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ADVANCES IN FABRICATION AND PROCESSING

A smooth optical superlens
Pratik Chaturvedi, Wei Wu, VJ Logeeswaran, Zhaoning Yu, M. Saif Islam, S. Y. Wang, R. Stanley Williams, and Nicholas X. Fang
Applied Physics Letters   96, 043102 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Dipolar assembly of ferromagnetic nanoparticles into magnetically driven artificial cilia
Jason J. Benkoski, Ryan M. Deacon, H. Bruce Land, Lance M. Baird, Jennifer L. Breidenich, Rengaswamy Srinivasan, Guy V. Clatterbaugh, Pei Yuin Keng, and Jeffrey Pyun
Soft Matter   6, 602-609 (2010)   
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STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES

Semiconductors turn soft: inorganic nanomembranes
Francesca Cavallo and Max G. Lagally
Soft Matter   6, 439-455 (2010)   
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Step bunching in the absence of an Ehrlich–Schwoebel barrier during nanowire growth
A. A. Golovin, S. H. Davis, and P. W. Voorhees
Journal of Applied Physics   107, 024308 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Stress release mechanisms for Cu on Pd(111) in the submonolayer and monolayer regimes
J. Jalkanen, G. Rossi, O. Trushin, E. Granato, T. Ala-Nissila, and S.-C. Ying
Physical Review B   81, 041412 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Quantum size effect driven thermal decomposition of Ag films on Fe(100) in the presence of pinhole-growth morphological defects
K. L. Man, Z. Q. Qiu, and M. S. Altman
Physical Review B   81, 045426 (2010) (10 pages)   
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Shaping Ge Islands on Si(001) Surfaces with Misorientation Angle
L. Persichetti, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, and A. Balzarotti
Physical Review Letters   104, 036104 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Superhydrophobic surfaces with nanofibers or nanorods based on thiophene derivatives
Zhixin Jia, Mingxian Liu, Fang Liu, Yuanfang Luo, Demin Jia, and Baochun Guo
Applied Physics Letters   96, 043108 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Erratum: Wrinkling of monolayer graphene: A study by molecular dynamics and continuum plate theory [Phys. Rev. B 80, 155445 (2009)]
C. Y. Wang, K. Mylvaganam, and L. C. Zhang
Physical Review B   81, 039905 (2010) (1 page)   
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ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT

Development of a tunable donor quantum dot in silicon
W. C. T. Lee, G. Scappucci, D. L. Thompson, and M. Y. Simmons
Applied Physics Letters   96, 043116 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Single-gate accumulation-mode InGaAs quantum dot with a vertically integrated charge sensor
E. T. Croke, M. G. Borselli, M. F. Gyure, S. S. Bui, I. I. Milosavljevic, R. S. Ross, A. E. Schmitz, and A. T. Hunter
Applied Physics Letters   96, 042101 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Signatures of critical full counting statistics in a quantum-dot chain
Torsten Karzig and Felix von Oppen
Physical Review B   81, 045317 (2010) (6 pages)   
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Recursive Method for the Density of States in One Dimension
Imke Schneider and Sebastian Eggert
Physical Review Letters   104, 036402 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Probing Confined Phonon Modes by Transport through a Nanowire Double Quantum Dot
C. Weber, A. Fuhrer, C. Fasth, G. Lindwall, L. Samuelson, and A. Wacker
Physical Review Letters   104, 036801 (2010) (4 pages)   
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New Type of Vacancy-Induced Localized States in Multilayer Graphene
Eduardo V. Castro, María P. López-Sancho, and María A. H. Vozmediano
Physical Review Letters   104, 036802 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Observation of Carrier-Density-Dependent Many-Body Effects in Graphene via Tunneling Spectroscopy
Victor W. Brar (韦小宝), Sebastian Wickenburg (魏烈钢), Melissa Panlasigui, Cheol-Hwan Park, Tim O. Wehling, Yuanbo Zhang (张远波), Régis Decker, Çağlar Girit, Alexander V. Balatsky, Steven G. Louie, Alex Zettl, and Michael F. Crommie
Physical Review Letters   104, 036805 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Localized Edge Vibrations and Edge Reconstruction by Joule Heating in Graphene Nanostructures
M. Engelund, J. A. Fürst, A. P. Jauho, and M. Brandbyge
Physical Review Letters   104, 036807 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Low hole effective mass in thin InAs nanowires
Cláudia L. dos Santos, Paulo Piquini, Erika N. Lima, and Tome M. Schmidt
Applied Physics Letters   96, 043111 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Statistical theory of shot noise in quasi-one-dimensional field-effect transistors in the presence of electron-electron interaction
Alessandro Betti, Gianluca Fiori, and Giuseppe Iannaccone
Physical Review B   81, 035329 (2010) (10 pages)   
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Ternary logic implemented on a single dopant atom field effect silicon transistor
M. Klein, J. A. Mol, J. Verduijn, G. P. Lansbergen, S. Rogge, R. D. Levine, and F. Remacle
Applied Physics Letters   96, 043107 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Interplay between the Fulde-Ferrell-like phase and Larkin-Ovchinnikov phase in the superconducting ring pierced by an Aharonov-Bohm flux
H. T. Quan and Jian-Xin Zhu
Physical Review B   81, 014518 (2010) (6 pages)   
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Resistance minimum observed at Landau level filling factor =1/2 in ultra high magnetic fields
Jian Zhang, R. R. Du, J. A. Simmons, and J. L. Reno
Physical Review B   81, 041308 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Effect of the surface on the electronic properties of a two-dimensional electron gas as measured by the quantum Hall effect
G. Kopnov, V. Y. Umansky, H. Cohen, D. Shahar, and R. Naaman
Physical Review B   81, 045316 (2010) (7 pages)   
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NANOMAGNETISM AND SPINTRONICS

Understanding the role of tunneling barriers in organic spin valves by hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
F. Borgatti, I. Bergenti, F. Bona, V. Dediu, A. Fondacaro, S. Huotari, G. Monaco, D. A. MacLaren, J. N. Chapman, and G. Panaccione
Applied Physics Letters   96, 043306 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Tunable spin currents in a biased Rashba ring
V. Moldoveanu and B. Tanatar
Physical Review B   81, 035326 (2010) (9 pages)   
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Interlayer and interfacial exchange coupling in ferromagnetic metal/semiconductor heterostructures
M. J. Wilson, M. Zhu, R. C. Myers, D. D. Awschalom, P. Schiffer, and N. Samarth
Physical Review B   81, 045319 (2010) (6 pages)   
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Spin transport theory in ferromagnet/semiconductor systems with noncollinear magnetization configurations
Yang Song and Hanan Dery
Physical Review B   81, 045321 (2010) (16 pages)   
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Kondo Effect in a Semiconductor Quantum Dot with a Spin-Accumulated Lead
T. Kobayashi, S. Tsuruta, S. Sasaki, T. Fujisawa, Y. Tokura, and T. Akazaki
Physical Review Letters   104, 036804 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Fast Domain Wall Propagation under an Optimal Field Pulse in Magnetic Nanowires
Z. Z. Sun and J. Schliemann
Physical Review Letters   104, 037206 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Quantifying Spin Hall Angles from Spin Pumping: Experiments and Theory
O. Mosendz, J. E. Pearson, F. Y. Fradin, G. E. W. Bauer, S. D. Bader, and A. Hoffmann
Physical Review Letters   104, 046601 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Magnetic Noise in Structured Hard Magnets
Zhu Diao, E. R. Nowak, Gen Feng, and J. M. D. Coey
Physical Review Letters   104, 047202 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Perfect spin-filter and spin-valve in carbon atomic chains
M. G. Zeng, L. Shen, Y. Q. Cai, Z. D. Sha, and Y. P. Feng
Applied Physics Letters   96, 042104 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Tunable zero field ferromagnetic resonance in arrays of bistable magnetic nanowires
Joaquín De La Torre Medina, Luc Piraux, and Armando Encinas
Applied Physics Letters   96, 042504 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Reversal time of the magnetization of antiferromagnetic nanoparticles
Bachir Ouari, Safoin Aktaou, and Yuri P. Kalmykov
Physical Review B   81, 024412 (2010) (7 pages)   
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Interface-driven manipulation of the magnetic anisotropy of ultrathin Co films on Pt(111): Substrate deposition of hydrogen and model calculations
S. M. Valvidares, J. Dorantes-Dávila, H. Isern, S. Ferrer, and G. M. Pastor
Physical Review B   81, 024415 (2010) (11 pages)   
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Resonant and Kondo tunneling through molecular magnets
Florian Elste and Carsten Timm
Physical Review B   81, 024421 (2010) (12 pages)   
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Nonequilibrium Kondo model with voltage bias in a magnetic field
P. Fritsch and S. Kehrein
Physical Review B   81, 035113 (2010) (17 pages)   
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Kondo effect in a quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic leads and side-coupled to a nonmagnetic reservoir
I. Weymann and J. Barnaś
Physical Review B   81, 035331 (2010) (8 pages)   
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Inverse quantum spin Hall effect generated by spin pumping from precessing magnetization into a graphene-based two-dimensional topological insulator
Son-Hsien Chen, Branislav K. Nikolić, and Ching-Ray Chang
Physical Review B   81, 035428 (2010) (10 pages)   
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Theory of quasiparticle interference on the surface of a strong topological insulator
H.-M. Guo and M. Franz
Physical Review B   81, 041102 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Oscillatory crossover from two-dimensional to three-dimensional topological insulators
Chao-Xing Liu, HaiJun Zhang, Binghai Yan, Xiao-Liang Qi, Thomas Frauenheim, Xi Dai, Zhong Fang, and Shou-Cheng Zhang
Physical Review B   81, 041307 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Direct mapping of the spin-filtered surface bands of a three-dimensional quantum spin Hall insulator
Akinori Nishide, Alexey A. Taskin, Yasuo Takeichi, Taichi Okuda, Akito Kakizaki, Toru Hirahara, Kan Nakatsuji, Fumio Komori, Yoichi Ando, and Iwao Matsuda
Physical Review B   81, 041309 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Curie temperature versus hole concentration in field-effect structures of Ga_1−xMn_xAs
Y. Nishitani, D. Chiba, M. Endo, M. Sawicki, F. Matsukura, T. Dietl, and H. Ohno
Physical Review B   81, 045208 (2010) (8 pages)   
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Magnetostructural Effect in the Multiferroic BiFeO₃-BiMnO₃ Checkerboard from First Principles
L. Pálová, P. Chandra, and K. M. Rabe
Physical Review Letters   104, 037202 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Publisher's Note: Zero-field spin splitting and spin-dependent broadening in high-mobility InSb/In_1−xAl_xSb asymmetric quantum well heterostructures [Phys. Rev. B 79, 235333 (2009)]
A. M. Gilbertson, W. R. Branford, M. Fearn, L. Buckle, P. D. Buckle, T. Ashley, and L. F. Cohen
Physical Review B   81, 049904 (2010) (1 page)   
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IMAGING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Atomic scale characterization of Mn doped InAs/GaAs quantum dots
M. Bozkurt, V. A. Grant, J. M. Ulloa, R. P. Campion, C. T. Foxon, E. Marega, Jr., G. J. Salamo, and P. M. Koenraad
Applied Physics Letters   96, 042108 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Soft x-ray holographic microscopy
Daniel Stickler, Robert Frömter, Holger Stillrich, Christian Menk, Carsten Tieg, Simone Streit-Nierobisch, Michael Sprung, Christian Gutt, Lorenz-M. Stadler, Olaf Leupold, Gerhard Grübel, and Hans Peter Oepen
Applied Physics Letters   96, 042501 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Three-dimensional manipulation of gold nanoparticles with electro-enhanced capillary forces
J. Toset and G. Gomila
Applied Physics Letters   96, 043117 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Direct imaging of domain-wall interactions in Ni₈₀Fe₂₀ planar nanowires
T. J. Hayward, M. T. Bryan, P. W. Fry, P. M. Fundi, M. R. J. Gibbs, D. A. Allwood, M.-Y. Im, and P. Fischer
Physical Review B   81, 020410 (2010) (4 pages)   
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In situ manipulation of scanning tunneling microscope tips without tip holder
C. Raad, K. H. Graf, and Ph. Ebert
Review of Scientific Instruments   81, 013706 (2010) (5 pages)   
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Note: A simple, convenient, and reliable method to prepare gold scanning tunneling microscope tips
Guoguang Qian, Swatilekha Saha, and K. M. Lewis
Review of Scientific Instruments   81, 016110 (2010) (3 pages)   
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OPTICAL PROPERTIES AND QUANTUM OPTICS

Roughness Induced Backscattering in Optical Silicon Waveguides
Francesco Morichetti, Antonio Canciamilla, Carlo Ferrari, Matteo Torregiani, Andrea Melloni, and Mario Martinelli
Physical Review Letters   104, 033902 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Optical Negative Refraction in Ferrofluids with Magnetocontrollability
Y. Gao, J. P. Huang, Y. M. Liu, L. Gao, K. W. Yu, and X. Zhang
Physical Review Letters   104, 034501 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Spin Noise of Electrons and Holes in Self-Assembled Quantum Dots
S. A. Crooker, J. Brandt, C. Sandfort, A. Greilich, D. R. Yakovlev, D. Reuter, A. D. Wieck, and M. Bayer
Physical Review Letters   104, 036601 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Fast Electrical Control of a Quantum Dot Strongly Coupled to a Photonic-Crystal Cavity
Andrei Faraon, Arka Majumdar, Hyochul Kim, Pierre Petroff, and Jelena Vučković
Physical Review Letters   104, 047402 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Direct measurement of spin dynamics in InAs/GaAs quantum dots using time-resolved resonance fluorescence
C.-Y. Lu, Y. Zhao, A. N. Vamivakas, C. Matthiesen, S. Fält, A. Badolato, and M. Atatüre
Physical Review B   81, 035332 (2010) (5 pages)   
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Nonlinear photoluminescence spectra from a quantum-dot–cavity system: Interplay of pump-induced stimulated emission and anharmonic cavity QED
Peijun Yao, P. K. Pathak, E. Illes, S. Hughes, S. Münch, S. Reitzenstein, P. Franeck, A. Löffler, T. Heindel, S. Höfling, L. Worschech, and A. Forchel
Physical Review B   81, 033309 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Magneto-optical properties of excitonic complexes in GaAs self-assembled quantum dots
M. Abbarchi, T. Kuroda, T. Mano, K. Sakoda, and M. Gurioli
Physical Review B   81, 035334 (2010) (7 pages)   
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Kinetics of stimulated polariton scattering in planar GaAs microcavities resonantly excited with a linearly polarized light
A. A. Demenev, S. S. Gavrilov, and V. D. Kulakovskii
Physical Review B   81, 035328 (2010) (7 pages)   
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Topological stability of the half-vortices in spinor exciton-polariton condensates
H. Flayac, I. A. Shelykh, D. D. Solnyshkov, and G. Malpuech
Physical Review B   81, 045318 (2010) (8 pages)   
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Metamaterial as a controllable template for nanoscale field localization
T. S. Kao, F. M. Huang, Y. Chen, E. T. F. Rogers, and N. I. Zheludev
Applied Physics Letters   96, 041103 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Plasmonic interferences and optical modulations in dark-bright-dark plasmon resonators
Xiong-Rui Su, Zong-Suo Zhang, Li-Hui Zhang, Qun-Qing Li, Chun-Chong Chen, Zhong-Jian Yang, and Qu-Quan Wang
Applied Physics Letters   96, 043113 (2010) (3 pages)   
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MICRO AND NANO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS / NEMS)

Nanoscale magnetic heat pumps and engines
Gerrit E. W. Bauer, Stefan Bretzel, Arne Brataas, and Yaroslav Tserkovnyak
Physical Review B   81, 024427 (2010) (11 pages)   
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Energy loss mechanism for suspended micro- and nanoresonators due to the Casimir force
André Gusso
Physical Review B   81, 035425 (2010) (7 pages)   
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CARBON NANOTUBES, C60, AND RELATED STUDIES

Effect of electron-phonon interaction on spectroscopies in graphene
J. P. Carbotte, E. J. Nicol, and S. G. Sharapov
Physical Review B   81, 045419 (2010) (19 pages)   
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On the Cholesky decomposition for electron propagator methods: General aspects and application on C₆₀
Victor P. Vysotskiy and Lorenz S. Cederbaum
The Journal of Chemical Physics   132, 044110 (2010) (10 pages)   
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Polymer/carbon nanotube composite patterns via laser induced forward transfer
Christos Boutopoulos, Christos Pandis, Konstantinos Giannakopoulos, Polycarpos Pissis, and Ioanna Zergioti
Applied Physics Letters   96, 041104 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Efficient generation and transportation of energetic electrons in a carbon nanotube array target
Yanling Ji, Gang Jiang, Weidong Wu, Chaoyang Wang, Yuqiu Gu, and Yongjian Tang
Applied Physics Letters   96, 041504 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Gigahertz characterization of a single carbon nanotube
L. Nougaret, G. Dambrine, S. Lepilliet, H. Happy, N. Chimot, V. Derycke, and J.-P. Bourgoin
Applied Physics Letters   96, 042109 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Subwavelength plasmonic waveguides based on ZnO nanowires and nanotubes: A theoretical study of thermo-optical properties
Xiao-Yang Zhang, A. Hu, Tong Zhang, Xiao-Jun Xue, J. Z. Wen, and W. W. Duley
Applied Physics Letters   96, 043109 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Three-dimensional carbon nanowall field emission arrays
E. Stratakis, R. Giorgi, M. Barberoglou, Th. Dikonimos, E. Salernitano, N. Lisi, and E. Kymakis
Applied Physics Letters   96, 043110 (2010) (3 pages)   
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The influence of coiled nanostructure on the enhancement of dielectric constants and electromagnetic shielding efficiency in polymer composites
Sung Hoon Park, Paul Theilmann, Keqin Yang, Apparao M. Rao, and Prabhakar R. Bandaru
Applied Physics Letters   96, 043115 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Surface segregation at the aluminum interface of poly(3-hexylthiophene)/fullerene solar cells
Akiko Orimo, Kohji Masuda, Satoshi Honda, Hiroaki Benten, Shinzaburo Ito, Hideo Ohkita, and Hiroshi Tsuji
Applied Physics Letters   96, 043305 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Physical device modeling of carbon nanotube/GaAs photovoltaic cells
Hong Li, Wan Khai Loke, Qing Zhang, and S. F. Yoon
Applied Physics Letters   96, 043501 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Position-Controlled Vertical Growths of Individual Carbon Nanotubes Using a Cage-Shaped Protein
Shinya Kumagai, Takahito Ono, Shigeo Yoshii, Ayako Kadotani, Rikako Tsukamoto, Kazuaki Nishio, Mitsuhiro Okuda, and Ichiro Yamashita
Applied Physics Express   3, 015101 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Carbon doped boron nitride cages as competitive candidates for hydrogen storage materials
H. Y. Wu, X. F. Fan, Jer-Lai Kuo, and Wei-Qiao Deng
Chemical Communications   46, 883-885 (2010)   
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Electronic properties of carbon nanotubes with distinct bond lengths
J. E. Bunder and James M. Hill
Journal of Applied Physics   107, 023511 (2010) (5 pages)   
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Infrared properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes calculated from first principles
Jian Zhou and Jinming Dong
Journal of Applied Physics   107, 024306 (2010) (6 pages)   
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Photoluminescence of rare earth³⁺ doped uniaxially aligned HfO₂ nanotubes prepared by sputtering with electrospun polyvinylpyrolidone nanofibers as templates
L. X. Liu, Z. W. Ma, Y. Z. Xie, Y. R. Su, H. T. Zhao, M. Zhou, J. Y. Zhou, J. Li, and E. Q. Xie
Journal of Applied Physics   107, 024309 (2010) (5 pages)   
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Chemistry of carbon nanotubes in biomedical applications
Hai-Chen Wu, Xueling Chang, Lei Liu, Feng Zhao, and Yuliang Zhao
Journal of Materials Chemistry   20, 1036-1052 (2010)   
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High level of hydrogen production activity achieved for hydrogenase encapsulated in sol–gel material doped with carbon nanotubes
Oleg A. Zadvorny, Amy M. Barrows, Nikolay A. Zorin, John W. Peters, and Timothy E. Elgren
Journal of Materials Chemistry   20, 1065-1067 (2010)   
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Transparent electrodes of ordered opened-end TiO₂-nanotube arrays for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells
Chin-Jung Lin, Wen-Yueh Yu, and Shu-Hua Chien
Journal of Materials Chemistry   20, 1073-1077 (2010)   
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Oxygen-proof fluorescence temperature sensing with pristine C₇₀ encapsulated in polymer nanoparticles
Vera Augusto, Carlos Baleizão, Mário N. Berberan-Santos, and José Paulo S. Farinha
Journal of Materials Chemistry   20, 1192-1197 (2010)   
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Surface topography and physicochemistry of silver containing titanium nitride nanocomposite coatings
Kathryn Whitehead, Peter Kelly, Heqing Li, and Joanna Verran
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B   28, 180-187 (2010)   
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Effects of the acid pretreated multi-walled carbon nanotubes on the photocatalytic capacity of TiO₂/multi-walled carbon nanotubes nanocomposites
Y.-H. Tseng, C.-Y. Yen, M.-Y. Yen, and C.-C.M. Ma
Micro & Nano Letters   5, 1-6 (2010)   
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Effects of aggregation and electron injection on photovoltaic performance of porphyrin-based solar cells with oligo(phenylethynyl) links inside TiO₂ and Al₂O₃ nanotube arrays
Liyang Luo, Chia-Jung Lin, Chiau-Yiag Tsai, Hui-Ping Wu, Lu-Lin Li, Chen-Fu Lo, Ching-Yao Lin, and Eric Wei-Guang Diau
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics   12, 1064-1071 (2010)   
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Photoionization of Xe inside C₆₀: Atom-fullerene hybridization, giant cross-section enhancement, and correlation confinement resonances
Mohamed E. Madjet, Thomas Renger, Dale E. Hopper, Matthew A. McCune, Himadri S. Chakraborty, Jan-M. Rost, and Steven T. Manson
Physical Review A   81, 013202 (2010) (8 pages)   
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Geometry-induced potential on a two-dimensional section of a wormhole: Catenoid
Rossen Dandoloff, Avadh Saxena, and Bjørn Jensen
Physical Review A   81, 014102 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Nonradiative exciton decay dynamics in hole-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes
Kazunari Matsuda, Yuhei Miyauchi, Takero Sakashita, and Yoshihiko Kanemitsu
Physical Review B   81, 033409 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Kondo regimes in a three-dots quantum gate
G. Chiappe, E. V. Anda, L. Costa Ribeiro, and E. Louis
Physical Review B   81, 041310 (2010) (4 pages)   
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LUMO photoemission lineshape in quasi-one-dimensional C₆₀ chains
A. Tamai, F. Baumberger, M. Hengsberger, J. Lobo-Checa, M. Muntwiler, M. Corso, C. Cirelli, L. Patthey, Z.-X. Shen, T. Greber, and J. Osterwalder
Physical Review B   81, 045423 (2010) (6 pages)   
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Load transfer between cross-linked walls of a carbon nanotube
Alexandre F. Fonseca, Tammie Borders, Ray H. Baughman, and Kyeongjae Cho
Physical Review B   81, 045429 (2010) (7 pages)   
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Splitting of the zero-energy edge states in bilayer graphene
Matheus P. Lima, Antônio J. R. da Silva, and A. Fazzio
Physical Review B   81, 045430 (2010) (10 pages)   
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Phase Transitions of Adsorbed Atoms on the Surface of a Carbon Nanotube
Zenghui Wang, Jiang Wei, Peter Morse, J. Gregory Dash, Oscar E. Vilches, and David H. Cobden
Science   327, 552-555 (2010)   
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QUANTUM COHERENCE, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION STORAGE

Scheme for implementing linear optical quantum iSWAP gate with conventional photon detectors
Hong-Fu Wang, Xiao-Qiang Shao, Yong-Fang Zhao, Shou Zhang, and Kyu-Hwang Yeon
Journal of the Optical Society of America B   27, 27-31 (2010)   
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Single-Spin Readout in a Double Quantum Dot Including a Micromagnet
Yun-Sok Shin, Toshiaki Obata, Yasuhiro Tokura, Michel Pioro-Ladrière, Roland Brunner, Toshihiro Kubo, Katsuharu Yoshida, and Seigo Tarucha
Physical Review Letters   104, 046802 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Scaling of entanglement entropy in a quantum phase transition in the transverse Ising model induced by a quench
Priyadarshi Majumdar and Pratul Bandyopadhyay
Physical Review A   81, 012311 (2010) (5 pages)   
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Transferring elements of a density matrix
Armen E. Allahverdyan and Karen V. Hovhannisyan
Physical Review A   81, 012312 (2010) (9 pages)   
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Dirac equation with an ultraviolet cutoff and a quantum walk
Fumihito Sato and Makoto Katori
Physical Review A   81, 012314 (2010) (10 pages)   
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Entanglement and parametric resonance in driven quantum systems
V. M. Bastidas, J. H. Reina, C. Emary, and T. Brandes
Physical Review A   81, 012316 (2010) (9 pages)   
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Deterministic transformations of multipartite entangled states with tensor rank 2
S. Turgut, Y. Gül, and N. K. Pak
Physical Review A   81, 012317 (2010) (11 pages)   
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Topological color codes on Union Jack lattices: a stable implementation of the whole Clifford group
Helmut G. Katzgraber, H. Bombin, Ruben S. Andrist, and M. A. Martin-Delgado
Physical Review A   81, 012319 (2010) (6 pages)   
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Experimental demonstration of deterministic one-way quantum computation on a NMR quantum computer
Chenyong Ju, Jing Zhu, Xinhua Peng, Bo Chong, Xianyi Zhou, and Jiangfeng Du
Physical Review A   81, 012322 (2010) (5 pages)   
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Entanglement detection via tighter local uncertainty relations
Cheng-Jie Zhang, Hyunchul Nha, Yong-Sheng Zhang, and Guang-Can Guo
Physical Review A   81, 012324 (2010) (5 pages)   
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Tunneling qubit operation on a protected Josephson junction array
Zhi Yin, Sheng-Wen Li, and Yi-Xin Chen
Physical Review A   81, 012327 (2010) (7 pages)   
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Entanglement and bistability in coupled quantum dots inside a driven cavity
Arnab Mitra and Reeta Vyas
Physical Review A   81, 012329 (2010) (11 pages)   
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Finite-size behavior of quantum collective spin systems
Giuseppe Liberti, Franco Piperno, and Francesco Plastina
Physical Review A   81, 013818 (2010) (8 pages)   
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Quench dynamics of entanglement in an open anisotropic spin- Heisenberg chain
Jie Ren and Shiqun Zhu
Physical Review A   81, 014302 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Multiphoton excitations and inverse population in a system of two flux qubits
E. Il'ichev, S. N. Shevchenko, S. H. W. van der Ploeg, M. Grajcar, E. A. Temchenko, A. N. Omelyanchouk, and H.-G. Meyer
Physical Review B   81, 012506 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Universal enhancement of the optical readout fidelity of single electron spins at nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond
M. Steiner, P. Neumann, J. Beck, F. Jelezko, and J. Wrachtrup
Physical Review B   81, 035205 (2010) (6 pages)   
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Quantum chaos and operator fidelity metric
Paolo Giorda and Paolo Zanardi
Physical Review E   81, 017203 (2010) (4 pages)   
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NMR Implementation of a Molecular Hydrogen Quantum Simulation with Adiabatic State Preparation
Jiangfeng Du, Nanyang Xu, Xinhua Peng, Pengfei Wang, Sanfeng Wu, and Dawei Lu
Physical Review Letters   104, 030502 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Entanglement in Supramolecular Spin Systems of Two Weakly Coupled Antiferromagnetic Rings (Purple-Cr₇Ni)
A. Candini, G. Lorusso, F. Troiani, A. Ghirri, S. Carretta, P. Santini, G. Amoretti, C. Muryn, F. Tuna, G. Timco, E. J. L. McInnes, R. E. P. Winpenny, W. Wernsdorfer, and M. Affronte
Physical Review Letters   104, 037203 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Generic New Platform for Topological Quantum Computation Using Semiconductor Heterostructures
Jay D. Sau, Roman M. Lutchyn, Sumanta Tewari, and S. Das Sarma
Physical Review Letters   104, 040502 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Majorana Fermions and Non-Abelian Statistics in Three Dimensions
Jeffrey C. Y. Teo and C. L. Kane
Physical Review Letters   104, 046401 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Spin-Dependent Recombination between Phosphorus Donors in Silicon and Si/SiO₂ Interface States Investigated with Pulsed Electrically Detected Electron Double Resonance
Felix Hoehne, Hans Huebl, Bastian Galler, Martin Stutzmann, and Martin S. Brandt
Physical Review Letters   104, 046402 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Noise-induced looping on the Bloch sphere: Oscillatory effects in dephasing of qubits subject to broad-spectrum noise
Dong Zhou and Robert Joynt
Physical Review A   81, 010103 (2010) (4 pages)   
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SUPRAMOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL ASSEMBLY

Tailoring the local structure and electronic property of AuPd nanoparticles by selecting capping molecules
Feng Liu and Peng Zhang
Applied Physics Letters   96, 043105 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Percolation of colloids with distinct interaction sites
J. M. Tavares, P. I. C. Teixeira, and M. M. Telo da Gama
Physical Review E   81, 010501 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Spontaneous and X-ray–Triggered Crystallization at Long Range in Self-Assembling Filament Networks
Honggang Cui, E. Thomas Pashuck, Yuri S. Velichko, Steven J. Weigand, Andrew G. Cheetham, Christina J. Newcomb, and Samuel I. Stupp
Science   327, 555-559 (2010)   
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Self-assembly and hydrogelation promoted by F₅-phenylalanine
Derek M. Ryan, Samuel B. Anderson, F. Timur Senguen, Randall E. Youngman, and Bradley L. Nilsson
Soft Matter   6, 475-479 (2010)   
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Bicontinuous gels formed by self-assembly of dipolar colloid particles
Amit Goyal, Carol K. Hall, and Orlin D. Velev
Soft Matter   6, 480-484 (2010)   
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Twisted surfactant structures: an advanced theoretical model
I. A. Nyrkova and A. N. Semenov
Soft Matter   6, 501-516 (2010)   
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Constructing inorganic shell onto LBL microcapsule through biomimetic mineralization: A novel and facile method for fabrication of microbioreactors
Jian Li, Zhongyi Jiang, Hong Wu, Lei Zhang, Lianhua Long, and Yanjun Jiang
Soft Matter   6, 542-550 (2010)   
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Flying colloidal carpets
Nienke Geerts and Erika Eiser
Soft Matter   6, 664-669 (2010)   
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Control of gyroid forming block copolymer templates: effects of an electric field and surface topography
Edward J. W. Crossland, Sabine Ludwigs, Marc A. Hillmyer, and Ullrich Steiner
Soft Matter   6, 670-676 (2010)   
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Detection of explosive vapors with a charge transfer molecule: self-assembly assisted morphology tuning and enhancement in sensing efficiency
Chakkooth Vijayakumar, Gerard Tobin, Wolfgang Schmitt, Mi-Jeong Kim, and Masayuki Takeuchi
Chemical Communications   46, 874-876 (2010)   
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Role of DNA in condensation and combinative self-assembly
Jennifer Haley and Yan Geng
Chemical Communications   46, 955-957 (2010)   
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Solvophobic control of core-substituted naphthalene diimide nanostructures
Sheshanath V. Bhosale, Chintan Jani, Cecilia H. Lalander, and Steven J. Langford
Chemical Communications   46, 973-975 (2010)   
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Extension of the charge separated-state lifetime by supramolecular association of a tetrathiafulvalene electron donor to a zinc/gold bisporphyrin
Julien Boixel, Jérôme Fortage, Errol Blart, Yann Pellegrin, Leif Hammarström, Hans-Christian Becker, and Fabrice Odobel
Dalton Transactions   39, 1450-1452 (2010)   
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Analysis of the linear viscoelasticity of polyelectrolytes by magnetic microrheometry—Pulsed creep experiments and the one particle response
M. Tassieri, T. A. Waigh, John Trinick, Amalia Aggeli, and R. M. L. Evans
Journal of Rheology   54, 117-131 (2010)   
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Spin-Wave Interference in Three-Dimensional Rolled-Up Ferromagnetic Microtubes
Felix Balhorn, Sebastian Mansfeld, Andreas Krohn, Jesco Topp, Wolfgang Hansen, Detlef Heitmann, and Stefan Mendach
Physical Review Letters   104, 037205 (2010) (4 pages)   
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ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURES

Special method to prepare quantum dot probes with reduced cytotoxicity and increased optical property
Hai-Li Zhang, Yong-Qiang Li, Jian-Hao Wang, Xiang-Ning Li, Song Lin, Yuan-Di Zhao, and Qing-Ming Luo
Journal of Biomedical Optics   15, 015001 (2010) (8 pages)   
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Elastic-strain distribution in metallic film-polymer substrate composites
G. Geandier, P.-O. Renault, E. Le Bourhis, Ph. Goudeau, D. Faurie, C. Le Bourlot, Ph. Djémia, O. Castelnau, and S. M. Chérif
Applied Physics Letters   96, 041905 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Nanoparticle concentration profile in polymer-based solar cells
Jonathan W. Kiel, Brian J. Kirby, Charles F. Majkrzak, Brian B. Maranville, and Michael E. Mackay
Soft Matter   6, 641-646 (2010)   
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One-step aqueous synthesis of blue-emitting glutathione-capped ZnSe_1-xTe_x alloyed nanocrystals
Vladimir Lesnyak, Aliaksei Dubavik, Alexei Plotnikov, Nikolai Gaponik, and Alexander Eychmüller
Chemical Communications   46, 886-888 (2010)   
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Tröger's base-functionalised organic nanoporous polymer for heterogeneous catalysis
Xin Du, Yalei Sun, Bien Tan, Qingfeng Teng, Xiaojun Yao, Chengyong Su, and Wei Wang
Chemical Communications   46, 970-972 (2010)   
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Crystallization of synthetic haemozoin (-haematin) nucleated at the surface of lipid particles
Anh N. Hoang, Kanyile K. Ncokazi, Katherine A. de Villiers, David W. Wright, and Timothy J. Egan
Dalton Transactions   39, 1235-1244 (2010)   
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Recoverable and recyclable magnetic nanoparticle supported aluminium isopropoxide for ring-opening polymerization of -caprolactone
Wei Long, Christopher S. Gill, Sunho Choi, and Christopher W. Jones
Dalton Transactions   39, 1470-1472 (2010)   
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Photopolymerization kinetics and volume holographic recording in ZrO₂ nanoparticle-polymer composites at 404 nm
Koji Omura and Yasuo Tomita
Journal of Applied Physics   107, 023107 (2010) (6 pages)   
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Molecular modulation of Schottky barrier height in metal-molecule-silicon diodes: Capacitance and simulation results
Adina Scott, Chad Risko, Nicholas Valley, Mark A. Ratner, and David B. Janes
Journal of Applied Physics   107, 024505 (2010) (8 pages)   
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Preparation of small silver, gold and copper nanoparticles which disperse in both polar and non-polar solvents
P. Christian and M. Bromfield
Journal of Materials Chemistry   20, 1135-1139 (2010)   
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Synthesis of colloidal magnetite nanocrystals using high molecular weight solvent
Ricardo H. Gonçalves, Claudio A. Cardoso, and Edson R. Leite
Journal of Materials Chemistry   20, 1167-1172 (2010)   
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Origin of high- and low-conductance traces in alkanediisothiocyanate single-molecule contacts
D. A. Luzhbin and C.-C. Kaun
Physical Review B   81, 035424 (2010) (9 pages)   
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Resolvin D1 binds human phagocytes with evidence for proresolving receptors
Sriram Krishnamoorthy, Antonio Recchiuti, Nan Chiang, Stephanie Yacoubian, Chih-Hao Lee, Rong Yang, Nicos A. Petasis, and Charles N. Serhan
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   107, 1660-1665 (2010)   
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Dendrons/dendrimers: quantized, nano-element like building blocks for soft-soft and soft-hard nano-compound synthesis
Donald A. Tomalia
Soft Matter   6, 456-474 (2010)   
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Nanoconfined ionic liquids under electric fields
Guoxin Xie, Jianbin Luo, Dan Guo, and Shuhai Liu
Applied Physics Letters   96, 043112 (2010) (3 pages)   
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SURFACE AND INTERFACE PROPERTIES

Above-barrier surface electron resonances induced by a molecular network
R. Stiufiuc, L. M. A. Perdigão, B. Grandidier, D. Deresmes, G. Allan, C. Delerue, D. Stiévenard, P. H. Beton, S. C. Erwin, M. Sassi, V. Oison, and J.-M. Debierre
Physical Review B   81, 045421 (2010) (5 pages)   
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Plasmon Excitations by Photoelectron Emission from Rare Gas Nanobubbles in Aluminum
R. S. Dhaka and S. R. Barman
Physical Review Letters   104, 036803 (2010) (4 pages)   
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The electrostatic coupling of longitudinal optical phonon and plasmon in wurtzite InN thin films
Y.-M. Chang, S. C. Liou, C. H. Chen, H.-M. Lee, and S. Gwo
Applied Physics Letters   96, 041908 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Tribological and mechanical properties of nanocrystalline-TiC/a-C nanocomposite thin films
J. Musil, P. Novák, R. Čerstvý, and Z. Soukup
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A   28, 244-249 (2010)   
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Combination of a Knudsen effusion cell with a quartz crystal microbalance: In situ measurement of molecular evaporation rates with a fully functional deposition source
Rico Gutzler, Wolfgang M. Heckl, and Markus Lackinger
Review of Scientific Instruments   81, 015108 (2010) (4 pages)   
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CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS METHODS

Energy-band alignment of Al₂O₃ and HfAlO gate dielectrics deposited by atomic layer deposition on 4H–SiC
Rahul Suri, Casey J. Kirkpatrick, Daniel J. Lichtenwalner, and Veena Misra
Applied Physics Letters   96, 042903 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Engineering optical soliton bistability in colloidal media
Micha Matuszewski
Physical Review A   81, 013820 (2010) (5 pages)   
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SERS and DFT investigation on the adsorption of 1,10-phenanthroline on transition metal surfaces
Maurizio Muniz-Miranda, Barbara Pergolese, and Adriano Bigotto
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics   12, 1145-1151 (2010)   
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MISCELLANEOUS

The Free-Energy Landscape of Clusters of Attractive Hard Spheres
Guangnan Meng, Natalie Arkus, Michael P. Brenner, and Vinothan N. Manoharan
Science   327, 560-563 (2010)   
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Flexibility and drug release features of lipid/saccharide nanoparticles
Yuri Gerelli, Maria Teresa Di Bari, Stefano Barbieri, Fabio Sonvico, Paolo Colombo, Francesca Natali, and Antonio Deriu
Soft Matter   6, 685-691 (2010)   
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A new 3D mesoporous carbon replicated from commercial silica as a catalyst support for direct conversion of cellulose into ethylene glycol
Yanhua Zhang, Aiqin Wang, and Tao Zhang
Chemical Communications   46, 862-864 (2010)   
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Molecular sieve properties of mesoporous silica with intraporous nanocarbon
F. de Clippel, A. Harkiolakis, X. Ke, T. Vosch, G. Van Tendeloo, G. V. Baron, P. A. Jacobs, J. F. M. Denayer, and B. F. Sels
Chemical Communications   46, 928-930 (2010)   
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A general approach to electrochemical deposition of high quality free-standing noble metal (Pd, Pt, Au, Ag) sub-micron tubes composed of nanoparticles in polar aprotic solvent
Chun-Hua Cui, Hui-Hui Li, and Shu-Hong Yu
Chemical Communications   46, 940-942 (2010)   
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Highly selective and ultrasensitive detection of Hg²⁺ based on fluorescence quenching of Au nanoclusters by Hg²⁺–Au⁺ interactions
Jianping Xie, Yuangang Zheng, and Jackie Y. Ying
Chemical Communications   46, 961-963 (2010)   
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Metal salt induced synthesis of hybrid metal core–siloxane shell nanoparticles and siloxane nanowires
Anubha Goyal, Ashavani Kumar, and Pulickel M. Ajayan
Chemical Communications   46, 964-966 (2010)   
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Intra-surface plasmon coupling between smooth and nanoporous blocks in a gold nanorod
Hye-Mi Bok, Kevin L. Shuford, Eden Jeong, and Sungho Park
Chemical Communications   46, 982-984 (2010)   
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Dendronized iron oxide nanoparticles as contrast agents for MRI
Brice Basly, Delphine Felder-Flesch, Pascal Perriat, Claire Billotey, Jacqueline Taleb, Geneviève Pourroy, and Sylvie Begin-Colin
Chemical Communications   46, 985-987 (2010)   
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Gold nanoparticle-based colorimetric assay for selective detection of aluminium cation on living cellular surfaces
Xiaokun Li, Jine Wang, Linlin Sun, and Zhenxin Wang
Chemical Communications   46, 988-990 (2010)   
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Metal complexes of thiobiurets and dithiobiurets: Novel single source precursors for metal sulfide thin film nanostructures
Karthik Ramasamy, Mohammad A. Malik, Paul O'Brien, and James Raftery
Dalton Transactions   39, 1460-1463 (2010)   
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Charge separation in nanoscale photovoltaic materials: recent insights from first-principles electronic structure theory
Yosuke Kanai, Zhigang Wu, and Jeffrey C. Grossman
Journal of Materials Chemistry   20, 1053-1061 (2010)   
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Memory antibacterial effect from photoelectron transfer between nanoparticles and visible light photocatalyst
Qi Li, Yin Wai Li, Zhiquan Liu, Rongcai Xie, and Jian Ku Shang
Journal of Materials Chemistry   20, 1068-1072 (2010)   
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Biocompatible and stable ZnO quantum dots generated by functionalization with siloxane-core PAMAM dendrons
Ralph-Olivier Moussodia, Lavinia Balan, Christophe Merlin, Christian Mustin, and Raphaël Schneider
Journal of Materials Chemistry   20, 1147-1155 (2010)   
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Lateral Depletion of Contact to Metallic Nanoparticles on Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes
A. Denisenko, C. Pietzka, L. A. Kibler, and E. Kohn
Journal of The Electrochemical Society   157, H342-H348 (2010)   
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Nano bubbles in liquid of a noble-gas mixture
Takenori Yamamoto and Shuhei Ohnishi
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics   12, 1033-1037 (2010)   
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The role of the support in CO_ads monolayer electrooxidation on Pt nanoparticles: Pt/WO_xvs. Pt/C
Fabrice Micoud, Frédéric Maillard, Antoine Bonnefont, Nathalie Job, and Marian Chatenet
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics   12, 1182-1193 (2010)   
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Optimal control of the strong-field ionization of silver clusters in helium droplets
N. X. Truong, P. Hilse, S. Göde, A. Przystawik, T. Döppner, Th. Fennel, Th. Bornath, J. Tiggesbäumker, M. Schlanges, G. Gerber, and K. H. Meiwes-Broer
Physical Review A   81, 013201 (2010) (7 pages)   
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Simulation of dust particles in dual-frequency capacitively coupled silane discharges
Xiang-Mei Liu, Yuan-Hong Song, Xiang Xu, and You-Nian Wang
Physical Review E   81, 016405 (2010) (8 pages)   
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Spontaneous formation of temperature-responsive assemblies by molecular recognition of a -cyclodextrin-containing block copolymer and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)
Jianxiang Zhang, Kai Feng, Meghan Cuddihy, Nicholas A. Kotov, and Peter X. Ma
Soft Matter   6, 610-617 (2010)   
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Characterization of random telegraph noise in gate induced drain leakage current of n- and p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors
Ju-Wan Lee, Hyungcheol Shin, and Jong-Ho Lee
Applied Physics Letters   96, 043502 (2010) (3 pages)   
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