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15 April 2012
ISSN 0021-8979
EISSN 1089-7550
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ARTICLES
Lasers, Optics, and Optoelectronics
Light scattering at textured back contacts for n-i-p thin-film silicon solar cells
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083101 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703572
Optically optimal wavelength-scale patterned ITO/ZnO composite coatings for thin film solar cells
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083102 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703670
Non-equilibrium Green’s function calculation for GaN-based terahertz-quantum cascade laser structures
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083105 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704389
Cavity suppression in nitride based superluminescent diodes
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083106 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704147
Homogeneous and elongation-free 3D microfabrication by a femtosecond laser pulse and hologram
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083107 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4705286
Raman scattering and anti-Stokes luminescence in poly-paraphenylene vinylene/carbon nanotubes composites
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083109 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4705403
Plasmas and Electrical Discharges
Plasma potential mapping of high power impulse magnetron sputtering discharges
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083302 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3700242
rf-power and the ring-mode to red-mode transition in an inductively coupled plasma
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083304 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4705469
Resonant planar antenna as an inductive plasma source
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083305 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4705978
Structural, Mechanical, Thermodynamic, and Optical Properties of Condensed Matter
Surface charging, discharging and chemical modification at a sliding contact
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083501 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3698311
Delayed mechanical failure of the under-bump interconnects by bump shearing
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083503 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3702875
First-principles study of shear behavior of Al, TiN, and coherent Al/TiN interfaces
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083505 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703663
Surface elasticity effect on the size-dependent elastic property of nanowires
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083506 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703671
Ab initio study of vacancy and self-interstitial properties near single crystal silicon surfaces
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083507 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4703911
Thermal boundary resistance for gold and CoFe alloy on silicon nitride films
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083510 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703571
Mesoscale modeling of intergranular bubble percolation in nuclear fuels
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083511 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3702872
The consequences of high injected carrier densities on carrier localization and efficiency droop in InGaN/GaN quantum well structures
S. Hammersley; D. Watson-Parris; P. Dawson; M. J. Godfrey; T. J. Badcock; M. J. Kappers; C. McAleese; R. A. Oliver; C. J. Humphreys
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083512 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703062
Dynamic shear stress and heat transfer of solid hydrogen, deuterium, and neon
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083513 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703566
Bandgap properties of diamond structure photonic crystals with line defects
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083514 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703569
Tailoring electrically induced properties by stretching relaxor polymer films
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083515 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704364
Key experimental information on intermediate-range atomic structures in amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5 phase change material
Shinya Hosokawa; Wolf-Christian Pilgrim; Astrid Höhle; Daniel Szubrin; Nathalie Boudet; Jean-François Bérar; Kenji Maruyama
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083517 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703570
Polarization and angular effects of femtosecond laser-induced conical microstructures on Ni
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083518 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704394
Kinetic model for dependence of thin film stress on growth rate, temperature, and microstructure
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083520 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704683
Identification of visible emission from ZnO quantum dots: Excitation-dependence and size-dependence
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083521 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4705395
Shock compression response of α″-Fe16N2 nanoparticles
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083522 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704368
Structural recovery of ion implanted ZnO nanowires
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083524 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704697
Multiple excitation process in deep-ultraviolet emission from AlGdN thin films pumped by an electron beam
Shinya Iwahashi; Naohiro Kishi; Shinya Kitayama; Takashi Kita; Yoshitaka Chigi; Tetsuro Nishimoto; Hiroyuki Tanaka; Mikihiro Kobayashi; Tsuguo Ishihara; Hirokazu Izumi
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083526 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4705416
Molecular dynamics simulation study on heat transport in monolayer graphene sheet with various geometries
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083528 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4705510
Impact of the Ga/In ratio on the N incorporation into (In,Ga)(As,N) quantum dots
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083530 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4706559
Characterization and luminescence properties of AlON:Eu2+ phosphor for white-emitting-diode illumination
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083532 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4705404
Structural characterization of Ti-15Mo alloy used as biomaterial by Rietveld method
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083535 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4707920
Structural and optical characterization of two-dimensional arrays of Si nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 for photovoltaic applications
S. Gardelis; A. G. Nassiopoulou; P. Manousiadis; Silvia Milita; A. Gkanatsiou; N. Frangis; Ch. B. Lioutas
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083536 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4707939
Electronic Structure and Transport
Spin pumping and spin filtering in double quantum dots with time-dependent spin-orbit interactions
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083703 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703567
Temperature dependence of the electron spin g factor in CdTe and InP
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083705 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703584
Optically controlled spin-dependent Andreev reflection and spin accumulation in a quantum dot
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083706 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703662
Conductance oscillation of graphene nanoribbon with tilted p-n junction
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083708 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704388
Metal-insulator transition in doped Ca2RuO4: Potential application in bolometric detection
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083709 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704387
Changes in structural and electronic properties of graphene grown on 6H-SiC(0001) induced by Na deposition
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083711 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704396
Conductivity mechanism of nanosized silver layer embedded in indium zinc oxide
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083712 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704686
Stability and magnetism of tetracyanoethylene adsorbed on substitutionally doped graphene
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083713 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4705365
Nonequilibrium charge carriers and linear galvanomagnetic phenomena in semiconductors
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083714 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4705399
Hydrodynamic model for electron-hole plasma in graphene
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083715 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4705382
Electronic properties of individual diarylethene molecules studied using scanning tunneling spectroscopy
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083716 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4706568
Defect energy levels and electronic behavior of Ni-, Co-, and As-doped synthetic pyrite (FeS2)
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083717 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4706558
Magnetism and Superconductivity
Study of second generation, high-temperature superconducting coils: Determination of critical current
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083902 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3698317
Thermal stability of the geometrically constrained magnetic wall and its effect on a domain-wall spin valve
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083903 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3702870
Magnetoresistive effects in perpendicularly magnetized Tb-Co alloy based thin films and spin valves
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083904 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703666
Magnetic domain pattern asymmetry in (Ga, Mn)As/(Ga,In)As with in-plane anisotropy
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083908 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704385
Effects of spacer thickness on perpendicular anisotropy L1-FePt/TiN/L1-FePt pseudo spin valves
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083909 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3700252
Effect of atomic monolayer insertions on electric-field-induced rotation of magnetic easy axis
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083910 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703682
Switching through intermediate states seen in a single nickel nanorod by cantilever magnetometry
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083911 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3699363
Influence of a TiO2 buffer layer on the magnetic properties of anatase Co:TiO2 thin films
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083917 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4706570
Anomalous Hall effects in Co2FeSi Heusler compound films and Co2FeSi-Al2O3 granular films
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083919 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4707846
Influence of boron doping on magnetic properties and microwave characteristics of MnIr/FeCoB multilayers
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083920 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4708813
Modulation of domain wall dynamics in TbFeCo single layer nanowire
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083921 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704395
Dielectrics and Ferroelectricity
High-field dielectric properties and Raman spectroscopic investigation of the ferroelectric-to-relaxor crossover in BaSnxTi1−xO3 ceramics
Marco Deluca; Laurentiu Stoleriu; Lavinia Petronela Curecheriu; Nadejda Horchidan; Adelina Carmen Ianculescu; Carmen Galassi; Liliana Mitoseriu
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084102 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703672
Scaling behavior of dynamic hysteresis in relaxor ferroelectric 0.67Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–0.33PbTiO3 ceramics
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084104 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704383
Effect of doping on polarization profiles and switching in semiconducting ferroelectric thin films
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084105 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3702849
Structure, magnetic, and dielectric properties of La2Ni(Mn1-xTix)O6 ceramics
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084106 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704392
Enhanced dielectric and piezoelectric properties of xBaZrO3-(1−x)BaTiO3 ceramics
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084107 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4705467
Growth of (111)-oriented BaTiO3–Bi(Mg0.5Ti0.5)O3 epitaxial films and their crystal structure and electrical property characterizations
Hidenori Tanaka; Mohamed-Tahar Chentir; Tomoaki Yamada; Shintaro Yasui; Yoshitaka Ehara; Keisuke Yamato; Yuta Kashiwagi; Chua Ngeah Theng; Junling Wang; Soichiro Okamura; Hiroshi Uchida; Takashi Iijima; Satoshi Wada; Hiroshi Funakubo
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084108 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704384
In-situ neutron diffraction study of Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3-Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 single crystals under uniaxial mechanical stress
Qian Li; Yun Liu; Vladimir Luzin; Andrew J. Studer; Yuhui Wan; Zhengrong Li; Lasse Norén; Ray L. Withers; Zhuo Xu
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084110 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4706563
Dielectric properties and relaxation behavior of the indium doped cadmium zinc telluride single crystal
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084111 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4705401
Nanoscale Science and Design
Competitive role of Mn diffusion with growth in Mn catalyzed nanostructures
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084301 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3702881
Colored porous silicon as support for plasmonic nanoparticles
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084302 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703469
Three-dimensional structure of (110) porous silicon with in-plane optical birefringence
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084303 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703522
Origin of white light luminescence from Si+/C+ sequentially implanted and annealed silica
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084304 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703668
Effect of e-beam irradiation on graphene layer grown by chemical vapor deposition
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084307 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704197
Chromium-oxide enhancement of photo-oxidation of CdSe/ZnS quantum dot solids
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084308 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703470
Thermal insulating layer on a conducting substrate. Analysis of thermoreflectance experiments
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084313 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3702823
Observation of negative contact resistances in graphene field-effect transistors
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084314 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4705367
Small copper clusters studied by x-ray absorption near-edge structure
H. Oyanagi; Z. H. Sun; Y. Jiang; M. Uehara; H. Nakamura; K. Yamashita; Y. Orimoto; L. Zhang; C. Lee; A. Fukano; H. Maeda
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084315 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3700346
Selective emitters design and optimization for thermophotovoltaic applications
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084316 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4705363
The photoionization cross section of a hydrogenic impurity in a multi-layered spherical quantum dot
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084317 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4705410
Thermal conductivity of ZnO thin film produced by reactive sputtering
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084320 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4706569
Device Physics
Resistive switching behavior in diamond-like carbon films grown by pulsed laser deposition for resistance switching random access memory application
Pinggang Peng; Dan Xie; Yi Yang; Yongyuan Zang; Xili Gao; Changjian Zhou; Tingting Feng; He Tian; Tianling Ren; Xiaozhong Zhang
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084501 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703063
Electromagnetic responses of magnetic conductive hollow fibers
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084506 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3702878
Photovoltaic properties of the p-CuO/n-Si heterojunction prepared through reactive magnetron sputtering
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084507 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704382
Relaxation dynamics of ionic liquid—VO2 interfaces and influence in electric double-layer transistors
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084508 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704689
A low-voltage high-speed electronic switch based on piezoelectric transduction
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084509 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704391
The systematic study and simulation modeling on nano-level dislocation edge stress effects
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084510 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4706565
Monte Carlo studies of the intrinsic time-domain response of nanoscale three-branch junctions
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084511 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704371
Applied Biophysics
The physics of extreme sensitivity in whispering gallery mode optical biosensors
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084701 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3698319
Long range surface plasmon resonance and enhanced fluorescence near the ultra-violet vacuum cutoff limit
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084702 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4706571
Interdisciplinary and General Physics
The effect of continuous pore stratification on the acoustic absorption in open cell foams
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084901 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3701710
Short wavelength thermography: Theoretical and experimental estimation of the optimal working wavelength
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084903 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704186
High spatial resolution, high energy synchrotron x-ray diffraction characterization of residual strains and stresses in laser shock peened Inconel 718SPF alloy
Amrinder S. Gill; Zhong Zhou; Ulrich Lienert; Jonathan Almer; David F. Lahrman; S. R. Mannava; Dong Qian; Vijay K. Vasudevan
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084904 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3702890
Ultrasonic evaluation of interlayer interfacial stiffness of multilayered structures
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084907 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704692
ERRATA
Erratum: “Efficiency limit and example of a photonic solar cell” [J. Appl. Phys. 110, 043104 (2011)]
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 089901 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704173
Publisher’s Note: “Convective solution transport—An improved technique for the growth of big crystals of the superconducting α-FeSe using KCl as solvent” [J. Appl. Phys. 110, 113919 (2011)]
S. M. Rao; B. H. Mok; M. C. Ling; C. T. Ke; T. K. Chen; I.-M. Tsai; Y.-L. Lin; H. L. Liu; C. L. Chen; F. C. Hsu; T. W. Huang; T. B. Wu; M. K. Wu
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 089902 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4704982
Publisher’s Note: “Photoacoustic determination of the speed of sound in single crystal cyclotrimethylene trinitramine at acoustic frequencies from 0.5 to 15 GHz” [J. Appl. Phys. 110, 113513 (2011)]
Jeremy A. Johnson; Kara J. Manke; David G. Veysset; A. A. Maznev; Kyle J. Ramos; Daniel E. Hooks; Keith A. Nelson
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 089904 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703118
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.