Volume 77, Issue 20

15 May 2008

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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Nonequilibrium sum rules for the retarded self-energy of strongly correlated electrons

V. Turkowski and J. K. Freericks

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205102 (2008) - Published 9 May, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Plane-wave based electronic structure calculations for correlated materials using dynamical mean-field theory and projected local orbitals

B. Amadon, F. Lechermann, A. Georges, F. Jollet, T. O. Wehling, and A. I. Lichtenstein

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205112 (2008) - Published 15 May, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Inhomogeneous site charges at the boundary between the insulating, superconducting, and metallic phases of $β^{″}$ -type bis-ethylenedithio-tetrathiafulvalene molecular charge-transfer salts

Takashi Yamamoto, Hiroshi M. Yamamoto, Reizo Kato, Mikio Uruichi, Kyuya Yakushi, Hiroki Akutsu, Akane Sato-Akutsu, Atsushi Kawamoto, Scott S. Turner, and Peter Day

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205120 (2008) - Published 21 May, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Charged coplanar semiconductor quantum rings: Magnetization and inter-ring electron-electron correlation

Bartłomiej Szafran

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205313 (2008) - Published 14 May, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Gauge field induced by ripples in graphene

F. Guinea, Baruch Horovitz, and P. Le Doussal

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205421 (2008) - Published 15 May, 2008

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Electronic structure: wide-band, narrow-band, and strongly correlated systems

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Attenuation lengths of low-energy electrons in solids: The case of CoO

F. Offi, S. Iacobucci, P. Vilmercati, A. Rizzo, A. Goldoni, M. Sacchi, and G. Panaccione

Phys. Rev. B 77, 201101(R) (2008) - Published 7 May, 2008

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Evidence for strong $5 d$ electron correlations in the pyrochlore $Y_{2} {Ir}_{2} O_{7}$ studied using high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy

R. S. Singh, V. R. R. Medicherla, Kalobaran Maiti, and E. V. Sampathkumaran

Phys. Rev. B 77, 201102(R) (2008) - Published 22 May, 2008

Semiconductors I: bulk

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Measurements of the Einstein relation in doped and undoped molecular thin films

O. Tal, I. Epstein, O. Snir, Y. Roichman, Y. Ganot, C. K. Chan, A. Kahn, N. Tessler, and Y. Rosenwaks

Phys. Rev. B 77, 201201(R) (2008) - Published 2 May, 2008

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

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Phase-coherent transport in InN nanowires of various sizes

Ch. Blömers, Th. Schäpers, T. Richter, R. Calarco, H. Lüth, and M. Marso

Phys. Rev. B 77, 201301(R) (2008) - Published 6 May, 2008

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Lapse of transmission phase and electron molecules in quantum dots

S. A. Gurvitz

Phys. Rev. B 77, 201302(R) (2008) - Published 6 May, 2008

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Hidden ferromagnetic secondary phases in cobalt-doped ZnO epitaxial thin films

T. C. Kaspar, T. Droubay, S. M. Heald, M. H. Engelhard, P. Nachimuthu, and S. A. Chambers

Phys. Rev. B 77, 201303(R) (2008) - Published 7 May, 2008

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Nonlinear magnetotransport in microwave-illuminated two-dimensional electron systems

A. T. Hatke, H.-S. Chiang, M. A. Zudov, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West

Phys. Rev. B 77, 201304(R) (2008) - Published 15 May, 2008

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Water on silicon (001): $C$ defects and initial steps of surface oxidation

O. Warschkow, S. R. Schofield, N. A. Marks, M. W. Radny, P. V. Smith, and D. R. McKenzie

Phys. Rev. B 77, 201305(R) (2008) - Published 22 May, 2008

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Room-temperature ferromagnetism in undoped $GaN$ and $CdS$ semiconductor nanoparticles

C. Madhu, A. Sundaresan, and C. N. R. Rao

Phys. Rev. B 77, 201306(R) (2008) - Published 29 May, 2008

Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Formation of silicon-fullerene-linked nanowires inside carbon nanotubes: A molecular-dynamics and first-principles study

Kengo Nishio, Taisuke Ozaki, Tetsuya Morishita, and Masuhiro Mikami

Phys. Rev. B 77, 201401(R) (2008) - Published 12 May, 2008

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Effect of screening long-range Coulomb interactions on the metallic behavior in two-dimensional hole systems

L. H. Ho, W. R. Clarke, A. P. Micolich, R. Danneau, O. Klochan, M. Y. Simmons, A. R. Hamilton, M. Pepper, and D. A. Ritchie

Phys. Rev. B 77, 201402(R) (2008) - Published 13 May, 2008

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Direct evidence for the suppression of charge stripes in epitaxial ${La}_{1.67} {Sr}_{0.33} {NiO}_{4}$ films

C. K. Xie, J. I. Budnick, W. A. Hines, B. O. Wells, Feizhou He, and A. R. Moodenbaugh

Phys. Rev. B 77, 201403(R) (2008) - Published 20 May, 2008

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Mechanism of the ortho-para conversion of hydrogen on Ag surfaces

K. Niki, T. Kawauchi, M. Matsumoto, K. Fukutani, and T. Okano

Phys. Rev. B 77, 201404(R) (2008) - Published 22 May, 2008

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Large oscillating nonlocal voltage in multiterminal single-wall carbon nanotube devices

G. Gunnarsson, J. Trbovic, and C. Schönenberger

Phys. Rev. B 77, 201405(R) (2008) - Published 22 May, 2008

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Symmetry fingerprints of a benzene single-electron transistor: Interplay between Coulomb interaction and orbital symmetry

Georg Begemann, Dana Darau, Andrea Donarini, and Milena Grifoni

Phys. Rev. B 77, 201406(R) (2008) - Published 29 May, 2008

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Model for organized current patterns in disordered conductors

Y. Japha, O. Entin-Wohlman, T. David, R. Salem, S. Aigner, J. Schmiedmayer, and R. Folman

Phys. Rev. B 77, 201407(R) (2008) - Published 29 May, 2008

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Deriving molecular bonding from a macromolecular self-assembly using kinetic Monte Carlo simulations

Fabien Silly, Ulrich K. Weber, Adam Q. Shaw, Victor M. Burlakov, Martin R. Castell, G. A. D. Briggs, and David G. Pettifor

Phys. Rev. B 77, 201408(R) (2008) - Published 29 May, 2008

ARTICLES

Electronic structure: wide-band, narrow-band, and strongly correlated systems

Investigation of the electronic structure of the charge-ordered phase in epitaxial and polycrystalline ${La}_{1 - x} {Ca}_{x} Mn O_{3}$ $(x = 0.55, 0.67)$ perovskite manganites

Rainer Schmidt

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205101 (2008) - Published 5 May, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Nonequilibrium sum rules for the retarded self-energy of strongly correlated electrons

V. Turkowski and J. K. Freericks

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205102 (2008) - Published 9 May, 2008

Dynamical-quantum-cluster approach to two-particle correlation functions in the Hubbard model

S. Hochkeppel, F. F. Assaad, and W. Hanke

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205103 (2008) - Published 13 May, 2008

Modeling of three-dimensional photonic crystal lasers in a frequency domain: A scattering matrix solution

Xinhua Hu, Jiangrong Cao, Ming Li, Zhuo Ye, Mamoru Miyawaki, and Kai-Ming Ho

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205104 (2008) - Published 13 May, 2008

Photoinduced insulator-metal transition in one-dimensional Mott insulators

Akira Takahashi, Hisashi Itoh, and Masaki Aihara

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205105 (2008) - Published 13 May, 2008

Selective manipulation of stop-bands in multi-component photonic crystals: Opals as an example

M. V. Rybin, A. V. Baryshev, A. B. Khanikaev, M. Inoue, K. B. Samusev, A. V. Sel’kin, G. Yushin, and M. F. Limonov

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205106 (2008) - Published 13 May, 2008

Atomic and electronic structures of thallium-based ${III-V-VI}_{2}$ ternary chalcogenides: Ab initio calculations

Khang Hoang and S. D. Mahanti

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205107 (2008) - Published 13 May, 2008

Anisotropic magnetization and dynamic susceptibility sign change in single-crystal ${Na}_{0.85} {CoO}_{2}$

Jong-Soo Rhyee, J. B. Peng, C. T. Lin, and S. M. Lee

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205108 (2008) - Published 14 May, 2008

Critical dopant concentration in polyacetylene and phase diagram from a continuous four-Fermi model

Heron Caldas, Jean-Loïc Kneur, Marcus Benghi Pinto, and Rudnei O. Ramos

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205109 (2008) - Published 14 May, 2008

Periodic arrangements of chiral scatterers providing negative refractive index bi-isotropic media

L. Jelinek, R. Marqués, F. Mesa, and J. D. Baena

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205110 (2008) - Published 14 May, 2008

X-ray absorption and x-ray magnetic dichroism study on ${Ca}_{3} {CoRhO}_{6}$ and ${Ca}_{3} {FeRhO}_{6}$

T. Burnus, Z. Hu, Hua Wu, J. C. Cezar, S. Niitaka, H. Takagi, C. F. Chang, N. B. Brookes, H.-J. Lin, L. Y. Jang, A. Tanaka, K. S. Liang, C. T. Chen, and L. H. Tjeng

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205111 (2008) - Published 14 May, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Plane-wave based electronic structure calculations for correlated materials using dynamical mean-field theory and projected local orbitals

B. Amadon, F. Lechermann, A. Georges, F. Jollet, T. O. Wehling, and A. I. Lichtenstein

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205112 (2008) - Published 15 May, 2008

Transmittance and transparency of subwavelength-perforated conducting films in the presence of a magnetic field

Yakov M. Strelniker and David J. Bergman

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205113 (2008) - Published 15 May, 2008

Left-handed behavior of split-ring resonators: Optical measurements and numerical analysis

Jing Yang, J. Hwang, and T. Timusk

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205114 (2008) - Published 16 May, 2008

Canonical representation for electrons and its application to the Hubbard model

Brijesh Kumar

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205115 (2008) - Published 19 May, 2008

$Cu K α$ resonant x-ray emission spectroscopy of high- $T_{c}$ -related cuprates

A. Kotani, K. Okada, György Vankó, G. Dhalenne, A. Revcolevschi, P. Giura, and Abhay Shukla

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205116 (2008) - Published 20 May, 2008

Angle-resolved photoemission study of the strongly correlated semiconductor FeSi

M. Arita, K. Shimada, Y. Takeda, M. Nakatake, H. Namatame, M. Taniguchi, H. Negishi, T. Oguchi, T. Saitoh, A. Fujimori, and T. Kanomata

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205117 (2008) - Published 20 May, 2008

Energy dissipation in the ground-state vibrational manifolds of $β$ -carotene homologues: A sub-20-fs time-resolved transient grating spectroscopic study

Masazumi Fujiwara, Kensei Yamauchi, Mitsuru Sugisaki, Andrew Gall, Bruno Robert, Richard J. Cogdell, and Hideki Hashimoto

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205118 (2008) - Published 21 May, 2008

Zero-dimensional area law in a gapless fermionic system

G. C. Levine and D. J. Miller

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205119 (2008) - Published 21 May, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Inhomogeneous site charges at the boundary between the insulating, superconducting, and metallic phases of $β^{″}$ -type bis-ethylenedithio-tetrathiafulvalene molecular charge-transfer salts

Takashi Yamamoto, Hiroshi M. Yamamoto, Reizo Kato, Mikio Uruichi, Kyuya Yakushi, Hiroki Akutsu, Akane Sato-Akutsu, Atsushi Kawamoto, Scott S. Turner, and Peter Day

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205120 (2008) - Published 21 May, 2008

Topological order, dimerization, and spinon deconfinement in frustrated spin ladders

Eugene H. Kim, Ö. Legeza, and J. Sólyom

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205121 (2008) - Published 22 May, 2008

Entanglement and density-functional theory: Testing approximations on Hooke’s atom

J. P. Coe, A. Sudbery, and I. D’Amico

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205122 (2008) - Published 22 May, 2008

Coherence and metamagnetism in the two-dimensional Kondo lattice model

K. S. D. Beach and F. F. Assaad

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205123 (2008) - Published 23 May, 2008

Effect of internal period on the optical dispersion of indefinite-medium materials

Linfang Shen, Tzong-Jer Yang, and Yuan-Fong Chau

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205124 (2008) - Published 23 May, 2008

Ab initio tight-binding analysis of CdS nanocrystals

Chad E. Junkermeier, James P. Lewis, and Garnett W. Bryant

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205125 (2008) - Published 23 May, 2008

Band structure and thermopower of doped ${YCuO}_{2}$

D. J. Singh

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205126 (2008) - Published 29 May, 2008

Signatures of polaronic charge ordering in optical and dc conductivity using dynamical mean field theory

S. Ciuchi and S. Fratini

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205127 (2008) - Published 30 May, 2008

Finite doping of a one-dimensional charge density wave: Solitons vs Luttinger liquid charge density

Yuval Weiss, Moshe Goldstein, and Richard Berkovits

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205128 (2008) - Published 30 May, 2008

Semiconductors I: bulk

Thermodynamic states and phase diagrams for bulk-incoherent, bulk-coherent, and epitaxially-coherent semiconductor alloys: Application to cubic (Ga,In)N

Jefferson Z. Liu and Alex Zunger

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205201 (2008) - Published 1 May, 2008

First-principles calculation of the O vacancy in ZnO: A self-consistent gap-corrected approach

Tula R. Paudel and Walter R. L. Lambrecht

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205202 (2008) - Published 8 May, 2008

First principles calculations of the structural and electronic properties of the type-I semiconductor clathrate alloys ${Ba}_{8} {Ga}_{16} {Si}_{x} {Ge}_{30 - x}$ and ${Sr}_{8} {Ga}_{16} {Si}_{x} {Ge}_{30 - x}$

Emmanuel N. Nenghabi and Charles W. Myles

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205203 (2008) - Published 9 May, 2008

Lattice dynamics of wurtzite and rocksalt AlN under high pressure: Effect of compression on the crystal anisotropy of wurtzite-type semiconductors

Francisco Javier Manjón, Daniel Errandonea, Aldo Humberto Romero, Núria Garro, Jorge Serrano, and Martin Kuball

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205204 (2008) - Published 16 May, 2008

C4 defect and its precursors in Si: First-principles theory

D. J. Backlund and S. K. Estreicher

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205205 (2008) - Published 19 May, 2008

Electronic structure of GaN codoped with Mn and Cr

Nandan Tandon, G. P. Das, and Anjali Kshirsagar

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205206 (2008) - Published 22 May, 2008

Electronic structure, bonding character, and thermoelectric properties of semiconducting rhenium silicide with doping

Anning Qiu, Lanting Zhang, Aidang Shan, and Jiansheng Wu

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205207 (2008) - Published 22 May, 2008

Corrections to the Kohn-Luttinger wave function for donors in silicon

T. G. Castner, Jr.

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205208 (2008) - Published 23 May, 2008

Atomic simulations of the dynamic properties of the $30 °$ partial dislocation in Si crystal

Chao-ying Wang, Qing-yuan Meng, Kang-you Zhong, and Zhi-fu Yang

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205209 (2008) - Published 29 May, 2008

Advanced resistivity model for arbitrary magnetization orientation applied to a series of compressive- to tensile-strained (Ga,Mn)As layers

W. Limmer, J. Daeubler, L. Dreher, M. Glunk, W. Schoch, S. Schwaiger, and R. Sauer

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205210 (2008) - Published 30 May, 2008

Dielectric response of germanium clusters

Sascha Schäfer and Rolf Schäfer

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205211 (2008) - Published 30 May, 2008

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

Unusual mosaic image of the $Si (111) − (7 \times 7)$ surface coinciding with field emission resonance in scanning tunneling microscopy

Keisuke Sagisaka and Daisuke Fujita

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205301 (2008) - Published 1 May, 2008

Spin-dependent electron transport in two-dimensional waveguides of arbitrary geometry

Gursoy B. Akguc and Jiangbin Gong

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205302 (2008) - Published 1 May, 2008

Quantum rings of arbitrary shape and non-uniform width in a threading magnetic field

A. Bruno-Alfonso and A. Latgé

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205303 (2008) - Published 2 May, 2008

Diffusion-reaction modeling of silicon oxide interlayer growth during thermal annealing of high dielectric constant materials on silicon

Deepthi Gopireddy and Christos G. Takoudis

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205304 (2008) - Published 5 May, 2008

Optically induced shot noise enhancement and suppression in a $Λ$ -type double-dot system

Tong-Guang Cheng, Hai-Feng Lü, and Yong Guo

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205305 (2008) - Published 6 May, 2008

Energetics of adsorbed hydrogen and surface germanium on stepped ${Si}_{x} {Ge}_{1 - x} (100) − (2 \times 1)$ surfaces

Q. Li, E. S. Tok, and H. Chuan Kang

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205306 (2008) - Published 8 May, 2008

Coulomb-blocked transport through a quantum dot with spin-split level: Increase of differential conductance peaks by spin relaxation

Daniel Becker and Daniela Pfannkuche

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205307 (2008) - Published 8 May, 2008

Linewidth of resonances in scanning tunneling spectroscopy

L. Jdira, K. Overgaag, R. Stiufiuc, B. Grandidier, C. Delerue, S. Speller, and D. Vanmaekelbergh

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205308 (2008) - Published 9 May, 2008

Low temperature electron-phonon resonance in dc-current-biased two-dimensional electron systems

X. L. Lei

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205309 (2008) - Published 12 May, 2008

Probing non-Abelian statistics in $ν = 12 / 5$ quantum Hall state

K. T. Law

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205310 (2008) - Published 12 May, 2008

Resonant magnetopolaron effect in a high electron density quantum well in a tilted magnetic field

S. N. Klimin, V. M. Fomin, and J. T. Devreese

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205311 (2008) - Published 12 May, 2008

Quantum dot properties in the multiband envelope-function approximation using boundary conditions based upon first-principles quantum calculations

Curt A. Flory, Charles B. Musgrave, and Zhiyong Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205312 (2008) - Published 14 May, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Charged coplanar semiconductor quantum rings: Magnetization and inter-ring electron-electron correlation

Bartłomiej Szafran

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205313 (2008) - Published 14 May, 2008

Multimode vibrational effects in single-molecule conductance: A nonequilibrium Green’s function approach

R. Härtle, C. Benesch, and M. Thoss

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205314 (2008) - Published 14 May, 2008

Theory of a Josephson junction detector of non-Gaussian noise

Hermann Grabert

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205315 (2008) - Published 15 May, 2008

Subnanosecond switching of local spin-exchange coupled to ferromagnets

Jonas Fransson

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205316 (2008) - Published 15 May, 2008

Indications for sharp continuous phase transitions at finite temperatures connected with the apparent metal-insulator transition in two-dimensional disordered systems

Arnulf Möbius

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205317 (2008) - Published 19 May, 2008

Dicke effect in a multiripple electron waveguide

Hoshik Lee and L. E. Reichl

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205318 (2008) - Published 19 May, 2008

Intraband magneto-optical absorption in InAs/GaAs quantum dots: Orbital Zeeman splitting and the Thomas-Reiche-Kuhn sum rule

J.-Z. Zhang and I. Galbraith

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205319 (2008) - Published 20 May, 2008

Spin-splitting analysis of a two-dimensional electron gas in almost strain-free ${In}_{0.89} {Ga}_{0.11} Sb / {In}_{0.88} {Al}_{0.12} Sb$ by magnetoresistance measurements

M. Akabori, V. A. Guzenko, T. Sato, Th. Schäpers, T. Suzuki, and S. Yamada

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205320 (2008) - Published 20 May, 2008

Energy-dependent electron-electron scattering and spin dynamics in a two-dimensional electron gas

W. J. H. Leyland, R. T. Harley, M. Henini, A. J. Shields, I. Farrer, and D. A. Ritchie

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205321 (2008) - Published 22 May, 2008

Effects of extended and localized states on spin Hall polarization in ballistic Rashba structures

Zhongyao Li and Zhongqin Yang

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205322 (2008) - Published 23 May, 2008

Cross-correlation of two interacting conductors

M. C. Goorden and M. Büttiker

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205323 (2008) - Published 23 May, 2008

First-principles study of In, Ga, and N adsorption on ${In}_{x} {Ga}_{1 - x} N$ (0001) and $(000 \bar{1})$ surfaces

Chee Kwan Gan and David J. Srolovitz

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205324 (2008) - Published 23 May, 2008

Magnetically induced spin-dependent photoemission from $p -GaAs (Cs, O)$ into vacuum

D. A. Orlov, V. L. Alperovich, and A. S. Terekhov

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205325 (2008) - Published 23 May, 2008

Energy spectra and oscillatory magnetization of two-electron self-assembled ${In}_{x} {Ga}_{1 - x} As$ quantum rings in GaAs

V. M. Fomin, V. N. Gladilin, J. T. Devreese, N. A. J. M. Kleemans, and P. M. Koenraad

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205326 (2008) - Published 23 May, 2008

Resonance oscillations of magnetoresistance in double quantum wells

N. C. Mamani, G. M. Gusev, T. E. Lamas, A. K. Bakarov, and O. E. Raichev

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205327 (2008) - Published 23 May, 2008

Effect of impurities on pentacene island nucleation

B. R. Conrad, Elba Gomar-Nadal, W. G. Cullen, A. Pimpinelli, T. L. Einstein, and E. D. Williams

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205328 (2008) - Published 27 May, 2008

Real-time study of $a − Si : H ∕ c − Si$ heterointerface formation and epitaxial Si growth by spectroscopic ellipsometry, infrared spectroscopy, and second-harmonic generation

J. J. H. Gielis, P. J. van den Oever, B. Hoex, M. C. M. van de Sanden, and W. M. M. Kessels

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205329 (2008) - Published 29 May, 2008

Negative differential resistance induced by Mn substitution at ${SrRuO}_{3} / Nb : {SrTiO}_{3}$ Schottky interfaces

Yasuyuki Hikita, Lena Fitting Kourkoutis, Tomofumi Susaki, David A. Muller, Hidenori Takagi, and Harold Y. Hwang

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205330 (2008) - Published 29 May, 2008

Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems

Effect of length scales in directing step bunch self-organization during annealing of patterned vicinal Si(111) surfaces: Comparison with a simple near-equilibrium model

Hung-Chih Kan, Taesoon Kwon, and R. J. Phaneuf

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205401 (2008) - Published 1 May, 2008

Electron spin relaxation via flexural phonon modes in semiconducting carbon nanotubes

K. M. Borysenko, Y. G. Semenov, K. W. Kim, and J. M. Zavada

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205402 (2008) - Published 1 May, 2008

Theoretical study of electron confinement in Cu corrals on a Cu(111) surface

Sergio Díaz-Tendero, Fredrik E. Olsson, Andrey G. Borisov, and Jean-Pierre Gauyacq

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205403 (2008) - Published 1 May, 2008

Calculations of Ca adsorption on a MgO(100) surface: Determination of the binding sites and growth mode

Lijun Xu and Graeme Henkelman

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205404 (2008) - Published 2 May, 2008

Stress evolution in platinum thin films during low-energy ion irradiation

Wai-Lun Chan, Kai Zhao, Nhon Vo, Yinon Ashkenazy, David G. Cahill, and Robert S. Averback

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205405 (2008) - Published 5 May, 2008

Instabilities at vicinal crystal surfaces: Competition between electromigration of adatoms and kinetic memory effect

B. Ranguelov and S. Stoyanov

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205406 (2008) - Published 7 May, 2008

Excitons in metallic carbon nanotubes with Aharonov-Bohm flux

Seiji Uryu and Tsuneya Ando

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205407 (2008) - Published 8 May, 2008

First-principles theory of nanoscale pattern formation in ultrathin alloy films: A comparative study of Fe-Ag on Ru(0001) and Mo(110) substrates

Bo Yang, Tejodher Muppidi, Vidvuds Ozoliņš, and Mark Asta

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205408 (2008) - Published 8 May, 2008

Edge states, mass and spin gaps, and quantum Hall effect in graphene

V. P. Gusynin, V. A. Miransky, S. G. Sharapov, and I. A. Shovkovy

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205409 (2008) - Published 9 May, 2008

Epitaxial growth and quantum well states study of Sn thin films on Sn induced Si(111)- $(2 \sqrt{3} \times 2 \sqrt{3})$ $R 30 °$ surface

L. L. Wang, X. C. Ma, S. H. Ji, Y. S. Fu, Q. T. Shen, J. F. Jia, K. F. Kelly, and Q. K. Xue

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205410 (2008) - Published 9 May, 2008

Vacancy-induced magnetism in ZnO thin films and nanowires

Qian Wang, Qiang Sun, Gang Chen, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, and Puru Jena

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205411 (2008) - Published 9 May, 2008

Vertical manipulation of a molecule with chemical forces

Natalia Martsinovich and Lev Kantorovich

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205412 (2008) - Published 9 May, 2008

Influence of the shape and size of a quantum wire on the trion binding energy

Y. Sidor, B. Partoens, and F. M. Peeters

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205413 (2008) - Published 12 May, 2008

In situ real-time investigation of kinetics of nucleation and growth of sol-gel-derived functional oxide thin films

Tao Sun, Hao Hu, Zixiao Pan, Xuefa Li, Jin Wang, and Vinayak P. Dravid

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205414 (2008) - Published 12 May, 2008

Disappearance of the quasi-one-dimensional plasmon at the metal-insulator phase transition of indium atomic wires

Canhua Liu, Takeshi Inaoka, Shin Yaginuma, Tomonobu Nakayama, Masakazu Aono, and Tadaaki Nagao

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205415 (2008) - Published 12 May, 2008

Theory of the valley-valve effect in graphene nanoribbons

A. R. Akhmerov, J. H. Bardarson, A. Rycerz, and C. W. J. Beenakker

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205416 (2008) - Published 12 May, 2008

Molecular charge distribution and dispersion of electronic states in the contact layer between pentacene and Cu(119) and beyond

E. Annese, J. Fujii, C. Baldacchini, B. Zhou, C. E. Viol, I. Vobornik, M. G. Betti, and G. Rossi

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205417 (2008) - Published 13 May, 2008

Evolution of atomic and electronic structure of Pt clusters: Planar, layered, pyramidal, cage, cubic, and octahedral growth

Vijay Kumar and Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205418 (2008) - Published 13 May, 2008

Induced decoherence and entanglement by interacting quantum spin baths

Cheng-Yan Lai, Jo-Tzu Hung, Chung-Yu Mou, and Pochung Chen

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205419 (2008) - Published 13 May, 2008

Bent graphite surfaces as guides for cluster diffusion and anisotropic growth

M. Schmidt, N. Kébaïli, A. Lando, S. Benrezzak, L. Baraton, Ph. Cahuzac, A. Masson, and C. Bréchignac

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205420 (2008) - Published 14 May, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Gauge field induced by ripples in graphene

F. Guinea, Baruch Horovitz, and P. Le Doussal

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205421 (2008) - Published 15 May, 2008

Nature and strength of bonding in a crystal of semiconducting nanotubes: van der Waals density functional calculations and analytical results

Jesper Kleis, Elsebeth Schröder, and Per Hyldgaard

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205422 (2008) - Published 15 May, 2008

Polarization, energetics, and electrorheology in carbon nanotube suspensions under an applied electric field: An exact numerical approach

Amir A. Farajian, Olga V. Pupysheva, Howard K. Schmidt, and Boris I. Yakobson

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205432 (2008) - Published 22 May, 2008

High-pressure phase transition in ${Rb}_{6} C_{60}$

R. Poloni, G. Aquilanti, P. Toulemonde, S. Pascarelli, S. Le Floch, D. Machon, D. Martinez-Blanco, G. Morard, and A. San-Miguel

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205433 (2008) - Published 22 May, 2008

Particle-hole excitations within a self-consistent random-phase approximation

D. Gambacurta and F. Catara

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205434 (2008) - Published 23 May, 2008

Theoretical simulations of noncontact atomic force microscopy of 5-(4-methylthiophenyl)-10,15,20-tris(3,5-di-t-butylphenyl)porphyrin molecules on a graphene sheet

Masanori Harada and Masaru Tsukada

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205435 (2008) - Published 28 May, 2008

Phonon dynamics and phonon assisted losses in Euler-Bernoulli nanobeams

A. A. Kiselev and G. J. Iafrate

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205436 (2008) - Published 30 May, 2008

Elastic properties and pressure-induced structural transitions of single-walled carbon nanotubes

K. M. Liew and Yuzhou Sun

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205437 (2008) - Published 30 May, 2008

Effect of hydrogen passivation on luminescence-center-mediated Er excitation in Si-rich ${SiO}_{2}$ with and without Si nanocrystals

Oleksandr Savchyn, Pieter G. Kik, Ravi M. Todi, and Kevin R. Coffey

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205438 (2008) - Published 30 May, 2008

Microscopic theory of electron spin relaxation in N@ $C_{60}$

Z. G. Yu

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205439 (2008) - Published 30 May, 2008

ERRATA

Erratum: Analysis of vector potential approach for calculating linear and nonlinear responses of infinite periodic systems to a finite static external electric field [Phys. Rev. B 77, 045102 (2008)]

Michael Springborg and Bernard Kirtman

Phys. Rev. B 77, 209901 (2008) - Published 9 May, 2008

Publisher's Note: Thermodynamic states and phase diagrams for bulk-incoherent, bulk-coherent, and epitaxially-coherent semiconductor alloys: Application to cubic (Ga,In)N [Phys. Rev. B 77, 205201 (2008)]

Jefferson Z. Liu and Alex Zunger

Phys. Rev. B 77, 209902 (2008) - Published 14 May, 2008

Erratum: Dielectric constant reduction in silicon nanostructures [Phys. Rev. B 77, 115355 (2008)]

Han G. Yoo and Philippe M. Fauchet

Phys. Rev. B 77, 209903 (2008) - Published 20 May, 2008

Erratum: Influence of van der Waals forces on the adsorption structure of benzene on silicon studied using density functional theory [Phys. Rev. B 77, 121404 (2008)]

Karen Johnston, Jesper Kleis, Bengt I. Lundqvist, and Risto M. Nieminen

Phys. Rev. B 77, 209904 (2008) - Published 30 May, 2008

Publisher's Note: Unusual scarcity in the optical absorption of metallic quantum-dot nanorings described by the extended Hubbard model [Phys. Rev. B 77, 165339 (2008)]

Ioan Bâldea and Lorenz S. Cederbaum

Phys. Rev. B 77, 209905 (2008) - Published 30 May, 2008