Volume 74, Issue 18

1 November 2006

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects

RAPID COMMUNICATION

First-principles study of barium titanate under hydrostatic pressure

Eric Bousquet and Philippe Ghosez

Phys. Rev. B 74, 180101(R) (2006) - Published 8 November, 2006

Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects, quantum solids

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Lattice dynamics of metal-organic frameworks: Neutron inelastic scattering and first-principles calculations

W. Zhou and T. Yildirim

Phys. Rev. B 74, 180301(R) (2006) - Published 14 November, 2006

Magnetism

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Role of anisotropy in the spin-dimer compound $Ba Cu {Si}_{2} O_{6}$

Suchitra E. Sebastian, P. Tanedo, P. A. Goddard, S.-C. Lee, A. Wilson, S. Kim, S. Cox, R. D. McDonald, S. Hill, N. Harrison, C. D. Batista, and I. R. Fisher

Phys. Rev. B 74, 180401(R) (2006) - Published 3 November, 2006

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Magnetoelastic effects and the magnetic phase diagram of multiferroic $Dy {Mn}_{2} O_{5}$

C. R. dela Cruz, B. Lorenz, Y. Y. Sun, C. W. Chu, S. Park, and S.-W. Cheong

Phys. Rev. B 74, 180402(R) (2006) - Published 7 November, 2006

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Flat spin-wave dispersion in a triangular antiferromagnet

Oleg A. Starykh, Andrey V. Chubukov, and Alexander G. Abanov

Phys. Rev. B 74, 180403(R) (2006) - Published 13 November, 2006

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Field-induced lattice staircase in a frustrated antiferromagnet $Cu Fe O_{2}$

N. Terada, Y. Narumi, K. Katsumata, T. Yamamoto, U. Staub, K. Kindo, M. Hagiwara, Y. Tanaka, A. Kikkawa, H. Toyokawa, T. Fukui, R. Kanmuri, T. Ishikawa, and H. Kitamura

Phys. Rev. B 74, 180404(R) (2006) - Published 20 November, 2006

Superfluidity and superconductivity

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Subharmonic gap structure in short ballistic graphene junctions

J. C. Cuevas and A. Levy Yeyati

Phys. Rev. B 74, 180501(R) (2006) - Published 7 November, 2006

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Macroscopic quantum dynamics of $π$ junctions with ferromagnetic insulators

Shiro Kawabata, Satoshi Kashiwaya, Yasuhiro Asano, Yukio Tanaka, and Alexander A. Golubov

Phys. Rev. B 74, 180502(R) (2006) - Published 8 November, 2006

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Crossed Andreev reflection as a probe for the pairing symmetry of ferromagnetic superconductors

Colin Benjamin

Phys. Rev. B 74, 180503(R) (2006) - Published 10 November, 2006

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Single-particle anomalous excitations of Gutzwiller-projected BCS superconductors and Bogoliubov quasiparticle characteristics

Seiji Yunoki

Phys. Rev. B 74, 180504(R) (2006) - Published 14 November, 2006

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Percolation theory of the pseudogap state

Alexei A. Abrikosov

Phys. Rev. B 74, 180505(R) (2006) - Published 20 November, 2006

ARTICLES

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects

Quantum spherical spin model on hypercubic lattices

M. H. Oliveira, E. P. Raposo, and M. D. Coutinho-Filho

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184101 (2006) - Published 1 November, 2006

Vibrational properties of Ge nanocrystals determined by EXAFS

L. L. Araujo, P. Kluth, G. de M. Azevedo, and M. C. Ridgway

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184102 (2006) - Published 1 November, 2006

Relaxation properties of rare-earth ions in sulfide glasses: Experiment and theory

V. G. Truong, B. S. Ham, A. M. Jurdyc, B. Jacquier, J. Leperson, V. Nazabal, and J. L. Adam

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184103 (2006) - Published 6 November, 2006

Interfacial coupling and its size dependence in ${PbTiO}_{3}$ and ${PbMg}_{1 ∕ 3} {Nb}_{2 ∕ 3} O_{3}$ multilayers

R. Ranjith, R. Nikhil, and S. B. Krupanidhi

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184104 (2006) - Published 6 November, 2006

Elastic properties of ${Gd}_{5} {Si}_{2} {Ge}_{2}$ studied with an ultrasonic pulse-echo technique

O. Svitelskiy, A. Suslov, D. L. Schlagel, T. A. Lograsso, K. A. Gschneidner, Jr., and V. K. Pecharsky

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184105 (2006) - Published 6 November, 2006

Transition between the ferroelectric and relaxor states in $0.8 Pb ({Mg}_{1 ∕ 3} {Nb}_{2 ∕ 3}) O_{3} − 0.2 Pb Ti O_{3}$ ceramics

R. Jiménez, B. Jiménez, J. Carreaud, J. M. Kiat, B. Dkhil, J. Holc, M. Kosec, and M. Algueró

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184106 (2006) - Published 7 November, 2006

Analysis of the x-ray diffraction signal for the $α − ϵ$ transition in shock-compressed iron: Simulation and experiment

J. Hawreliak, J. D. Colvin, J. H. Eggert, D. H. Kalantar, H. E. Lorenzana, J. S. Stölken, H. M. Davies, T. C. Germann, B. L. Holian, K. Kadau, P. S. Lomdahl, A. Higginbotham, K. Rosolankova, J. Sheppard, and J. S. Wark

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184107 (2006) - Published 7 November, 2006

Interpreting Mössbauer spectra reflecting an infinite number of sites: An application to ${Fe}_{1 - x} Si$ synthesized by pulsed laser annealing

A. Falepin, S. Cottenier, C. M. Comrie, and A. Vantomme

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184108 (2006) - Published 8 November, 2006

Deuterium site occupancy and phase boundaries in ${ZrNiD}_{x} (0.87 \leq x \leq 3.0)$

R. C. Bowman, Jr., Natalie L. Adolphi, Son-Jong Hwang, J. G. Kulleck, T. J. Udovic, Q. Huang, and H. Wu

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184109 (2006) - Published 8 November, 2006

Generalized Cauchy-Born rules for elastic deformation of sheets, plates, and rods: Derivation of continuum models from atomistic models

Jerry Z. Yang and Weinan E

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184110 (2006) - Published 13 November, 2006

Phase transitions in the ferroelectric crystals ${[C H_{3} N H_{3}]}_{5} {Bi}_{2} {Cl}_{11}$ and ${[C H_{3} N H_{3}]}_{5} {Bi}_{2} {Br}_{11}$ studied by the nonlinear dielectric effect

P. Szklarz, M. Gałązka, P. Zieliński, and G. Bator

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184111 (2006) - Published 13 November, 2006

Mechanical properties of ultrananocrystalline diamond prepared in a nitrogen-rich plasma: A theoretical study

Jeffrey T. Paci, Ted Belytschko, and George C. Schatz

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184112 (2006) - Published 13 November, 2006

Electronic structures of and composition gaps among the ternary carbides ${Ti}_{2} M C$

G. Hug

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184113 (2006) - Published 13 November, 2006

Channeling investigation of the crystalline structure of $U_{4} O_{9 - y}$

Frédérico Garrido, Lech Nowicki, and Lionel Thomé

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184114 (2006) - Published 22 November, 2006

Nonplanar core and dynamical behavior of screw dislocations in copper at high velocities

D. Mordehai, I. Kelson, and G. Makov

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184115 (2006) - Published 27 November, 2006

Directional fine structure in absorption of white x rays: A tomographic interpretation

P. Korecki, M. Tolkiehn, D. V. Novikov, G. Materlik, and M. Szymonski

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184116 (2006) - Published 27 November, 2006

Ab initio thermodynamic properties of point defects and O-vacancy diffusion in Mg spinels

Zbigniew Łodziana and Jacek Piechota

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184117 (2006) - Published 28 November, 2006

Vibrational modes and diffusion of self-interstitial atoms in body-centered-cubic transition metals: A tight-binding molecular-dynamics study

Daniel Finkenstadt, N. Bernstein, J. L. Feldman, M. J. Mehl, and D. A. Papaconstantopoulos

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184118 (2006) - Published 28 November, 2006

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Dielectric properties of high-density amorphous ice under pressure

Ove Andersson and Akira Inaba

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184201 (2006) - Published 1 November, 2006

Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations on structural change of liquid eutectic alloy ${Ge}_{15} {Te}_{85}$ from $573 to 1073 K$

G. Zhao, C. S. Liu, Y. N. Wu, E. G. Jia, and Z. G. Zhu

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184202 (2006) - Published 1 November, 2006

Enhancement of spontaneous and stimulated emission of a rhodamine 6G dye by an Ag aggregate

M. A. Noginov, G. Zhu, M. Bahoura, C. E. Small, C. Davison, J. Adegoke, V. P. Drachev, P. Nyga, and V. M. Shalaev

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184203 (2006) - Published 8 November, 2006

Mechanism of nanocrystalline microstructure formation in amorphous $Fe − Nb − B$ alloys

Akihiko Hirata, Yoshihiko Hirotsu, Eiichiro Matsubara, Tadakatsu Ohkubo, and Kazuhiro Hono

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184204 (2006) - Published 15 November, 2006

Cleaved surface of $i − Al Pd Mn$ quasicrystals: Influence of the local temperature elevation at the crack tip on the fracture surface roughness

L. Ponson, D. Bonamy, and L. Barbier

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184205 (2006) - Published 20 November, 2006

Ab initio calculations of the alloy resistivities of lattice-matched and lattice-mismatched metal pairs: Influence of local-impurity-induced distortions

P. X. Xu and K. Xia

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184206 (2006) - Published 22 November, 2006

Inelastic collective dynamics of liquid rubidium with increasing temperature by neutron scattering studies

F. Demmel, D. Pasqualini, and C. Morkel

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184207 (2006) - Published 30 November, 2006

Rigidity and intermediate phases in glasses driven by speciation

Matthieu Micoulaut

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184208 (2006) - Published 30 November, 2006

Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects, quantum solids

Pressure and temperature dependence of the lattice dynamics of $Cu Al O_{2}$ investigated by Raman scattering experiments and ab initio calculations

J. Pellicer-Porres, D. Martínez-García, A. Segura, P. Rodríguez-Hernández, A. Muñoz, J. C. Chervin, N. Garro, and D. Kim

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184301 (2006) - Published 1 November, 2006

Phonon conductivity of plastically deformed crystals: Role of stacking faults and dislocations

B. K. Singh, V. J. Menon, and K. C. Sood

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184302 (2006) - Published 2 November, 2006

Bloch oscillations in a one-dimensional organic lattice

Yuan Li, Xiao-jing Liu, Ji-yong Fu, De-sheng Liu, Shi-jie Xie, and Liang-mo Mei

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184303 (2006) - Published 3 November, 2006

Optical conductivity of charge carriers interacting with a two-level systems reservoir

A. Villares Ferrer, A. O. Caldeira, and C. Morais Smith

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184304 (2006) - Published 9 November, 2006

Thermal conductivity computed for vitreous silica and methyl-doped silica above the plateau

Xin Yu and David M. Leitner

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184305 (2006) - Published 9 November, 2006

Assignment of the $G^{+}$ and $G^{-}$ Raman bands of metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes based on a common valence force field

Eugenio Di Donato, Matteo Tommasini, Chiara Castiglioni, and Giuseppe Zerbi

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184306 (2006) - Published 9 November, 2006

Unfolding of wave-arrival singularities in the elastodynamic Green’s functions of anisotropic solids under weak spatial dispersion

A. G. Every, J. D. Kaplunov, and G. A. Rogerson

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184307 (2006) - Published 17 November, 2006

Relaxation dynamics of ${Ag}^{+}$ ions in superionic glass nanocomposites embedded with ZnO nanoparticle

S. Bhattacharya and A. Ghosh

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184308 (2006) - Published 20 November, 2006

Ab initio calculations of surface phonons from a direct method with a filling slab approach: MgO(001) and $Li ∕ Mg O (001)$ surfaces

Krzysztof Parlinski

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184309 (2006) - Published 27 November, 2006

Magnetism

Volume-dependent exchange interactions and noncollinear magnetism in zinc-blende MnAs

B. Sanyal, O. Eriksson, and C. Aron

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184401 (2006) - Published 2 November, 2006

Possible pressure-induced insulator-to-metal transition in low-dimensional $TiOCl$

C. A. Kuntscher, S. Frank, A. Pashkin, M. Hoinkis, M. Klemm, M. Sing, S. Horn, and R. Claessen

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184402 (2006) - Published 3 November, 2006

Electroelasticity in charge ordered $\Pr_{5 ∕ 8} {Ca}_{3 ∕ 8} Mn O_{3}$

N. Biškup and A. de Andrés

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184403 (2006) - Published 3 November, 2006

Infrared phonon signatures of multiferroicity in ${TbMn}_{2} O_{5}$

R. Valdés Aguilar, A. B. Sushkov, S. Park, S.-W. Cheong, and H. D. Drew

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184404 (2006) - Published 3 November, 2006

Micromagnetism and magnetization reversal of embedded ferromagnetic elements

S. Blomeier, P. Candeloro, B. Hillebrands, B. Reuscher, A. Brodyanski, and M. Kopnarski

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184405 (2006) - Published 3 November, 2006

Neutron study of magnetic excitations in $8 − nm$ $α − {Fe}_{2} O_{3}$ nanoparticles

L. Theil Kuhn, K. Lefmann, C. R. H. Bahl, S. Nyborg Ancona, P.-A. Lindgård, C. Frandsen, D. E. Madsen, and S. Mørup

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184406 (2006) - Published 3 November, 2006

Scaling relations in the quasi-two-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet

Antoine Praz, Christopher Mudry, and M. B. Hastings

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184407 (2006) - Published 3 November, 2006

Evidence for spin-wave excitations in the long-range magnetically ordered state of a ${Fe}_{19}$ molecular crystal from proton NMR

M. Belesi, F. Borsa, and A. K. Powell

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184408 (2006) - Published 6 November, 2006

Two- and three-dimensional magnetic ordering in the bilayer manganite ${Ca}_{2.5} {Sr}_{0.5} {GaMn}_{2} O_{8}$

S. M. Yusuf, J. M. De Teresa, P. A. Algarabel, M. D. Mukadam, I. Mirebeau, J.-M. Mignot, C. Marquina, and M. R. Ibarra

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184409 (2006) - Published 6 November, 2006

Inhomogeneous quantum antiferromagnetism on periodic lattices

A. Jagannathan, R. Moessner, and Stefan Wessel

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184410 (2006) - Published 7 November, 2006

Free-energy landscapes, dynamics, and the edge of chaos in mean-field models of spin glasses

T. Aspelmeier, R. A. Blythe, A. J. Bray, and M. A. Moore

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184411 (2006) - Published 7 November, 2006

Magnetotransport properties of ${La}_{0.7} {Sr}_{0.3} Mn O_{3} ∕ Sr Ti O_{3}$ superlattices

L. M. Wang, Jing-Kae Lin, and Jong-Pyng Shyu

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184412 (2006) - Published 7 November, 2006

Tunable magnetic properties of metal/metal oxide nanoscale coaxial cables

Olga Kazakova, Brian Daly, and Justin D. Holmes

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184413 (2006) - Published 8 November, 2006

Orbital degree of freedom in single-layered ${La}_{1 - x} {Sr}_{1 + x} Mn O_{4}$ : Doping- and temperature-dependent rearrangement of orbital states

M. Merz, G. Roth, P. Reutler, B. Büchner, D. Arena, J. Dvorak, Y. U. Idzerda, S. Tokumitsu, and S. Schuppler

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184414 (2006) - Published 8 November, 2006

Substrate effects on surface magnetism of $Fe ∕ W (110)$ from first principles

Torsten Andersen and Wolfgang Hübner

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184415 (2006) - Published 9 November, 2006

Theoretical simulation of the anisotropic phases of antiferromagnetic thin films

Juan J. Alonso and Julio F. Fernández

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184416 (2006) - Published 15 November, 2006

Phase relations in the ${Li}_{2} O − V_{2} O_{3} − V_{2} O_{5}$ system at $700 ° C$ : Correlations with magnetic-defect concentration in heavy fermion $Li V_{2} O_{4}$

S. Das, X. Ma, X. Zong, A. Niazi, and D. C. Johnston

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184417 (2006) - Published 16 November, 2006

Theoretical study of abrupt or gradual crossover of the escape rate in single-molecule magnets

Doo Hyung Kang and Gwang-Hee Kim

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184418 (2006) - Published 16 November, 2006

Influence of topography and Co domain walls on the magnetization reversal of the FeNi layer in $Fe Ni ∕ {Al}_{2} O_{3} ∕ Co$ magnetic tunnel junctions

F. Romanens, J. Vogel, W. Kuch, K. Fukumoto, J. Camarero, S. Pizzini, M. Bonfim, and F. Petroff

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184419 (2006) - Published 16 November, 2006

Temperature-induced spin-state transitions in $La Co O_{3}$ : A two-level model

S. W. Biernacki

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184420 (2006) - Published 16 November, 2006

Cross-relaxation and phonon bottleneck effects on magnetization dynamics in $Li Y F_{4} : {Ho}^{3 +}$

S. Bertaina, B. Barbara, R. Giraud, B. Z. Malkin, M. V. Vanuynin, A. I. Pominov, A. L. Stolov, and A. M. Tkachuk

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184421 (2006) - Published 17 November, 2006

High-pressure structural study of ${Fe}_{64} {Ni}_{36}$ and ${Fe}_{72} {Pt}_{28}$ Invar alloys at low-temperature

Lucie Nataf, Frédéric Decremps, Michel Gauthier, and Bernard Canny

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184422 (2006) - Published 17 November, 2006

Superexchange coupling in iron/silicon layered structures

V. V. Tugushev, V. N. Men’shov, I. A. Nechaev, and E. V. Chulkov

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184423 (2006) - Published 20 November, 2006

Gapless points of dimerized quantum spin chains: Analytical and numerical studies

V. Ravi Chandra, Diptiman Sen, and Naveen Surendran

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184424 (2006) - Published 21 November, 2006

Critical exponents and amplitudes of the ferromagnetic transition in ${La}_{0.1} {Ba}_{0.9} V S_{3}$

R. Cabassi, F. Bolzoni, A. Gauzzi, and F. Licci

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184425 (2006) - Published 21 November, 2006

Magnetoresistance effects arising from interfacial resistance in a current-perpendicular-to-plane spin-valve trilayer

S. Bala Kumar, M. B. A. Jalil, S. G. Tan, and Z. Y. Leong

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184426 (2006) - Published 22 November, 2006

Microstructural evolution and its influence on the magnetic properties of ${CoFe}_{2} O_{4}$ powders during mechanical milling

B. H. Liu, J. Ding, Z. L. Dong, C. B. Boothroyd, J. H. Yin, and J. B. Yi

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184427 (2006) - Published 22 November, 2006

Phase transitions due to the formation of polarons in colossal magnetoresistive manganites: Monte Carlo simulations

J. Salafranca and J. A. Vergés

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184428 (2006) - Published 22 November, 2006

Ferromagnetism below $10 K$ in Mn-doped BiTe

J. W. G. Bos, M. Lee, E. Morosan, H. W. Zandbergen, W. L. Lee, N. P. Ong, and R. J. Cava

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184429 (2006) - Published 22 November, 2006

Stretched exponential relaxation arising from a continuous sum of exponential decays

D. C. Johnston

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184430 (2006) - Published 27 November, 2006

Ferroelectricity in the cycloidal spiral magnetic phase of $Mn W O_{4}$

A. H. Arkenbout, T. T. M. Palstra, T. Siegrist, and T. Kimura

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184431 (2006) - Published 28 November, 2006

Effect of cooling rate on aging in spin glasses

Dinah Parker, François Ladieu, Jacques Hammann, and Eric Vincent

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184432 (2006) - Published 29 November, 2006

Frustrated impurity spins in ordered two-dimensional quantum antiferromagnets

A. V. Syromyatnikov and S. V. Maleyev

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184433 (2006) - Published 30 November, 2006

Defects in CoO in oxidized cobalt nanoparticles dominate exchange biasing and exhibit anomalous magnetic properties

Joseph B. Tracy and Moungi G. Bawendi

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184434 (2006) - Published 30 November, 2006

Noncollinear magnetism caused by intermixing at ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic interfaces

E. Martínez, R. Robles, D. Stoeffler, and A. Vega

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184435 (2006) - Published 30 November, 2006

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Controllable coupling in phase-coupled flux qubits

Mun Dae Kim

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184501 (2006) - Published 2 November, 2006

Minigap, parity effect, and persistent currents in SNS nanorings

Mikhail S. Kalenkov, Harald Kloos, and Andrei D. Zaikin

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184502 (2006) - Published 2 November, 2006

Unconventional superconducting pairing symmetry induced by phonons

I. Schnell, I. I. Mazin, and Amy Y. Liu

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184503 (2006) - Published 3 November, 2006

Generalized switchable coupling for superconducting qubits using double resonance

S. Ashhab, Shigemasa Matsuo, Noriyuki Hatakenaka, and Franco Nori

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184504 (2006) - Published 6 November, 2006

Analysis of flux pinning in $Y {Ba}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ films by nanoparticle-modified substrate surfaces

T. Aytug, M. Paranthaman, K. J. Leonard, S. Kang, P. M. Martin, L. Heatherly, A. Goyal, A. O. Ijaduola, J. R. Thompson, D. K Christen, R. Meng, I. Rusakova, and C. W. Chu

Phys. Rev. B 74, 184505 (2006) - Published 6 November, 2006