Volume 79, Issue 16

15 April 2009

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Nonlinear dynamics and chaos in two coupled nanomechanical resonators

R. B. Karabalin, M. C. Cross, and M. L. Roukes

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165309 (2009) - Published 13 April, 2009

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Lattice field theory simulations of graphene

Joaquín E. Drut and Timo A. Lähde

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165425 (2009) - Published 20 April, 2009

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Zero-bias anomaly in quantum wires

S. Sarkozy, F. Sfigakis, K. Das Gupta, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie, G. A. C. Jones, and M. Pepper

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161307(R) (2009) - Published 27 April, 2009

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Role of electron-electron interactions in nonlinear transport in two-dimensional electron systems

A. T. Hatke, M. A. Zudov, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161308(R) (2009) - Published 28 April, 2009

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Tuning the Josephson current in carbon nanotubes with the Kondo effect

A. Eichler, R. Deblock, M. Weiss, C. Karrasch, V. Meden, C. Schönenberger, and H. Bouchiat

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161407(R) (2009) - Published 28 April, 2009

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Josephson current and noise at a superconductor/quantum-spin-Hall-insulator/superconductor junction

Liang Fu and C. L. Kane

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161408(R) (2009) - Published 28 April, 2009

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Graphene with structure-induced spin-orbit coupling: Spin-polarized states, spin zero modes, and quantum Hall effect

Emmanuel I. Rashba

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161409(R) (2009) - Published 29 April, 2009

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Ferromagnetism and spin-polarized charge carriers in ${In}_{2} O_{3}$ thin films

Raghava P. Panguluri, P. Kharel, C. Sudakar, R. Naik, R. Suryanarayanan, V. M. Naik, A. G. Petukhov, B. Nadgorny, and G. Lawes

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165208 (2009) - Published 27 April, 2009

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Identification of two hydrogen donors in ZnO

E. V. Lavrov, F. Herklotz, and J. Weber

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165210 (2009) - Published 28 April, 2009

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Propagating, evanescent, and localized states in carbon nanotube–graphene junctions

J. González, F. Guinea, and J. Herrero

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165434 (2009) - Published 27 April, 2009

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Tuning the proximity effect in a superconductor-graphene-superconductor junction

C. Ojeda-Aristizabal, M. Ferrier, S. Guéron, and H. Bouchiat

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165436 (2009) - Published 28 April, 2009

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

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Achieving perfect imaging beyond passive and active obstacles by a transformed bilayer lens

Wei Yan, Min Yan, and Min Qiu

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161101(R) (2009) - Published 8 April, 2009

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Broadband blueshift tunable metamaterials and dual-band switches

Nian-Hai Shen, Maria Kafesaki, Thomas Koschny, Lei Zhang, Eleftherios N. Economou, and Costas M. Soukoulis

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161102(R) (2009) - Published 28 April, 2009

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Interplay of frustration, magnetism, charge ordering, and covalency in the ionic Hubbard model for ${Na}_{0.5} {CoO}_{2}$

Jaime Merino, B. J. Powell, and Ross H. McKenzie

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161103(R) (2009) - Published 28 April, 2009

Semiconductors I: bulk

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Impact ionization in InSb probed by terahertz pump—terahertz probe spectroscopy

Matthias C. Hoffmann, János Hebling, Harold Y. Hwang, Ka-Lo Yeh, and Keith A. Nelson

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161201(R) (2009) - Published 6 April, 2009

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

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Strong configuration mixing due to dielectric confinement in semiconductor nanorods

J. I. Climente, M. Royo, J. L. Movilla, and J. Planelles

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161301(R) (2009) - Published 1 April, 2009

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Probing the impact of microstructure on the electroluminescence properties of Ge-nanocrystal enriched Er-doped ${SiO}_{2}$ layers

A. Kanjilal, L. Rebohle, N. K. Baddela, S. Zhou, M. Voelskow, W. Skorupa, and M. Helm

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161302(R) (2009) - Published 14 April, 2009

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Disorder-induced resonance shifts in high-index-contrast photonic crystal nanocavities

L. Ramunno and S. Hughes

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161303(R) (2009) - Published 14 April, 2009

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Dielectric screening versus quantum confinement of phosphorus donors in silicon nanocrystals investigated by magnetic resonance

R. N. Pereira, A. R. Stegner, T. Andlauer, K. Klein, H. Wiggers, M. S. Brandt, and M. Stutzmann

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161304(R) (2009) - Published 16 April, 2009

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Polarization dependence of semiconductor exciton and biexciton contributions to phase-resolved optical two-dimensional Fourier-transform spectra

Alan D. Bristow, Denis Karaiskaj, Xingcan Dai, Richard P. Mirin, and Steven T. Cundiff

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161305(R) (2009) - Published 24 April, 2009

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Universality of bias- and temperature-induced dephasing in ballistic electronic interferometers

Y. Yamauchi, M. Hashisaka, S. Nakamura, K. Chida, S. Kasai, T. Ono, R. Leturcq, K. Ensslin, D. C. Driscoll, A. C. Gossard, and K. Kobayashi

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161306(R) (2009) - Published 27 April, 2009

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Zero-bias anomaly in quantum wires

S. Sarkozy, F. Sfigakis, K. Das Gupta, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie, G. A. C. Jones, and M. Pepper

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161307(R) (2009) - Published 27 April, 2009

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Role of electron-electron interactions in nonlinear transport in two-dimensional electron systems

A. T. Hatke, M. A. Zudov, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161308(R) (2009) - Published 28 April, 2009

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Electric-current-induced heat generation in a strongly interacting quantum dot in the Coulomb blockade regime

Jie Liu, Juntao Song, Qing-feng Sun, and X. C. Xie

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161309(R) (2009) - Published 28 April, 2009

Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems

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Growth of oxide-metal interfaces by atomic oxygen: Monolayer of NiO(001) on Ag(001)

A. Rota, S. Altieri, and S. Valeri

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161401(R) (2009) - Published 1 April, 2009

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Fundamental asymmetry in interfacial electronic reconstruction between insulating oxides: An ab initio study

Hanghui Chen, Alexie M. Kolpak, and Sohrab Ismail-Beigi

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161402(R) (2009) - Published 3 April, 2009

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Boron fullerenes: From $B_{80}$ to hole doped boron sheets

Rajendra R. Zope, Tunna Baruah, K. C. Lau, Amy Y. Liu, M. R. Pederson, and B. I. Dunlap

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161403(R) (2009) - Published 17 April, 2009

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Transport in a metallic nanotube at finite temperature

Wei Ren, Cai-Zhuang Wang, Kai-Ming Ho, and C. T. Chan

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161404(R) (2009) - Published 27 April, 2009

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Graphene on the C-terminated SiC $(000 \bar{1})$ surface: An ab initio study

L. Magaud, F. Hiebel, F. Varchon, P. Mallet, and J.-Y. Veuillen

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161405(R) (2009) - Published 27 April, 2009

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Resonantly suppressed transmission and anomalously enhanced light absorption in periodically modulated ultrathin metal films

I. S. Spevak, A. Yu. Nikitin, E. V. Bezuglyi, Alex Levchenko, and A. V. Kats

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161406(R) (2009) - Published 27 April, 2009

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Tuning the Josephson current in carbon nanotubes with the Kondo effect

A. Eichler, R. Deblock, M. Weiss, C. Karrasch, V. Meden, C. Schönenberger, and H. Bouchiat

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161407(R) (2009) - Published 28 April, 2009

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Josephson current and noise at a superconductor/quantum-spin-Hall-insulator/superconductor junction

Liang Fu and C. L. Kane

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161408(R) (2009) - Published 28 April, 2009

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Graphene with structure-induced spin-orbit coupling: Spin-polarized states, spin zero modes, and quantum Hall effect

Emmanuel I. Rashba

Phys. Rev. B 79, 161409(R) (2009) - Published 29 April, 2009

ARTICLES

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

Density functional theory study of Fe(II) adsorption and oxidation on goethite surfaces

Benedict Russell, Mike Payne, and Lucio Colombi Ciacchi

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165101 (2009) - Published 2 April, 2009

Giant nonlinear conduction from inhomogeneous charge order in rapidly cooled $θ − {(BEDT-TTF)}_{2} RbZn {(SCN)}_{4}$

Taichi S. Inada, Ichiro Terasaki, Hatsumi Mori, and Takehiko Mori

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165102 (2009) - Published 2 April, 2009

Gaussian phase-space representation of fermion dynamics: Beyond the time-dependent Hartree-Fock approximation

Saar Rahav and Shaul Mukamel

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165103 (2009) - Published 10 April, 2009

Multiplet effects in the electronic structure of intermediate-valence compounds

P. Thunström, I. Di Marco, A. Grechnev, S. Lebègue, M. I. Katsnelson, A. Svane, and O. Eriksson

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165104 (2009) - Published 10 April, 2009

Global-local ansatz and dynamical coherent potential approximation study of off-diagonal exciton-phonon coupling

Qingmei Liu, Yang Zhao, Weihua Wang, and Tsuyoshi Kato

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165105 (2009) - Published 10 April, 2009

Suitability of III-V $[X H_{4}] [Y H_{4}]$ materials for hydrogen storage: A density functional study

Filippo Zuliani, Andreas W. Götz, Célia Fonseca Guerra, and Evert Jan Baerends

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165106 (2009) - Published 15 April, 2009

Mechanism of stimulated optical emission from MgO microcrystals with color centers

T. Uchino, D. Okutsu, R. Katayama, and S. Sawai

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165107 (2009) - Published 16 April, 2009

Large electron mass anisotropy in a $d$ -electron-based transparent conducting oxide: Nb-doped anatase ${TiO}_{2}$ epitaxial films

Yasushi Hirose, Naoomi Yamada, Shoichiro Nakao, Taro Hitosugi, Toshihiro Shimada, and Tetsuya Hasegawa

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165108 (2009) - Published 17 April, 2009

Critical properties of the band-insulator-to-Mott-insulator transition in the strong-coupling limit of the ionic Hubbard model

L. Tincani, R. M. Noack, and D. Baeriswyl

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165109 (2009) - Published 17 April, 2009

Pressure-induced structural distortion of ${TbMnO}_{3}$ : A combined x-ray diffraction and x-ray absorption spectroscopy study

J. M. Chen, T. L. Chou, J. M. Lee, S. A. Chen, T. S. Chan, T. H. Chen, K. T. Lu, W. T. Chuang, H.-S. Sheu, S. W. Chen, C. M. Lin, N. Hiraoka, H. Ishii, K. D. Tsuei, and T. J. Yang

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165110 (2009) - Published 21 April, 2009

Electron-phonon interaction and spectral weight transfer in ${Fe}_{1 - x} {Co}_{x} Si$

D. Menzel, P. Popovich, N. N. Kovaleva, J. Schoenes, K. Doll, and A. V. Boris

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165111 (2009) - Published 22 April, 2009

Understanding the energy scales relevant for the valence transition in ${YbInCu}_{4}$

I. Aviani, M. Očko, D. Starešinić, K. Biljaković, A. Loidl, J. Hemberger, and J. L. Sarrao

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165112 (2009) - Published 22 April, 2009

Spectral function of spinless fermions on a one-dimensional lattice

Rodrigo G. Pereira, Steven R. White, and Ian Affleck

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165113 (2009) - Published 23 April, 2009

Fast impurity solver based on Gutzwiller variational approach

Jia Ning Zhuang, Lei Wang, Zhong Fang, and Xi Dai

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165114 (2009) - Published 23 April, 2009

Spin-polarized Auger electrons in core-valence-valence decays of $3 d$ impurities in metals

M. I. Trioni, A. Zanetti, G. Fratesi, and G. P. Brivio

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165115 (2009) - Published 23 April, 2009

Bloch mode excitation in two-dimensional photonic crystals imaged by Fourier optics

A. Berrier, M. Swillo, N. Le Thomas, R. Houdré, and S. Anand

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165116 (2009) - Published 23 April, 2009

Indirect L to T point optical transition in bismuth nanowires

A. J. Levin, M. R. Black, and M. S. Dresselhaus

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165117 (2009) - Published 28 April, 2009

First-principles study of GaAs nanowires

S. Cahangirov and S. Ciraci

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165118 (2009) - Published 28 April, 2009

Evolution of physical properties with decreasing size in $Ce {({Ru}_{0.4} {Rh}_{0.6})}_{2} {Si}_{2}$

J. S. Kim, G. R. Stewart, and K. Samwer

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165119 (2009) - Published 28 April, 2009

Magnetic field induced coherence-incoherence crossover in the interlayer conductivity of a layered organic metal

M. V. Kartsovnik, P. D. Grigoriev, W. Biberacher, and N. D. Kushch

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165120 (2009) - Published 28 April, 2009

Classical and quantum local criticality due to electron-vibration interaction

Balázs Dóra

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165121 (2009) - Published 29 April, 2009

Nonuniform glassy electronic phases from competing local orders

Z. Nussinov, I. Vekhter, and A. V. Balatsky

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165122 (2009) - Published 29 April, 2009

Semiconductors I: bulk

Structure and diffusion of boron in amorphous silica: Role of oxygen vacancy related defects

Chin-Lung Kuo and Gyeong S. Hwang

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165201 (2009) - Published 6 April, 2009

Electronic structure, donor and acceptor transitions, and magnetism of $3 d$ impurities in ${In}_{2} O_{3}$ and ZnO

Hannes Raebiger, Stephan Lany, and Alex Zunger

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165202 (2009) - Published 8 April, 2009

Assessment through first-principles calculations of an intermediate-band photovoltaic material based on Ti-implanted silicon: Interstitial versus substitutional origin

K. Sánchez, I. Aguilera, P. Palacios, and P. Wahnón

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165203 (2009) - Published 10 April, 2009

Spin rotation, spin filtering, and spin transfer in directional tunneling through barriers in noncentrosymmetric semiconductors

T. L. Hoai Nguyen, Henri-Jean Drouhin, Jean-Eric Wegrowe, and Guy Fishman

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165204 (2009) - Published 10 April, 2009

Local structure of nitrogen-hydrogen complexes in dilute nitrides

G. Ciatto, F. Boscherini, A. Amore Bonapasta, F. Filippone, A. Polimeni, M. Capizzi, M. Berti, G. Bisognin, D. De Salvador, L. Floreano, F. Martelli, S. Rubini, and L. Grenouillet

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165205 (2009) - Published 20 April, 2009

Possible mechanisms for $1 / f$ noise in chalcogenide glasses: A theoretical description

M. Nardone, V. I. Kozub, I. V. Karpov, and V. G. Karpov

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165206 (2009) - Published 21 April, 2009

Carrier mass measurements in degenerate indium nitride

G. Pettinari, A. Polimeni, M. Capizzi, J. H. Blokland, P. C. M. Christianen, J. C. Maan, V. Lebedev, V. Cimalla, and O. Ambacher

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165207 (2009) - Published 23 April, 2009

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Ferromagnetism and spin-polarized charge carriers in ${In}_{2} O_{3}$ thin films

Raghava P. Panguluri, P. Kharel, C. Sudakar, R. Naik, R. Suryanarayanan, V. M. Naik, A. G. Petukhov, B. Nadgorny, and G. Lawes

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165208 (2009) - Published 27 April, 2009

Strong excitonic effects in ${CuAlO}_{2}$ delafossite transparent conductive oxides

Robert Laskowski, Niels Egede Christensen, Peter Blaha, and Balan Palanivel

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165209 (2009) - Published 27 April, 2009

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Identification of two hydrogen donors in ZnO

E. V. Lavrov, F. Herklotz, and J. Weber

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165210 (2009) - Published 28 April, 2009

Electronic structure and stability of quaternary chalcogenide semiconductors derived from cation cross-substitution of II-VI and ${I-III-VI}_{2}$ compounds

Shiyou Chen, X. G. Gong, Aron Walsh, and Su-Huai Wei

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165211 (2009) - Published 30 April, 2009

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

Fractional spin Hall effect in atomic Bose gases

Xiong-Jun Liu, Xin Liu, L. C. Kwek, and C. H. Oh

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165301 (2009) - Published 2 April, 2009

Stochastic classical field model for polariton condensates

Michiel Wouters and Vincenzo Savona

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165302 (2009) - Published 6 April, 2009

Quantum condensation from a tailored exciton population in a microcavity

P. R. Eastham and R. T. Phillips

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165303 (2009) - Published 7 April, 2009

Influence of phonons on exciton-photon interaction and photon statistics of a quantum dot

M. Bagheri Harouni, R. Roknizadeh, and M. H. Naderi

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165304 (2009) - Published 7 April, 2009

Resonant inelastic soft x-ray scattering of CdS: A two-dimensional electronic structure map approach

L. Weinhardt, O. Fuchs, A. Fleszar, M. Bär, M. Blum, M. Weigand, J. D. Denlinger, W. Yang, W. Hanke, E. Umbach, and C. Heske

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165305 (2009) - Published 7 April, 2009

F4TCNQ on Cu, Ag, and Au as prototypical example for a strong organic acceptor on coinage metals

Gerold M. Rangger, Oliver T. Hofmann, Lorenz Romaner, Georg Heimel, Benjamin Bröker, Ralf-Peter Blum, Robert L. Johnson, Norbert Koch, and Egbert Zojer

Phys. Rev. B 79, 165306 (2009) - Published 8 April, 2009