Volume 74, Issue 20

Hai-Hua Tao, Rong-Juan Liu, Zhi-Yuan Li, Shuai Feng, Ya-Zhao Liu, Cheng Ren, Bing-Ying Cheng, Dao-Zhong Zhang, Hai-Qiang Ma, Ling-An Wu, and Ze-Bo Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205111 (2006) - Published 14 November, 2006

Electronic structure and optical properties of layered perovskites ${Sr}_{2} M O_{4}$ ( $M = Ti$ , V, Cr, and Mn): An ab initio study

Hongming Weng, Y. Kawazoe, Xiangang Wan, and Jinming Dong

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205112 (2006) - Published 15 November, 2006

Effects of uniaxial and hydrostatic pressure on the valence band maximum in ${Sb}_{2} {Te}_{3}$ : An electronic structure study

P. Larson

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205113 (2006) - Published 15 November, 2006

Comparison of the chemical and structural instabilities of ${Na}_{0.75 - x} Co O_{2}$ and ${Li}_{1 - x} Co O_{2}$

J. Choi and A. Manthiram

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205114 (2006) - Published 15 November, 2006

Optical and magneto-optical anisotropy of $UPtGe$ single crystals

M. Marutzky, U. Barkow, S. Weber, J. Schoenes, and R. Troć

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205115 (2006) - Published 16 November, 2006

Electronic structure of single-crystalline thermoelectric ${Bi}_{2 - x} {Pb}_{x} {Sr}_{2} {Co}_{2} O_{y}$ $(x = 0, 0.6)$ from photoemission and x-ray absorption

J.-S. Kang, S. W. Han, T. Fujii, I. Terasaki, S. S. Lee, G. Kim, C. G. Olson, H. G. Lee, J.-Y. Kim, and B. I. Min

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205116 (2006) - Published 20 November, 2006

Dielectric constants of Ir, Ru, Pt, and ${IrO}_{2}$ : Contributions from bound charges

W. S. Choi, S. S. A. Seo, K. W. Kim, T. W. Noh, M. Y. Kim, and S. Shin

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205117 (2006) - Published 21 November, 2006

Correlated metallic state of vanadium dioxide

M. M. Qazilbash, K. S. Burch, D. Whisler, D. Shrekenhamer, B. G. Chae, H. T. Kim, and D. N. Basov

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205118 (2006) - Published 22 November, 2006

Kondo effects in carbon nanotubes: From SU(4) to SU(2) symmetry

Jong Soo Lim, Mahn-Soo Choi, M. Y. Choi, Rosa López, and Ramón Aguado

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205119 (2006) - Published 27 November, 2006

Impurity scattering of wave packets on a lattice

Wonkee Kim, L. Covaci, and F. Marsiglio

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205120 (2006) - Published 27 November, 2006

Densities of states, moments, and maximally broken time-reversal symmetry

Roger Haydock and C. M. M. Nex

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205121 (2006) - Published 28 November, 2006

Temperature dependence of spin susceptibility in two-dimensional Fermi liquid systems

A. Shekhter and A. M. Finkel’stein

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205122 (2006) - Published 30 November, 2006

Time-dependent evolution of two coupled Luttinger liquids

E. Perfetto

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205123 (2006) - Published 30 November, 2006

Spectral density of the Hubbard model by the continued fraction method

R. Hayn, P. Lombardo, and K. Matho

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205124 (2006) - Published 30 November, 2006

Orbital contributions to the magnetic susceptibility of one-dimensional Hubbard models with partial filling and strong correlation

S. A. Bewick and Z. G. Soos

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205125 (2006) - Published 30 November, 2006

Semiconductors I: bulk

Crystal field analysis of ${Pm}^{3 +} (4 f^{4})$ and ${Sm}^{3 +} (4 f^{5})$ and lattice location studies of ${}^{147}{Nd}$ and ${}^{147}{Pm}$ in $w − AlN$

Ulrich Vetter, John B. Gruber, Anmol S. Nijjar, Bahram Zandi, Gregor Öhl, Ulrich Wahl, Bart De Vries, Hans Hofsäss, Marc Dietrich, and the ISOLDE Collaboration

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205201 (2006) - Published 2 November, 2006

Structural model of amorphous silicon annealed with tight binding

N. Bernstein, J. L. Feldman, and M. Fornari

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205202 (2006) - Published 8 November, 2006

Ordering induced direct and indirect transitions in semiconductor alloys

Chang-Youn Moon, Jingbo Li, Su-Huai Wei, Adele Tzu-Lin Lim, and Yuan Ping Feng

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205203 (2006) - Published 9 November, 2006

Low-frequency optical dielectric response and rigidity transitions in network glasses

J. M. González-Leal, J. A. Ángel, P. Krecmer, E. Márquez, and R. Jiménez-Garay

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205204 (2006) - Published 10 November, 2006

Angle-dependent magnetotransport in cubic and tetragonal ferromagnets: Application to (001)- and $(113) A$ -oriented $(Ga, Mn) As$

W. Limmer, M. Glunk, J. Daeubler, T. Hummel, W. Schoch, R. Sauer, C. Bihler, H. Huebl, M. S. Brandt, and S. T. B. Goennenwein

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205205 (2006) - Published 13 November, 2006

Midinfrared optical absorption in germanium measured with a free-electron laser at room temperature

H. Furuse, N. Mori, H. Kubo, H. Momose, and M. Kondow

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205206 (2006) - Published 13 November, 2006

Charge-dependent migration pathways for the Ga vacancy in $GaAs$

Fedwa El-Mellouhi and Normand Mousseau

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205207 (2006) - Published 16 November, 2006

Formation energies, binding energies, structure, and electronic transitions of Si divacancies studied by density functional calculations

R. R. Wixom and A. F. Wright

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205208 (2006) - Published 21 November, 2006

Excess modes and enhanced scattering in rare-earth-doped amorphous silicon thin films

B. L. Zink, R. Islam, David J. Smith, and F. Hellman

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205209 (2006) - Published 30 November, 2006

Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics

Interference in a system of coupled quantum wires: Theoretical study of electronic transport

Bogdan R. Bułka, Mugurel Ţolea, and Ion V. Dinu

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205301 (2006) - Published 1 November, 2006

Carrier thermodynamics in $InAs ∕ {In}_{x} {Ga}_{1 - x} As$ quantum dots

S. Sanguinetti, D. Colombo, M. Guzzi, E. Grilli, M. Gurioli, L. Seravalli, P. Frigeri, and S. Franchi

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205302 (2006) - Published 1 November, 2006

Carrier dynamics and coherent acoustic phonons in nitride heterostructures

G. D. Sanders and C. J. Stanton

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205303 (2006) - Published 2 November, 2006

Underscreened Kondo impurities in a Luttinger liquid

P. Durganandini and Pascal Simon

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205304 (2006) - Published 2 November, 2006

Epitaxy of Mn on Si(001): Adsorption, surface diffusion, and magnetic properties studied by density-functional theory

Mahbube Hortamani, Hua Wu, Peter Kratzer, and Matthias Scheffler

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205305 (2006) - Published 7 November, 2006

Exchange interaction and stability diagram of coupled quantum dots in magnetic fields

L.-X. Zhang, D. V. Melnikov, and J.-P. Leburton

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205306 (2006) - Published 7 November, 2006

Spin Hall effect and zitterbewegung in an electron waveguide

P. Brusheim and H. Q. Xu

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205307 (2006) - Published 7 November, 2006

Formation of dihydride chains on H-terminated $Si (100) − 2 \times 1$ surfaces: Scanning tunneling microscopy and first-principles calculations

Yuji Suwa, Masaaki Fujimori, Seiji Heike, Yasuhiko Terada, Yoshihide Yoshimoto, Kazuto Akagi, Osamu Sugino, and Tomihiro Hashizume

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205308 (2006) - Published 9 November, 2006

Tight-binding theory of $Zn S ∕ Cd S$ nanoscale heterostructures: Role of strain and $d$ orbitals

J. G. Díaz, M. Zieliński, W. Jaskólski, and Garnett W. Bryant

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205309 (2006) - Published 9 November, 2006

Electron transport through Aharonov-Bohm interferometer with laterally coupled double quantum dots

Toshihiro Kubo, Yasuhiro Tokura, Tsuyoshi Hatano, and Seigo Tarucha

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205310 (2006) - Published 10 November, 2006

Improved hybrid algorithm with Gaussian basis sets and plane waves: First-principles calculations of ethylene adsorption on $β − Si C (001) − (3 \times 2)$

Jürgen Wieferink, Peter Krüger, and Johannes Pollmann

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205311 (2006) - Published 10 November, 2006

Quantum and transport lifetimes due to roughness-induced scattering of a two-dimensional electron gas in wurtzite group-III-nitride heterostructures

Doan Nhat Quang, Nguyen Huyen Tung, Vu Ngoc Tuoc, Nguyen Viet Minh, Huynh Anh Huy, and Do Thi Hien

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205312 (2006) - Published 13 November, 2006

Hyperfine interaction induced decoherence of electron spins in quantum dots

Wenxian Zhang, V. V. Dobrovitski, K. A. Al-Hassanieh, E. Dagotto, and B. N. Harmon

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205313 (2006) - Published 14 November, 2006

Local current distribution and hot spots in the integer quantum Hall regime

Yonatan Dubi, Yigal Meir, and Yshai Avishai

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205314 (2006) - Published 14 November, 2006

Electronic transmission in a model quantum wire with side-coupled quasiperiodic chains: Fano resonance and related issues

Arunava Chakrabarti

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205315 (2006) - Published 14 November, 2006

Transmission through quantum dots: Focus on phase lapses

D. I. Golosov and Yuval Gefen

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205316 (2006) - Published 14 November, 2006

Quantum dot potentials: Symanzik scaling, resurgent expansions, and quantum dynamics

Andrey Surzhykov, Michael Lubasch, Jean Zinn-Justin, and Ulrich D. Jentschura

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205317 (2006) - Published 15 November, 2006

Quantum size effects in a one-dimensional semimetal

Shadyar Farhangfar

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205318 (2006) - Published 15 November, 2006

Dielectric relaxation of suspensions of nanoscale particles surrounded by a thick electric double layer

Kongshuang Zhao and Kejuan He

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205319 (2006) - Published 16 November, 2006

Conductance of a molecule with a center of mass motion

J. Mravlje, A. Ramšak, and T. Rejec

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205320 (2006) - Published 16 November, 2006

Gain and recombination dynamics of quantum-dot infrared photodetectors

H. Lim, B. Movaghar, S. Tsao, M. Taguchi, W. Zhang, A. A. Quivy, and M. Razeghi

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205321 (2006) - Published 17 November, 2006

Tunneling between two-dimensional electron layers with correlated disorder: Anomalous sensitivity to spin-orbit coupling

V. A. Zyuzin, E. G. Mishchenko, and M. E. Raikh

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205322 (2006) - Published 17 November, 2006

Atomistic simulation of nanowires in the $s p^{3} d^{5} s^{*}$ tight-binding formalism: From boundary conditions to strain calculations

Mathieu Luisier, Andreas Schenk, Wolfgang Fichtner, and Gerhard Klimeck

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205323 (2006) - Published 17 November, 2006

Surface smoothness of plasma-deposited amorphous silicon thin films: Surface diffusion of radical precursors and mechanism of Si incorporation

Mayur S. Valipa, Tamas Bakos, and Dimitrios Maroudas

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205324 (2006) - Published 20 November, 2006

Exchange frequencies and magnetic ground state of Wigner crystal in anisotropic two-dimensional electron systems

Chenggang Zhou and R. N. Bhatt

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205325 (2006) - Published 20 November, 2006

Structure of tetracene films on hydrogen-passivated Si(001) studied via STM, AFM, and NEXAFS

A. Tersigni, J. Shi, D. T. Jiang, and X. R. Qin

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205326 (2006) - Published 20 November, 2006

Semiclassical theory of a quantum pump

Saar Rahav and Piet W. Brouwer

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205327 (2006) - Published 21 November, 2006

Anomalous suppression of the shot noise in a nanoelectromechanical system

Federica Haupt, Fabio Cavaliere, Rosario Fazio, and Maura Sassetti

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205328 (2006) - Published 21 November, 2006

Impact of the cap layer on the electronic structures and optical properties of self-assembled $In As ∕ Ga As$ quantum dots

Hai-Bin Wu, S. J. Xu, and Jian Wang

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205329 (2006) - Published 21 November, 2006

Hot-electron mean free path of ErAs thin films grown on GaAs determined by metal-base transistor ballistic electron emission spectroscopy

K. J. Russell, V. Narayanamurti, Ian Appelbaum, M. P. Hanson, and A. C. Gossard

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205330 (2006) - Published 22 November, 2006

Surface states, Friedel oscillations, and spin accumulation in $p$ -doped semiconductors

Tudor D. Stanescu and Victor Galitski

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205331 (2006) - Published 27 November, 2006

Spin dephasing of doped electrons in charge-tunable InP quantum dots: Hanle-effect measurements

Yasuaki Masumoto, Shuhei Oguchi, Bipul Pal, and Michio Ikezawa

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205332 (2006) - Published 28 November, 2006

Decomposition of $Si H_{3}$ to $Si H_{2}$ on Si(100)- $(2 \times 1)$

Freda C. H. Lim, E. S. Tok, and H. Chuan Kang

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205333 (2006) - Published 28 November, 2006

Exact results for a charged harmonically trapped quantum gas at arbitrary temperature and magnetic field strength

Patrick Shea and Brandon P. van Zyl

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205334 (2006) - Published 29 November, 2006

Demonstration of electron filtering to increase the Seebeck coefficient in ${In}_{0.53} {Ga}_{0.47} As ∕ {In}_{0.53} {Ga}_{0.28} {Al}_{0.19} As$ superlattices

J. M. O. Zide, D. Vashaee, Z. X. Bian, G. Zeng, J. E. Bowers, A. Shakouri, and A. C. Gossard

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205335 (2006) - Published 30 November, 2006

Electrical transport through a single-electron transistor strongly coupled to an oscillator

C. B. Doiron, W. Belzig, and C. Bruder

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205336 (2006) - Published 30 November, 2006

Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems

Disorder effect on electronic and optical properties of doped carbon nanotubes

Jun Ma, Shuguang Guan, and C.-H. Lai

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205401 (2006) - Published 1 November, 2006

Short-range order in $A B_{3}$ binary alloy thin films

I. Zasada, A. Sukiennicki, L. Wojtczak, and F. L. Castillo Alvarado

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205402 (2006) - Published 2 November, 2006

Quantum size effect in the electron exchange between a $H^{-}$ ion and a thin metal disk

I. K. Gainullin and I. F. Urazgildin

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205403 (2006) - Published 2 November, 2006

Dynamical changeover of core exciton state of graphite and resonant x-ray emission spectrum: From shallow to deep level with symmetry breaking

Akira Yasui, Yosuke Kayanuma, Satoshi Tanaka, and Yoshihisa Harada

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205404 (2006) - Published 3 November, 2006

Exciton-mediated one-phonon resonant Raman scattering from one-dimensional systems

A. N. Vamivakas, A. Walsh, Y. Yin, M. S. Ünlü, B. B. Goldberg, and A. K. Swan

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205405 (2006) - Published 3 November, 2006

Creation of a metallic channel at the $Sn ∕ In As (111) B$ surface studied using synchrotron-radiation photoelectron spectroscopy

K. Szamota-Leandersson, M. Göthelid, J. Kanski, L. Ilver, G. Le Lay, and U. O. Karlsson

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205406 (2006) - Published 3 November, 2006

Effects of bonding on the energy distribution of electrons scattered elastically at high momentum transfer

M. Vos and M. R. Went

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205407 (2006) - Published 6 November, 2006

Electron-phonon coupling in halogen-doped carbon clathrates from first principles

F. Zipoli, M. Bernasconi, and G. Benedek

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205408 (2006) - Published 6 November, 2006

Excitation dynamics in ${La}_{0.875} {Sr}_{0.125} {MnO}_{3}$ measured by resonant Auger electron and resonant x-ray emission spectroscopies

T. O. Menteş, F. Bondino, E. Magnano, M. Zangrando, K. Kuepper, V. R. Galakhov, Y. M. Mukovskii, M. Neumann, and F. Parmigiani

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205409 (2006) - Published 6 November, 2006

Geometric shadowing from rippled $Sr Ru O_{3} ∕ Sr Ti O_{3}$ surface templates induces self-organization of epitaxial $Sr Zr O_{3}$ nanowires

Jiaqing He, Regina Dittmann, Silvia Karthäuser, and Enrique Vasco

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205410 (2006) - Published 7 November, 2006

Nanostructure of a vicinal surface of ${SrTiO}_{3}$ : Order on two length scales

Isabelle Joumard, Xavier Torrelles, Tien-Lin Lee, Oier Bikondoa, Jordi Rius, and Jorg Zegenhagen

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205411 (2006) - Published 8 November, 2006

Calculation of Raman-active modes in linear and zigzag phases of fullerene peapods

H. Chadli, A. Rahmani, K. Sbai, P. Hermet, S. Rols, and J.-L. Sauvajol

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205412 (2006) - Published 10 November, 2006

Quantum field theory of van der Waals friction

A. I. Volokitin and B. N. J. Persson

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205413 (2006) - Published 13 November, 2006

Topological analysis of the quantum Hall effect in graphene: Dirac-Fermi transition across van Hove singularities and edge versus bulk quantum numbers

Yasuhiro Hatsugai, Takahiro Fukui, and Hideo Aoki

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205414 (2006) - Published 13 November, 2006

Stabilization mechanism of ${Si}_{12}$ cage clusters by encapsulation of a transition-metal atom: A density-functional theory study

Noriyuki Uchida, Takehide Miyazaki, and Toshihiko Kanayama

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205427 (2006) - Published 22 November, 2006

Er site in Er-implanted Si nanoclusters embedded in $Si O_{2}$

C. Maurizio, F. Iacona, F. D’Acapito, G. Franzò, and F. Priolo

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205428 (2006) - Published 22 November, 2006

Thermodynamics of low-dimensional adsorption in grooves, on the outer surface, and in interstitials of a closed-ended carbon nanotube bundle

T. N. Antsygina, I. I. Poltavsky, and K. A. Chishko

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205429 (2006) - Published 22 November, 2006

Correlation between transport properties and atomic configuration of atomic contacts of zinc by low-temperature measurements

E. Scheer, P. Konrad, C. Bacca, A. Mayer-Gindner, H. v. Löhneysen, M. Häfner, and J. C. Cuevas

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205430 (2006) - Published 27 November, 2006

Weak chemical interaction and van der Waals forces between graphene layers: A combined density functional and intermolecular perturbation theory approach

Y. J. Dappe, M. A. Basanta, F. Flores, and J. Ortega

Phys. Rev. B 74, 205434 (2006) - Published 28 November, 2006

ERRATA

Publisher's Note: Exciton-mediated one-phonon resonant Raman scattering from one-dimensional systems [Phys. Rev. B 74, 205405 (2006)]

A. N. Vamivakas, A. Walsh, Y. Yin, M. S. Ünlü, B. B. Goldberg, and A. K. Swan

Phys. Rev. B 74, 209901 (2006) - Published 10 November, 2006

Erratum: Dephasing due to electron-electron interaction in a diffusive ring [Phys. Rev. B 72, 115327 (2005)]

Christophe Texier and Gilles Montambaux

Phys. Rev. B 74, 209902 (2006) - Published 29 November, 2006