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APL Classic Papers
These ground-breaking papers selected by our editors have received thousands of citations, significantly influenced their fields, and continue to be among the most cited in Applied Physics Letters. They are "APL Classics." This list is by no means exhaustive but provides a look into the impact APL has had in applied physics. We encourage you to submit your ground breaking research in Applied Physics to APL so it can also become an APL Classic!
Guest Editors: The Editors of Applied Physics Letters

D. L. Staebler; C. R. Wronski
10.1063/1.89674
K. O. Hill; Y. Fujii; D. C. Johnson; B. S. Kawasaki
10.1063/1.89881
R. Dingle; H. L. Störmer; A. C. Gossard; W. Wiegmann
10.1063/1.90457
Noel A. Clark; Sven T. Lagerwall
10.1063/1.91359
NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND DESIGN
P. Blake; E. W. Hill; A. H. Castro Neto; K. S. Novoselov; D. Jiang; R. Yang; T. J. Booth; A. K. Geim
10.1063/1.2768624
B. S. Chandrasekhar
10.1063/1.1777362
Nick Holonyak, Jr.; S. F. Bevacqua
10.1063/1.1753706
J. W. Goodman; R. W. Lawrence
10.1063/1.1755043
NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND DESIGN
Q. Wan; Q. H. Li; Y. J. Chen; T. H. Wang; X. L. He; J. P. Li; C. L. Lin
10.1063/1.1738932
H. P. Maruska; J. J. Tietjen
10.1063/1.1652845
Akira Hasegawa; Frederick Tappert
10.1063/1.1654836
NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND DESIGN
Deyu Li; Yiying Wu; Philip Kim; Li Shi; Peidong Yang; Arun Majumdar
10.1063/1.1616981
STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, THERMODYNAMIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CONDENSED MATTER
Shelley L. Anna; Nathalie Bontoux; Howard A. Stone
10.1063/1.1537519
ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT AND SEMICONDUCTORS
D. C. Look; D. C. Reynolds; C. W. Litton; R. L. Jones; D. B. Eason; G. Cantwell
10.1063/1.1504875
NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND DESIGN
E. Comini; G. Faglia; G. Sberveglieri; Zhengwei Pan; Zhong L. Wang
10.1063/1.1504867