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1 October 2012
ISSN 0021-8979
EISSN 1089-7550
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APPLIED PHYSICS REVIEWS—FOCUSED REVIEW
Electrical conduction in chalcogenide glasses of phase change memory
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 071101 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738746
ARTICLES
Lasers, Optics, and Optoelectronics
Gap independent coupling into parallel plate terahertz waveguides using cylindrical horn antennas
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073102 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4754846
Effect of phase transition on the optoelectronic properties of Zn1−xMgxS
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073104 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4756040
The direct and indirect bandgaps of unstrained SixGe1−x−ySny and their photonic device applications
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073106 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757414
Pulsed laser operated high rate charging of Fe-doped LiNbO3 crystal for electron emission
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073107 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4748134
X-ray induced Sm3+ to Sm2+ conversion in fluorophosphate and fluoroaluminate glasses for the monitoring of high-doses in microbeam radiation therapy
Shahrzad Vahedi; Go Okada; Brian Morrell; Edward Muzar; Cyril Koughia; Andy Edgar; Chris Varoy; George Belev; Tomasz Wysokinski; Dean Chapman; Safa Kasap
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073108 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4754564
Detection of low frequency hurricane emissions using a ring laser interferometer
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073110 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757037
Effects of excess tellurium and growth parameters on the band gap defect levels in CdxZn1−xTe
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073111 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757595
Complementary periodic diffracting metallic nanohole and nanodipole arrays in the mid-infrared range
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073113 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4758312
A three-dimensional self-supporting low loss microwave lens with a negative refractive index
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073114 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757577
Terahertz emission from cubic semiconductor induced by a transient anisotropic photocurrent
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073115 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4758181
Transient effects of pump-probe optical response in intersubband transitions of semiconductor quantum wells
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073117 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4754515
Plasmas and Electrical Discharges
Numerical study of an electrostatic plasma sheath containing two species of charged dust particles
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073301 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4755798
Control of ion density distribution by magnetic traps for plasma electrons
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073302 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757022
Synthesis of diamond fine particles on levitated seed particles in a rf CH4/H2 plasma chamber equipped with a hot filament
S. Shimizu; T. Shimizu; H. M. Thomas; G. Matern; R. W. Stark; M. Balden; S. Lindig; Y. Watanabe; W. Jacob; N. Sato; G. E. Morfill
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073303 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4755803
The physical phenomena accompanying the sub-nanosecond high-voltage pulsed discharge in nitrogen
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073304 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4759048
Structural, Mechanical, Thermodynamic, and Optical Properties of Condensed Matter
Structural, elastic, and polarization parameters and band structures of wurtzite ZnO and MgO
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073503 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757023
Effect of temperature, strain, and strain rate on the flow stress of aluminum under shock-wave compression
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073504 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4755792
Vacuum-enhanced nickel-induced crystallization of hydrogenated amorphous silicon
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073506 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757574
A molecular dynamics study of the thermal properties of thorium oxide
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073507 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4754430
Broadband near-infrared emission from bismuth-doped multilayer films
Satoshi Morimoto; Minoru Fujii; Hong-Tao Sun; Yuji Miwa; Kenji Imakita; Jianrong Qiu; Shinji Hayashi
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073511 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757579
Oxygen vacancy filament formation in TiO2: A kinetic Monte Carlo study
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073512 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757584
Modification of the optical reflectance spectra of epitaxial gallium arsenide by weak magnetic fields
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073513 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4756996
Optimized working conditions for a thermoelectric generator as a topping cycle for gas turbines
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073515 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757008
Chemical pressure effect on optical properties in multiferroic bulk BiFeO3
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073516 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757589
First principle molecular dynamic simulation of the rapid solidification process of Ca50Mg20Cu30 alloy
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073517 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757626
Synthesis and efficient near-infrared quantum cutting of Pr3+/Yb3+ co-doped LiYF4 single crystals
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073518 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757925
Local structure origin of higher glass forming ability in Ta doped Co65B35 amorphous alloy
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073520 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757945
Dielectric and polarized Raman spectroscopic studies on 0.85Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.15PbTiO3 single crystal
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073521 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757958
Tunable symmetric and asymmetric resonances in an asymmetrical split-ring metamaterial
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073522 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757961
Local structural disorder in nanocrystals studied using neutron total scattering analysis
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073523 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4758183
Pressure dependence of the Verwey transition in magnetite: An infrared spectroscopic point of view
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073524 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4758303
Atomistic investigation of scratching-induced deformation twinning in nanocrystalline Cu
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073526 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757937
Experimental and molecular dynamics study of the growth of crystalline TiO2
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073527 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757010
Electronic Structure and Transport
Generation of large spin currents in graphene using adiabatic quantum pumping
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073701 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4754841
Reduction in interface state density of Al2O3/InGaAs metal-oxide-semiconductor interfaces by InGaAs surface nitridation
Takuya Hoshii; Sunghoon Lee; Rena Suzuki; Noriyuki Taoka; Masafumi Yokoyama; Hishashi Yamada; Masahiko Hata; Tetsuji Yasuda; Mitsuru Takenaka; Shinichi Takagi
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073702 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4755804
Modeling the effect of top gate voltage on the threshold of a double gate organic field effect transistor
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073704 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4754807
Polaronic behavior of MnO doped LiI-AgI-B2O3 glass
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073705 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757028
Spin filtering and spin separating effects in U-shaped topological insulator devices
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073707 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757411
Thermoelectric properties of p-type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te2.7Se0.3 fabricated by high pressure sintering method
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073708 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4754840
Electronic scattering of pseudo-magnetic field induced by local bump in graphene
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073710 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757588
Thermoelectric effect in a graphene sheet connected to ferromagnetic leads
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073712 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757947
Thermoelectric properties of n-type Mn3−xCrxSi4Al2 in air
R. Funahashi; Y. Matsumura; H. Tanaka; T. Takeuchi; W. Norimatsu; E. Combe; R. O. Suzuki; Y. Wang; C. Wan; S. Katsuyama; M. Kusunoki; K. Koumoto
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073713 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4755793
High-temperature thermoelectric properties of the double-perovskite ruthenium oxide (Sr1−xLax)2ErRuO6
Ryohei Takahashi; Ryuji Okazaki; Yukio Yasui; Ichiro Terasaki; Takaaki Sudayama; Hironori Nakao; Yuichi Yamasaki; Jun Okamoto; Youichi Murakami; Yoshinori Kitajima
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073714 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757632
Extrinsic charge traps in disordered organic materials
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073715 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757412
Impact of induced bandgaps on sub-Poissonian shot noise in graphene armchair-edge nanoribbons
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073716 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4758302
Strain controlled systematic variation of metal-insulator transition in epitaxial NdNiO3 thin films
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073718 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4758306
Magnetism and Superconductivity
High temperature finite-size effects in the magnetic properties of Ni nanowires
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073906 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4756038
Ferromagnetic resonance of compensated ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic bilayers
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073907 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757032
Electric field assisted sputtering of Fe3O4 thin films and reduction in anti-phase boundaries
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073909 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757012
First-principles study of charging effect on magnetism of Pd (100) ultrathin films
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073910 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757409
Spin dynamics of (Pr0.5-xCex)Ca0.5MnO3 (x = 0.05, 0.10, and 0.20) system studied by muon spin relaxation
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073911 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4754848
Hysteresis effects in the inverse magnetocaloric effect in martensitic Ni-Mn-In and Ni-Mn-Sn
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073914 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757425
Magnetic and electronic properties of Fe and Ni codoped SnO2
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073917 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4754454
Critical current reduction in coated conductors when in-plane fields are applied
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073918 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757929
Crystallographic and magnetic identification of secondary phase in orientated Bi5Fe0.5Co0.5Ti3O15 ceramics
Meghdad Palizdar; Tim P. Comyn; Michael B. Ward; Andrew P. Brown; John P. Harrington; Santosh Kulkarni; Lynette Keeney; Saibal Roy; Martyn Pemble; Roger Whatmore; Christopher Quinn; Susan H. Kilcoyne; Andrew J. Bell
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073919 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4754562
Effect of paramagnetic Mn ion on the superconductivity of Cu0.5Tl0.5Ba2Ca2−xMnxCu3O10−y
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073920 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757405
Influence of chemical pressure in Sn-substituted Ni2MnGa Heusler alloy: Experimental and theoretical studies
E. C. Passamani; E. Lozano; C. Larica; C. A. C. Marcelo; W. L. Scopel; I. Merino; A. L. Alves; A. Y. Takeuchi; V. P. Nascimento
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073921 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757951
Ferromagnetic fluctuation in doped armchair graphene nanoribbons
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073922 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757962
Coercivity enhancement in Pr9.5Fe83Zr2B5.5 magnetic nanomaterials
Zhong Lin; Jingzhi Han; Meiying Xing; Fangming Wan; Chan Li; Shunquan Liu; Changsheng Wang; Honglin Du; Jinbo Yang; Yingchang Yang
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073924 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4758314
Influence of Fe segregation at grain boundaries on the magnetoresistance of Sr2Fe1+δMoO6 polycrystals
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073925 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757026
Size and polydispersity effect on the magnetization of densely packed magnetic nanoparticles
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 073926 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757418
Dielectrics and Ferroelectricity
Stress-induced leakage current and trap generation in HfO2 thin films
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074103 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4756993
Small polaronic hole hopping mechanism and Maxwell-Wagner relaxation in NdFeO3
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074105 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4754866
Epitaxial Pb(Zrx,Ti1−x)O3 (0.30 ≤ x ≤ 0.63) films on (100)MgO substrates for energy harvesting applications
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074107 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4754015
Acoustic resonator based on periodically poled transducers: Fabrication and characterization
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074108 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757408
Absence of ferroelectricity in BiMnO3 ceramics
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074112 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757944
Heteroepitaxial VO2 thin films on GaN: Structure and metal-insulator transition characteristics
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074114 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4758185
Shock melting of single crystal copper with a nanovoid: Molecular dynamics simulations
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074116 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757949
Nanoscale Science and Design
Effects of carbon nanofillers on enhancement of polymer composites
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074302 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4755806
Plasmonic concentrator of magnetic field of light
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074304 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757033
Band-gap tuning and nonlinear optical characterization of nanocomposites
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074307 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757025
Surface plasmon amplification characteristics of an active three-layer nanoshell-based spaser
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074309 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757416
Analysis of the modified optical properties and band structure of GaAs1−xSbx-capped InAs/GaAs quantum dots
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074311 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4755794
Gold nanoparticle formation in diamond-like carbon using two different methods: Gold ion implantation and co-deposition of gold and carbon
M. C. Salvadori; F. S. Teixeira; W. W. R. Araújo; L. G. Sgubin; R. E. Spirin; M. Cattani; I. G. Brown
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074312 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757029
External electric field induced oxygen-driven unzipping of carbon nanotubes
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074316 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757587
Simulation of non-linear recombination of charge carriers in sensitized nanocrystalline solar cells
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074319 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757622
Multiphonon scattering and photoluminescence of two dimensional ZnS nanosheets grown within Na-4 mica
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074321 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757930
Resonant frequency analysis of Timoshenko nanowires with surface stress for different boundary conditions
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074322 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757593
Optical absorption in semiconductor quantum dots coupling to dispersive phonons of infinite modes
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074324 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757963
Study of Nb epitaxial growth on Cu(111) at sub-monolayer level
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074328 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4759119
Device Physics
A holistic approach performance analysis of substrate-free focal plane array
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074502 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4755791
Study of asymmetries of Cd(Zn)Te devices investigated using photo-induced current transient spectroscopy, Rutherford backscattering, surface photo-voltage spectroscopy, and gamma ray spectroscopies
J. Crocco; H. Bensalah; Q. Zheng; V. Corregidor; E. Avles; A. Castaldini; B. Fraboni; D. Cavalcoli; A. Cavallini; O. Vela; E. Dieguez
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074503 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4754448
InAsP-based quantum wells as infrared pressure gauges for use in a diamond anvil cell
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074504 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757011
Surface potential analysis of AlN/GaN heterostructures by electrochemical capacitance-voltage measurements
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074508 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757932
Comparative study of ultraviolet detectors based on ZnO nanostructures grown on different substrates
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074510 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757619
Applied Biophysics
Optimization of in-line phase contrast particle image velocimetry using a laboratory x-ray source
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074701 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757407
Interdisciplinary and General Physics
Proton conduction related electrical dipole and space charge polarization in hydroxyapatite
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074901 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4754298
Melt fragility of near-intermetallic composition
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074902 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4754844
Structure determination of thin CoFe films by anomalous x-ray diffraction
Andrei Gloskovskii; Gregory Stryganyuk; Siham Ouardi; Gerhard H. Fecher; Claudia Felser; Jaroslav Hamrle; Jaromír Pištora; Subrojati Bosu; Kesami Saito; Yuya Sakuraba; Koki Takanashi
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074903 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4755801
Apertureless near-field microscopy using a knife blade as a scanning probe at millimeter wavelengths
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074907 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757954
Energy distribution measurement of narrow-band ultrashort x-ray beams via K-edge filters subtraction
Paolo Cardarelli; Giovanni Di Domenico; Michele Marziani; Irena Muçollari; Gaia Pupillo; Francesco Sisini; Angelo Taibi; Mauro Gambaccini
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074908 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757027
Shock initiation of the tri-amino-tri-nitro-benzene based explosive PBX 9502 cooled to −55 C
J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074909 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757599
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J. Appl. Phys. 112, 079903 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4758293
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https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4756922
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