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ADVANCES IN FABRICATION AND PROCESSING

Different strain relief behaviors in Al_0.35Ga_0.65N/GaN multiple quantum wells on GaN/Sapphire templates with AlN/GaN supperlattices and low-temperature AlN interlayers
C. C. Huang, F. J. Xu, J. Song, Z. Y. Xu, J. M. Wang, R. Zhu, G. Chen, X. Q. Wang, Z. J. Yang, B. Shen, X. S. Chen, and W. Lu
Journal of Applied Physics   111, 016105 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Highly scalable resistive switching memory cells using pore-size-controlled nanoporous alumina templates
Si-Hoon Lyu and Jang-Sik Lee
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 1852-1861 (2012)   
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Polytypic ZnCdSe shell layer on a ZnO nanowire array for enhanced solar cell efficiency
Yoon Myung, Jun Ha Kang, Jin Woong Choi, Dong Myung Jang, and Jeunghee Park
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 2157-2165 (2012)   
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A facile route to vertically aligned electrospun SnO₂ nanowires on a transparent conducting oxide substrate for dye-sensitized solar cells
Thirumal Krishnamoorthy, Mu Zhi Tang, Akshara Verma, A. Sreekumaran Nair, Damian Pliszka, Subodh G. Mhaisalkar, and Seeram Ramakrishna
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 2166-2172 (2012)   
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Fabrication and Characterization of Nano-Crystalline TiO₂ Thin Film Electrodes for Lithium Ion Batteries
K.-F. Chiu, K. M. Lin, H. J. Leu, C.-L. Chen, and C. C. Lin
Journal of The Electrochemical Society   159, A264-A268 (2012)   
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Development of roll-to-roll hot embossing system with induction heater for micro fabrication
Dongwon Yun, Youngsu Son, Jinho Kyung, Heechang Park, Chanhun Park, Sunghee Lee, and Byungin Kim
Review of Scientific Instruments   83, 015108 (2012) (7 pages)   
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Towards compact three-dimensional magnetoelectronics—Magnetoresistance in rolled-up Co/Cu nanomembranes
C. Müller, C. C. Bof Bufon, M. E. Navarro Fuentes, D. Makarov, D. H. Mosca, and O. G. Schmidt
Applied Physics Letters   100, 022409 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Aligned networks of cadmium sulfide nanowires for highly flexible photodetectors with improved photoconductive responses
Kwang Heo, Hyungwoo Lee, Yongju Park, Jinho Park, Hyun-Jin Lim, Duhee Yoon, Changhee Lee, Miyoung Kim, Hyeonsik Cheong, Jonghyurk Park, Jikang Jian, and Seunghun Hong
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 2173-2179 (2012)   
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Effect of ballast-resistor and field-screening on electron-emission from nanodiamond emitters fabricated on micropatterned silicon pillar arrays
N. Ghosh, W. P. Kang, J. L. Davidson, and S. Raina
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B   30, 012201 (2012) (5 pages)   
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STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES

Phase dependent room-temperature ferromagnetism of Fe-doped TiO₂ nanorods
S. K. S. Patel, S. Kurian, and N. S. Gajbhiye
AIP Advances   2, 012107 (2012) (7 pages)   
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2D amyloid aggregation of human islet amyloid polypeptide at the solid–liquid interface
Ye-Ping Yu, Shuai Zhang, Qian Liu, Yan-Mei Li, Chen Wang, Flemming Besenbacher, and Mingdong Dong
Soft Matter   8, 1616-1622 (2012)   
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Manipulating the size distribution of supported gold nanostructures
A. Sundar, R. A. Hughes, P. Farzinpour, K. D. Gilroy, G. A. Devenyi, J. S. Preston, and S. Neretina
Applied Physics Letters   100, 013111 (2012) (4 pages)   
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The influence of anisotropic gate potentials on the phonon induced spin-flip rate in GaAs quantum dots
Sanjay Prabhakar, Roderick V. N. Melnik, and Luis L. Bonilla
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023108 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Plasmon-enhanced upconversion fluorescence in NaYF₄:Yb/Er/Gd nanorods coated with Au nanoparticles or nanoshells
Z. Q. Li, S. Chen, J. J. Li, Q. Q. Liu, Z. Sun, Z. B. Wang, and S. M. Huang
Journal of Applied Physics   111, 014310 (2012) (7 pages)   
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Gas-liquid phase synthesis of highly luminescent InP/ZnS core/shell quantum dots using zinc phosphide as a new phosphorus source
Feng Zan and Jicun Ren
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 1794-1799 (2012)   
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Influence of heat treatment temperature on the electro-catalytic behaviour of nanostructure RuO₂–TiO₂ coating for the chlorine evolution reaction
F. Moradi and C. Dehghanian
Micro & Nano Letters   7, 37-40 (2012)   
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Robust but disordered collapsed-volume phase in a cerium alloy under the application of pulsed magnetic fields
J. P. C. Ruff, Z. Islam, R. K. Das, H. Nojiri, J. C. Cooley, and C. H. Mielke
Physical Review B   85, 024104 (2012) (6 pages)   
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Nuclear magnetic resonance investigation of dynamics in poly(ethylene oxide)-based lithium polyether-ester-sulfonate ionomers
David J. Roach, Shichen Dou, Ralph H. Colby, and Karl T. Mueller
The Journal of Chemical Physics   136, 014510 (2012) (9 pages)   
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(PbS)₃₂: A baby crystal
B. Kiran, Anil K. Kandalam, Rameshu Rallabandi, Pratik Koirala, Xiang Li, Xin Tang, Yi Wang, Howard Fairbrother, Gerd Gantefoer, and Kit Bowen
The Journal of Chemical Physics   136, 024317 (2012) (7 pages)   
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Electric field induced magnetization rotation in patterned Ni ring/Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃]_(1−0.32)-[PbTiO₃]_0.32 heterostructures
Joshua L. Hockel, Alexandre Bur, Tao Wu, Kyle P. Wetzlar, and Gregory P. Carman
Applied Physics Letters   100, 022401 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Ambient effects on electric-field-induced local charge modification of TiO₂
Haeri Kim, Seungbum Hong, and Dong-Wook Kim
Applied Physics Letters   100, 022901 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Temperature-driven evolution of hierarchical nanodomain structure in tetragonal-like BiFeO₃ films
Yajun Qi, Zuhuang Chen, Lihua Wang, Xiaodong Han, Junling Wang, Thirumany Sritharan, and Lang Chen
Applied Physics Letters   100, 022908 (2012) (4 pages)   
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X-ray diagnostics of runaway electrons generated during nanosecond discharge in gas at elevated pressures
S. Yatom, D. Levko, J. Z. Gleizer, V. Vekselman, and Ya. E. Krasik
Applied Physics Letters   100, 024101 (2012) (3 pages)   
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In₂O₃ nanocubes/carbon nanofibers heterostructures with high visible light photocatalytic activity
Jingbo Mu, Changlu Shao, Zengcai Guo, Mingyi Zhang, Zhenyi Zhang, Peng Zhang, Bin Chen, and Yichun Liu
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 1786-1793 (2012)   
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Low temperature formation of porous graphitized carbon for electrocatalysis
Zaoxue Yan, Mei Cai, and Pei Kang Shen
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 2133-2139 (2012)   
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Fabrication and physical properties of thin Ti_xO_y membranes from single crystal TiO₂
Maryam Abazari, Jai S. Sim, B. Viswanath, and Shriram Ramanathan
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A   30, 021601 (2012) (6 pages)   
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Structure of nanoscale copper precipitates in neutron-irradiated Fe-Cu-C alloys
B. Minov, M. Lambrecht, D. Terentyev, C. Domain, and M. J. Konstantinović
Physical Review B   85, 024202 (2012) (6 pages)   
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Photoisomerization for a molecular switch in contact with a surface
Jörg Henzl, Peter Puschnig, Claudia Ambrosch-Draxl, Andreas Schaate, Boris Ufer, Peter Behrens, and Karina Morgenstern
Physical Review B   85, 035410 (2012) (5 pages)   
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Band gap engineering by functionalization of BN sheet
A. Bhattacharya, S. Bhattacharya, and G. P. Das
Physical Review B   85, 035415 (2012) (9 pages)   
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Valence band structure of polytypic zinc-blende/wurtzite GaAs nanowires probed by polarization-dependent photoluminescence
D. Spirkoska, Al. L. Efros, W. R. L. Lambrecht, T. Cheiwchanchamnangij, A. Fontcuberta i Morral, and G. Abstreiter
Physical Review B   85, 045309 (2012) (11 pages)   
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Ehrlich-Schwoebel barrier and interface-limited decay in island kinetics on Ag(100)
Xin Ge and Karina Morgenstern
Physical Review B   85, 045417 (2012) (7 pages)   
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Bismuth nanowire growth under low deposition rate and its ohmic contact free of interface damage
Ye Tian, Chuan Fei Guo, Shengming Guo, Yongsheng Wang, Junjie Miao, Qi Wang, and Qian Liu
AIP Advances   2, 012112 (2012) (9 pages)   
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Growth and surface potential characterization of Bi₂Te₃ nanoplates
Guolin Hao, Xiang Qi, Liwen Yang, Yundan Liu, Jun Li, Long Ren, Fu Sun, and Jianxin Zhong
AIP Advances   2, 012114 (2012) (8 pages)   
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Optical properties of cobalt slanted columnar thin films passivated by atomic layer deposition
Daniel Schmidt, Eva Schubert, and Mathias Schubert
Applied Physics Letters   100, 011912 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Optimizing non-radiative energy transfer in hybrid colloidal-nanocrystal/silicon structures by controlled nanopillar architectures for future photovoltaic cells
O. Seitz, L. Caillard, H. M. Nguyen, C. Chiles, Y. J. Chabal, and A. V. Malko
Applied Physics Letters   100, 021902 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Effect of reaction time in direct nitridation of Si powders
Feng Wang, Xiao-fang Qin, Guo-qiang Jin, and Xiang-yun Guo
Micro & Nano Letters   7, 49-51 (2012)   
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MBE growth of high electron mobility 2DEGs in AlGaN/GaN heterostructures controlled by RHEED
D. Broxtermann, M. Sivis, J. Malindretos, and A. Rizzi
AIP Advances   2, 012108 (2012) (5 pages)   
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How do InAs quantum dots relax when the InAs growth thickness exceeds the dislocation-induced critical thickness?
J. F. Chen, Y. C. Lin, C. H. Chiang, Ross C. C. Chen, Y. F. Chen, Y. H. Wu, and L. Chang
Journal of Applied Physics   111, 013709 (2012) (7 pages)   
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Analysis of defect-free GaSb/GaAs(001) quantum dots grown on the Sb-terminated (2 × 8) surface
Andrew J. Martin, Timothy W. Saucer, Kai Sun, Sung Joo Kim, Guang Ran, Garrett V. Rodriguez, Xiaoqing Pan, Vanessa Sih, and Joanna Millunchick
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B   30, 02B112 (2012) (5 pages)   
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ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT

Oxygen-induced metal-insulator-transition on single crystalline metal oxide wires
O. M. Berengue, C. A. Amorim, H. Kamimura, A. J. Chiquito, and E. R. Leite
Journal of Applied Physics   111, 013713 (2012) (6 pages)   
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Frequency dependent dynamical electromechanical response of mixed ionic-electronic conductors
A. N. Morozovska, E. A. Eliseev, S. L. Bravina, Francesco Ciucci, G. S. Svechnikov, Long-Qing Chen, and S. V. Kalinin
Journal of Applied Physics   111, 014107 (2012) (14 pages)   
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Metal-assisted electroless fabrication of nanoporous p-GaN for increasing the light extraction efficiency of light emitting diodes
Ruijun Wang, Duo Liu, Zhiyuan Zuo, Qian Yu, Zhaobin Feng, and Xiangang Xu
AIP Advances   2, 012109 (2012) (6 pages)   
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Time-reversal invariant realization of the Weyl semimetal phase
Gábor B. Halász and Leon Balents
Physical Review B   85, 035103 (2012) (9 pages)   
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Stochastic memory: Memory enhancement due to noise
Alexander Stotland and Massimiliano Di Ventra
Physical Review E   85, 011116 (2012) (5 pages)   
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Benzene adsorbed on Si(001): The role of electron correlation and finite temperature
Hyun-Jung Kim, Alexandre Tkatchenko, Jun-Hyung Cho, and Matthias Scheffler
Physical Review B   85, 041403 (2012) (5 pages)   
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On the effective thermoelectric properties of layered heterogeneous medium
Y. Yang, S. H. Xie, F. Y. Ma, and J. Y. Li
Journal of Applied Physics   111, 013510 (2012) (7 pages)   
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Interplay between topological insulators and superconductors
Jian Wang, Cui-Zu Chang, Handong Li, Ke He, Duming Zhang, Meenakshi Singh, Xu-Cun Ma, Nitin Samarth, Maohai Xie, Qi-Kun Xue, and M. H. W. Chan
Physical Review B   85, 045415 (2012) (7 pages)   
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Adsorption of small molecules on silver clusters
Yu-Ning Wu, Martin Schmidt, Jérôme Leygnier, Hai-Ping Cheng, Albert Masson, and Catherine Bréchignac
The Journal of Chemical Physics   136, 024314 (2012) (8 pages)   
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Water monomer interaction with gold nanoclusters from van der Waals density functional theory
Yongqiang Xue
The Journal of Chemical Physics   136, 024702 (2012) (11 pages)   
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Tuning the Schottky barrier height at MgO/metal interface
T. Jaouen, G. Jézéquel, G. Delhaye, B. Lépine, P. Turban, and P. Schieffer
Applied Physics Letters   100, 022103 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Biexciton binding energy in fractional dimensional semiconductors
Troels F. Rønnow, Thomas G. Pedersen, and Bart Partoens
Physical Review B   85, 045412 (2012) (7 pages)   
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NANOMAGNETISM AND SPINTRONICS

Magnetic-field-induced spin texture in a quantum wire with linear Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling
S. Gujarathi, K. M. Alam, and S. Pramanik
Physical Review B   85, 045413 (2012) (14 pages)   
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Hysteretic anomalous Hall effect in a ferromagnetic, Mn-rich Ge:Mn nanonet
Danilo Bürger, Shengqiang Zhou, Marcel Höwler, Xin Ou, György J. Kovacs, Helfried Reuther, Arndt Mücklich, Wolfgang Skorupa, Manfred Helm, and Heidemarie Schmidt
Applied Physics Letters   100, 012406 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Tuning of magnetization relaxation in ferromagnetic thin films through seed layers
Lei Lu, Jared Young, Mingzhong Wu, Christoph Mathieu, Matthew Hadley, Pavol Krivosik, and Nan Mo
Applied Physics Letters   100, 022403 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Composites Reinforced in Three Dimensions by Using Low Magnetic Fields
Randall M. Erb, Rafael Libanori, Nuria Rothfuchs, and Andr R. Studart
Science   335, 199-204 (2012)   
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Thickness-dependent voltage-modulated magnetism in multiferroic heterostructures
Li Shu, Zheng Li, Jing Ma, Ya Gao, Lin Gu, Yang Shen, Yuanhua Lin, and C. W. Nan
Applied Physics Letters   100, 022405 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Direct observation of magnetic phase coexistence and magnetization reversal in a Gd_0.67Ca_0.33MnO₃ thin film
Jeehoon Kim, N. Haberkorn, Leonardo Civale, Evgeny Nazaretski, Paul Dowden, Avadh Saxena, J. D. Thompson, and Roman Movshovich
Applied Physics Letters   100, 022407 (2012) (4 pages)   
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ZnFe₂O₄: Rapid and sub-100 °C synthesis and anneal-tuned magnetic properties
Ranajit Sai, Suresh D. Kulkarni, K. J. Vinoy, Navakanta Bhat, and S. A. Shivashankar
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 2149-2156 (2012)   
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Homoepitaxial N-polar GaN layers and HEMT structures grown by rf-plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy
D. F. Storm, D. J. Meyer, D. S. Katzer, S. C. Binari, Tanya Paskova, E. A. Preble, K. R. Evans, Lin Zhou, and David J. Smith
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B   30, 02B113 (2012) (7 pages)   
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Electronic density of states for two-dimensional system in uniform magnetic and Aharonov–Bohm fields
A. O. Slobodeniuk, S. G. Sharapov, and V. M. Loktev
Low Temperature Physics   37, 940-946 (2011)   
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Magnetic domain wall pinning by kinks in magnetic nanostripes
S. Glathe and R. Mattheis
Physical Review B   85, 024405 (2012) (5 pages)   
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Phase separation dynamics in a two-dimensional magnetic mixture
K. Lichtner, A. J. Archer, and S. H. L. Klapp
The Journal of Chemical Physics   136, 024502 (2012) (14 pages)   
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Effect of strain and barrier composition on the polarization of light emission from AlGaN/AlN quantum wells
J. E. Northrup, C. L. Chua, Z. Yang, T. Wunderer, M. Kneissl, N. M. Johnson, and T. Kolbe
Applied Physics Letters   100, 021101 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Solventless thermal decomposition of ferrocene as a new approach for one-step synthesis of magnetite nanocubes and nanospheres
Daniel Amara, Judith Grinblat, and Shlomo Margel
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 2188-2195 (2012)   
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Spintronic platforms for biomedical applications
P. P. Freitas, F. A. Cardoso, V. C. Martins, S. A. M. Martins, J. Loureiro, J. Amaral, R. C. Chaves, S. Cardoso, L. P. Fonseca, A. M. Sebastião, M. Pannetier-Lecoeur, and C. Fermon
Lab on a Chip   12, 546-557 (2012)   
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Bistability in Atomic-Scale Antiferromagnets
Sebastian Loth, Susanne Baumann, Christopher P. Lutz, D. M. Eigler, and Andreas J. Heinrich
Science   335, 196-199 (2012)   
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All-oxide system for spin pumping
Z. Qiu, Y. Kajiwara, K. Ando, Y. Fujikawa, K. Uchida, T. Tashiro, K. Harii, T. Yoshino, and E. Saitoh
Applied Physics Letters   100, 022402 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Antiferromagnetic coupling across silicon regulated by tunneling currents
R. R. Gareev, M. Schmid, J. Vancea, C. H. Back, R. Schreiber, D. Bürgler, C. M. Schneider, F. Stromberg, and H. Wende
Applied Physics Letters   100, 022406 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Magnetic and transport properties of Mn_3−xGa/MgO/Mn_3−xGa magnetic tunnel junctions: A first-principles study
Zhaoqiang Bai, Yongqing Cai, Lei Shen, Ming Yang, Viloane Ko, Guchang Han, and Yuanping Feng
Applied Physics Letters   100, 022408 (2012) (5 pages)   
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A molecular [Mn₁₄] coordination cluster featuring two slowly relaxing nanomagnets
José Sánchez Costa, Leoní A. Barrios, Gavin A. Craig, Simon J. Teat, Fernando Luis, Olivier Roubeau, Marco Evangelisti, Agustín Camón, and Guillem Aromí
Chemical Communications   48, 1413-1415 (2012)   
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Room temperature ferromagnetism in pure Y₂O₃ nanoparticles
Zhonghua Zhu, Daqiang Gao, Guijin Yang, Jing Zhang, Jinlin Zhang, Zhenhua Shi, Feng Xu, Hua Gao, and Desheng Xue
Europhysics Letters   97, 17005- (2012)   
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Magnetic field induced charge redistribution in artificially disordered quantum Hall superlattices
L. Fernandes dos Santos, Yu. Pusep, G. Gusev, A. Bakarov, and A. Toropov
Europhysics Letters   97, 17010- (2012)   
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Optical properties of Mn-doped GaN
A. Boukortt, R. Hayn, and F. Virot
Physical Review B   85, 033302 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Electron spin-phonon interaction symmetries and tunable spin relaxation in silicon and germanium
Jian-Ming Tang (湯健銘), Brian T. Collins, and Michael E. Flatté
Physical Review B   85, 045202 (2012) (7 pages)   
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Interplay of spin and orbital magnetogyrotropic photogalvanic effects in InSb/(Al,In)Sb quantum well structures
S. Stachel, P. Olbrich, C. Zoth, U. Hagner, T. Stangl, C. Karl, P. Lutz, V. V. Bel'kov, S. K. Clowes, T. Ashley, A. M. Gilbertson, and S. D. Ganichev
Physical Review B   85, 045305 (2012) (9 pages)   
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Rashba spin-orbit interaction in a superlattice of quantum wires
Gunnar Thorgilsson, J. Carlos Egues, Daniel Loss, and Sigurdur I. Erlingsson
Physical Review B   85, 045306 (2012) (8 pages)   
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Magnetic nanomanipulations inside living cells compared with passive tracking of nanoprobes to get consensus for intracellular mechanics
Damien Robert, Kelly Aubertin, Jean-Claude Bacri, and Claire Wilhelm
Physical Review E   85, 011905 (2012) (9 pages)   
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Ultrasensitive anomalous Hall effect in SiO₂/Fe-Pt/SiO₂ sandwich structure films
Y. M. Lu, J. W. Cai, H. Y. Pan, and Li Sun
Applied Physics Letters   100, 022404 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Spin switching in a Mn-doped quantum dot using the optical Stark effect
D. E. Reiter, T. Kuhn, and V. M. Axt
Physical Review B   85, 045308 (2012) (5 pages)   
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Confinement of magnetic nanoparticles inside multisegmented nanotubes by means of magnetic field gradients
R. F. Neumann, M. Bahiana, S. Allende, J. Escrig, and D. Altbir
Journal of Applied Physics   111, 013916 (2012) (6 pages)   
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IMAGING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Anti-drift and auto-alignment mechanism for an astigmatic atomic force microscope system based on a digital versatile disk optical head
E.-T. Hwu, H. Illers, W.-M. Wang, I.-S. Hwang, L. Jusko, and H.-U. Danzebrink
Review of Scientific Instruments   83, 013703 (2012) (6 pages)   
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OPTICAL PROPERTIES AND QUANTUM OPTICS

Spectral fluctuations of excitonic transitions of InGaAs single quantum dots
Wan Bak, Haneol Noh, Corey Stambaugh, Yasuhiko Arakawa, and Wonho Jhe
Applied Physics Letters   100, 022105 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Leaky-mode effects in plasmonic-coupled quantum dot infrared photodetectors
S. C. Lee, Y. D. Sharma, S. Krishna, and S. R. J. Brueck
Applied Physics Letters   100, 011110 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Efficient optical trapping using small arrays of plasmonic nanoblock pairs
Yoshito Tanaka and Keiji Sasaki
Applied Physics Letters   100, 021102 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Photovoltaic quantum dot quantum cascade infrared photodetector
A. V. Barve and S. Krishna
Applied Physics Letters   100, 021105 (2012) (3 pages)   
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On the polarized emission from exciton complexes in GaN quantum dots
S. Amloy, K. F. Karlsson, T. G. Andersson, and P. O. Holtz
Applied Physics Letters   100, 021901 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Single-photon nonlinear optics with Kerr-type nanostructured materials
Sara Ferretti and Dario Gerace
Physical Review B   85, 033303 (2012) (5 pages)   
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MICRO AND NANO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS / NEMS)

High-reflectivity, high-Q micromechanical membranes via guided resonances for enhanced optomechanical coupling
Catvu H. Bui, Jiangjun Zheng, S. W. Hoch, Lennon Y. T. Lee, J. G. E. Harris, and Chee Wei Wong
Applied Physics Letters   100, 021110 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Wavelength selective uncooled infrared sensor by plasmonics
Shinpei Ogawa, Kazuya Okada, Naoki Fukushima, and Masafumi Kimata
Applied Physics Letters   100, 021111 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Quantum and thermo-mechanical noise squeezing in nanoresonators: A comparative study
Yang Xu, Kaicheng Zhu, Sheping Yan, Zhonghe Jin, Yuelin Wang, Hongsheng Chen, Jikui Luo, and Bin Yu
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023105 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Theory of control of optomechanical transducers for quantum networks
Fang-Yu Hong, Yang Xiang, W. H. Tang, Zhi-Yan Zhu, Li-zhen Jiang, and Liang-neng Wu
Physical Review A   85, 012309 (2012) (6 pages)   
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Characteristics of laterally vibrating resonant microcantilevers in viscous liquid media
Russell Cox, Fabien Josse, Stephen M. Heinrich, Oliver Brand, and Isabelle Dufour
Journal of Applied Physics   111, 014907 (2012) (14 pages)   
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Fast on-wafer electrical, mechanical, and electromechanical characterization of piezoresistive cantilever force sensors
G. Tosolini, L. G. Villanueva, F. Perez-Murano, and J. Bausells
Review of Scientific Instruments   83, 015002 (2012) (7 pages)   
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MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS

Measuring rapid kinetics by a potentiometric method in droplet-based microfluidic devices
Zuoyan Han, Yuen Yan Chang, Shannon Wing Ngor Au, and Bo Zheng
Chemical Communications   48, 1601-1603 (2012)   
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Plasma separation PMMA device driven by capillary force controlling surface wettability
H. Sakamoto, R. Hatsuda, K. Miyamura, and S. Sugiyama
Micro & Nano Letters   7, 64-67 (2012)   
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Surfactants in droplet-based microfluidics
Jean-Christophe Baret
Lab on a Chip   12, 422-433 (2012)   
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Highly-integrated lab-on-chip system for point-of-care multiparameter analysis
Soeren Schumacher, Jörg Nestler, Thomas Otto, Michael Wegener, Eva Ehrentreich-Förster, Dirk Michel, Kai Wunderlich, Silke Palzer, Kai Sohn, Achim Weber, Matthias Burgard, Andrzej Grzesiak, Andreas Teichert, Albrecht Brandenburg, Birgit Koger, Jörg Albers, Eric Nebling, and Frank F. Bier
Lab on a Chip   12, 464-473 (2012)   
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Uncovering toxicological complexity by multi-dimensional screenings in microsegmented flow: modulation of antibiotic interference by nanoparticles
Jialan Cao, Dana Kürsten, Steffen Schneider, Andrea Knauer, P. Mike Günther, and J. Michael Köhler
Lab on a Chip   12, 474-484 (2012)   
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Continuous and reversible mixing or demixing of nanoparticles by dielectrophoresis
Martina Viefhues, Ralf Eichhorn, Eugenie Fredrich, Jan Regtmeier, and Dario Anselmetti
Lab on a Chip   12, 485-494 (2012)   
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Design of pressure-driven microfluidic networks using electric circuit analogy
Kwang W. Oh, Kangsun Lee, Byungwook Ahn, and Edward P. Furlani
Lab on a Chip   12, 515-545 (2012)   
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Filtering microfluidic bubble trains at a symmetric junction
Pravien Parthiban and Saif A. Khan
Lab on a Chip   12, 582-588 (2012)   
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Optically induced microfluidic reconfiguration
Mekala Krishnan and David Erickson
Lab on a Chip   12, 613-621 (2012)   
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Distillation and detection of SO₂ using a microfluidic chip
Wei-Jhong Ju, Lung-Ming Fu, Ruey-Jen Yang, and Chia-Lun Lee
Lab on a Chip   12, 622-626 (2012)   
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Microfluidic wound-healing assay to assess the regenerative effect of HGF on wounded alveolar epithelium
Marcel Felder, Pauline Sallin, Laurent Barbe, Beat Haenni, Amiq Gazdhar, Thomas Geiser, and Olivier Guenat
Lab on a Chip   12, 640-646 (2012)   
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Scaling laws for slippage on superhydrophobic fractal surfaces
C. Cottin-Bizonne, C. Barentin, and L. Bocquet
Physics of Fluids   24, 012001 (2012) (13 pages)   
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High-resolution dose–response screening using droplet-based microfluidics
Oliver J. Miller, Abdeslam El Harrak, Thomas Mangeat, Jean-Christophe Baret, Lucas Frenz, Bachir El Debs, Estelle Mayot, Michael L. Samuels, Eamonn K. Rooney, Pierre Dieu, Martin Galvan, Darren R. Link, and Andrew D. Griffiths
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   109, 378-383 (2012)   
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Non-coalescence of oppositely charged droplets in pH-sensitive emulsions
Tingting Liu, Sebastian Seiffert, Julian Thiele, Adam R. Abate, David A. Weitz, and Walter Richtering
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   109, 384-389 (2012)   
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Resistive pulse sensing of magnetic beads and supraparticle structures using tunable pores
Geoff R. Willmott, Mark Platt, and Gil U. Lee
Biomicrofluidics   6, 014103 (2012) (15 pages)   
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Microfluidics with aqueous two-phase systems
Steffen Hardt and Thomas Hahn
Lab on a Chip   12, 434-442 (2012)   
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Label-free real-time imaging in microchip free-flow electrophoresis applying high speed deep UV fluorescence scanning
Stefan Köhler, Stefan Nagl, Stefanie Fritzsche, and Detlev Belder
Lab on a Chip   12, 458-463 (2012)   
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Rapid, multiplexed microfluidic phage display
Kellye Cung, Russell L. Slater, Yue Cui, Sharon E. Jones, Habib Ahmad, Rajesh R. Naik, and Michael C. McAlpine
Lab on a Chip   12, 562-565 (2012)   
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Bubbles no more: in-plane trapping and removal of bubbles in microfluidic devices
Conrad Lochovsky, Sanjesh Yasotharan, and Axel Günther
Lab on a Chip   12, 595-601 (2012)   
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GRAPHENE, CARBON NANOTUBES, C60, AND RELATED STUDIES

Controllable tunnel coupling and molecular states in a graphene double quantum dot
Lin-Jun Wang, Hai-Ou Li, Tao Tu, Gang Cao, Cheng Zhou, Xiao-Jie Hao, Zhan Su, Ming Xiao, Guang-Can Guo, Albert M. Chang, and Guo-Ping Guo
Applied Physics Letters   100, 022106 (2012) (5 pages)   
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Laser direct growth of graphene on silicon substrate
Dapeng Wei and Xianfan Xu
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023110 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Work-function-tuned multilayer graphene as current spreading electrode in blue light-emitting diodes
S. Chandramohan, Ji Hye Kang, Y. S. Katharria, Nam Han, Yun Seon Beak, Kang Bok Ko, Jong Bae Park, Hyun Kyu Kim, Eun-Kyung Suh, and Chang-Hee Hong
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023502 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Multiple Dirac fermions from a topological insulator and graphene superlattice
Hosub Jin, Jino Im, Jung-Hwan Song, and Arthur J. Freeman
Physical Review B   85, 045307 (2012) (5 pages)   
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Temperature dependence of the paramagnetic spin susceptibility of doped graphene
A. Faridi, M. Pashangpour, and Reza Asgari
Physical Review B   85, 045410 (2012) (6 pages)   
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Formation of buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀) in interstellar space
Olivier Berné and A. G. G. M. Tielens
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   109, 401-406 (2012)   
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Monolayer graphene growth on Ni(111) by low temperature chemical vapor deposition
Rafik Addou, Arjun Dahal, Peter Sutter, and Matthias Batzill
Applied Physics Letters   100, 021601 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Computational study on entanglement length and pore size of carbon nanotube buckypaper
Ying Li and Martin Kröger
Applied Physics Letters   100, 021907 (2012) (5 pages)   
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Observation of a snap-through instability in graphene
Scott Scharfenberg, Nikhita Mansukhani, Cesar Chialvo, Richard L. Weaver, and Nadya Mason
Applied Physics Letters   100, 021910 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Anisotropic electrical transport properties of poly(methyl methacrylate) infiltrated aligned carbon nanotube mats
P. Mahanandia and K. K. Nanda
Applied Physics Letters   100, 022108 (2012) (3 pages)   
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The roles of ruthenium nanoparticles decorated on thin multi-walled carbon nanotubes in the enhancement of field emission properties
Seung Youb Lee, Cheolho Jeon, Yooseok Kim, Won Chel Choi, Kyuwook Ihm, Tai-Hee Kang, Young-Hwan Kim, Chun Keun Kim, and Chong-Yun Park
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023102 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Impact of gate work-function on memory characteristics in Al₂O₃/HfO_x/Al₂O₃/graphene charge-trap memory devices
Sejoon Lee, Emil B. Song, Sungmin Kim, David H. Seo, Sunae Seo, Tae Won Kang, and Kang L. Wang
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023109 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Graphene covered SiC powder as advanced photocatalytic material
Kaixing Zhu, Liwei Guo, Jingjing Lin, Weichang Hao, Jun Shang, Yuping Jia, Lianlian Chen, Shifeng Jin, Wenjun Wang, and Xiaolong Chen
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023113 (2012) (4 pages)   
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High-performance short channel organic transistors using densely aligned carbon nanotube array electrodes
Biddut K. Sarker and Saiful I. Khondaker
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023301 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Pentacene-based metal-insulator-semiconductor memory structures utilizing single walled carbon nanotubes as a nanofloating gate
A. Sleiman, M. C. Rosamond, M. Alba Martin, A. Ayesh, A. Al Ghaferi, A. J. Gallant, M. F. Mabrook, and D. A. Zeze
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023302 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Organic photovoltaic cells based on unconventional electron donor fullerene and electron acceptor copper hexadecafluorophthalocyanine
J. L. Yang, P. Sullivan, S. Schumann, I. Hancox, and T. S. Jones
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023307 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Collective excitations of electron gas on the nanotube surface in a magnetic field
A. M. Ermolaev, G. I. Rashba, and M. A. Solyanik
Low Temperature Physics   37, 919-924 (2011)   
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Josephson supercurrent in a graphene-superconductor junction
E. Sarvestani and S. A. Jafari
Physical Review B   85, 024513 (2012) (7 pages)   
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Effect of elastic deformation on frictional properties of few-layer graphene
A. Smolyanitsky, J. P. Killgore, and V. K. Tewary
Physical Review B   85, 035412 (2012) (6 pages)   
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Dirac model of an isolated graphene antidot in a magnetic field
Jesper Goor Pedersen and Thomas Garm Pedersen
Physical Review B   85, 035413 (2012) (8 pages)   
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Effect of the band structure topology on the minimal conductivity for bilayer graphene with symmetry breaking
Gyula Dávid, Péter Rakyta, László Oroszlány, and József Cserti
Physical Review B   85, 041402 (2012) (5 pages)   
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Electrical transport in suspended and double gated trilayer graphene
Tymofiy Khodkov, Freddie Withers, David Christopher Hudson, Monica Felicia Craciun, and Saverio Russo
Applied Physics Letters   100, 013114 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Noncatalytic chemical vapor deposition of graphene on high-temperature substrates for transparent electrodes
Jie Sun (孙捷), Matthew T. Cole, Niclas Lindvall, Kenneth B. K. Teo (张谋瑾), and August Yurgens
Applied Physics Letters   100, 022102 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Magnetoresistance oscillations arising from edge-localized electrons in low-defect graphene antidot-lattices
T. Shimizu, J. Nakamura, K. Tada, Y. Yagi, and J. Haruyama
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023104 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Local charge transfer doping in suspended graphene nanojunctions
Jeffrey H. Worne, Hemtej Gullapalli, Charudatta Galande, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Douglas Natelson
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023306 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Long-term retention in organic ferroelectric-graphene memories
Santosh Raghavan, Igor Stolichnov, Nava Setter, Jean-Savin Heron, Mahmut Tosun, and Andras Kis
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023507 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Fabricating graphene supercapacitors: highlighting the impact of surfactants and moieties
Dale A. C. Brownson and Craig E. Banks
Chemical Communications   48, 1425-1427 (2012)   
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Tuning the Kapitza resistance in pillared-graphene nanostructures
G. C. Loh, E. H. T. Teo, and B. K. Tay
Journal of Applied Physics   111, 013515 (2012) (6 pages)   
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Ferromagnetism in graphene-Mn(x)Si(1−x) heterostructures grown on 6H-SiC(0001)
E. Magnano, F. Bondino, C. Cepek, L. Sangaletti, M. C. Mozzati, and F. Parmigiani
Journal of Applied Physics   111, 013917 (2012) (5 pages)   
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QUANTUM COHERENCE, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION STORAGE

Implementation of a Toffoli gate with superconducting circuits
A. Fedorov, L. Steffen, M. Baur, M. P. da Silva, and A. Wallraff
Nature   481, 170-172 (2011)   
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Monogamy of quantum correlations in three-qubit pure states
Sudha, A. R. Usha Devi, and A. K. Rajagopal
Physical Review A   85, 012103 (2012) (7 pages)   
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Achievable qubit rates for quantum-information wires
Hulya Yadsan-Appleby and Tobias J. Osborne
Physical Review A   85, 012310 (2012) (7 pages)   
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Ohm's Law Survives to the Atomic Scale
B. Weber, S. Mahapatra, H. Ryu, S. Lee, A. Fuhrer, T. C. G. Reusch, D. L. Thompson, W. C. T. Lee, G. Klimeck, L. C. L. Hollenberg, and M. Y. Simmons
Science   335, 64-67 (2012)   
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Bipartite fluctuations as a probe of many-body entanglement
H. Francis Song, Stephan Rachel, Christian Flindt, Israel Klich, Nicolas Laflorencie, and Karyn Le Hur
Physical Review B   85, 035409 (2012) (27 pages)   
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Manipulating Majorana fermions using supercurrents
Alessandro Romito, Jason Alicea, Gil Refael, and Felix von Oppen
Physical Review B   85, 020502 (2012) (4 pages)   
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SUPRAMOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL ASSEMBLY

Self-assembly of -shaped copolymers
Houyang Chen and Eli Ruckenstein
Soft Matter   8, 1327-1333 (2012)   
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Ordered mesoporous/microporous carbon sphere arrays derived from chlorination of mesoporous TiC/C composite and their application for supercapacitors
Dan-Dan Zhou, Hai-Jing Liu, Yong-Gang Wang, Cong-Xiao Wang, and Yong-Yao Xia
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 1937-1943 (2012)   
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Laterally patterned magnetic nanoparticles
Yanni Jie, Jeremy R. Niskala, Aaron C. Johnston-Peck, Peter J. Krommenhoek, Joseph B. Tracy, Huiqing Fan, and Wei You
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 1962-1968 (2012)   
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Non-leaching antimicrobial surfaces through polydopamine bio-inspired coating of quaternary ammonium salts or an ultrashort antimicrobial lipopeptide
Tal Shalev, Anna Gopin, Michael Bauer, Robert W. Stark, and Shai Rahimipour
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 2026-2032 (2012)   
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Atomic layer deposition of Ru onto organic monolayers: Shifting metal effective work function using monolayer structure
Kie Jin Park and Gregory N. Parsons
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A   30, 01A162 (2012) (5 pages)   
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Can molecules with an anionic head and a poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether tail self-assemble in water? A surface tension, fluorescence probe, light scattering, and transmission electron microscopic investigation
Joykrishna Dey and Saurabh Shrivastava
Soft Matter   8, 1305-1308 (2012)   
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Side-chain selenium-containing amphiphilic block copolymers: redox-controlled self-assembly and disassembly
Huifeng Ren, Yaoting Wu, Ning Ma, Huaping Xu, and Xi Zhang
Soft Matter   8, 1460-1466 (2012)   
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Different growth regimes on prepatterned surfaces: Consistent evidence from simulations and experiments
Fabian Lied, Tanja Mues, Wenchong Wang, Lifeng Chi, and Andreas Heuer
The Journal of Chemical Physics   136, 024704 (2012) (8 pages)   
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Improved performance of nanocrystal memory for aminosilane-mediated Au–SiO₂ embedded core–shell nanoparticles
Ching-Chich Leu, Shih-Tang Chen, Fu-Ken Liu, and Cheng-Xuan Wu
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 2089-2098 (2012)   
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Microfluidic approach for highly efficient synthesis of heparin-based bioconjugates for drug delivery
Thanh Huyen Tran, Chi Thanh Nguyen, Dong-Pyo Kim, Yong-kyu Lee, and Kang Moo Huh
Lab on a Chip   12, 589-594 (2012)   
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Modularity of a carbon-fixing protein organelle
Walter Bonacci, Poh K. Teng, Bruno Afonso, Henrike Niederholtmeyer, Patricia Grob, Pamela A. Silver, and David F. Savage
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   109, 478-483 (2012)   
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Four degree of freedom liquid dispenser for direct write capillary self-assembly with sub-nanoliter precision
Justin Beroz, Mostafa Bedewy, Michael Reinker, Vipul Chhajer, Shorya Awtar, and A. John Hart
Review of Scientific Instruments   83, 015104 (2012) (9 pages)   
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Adsorption/desorption-induced phase transformation in the self-assembled monolayers of an amphiphilic rod–coil block copolymer
Sang-Mi Jeong, Minkyoung Song, and Ji-Woong Park
Soft Matter   8, 1309-1312 (2012)   
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Self-assembled multilayers of modified ITO in polymer solar cells by soft-imprinting
Li-Chen Huang, Hung-Wei Liu, Chin-Wei Liang, Tsu-Ruey Chou, Leeyih Wang, and Chih-Yu Chao
Soft Matter   8, 1467-1472 (2012)   
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Synthesis and redox-responsive self-assembly of ferrocene grafted Anderson-type polyoxometalate hybrid complexes
Yi Yan, Bao Li, Qingyi He, Zhenfeng He, Hui Ai, Huanbing Wang, Zhendong Yin, and Lixin Wu
Soft Matter   8, 1593-1600 (2012)   
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Sugar-installed thermoresponsive micellar aggregates self-assembled from “coil-comb-coil” triblock glycopolymers: preparation and recognition with Concanavalin A
Yan Luo, Li Liu, Xiaobei Wang, Haiting Shi, Wenhui Lv, and Jingyi Li
Soft Matter   8, 1634-1642 (2012)   
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Modular synthesis of supramolecular ureidopyrimidinone–peptide conjugates using an oxime ligation strategy
Roxanne E. Kieltyka, Maartje M. C. Bastings, Geert C. van Almen, Pol Besenius, Erwin W. L. Kemps, and Patricia Y. W. Dankers
Chemical Communications   48, 1452-1454 (2012)   
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Fluorescent coronene monoimide gels via H-bonding induced frustrated dipolar assembly
Ankit Jain, K. Venkata Rao, Chidambar Kulkarni, Anjana George, and Subi J. George
Chemical Communications   48, 1467-1469 (2012)   
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Minimizing nonspecific phagocytic uptake of biocompatible gold nanoparticles with mixed charged zwitterionic surface modification
Xiangsheng Liu, Qiao Jin, Ying Ji, and Jian Ji
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 1916-1927 (2012)   
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Assembly of vorticity-aligned hard-sphere colloidal strings in a simple shear flow
Xiang Cheng, Xinliang Xu, Stuart A. Rice, Aaron R. Dinner, and Itai Cohen
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   109, 63-67 (2012)   
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Surface-grafted zwitterionic polymers as platforms for functional supported phospholipid membranes
M. Gabriella Santonicola, Mine Memesa, Anna Meszyńska, Yujie Ma, and G. Julius Vancso
Soft Matter   8, 1556-1562 (2012)   
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Asymmetric self-assembly of oppositely charged composite microgels and gold nanoparticles
Jérôme J. Crassous, Pierre-Eric Millard, Adriana M. Mihut, Frank Polzer, Matthias Ballauff, and Peter Schurtenberger
Soft Matter   8, 1648-1656 (2012)   
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Shape-tuning the colloidal assemblies in nematic liquid crystals
Jayasri Dontabhaktuni, Miha Ravnik, and Slobodan žumer
Soft Matter   8, 1657-1663 (2012)   
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Confinement induced lateral segregation of polymer coated nanospheres
R. J. Nap, You-Yeon Won, and I. Szleifer
Soft Matter   8, 1688-1700 (2012)   
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ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURES

Enhanced life time and suppressed efficiency roll-off in phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes with multiple quantum well structures
Ja-Ryong Koo, Seok Jae Lee, Gun Woo Hyung, Dong Whan Im, Han Sung Yu, Jung-Hwan Park, Kum Hee Lee, Seung Soo Yoon, Woo Young Kim, and Young Kwan Kim
AIP Advances   2, 012117 (2012) (6 pages)   
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Design and characterization of functionalized silica nanocontainers for self-healing materials
Johannes Fickert, Patrick Rupper, Robert Graf, Katharina Landfester, and Daniel Crespy
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 2286-2291 (2012)   
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Enhanced diffusion through porous nanoparticle optical multilayers
Carmen López-López, Silvia Colodrero, Sonia R. Raga, Henrik Lindström, Francisco Fabregat-Santiago, Juan Bisquert, and Hernán Míguez
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 1751-1757 (2012)   
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Magnetic nanocrystals coated by molecularly imprinted polymers for the recognition of bisphenol A
N. Griffete, H. Li, A. Lamouri, C. Redeuilh, K. Chen, C.-Z. Dong, S. Nowak, S. Ammar, and C. Mangeney
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 1807-1811 (2012)   
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Porous organic–inorganic hybrid aerogels based on Cr³⁺/Fe³⁺ and rigid bridging carboxylates
Shenglin Xiang, Lei Li, Jianyong Zhang, Xin Tan, Huanan Cui, Jianying Shi, Yuling Hu, Liuping Chen, Cheng-Yong Su, and Stuart L. James
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 1862-1867 (2012)   
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Generation of a biomimetic 3D microporous nano-fibrous scaffold on titanium surfaces for better osteointegration of orthopedic implants
S. Soumya, P. R. Sreerekha, Deepthy Menon, Shantikumar V. Nair, and Krishna Prasad Chennazhi
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 1904-1915 (2012)   
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Electrospinning of preceramic polymers for the preparation of SiBNC felts and their modification with semiconductor nanowires
Jakob Wilfert, Robin von Hagen, Raquel Fiz, Martin Jansen, and Sanjay Mathur
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 2099-2104 (2012)   
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High-yield, high-throughput synthesis of germanium nanowires by metal–organic chemical vapor deposition and their functionalization and applications
Hong-Jie Yang and Hsing-Yu Tuan
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 2215-2225 (2012)   
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Fluoroalcohol and fluorinated-phenol derivatives functionalized mesoporous SBA-15 hybrids: high-performance gas sensing toward nerve agent
Qi Zheng, Yongheng Zhu, Jiaqiang Xu, Zhixuan Cheng, Huimin Li, and Xinxin Li
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 2263-2270 (2012)   
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Ligand effects on the air stability of copper nanoparticles obtained from organometallic synthesis
Clément Barrière, Kilian Piettre, Virginie Latour, Olivier Margeat, Cédric-Olivier Turrin, Bruno Chaudret, and Pierre Fau
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 2279-2285 (2012)   
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Preserving Anti-Corrosion Properties of Epoxy Based Coatings Simultaneously Exposed to Humidity and UV-Radiation Using Nano Zinc Oxide
M. Rashvand, Z. Ranjbar, and S. Rastegar
Journal of The Electrochemical Society   159, C129-C132 (2012)   
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Formation and Characterization of Oriented Micro- and Nanofibers Containing Poly (ethylene oxide) and Pectin
R. Furlan, J. A. M. Rosado, G. G. Rodriguez, E. R. Fachini, A. N. R. da Silva, and M. L. P. da Silva
Journal of The Electrochemical Society   159, K66-K71 (2012)   
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Incorporating microorganisms into polymer layers provides bioinspired functional living materials
Lukas C. Gerber, Fabian M. Koehler, Robert N. Grass, and Wendelin J. Stark
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   109, 90-94 (2012)   
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Candle Soot as a Template for a Transparent Robust Superamphiphobic Coating
Xu Deng, Lena Mammen, Hans-Jrgen Butt, and Doris Vollmer
Science   335, 67-70 (2012)   
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Molecular theory of weak polyelectrolyte thin films
Gabriel S. Longo, Monica Olvera de la Cruz, and I. Szleifer
Soft Matter   8, 1344-1354 (2012)   
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The transparent crab: preparation and nanostructural implications for bioinspired optically transparent nanocomposites
Md. Iftekhar Shams, Masaya Nogi, Lars A. Berglund, and Hiroyuki Yano
Soft Matter   8, 1369-1373 (2012)   
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Controlled hydrogel photopolymerization inside live systems by X-ray irradiation
S.-Ja Tseng, Chia-Chi Chien, Zi-Xian Liao, Hsiang-Hisn Chen, Yi-Da Kang, Cheng-Liang Wang, Y. Hwu, and G. Margaritondo
Soft Matter   8, 1420-1427 (2012)   
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Phase diagram of two-dimensional systems of dipole-like colloids
Heiko Schmidle, Carol K. Hall, Orlin D. Velev, and Sabine H. L. Klapp
Soft Matter   8, 1521-1531 (2012)   
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Controlled thermal gelation of poly(-caprolactone)/poly(ethylene glycol) block copolymers by modifying cyclic ether pendant groups on poly(-caprolactone)
Weiwei Wang, Longlong Chang, Xiao Li, Yuelin Wu, Jinfeng Xing, Liandong Deng, and Anjie Dong
Soft Matter   8, 1575-1583 (2012)   
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Repetitive on-demand drug release by magnetic heating of iron oxide containing polymeric implants
Stefan A. Rovers, Richard Hoogenboom, Maartje F. Kemmere, and Jos T. F. Keurentjes
Soft Matter   8, 1623-1627 (2012)   
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Structure dependence in hybrid Si nanowire/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) solar cells: Understanding photovoltaic conversion in nanowire radial junctions
Wenhui Lu (吕文辉), Qi Chen (陈琪), Bing Wang (王兵), and Liwei Chen (陈立桅)
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023112 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Cerium oxide nanoclusters: commensurate with concepts of polyoxometalate chemistry?
Iurii L. Malaestean, Arkady Ellern, Svetlana Baca, and Paul Kögerler
Chemical Communications   48, 1499-1501 (2012)   
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Multifunctional Giant Amphiphiles via simultaneous copper(i)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition and living radical polymerization
Eleftheria Daskalaki, Benjamin Le Droumaguet, David Gérard, and Kelly Velonia
Chemical Communications   48, 1586-1588 (2012)   
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Pit formation on poly(methyl methacrylate) due to ablation induced by individual slow highly charged ion impact
R. Ritter, R. Wilhelm, R. Ginzel, G. Kowarik, R. Heller, A. El-Said, R. Papalo, W. Rupp, J. Crespo Lpez-Urrutia, J. Ullrich, S. Facsko, and F. Aumayr
Europhysics Letters   97, 13001- (2012)   
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Enhanced electrochemical performance of polyaniline/sulfonated polyhedral oligosilsesquioxane nanocomposites with porous and ordered hierarchical nanostructure
Yingzhi Li, Qinghua Zhang, Xin Zhao, Pingping Yu, Lihao Wu, and Dajun Chen
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 1884-1892 (2012)   
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Preparation of a novel functional SiC@polythiophene nanocomposite of a core–shell morphology
Anna Peled and Jean-Paul Lellouche
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 2069-2073 (2012)   
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Selenophene-DPP donor–acceptor conjugated polymer for high performance ambipolar field effect transistor and nonvolatile memory applications
Hsiang-Wei Lin, Wen-Ya Lee, and Wen-Chang Chen
Journal of Materials Chemistry   22, 2120-2128 (2012)   
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Quantum quenches and driven dynamics in a single-molecule device
Yuval Vinkler, Avraham Schiller, and Natan Andrei
Physical Review B   85, 035411 (2012) (21 pages)   
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The rational design of a synthetic polymer nanoparticle that neutralizes a toxic peptide in vivo
Yu Hoshino, Hiroyuki Koide, Keiichi Furuya, Walter W. Haberaecker, Shih-Hui Lee, Takashi Kodama, Hiroaki Kanazawa, Naoto Oku, and Kenneth J. Shea
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   109, 33-38 (2012)   
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Effect of different electrodes on Fano resonance in molecular devices
Changfeng Fang, Dongmei Li, Bin Cui, Yuqing Xu, Guomin Ji, and Desheng Liu
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023303 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Mapping the nanoparticle-coating monolayer with NMR pseudocontact shifts
Gaetano Guarino, Federico Rastrelli, and Fabrizio Mancin
Chemical Communications   48, 1523-1525 (2012)   
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Quantum transport of Au-S-S-Au nanoscale junctions
Jing-Xin Yu, Xiang-Rong Chen, Stefano Sanvito, and Yan Cheng
Applied Physics Letters   100, 013113 (2012) (4 pages)   
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SURFACE AND INTERFACE PROPERTIES

Intersubband polaritons in the electrical dipole gauge
Yanko Todorov and Carlo Sirtori
Physical Review B   85, 045304 (2012) (20 pages)   
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Atomic-level study of twin nucleation from face-centered-cubic/body-centered-cubic interfaces in nanolamellar composites
W. Z. Han, J. S. Carpenter, J. Wang, I. J. Beyerlein, and N. A. Mara
Applied Physics Letters   100, 011911 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Tribological behavior of Ti-Al-Si-C-N hard coatings deposited by hybrid arc-enhanced magnetron sputtering
Guizhi Wu, Shengli Ma, Kewei Xu, and Paul K Chu
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A   30, 021501 (2012) (7 pages)   
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Nanocomposite lanthanum strontium manganite thin films formed by using a chemical solution deposition
C. Moreno, P. Abellán, F. Sandiumenge, M.-J. Casanove, and X. Obradors
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023103 (2012) (3 pages)   
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CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS METHODS

Capturing Ultrasmall EMT Zeolite from Template-Free Systems
Eng-Poh Ng, Daniel Chateigner, Thomas Bein, Valentin Valtchev, and Svetlana Mintova
Science   335, 70-73 (2012)   
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ZnO/MgO Nanocomposites by Wet Impregnation: An XPS study
Fares Khairallah, Antonella Glisenti, Marta Maria Natile, and Alessandro Galenda
Surface Science Spectra   17, 76-86 (2010)   
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Structure and functionality of edible fats
Alejandro G. Marangoni, Nuria Acevedo, Fatemeh Maleky, Edmund Co, Fernanda Peyronel, Gianfranco Mazzanti, Bonnie Quinn, and David Pink
Soft Matter   8, 1275-1300 (2012)   
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Seeded growth of two-dimensional dendritic gold nanostructures
Ming Pan, Hang Sun, Jun Wei Lim, Saidur Rahman Bakaul, Yi Zeng, Shuangxi Xing, Tom Wu, Qingyu Yan, and Hongyu Chen
Chemical Communications   48, 1440-1442 (2012)   
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MISCELLANEOUS

Electronic structure calculations in arbitrary electrostatic environments
Mark A. Watson, Dmitrij Rappoport, Elizabeth M. Y. Lee, Roberto Olivares-Amaya, and Alán Aspuru-Guzik
The Journal of Chemical Physics   136, 024101 (2012) (14 pages)   
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Quantitative evaluation of blinking in surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering and fluorescence by electromagnetic mechanism
Tamitake Itoh, Mitsuhiro Iga, Hiroharu Tamaru, Ken-ichi Yoshida, Vasudevanpillai Biju, and Mitsuru Ishikawa
The Journal of Chemical Physics   136, 024703 (2012) (7 pages)   
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Mid-gap trap states in CdTe nanoparticle solar cells
A. Bezryadina, C. France, R. Graham, L. Yang, S. A. Carter, and G. B. Alers
Applied Physics Letters   100, 013508 (2012) (4 pages)   
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Double-functionalized nanopore-embedded gold electrodes for rapid DNA sequencing
Biswarup Pathak, Henrik Löfås, Jariyanee Prasongkit, Anton Grigoriev, Rajeev Ahuja, and Ralph H. Scheicher
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023701 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Biomolecule detection based on Si single-electron transistors for highly sensitive integrated sensors on a single chip
Takashi Kudo and Anri Nakajima
Applied Physics Letters   100, 023704 (2012) (3 pages)   
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Immobilization of mycotoxins on modified nanodiamond substrates
N. M. Gibson, T. J. M. Luo, D. W. Brenner, and O. Shenderova
Biointerphases   6, 210-217 (2011)   
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Percolation model for the threshold voltage of field-effect transistors with nanocrystalline channels
I. P. Steinke and P. P. Ruden
Journal of Applied Physics   111, 014510 (2012) (5 pages)   
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Generalized nonequilibrium capillary relations for two-phase flow through heterogeneous media
Brahim Amaziane, Josipa Pina Milišić, Mikhail Panfilov, and Leonid Pankratov
Physical Review E   85, 016304 (2012) (18 pages)   
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Electrochemical ferroelectric switching: Origin of polarization reversal in ultrathin films
N. C. Bristowe, Massimiliano Stengel, P. B. Littlewood, J. M. Pruneda, and Emilio Artacho
Physical Review B   85, 024106 (2012) (7 pages)   
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