124510 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730766
Interdisciplinary and General Physics
A physics-based model of the electrical impedance of ionic polymer metal composites
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124901 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729051
Ultrasonic evaluation of early damage of a coating by using second-harmonic generation technique
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124902 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729300
Computational measurement of void percolation thresholds of oblate particles and thin plate composites
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124903 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730333
Laser-pumped paraffin-coated cell rubidium frequency standard
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124906 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729570
Sulfur-mediated palladium catalyst immobilized on a GaAs surface
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124908 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730377
Interaction of guided wave modes in isotropic weakly nonlinear elastic plates: Higher harmonic generation
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124909 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729554
Producing an intense collimated beam of sound via a nonlinear ultrasonic array
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124910 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729265
Energy distribution and quantum yield for photoemission from air-contaminated gold surfaces under ultraviolet illumination close to the threshold
Gerald Hechenblaikner; Tobias Ziegler; Indro Biswas; Christoph Seibel; Mathias Schulze; Nico Brandt; Achim Schöll; Patrick Bergner; Friedrich T. Reinert
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124914 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730638
Nonlinear finite amplitude torsional vibrations of cantilevers in viscous fluids
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 124915 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730383
COMMUNICATIONS
Low-temperature dielectric behavior of BiFeO3-modified CaTiO3 incipient ferroelectric ceramics
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 126101 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729080
Catalytic behavior of metallic particles in anisotropic etching of Ge(100) surfaces in water mediated by dissolved oxygen
Tatsuya Kawase; Atsushi Mura; Keisuke Nishitani; Yoshie Kawai; Kentaro Kawai; Junichi Uchikoshi; Mizuho Morita; Kenta Arima
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 126102 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730768
ERRATA
A step-by-step guide to perform x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Grzegorz Greczynski, Lars Hultman
Scaling effects on the microstructure and thermomechanical response of through silicon vias (TSVs)
Shuhang Lyu, Thomas Beechem, et al.
Electric field-induced domain structures in ferroelectric AlScN thin films
Niklas Wolff, Tim Grieb, et al.