Volume 72, Issue 20

15 November 2005

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

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

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Modeling inelastic phonon scattering in atomic- and molecular-wire junctions

Magnus Paulsson, Thomas Frederiksen, and Mads Brandbyge

Phys. Rev. B 72, 201101(R) (2005) - Published 28 November, 2005

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Orbital-selective Mott-Hubbard transition in the two-band Hubbard model

R. Arita and K. Held

Phys. Rev. B 72, 201102(R) (2005) - Published 29 November, 2005

Semiconductors I: bulk

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Characterization of magnetic components in the diluted magnetic semiconductor ${Zn}_{1 - x} {Co}_{x} O$ by x-ray magnetic circular dichroism

M. Kobayashi, Y. Ishida, J. l. Hwang, T. Mizokawa, A. Fujimori, K. Mamiya, J. Okamoto, Y. Takeda, T. Okane, Y. Saitoh, Y. Muramatsu, A. Tanaka, H. Saeki, H. Tabata, and T. Kawai

Phys. Rev. B 72, 201201(R) (2005) - Published 14 November, 2005

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Stress-induced platelet formation in silicon: A molecular dynamics study

J. G. Swadener, M. I. Baskes, and M. Nastasi

Phys. Rev. B 72, 201202(R) (2005) - Published 30 November, 2005

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

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Experimental evidence for nonequilibrium Bose condensation of exciton polaritons

M. Richard, J. Kasprzak, R. André, R. Romestain, Le Si Dang, G. Malpuech, and A. Kavokin

Phys. Rev. B 72, 201301(R) (2005) - Published 15 November, 2005

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Injection of ballistic pure spin currents in semiconductors by a single-color linearly polarized beam

Hui Zhao, Xinyu Pan, Arthur L. Smirl, R. D. R. Bhat, Ali Najmaie, J. E. Sipe, and H. M. van Driel

Phys. Rev. B 72, 201302(R) (2005) - Published 16 November, 2005

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Robustness of the fractional quantum Hall effect

J. K. Jain and Gun Sang Jeon

Phys. Rev. B 72, 201303(R) (2005) - Published 17 November, 2005

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Entanglement distillation by adiabatic passage in coupled quantum dots

Jaroslav Fabian and Ulrich Hohenester

Phys. Rev. B 72, 201304(R) (2005) - Published 18 November, 2005

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Electronic Mach-Zehnder interferometer in the fractional quantum Hall effect

T. Jonckheere, P. Devillard, A. Crépieux, and T. Martin

Phys. Rev. B 72, 201305(R) (2005) - Published 18 November, 2005

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Coupling between semiconductor quantum dots and two-dimensional surface plasmons

Jiayu Zhang, Yong-Hong Ye, Xiaoyong Wang, P. Rochon, and Min Xiao

Phys. Rev. B 72, 201306(R) (2005) - Published 18 November, 2005

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Tunable effective $g$ factor in InAs nanowire quantum dots

M. T. Björk, A. Fuhrer, A. E. Hansen, M. W. Larsson, L. E. Fröberg, and L. Samuelson

Phys. Rev. B 72, 201307(R) (2005) - Published 28 November, 2005

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Chirality in Coulomb-blockaded quantum dots

David Sánchez and Markus Büttiker

Phys. Rev. B 72, 201308(R) (2005) - Published 30 November, 2005

Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems

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Two-dimensional electron and hole gases at the surface of graphite

S. V. Morozov, K. S. Novoselov, F. Schedin, D. Jiang, A. A. Firsov, and A. K. Geim

Phys. Rev. B 72, 201401(R) (2005) - Published 1 November, 2005

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Resonant slot optical guiding in metallic nanoparticle chains

K. J. Webb and J. Li

Phys. Rev. B 72, 201402(R) (2005) - Published 18 November, 2005

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Nonadiabaticity in the initial oxidation of Mg(0001): First-principles density-functional calculations

A. Hellman

Phys. Rev. B 72, 201403(R) (2005) - Published 18 November, 2005

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Anomalous behavior of satellite features at the surface and interface in the Ni $L$ -edge x-ray absorption spectra

Kenta Amemiya, Enju Sakai, Daiju Matsumura, Hitoshi Abe, and Toshiaki Ohta

Phys. Rev. B 72, 201404(R) (2005) - Published 30 November, 2005

ARTICLES

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

Infrared signatures of hole and spin stripes in ${La}_{2 - x} {Sr}_{x} Cu O_{4}$

W. J. Padilla, M. Dumm, Seiki Komiya, Yoichi Ando, and D. N. Basov

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205101 (2005) - Published 1 November, 2005

Optical studies of the charge-density-wave phase transition in ${Lu}_{5} {Rh}_{4} {Si}_{10}$

H. L. Liu, G. S. Wu, J. L. Her, and H. D. Yang

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205102 (2005) - Published 2 November, 2005

Electromagnetic response of a point-dipole crystal

K. Kempa, R. Ruppin, and J. B. Pendry

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205103 (2005) - Published 2 November, 2005

Combined theoretical and experimental study of the low-temperature properties of ${BaZrO}_{3}$

A. R. Akbarzadeh, I. Kornev, C. Malibert, L. Bellaiche, and J. M. Kiat

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205104 (2005) - Published 2 November, 2005

Acceleration and deceleration of moving photonic crystals under irradiation

Tetsuyuki Ochiai and Kazuaki Sakoda

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205105 (2005) - Published 2 November, 2005

Band structures and optical spectra of InN polymorphs: Influence of quasiparticle and excitonic effects

J. Furthmüller, P. H. Hahn, F. Fuchs, and F. Bechstedt

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205106 (2005) - Published 3 November, 2005

Failure of the Wiedemann-Franz law in mesoscopic conductors

Maxim G. Vavilov and A. Douglas Stone

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205107 (2005) - Published 7 November, 2005

Ab initio investigation of the nitrofluoride SiNF

E. Betranhandy and S. F. Matar

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205108 (2005) - Published 7 November, 2005

Photonic band gaps in highly conformal inverse-opal based photonic crystals

D. Gaillot, T. Yamashita, and C. J. Summers

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205109 (2005) - Published 7 November, 2005

Cherenkov radiation by an electron bunch that moves in a vacuum above a left-handed material

Yu. O. Averkov and V. M. Yakovenko

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205110 (2005) - Published 7 November, 2005

Assessment of transition-metal coordination in glasses by electron energy-loss spectroscopy

Thomas Höche, Michael Grodzicki, Frank Heyroth, and Peter A. van Aken

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205111 (2005) - Published 8 November, 2005

Interfacial operator approach to computing modes of surface plasmon polaritons for periodic structures

Chien C. Chang, R. L. Chern, C. Chung Chang, and R. R. Hwang

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205112 (2005) - Published 9 November, 2005

High-resolution valence-band XPS spectra of the nonconductors quartz and olivine

V. P. Zakaznova-Herzog, H. W. Nesbitt, G. M. Bancroft, J. S. Tse, X. Gao, and W. Skinner

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205113 (2005) - Published 9 November, 2005

Quantitative analysis of ${Sr}_{2} {RuO}_{4}$ angle-resolved photoemission spectra: Many-body interactions in a model Fermi liquid

N. J. C. Ingle, K. M. Shen, F. Baumberger, W. Meevasana, D. H. Lu, Z.-X. Shen, A. Damascelli, S. Nakatsuji, Z. Q. Mao, Y. Maeno, T. Kimura, and Y. Tokura

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205114 (2005) - Published 11 November, 2005

Bragg reflection spectroscopy of opal-like photonic crystals

G. M. Gajiev, V. G. Golubev, D. A. Kurdyukov, A. V. Medvedev, A. B. Pevtsov, A. V. Sel’kin, and V. V. Travnikov

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205115 (2005) - Published 15 November, 2005

Hardcore bosons on checkerboard lattices near half filling: Geometric frustration, vanishing charge order, and a fractional phase

Yi Zhou

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205116 (2005) - Published 16 November, 2005

Optical properties and London dispersion interaction of amorphous and crystalline ${SiO}_{2}$ determined by vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy and spectroscopic ellipsometry

G. L. Tan, M. F. Lemon, D. J. Jones, and R. H. French

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205117 (2005) - Published 16 November, 2005

First-principles study of rare-earth oxides

L. Petit, A. Svane, Z. Szotek, and W. M. Temmerman

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205118 (2005) - Published 16 November, 2005

Energy relaxation due to magnetic impurities in mesoscopic wires: Logarithmic approach

O. Újsághy, A. Jakovác, and A. Zawadowski

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205119 (2005) - Published 18 November, 2005

Gap maps for triangular photonic crystals with a dispersive and absorbing component

Andreas Rung, Carl G. Ribbing, and Min Qiu

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205120 (2005) - Published 18 November, 2005

High-order correlation effects in the two-dimensional Hubbard model

Satoru Odashima, Adolfo Avella, and Ferdinando Mancini

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205121 (2005) - Published 18 November, 2005

Gallium stabilization of $δ − Pu$ : Density-functional calculations

Babak Sadigh and Wilhelm G. Wolfer

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205122 (2005) - Published 21 November, 2005

Transferability of the Slater-Koster tight-binding scheme from an environment-dependent minimal-basis perspective

W. C. Lu, C. Z. Wang, K. Ruedenberg, and K. M. Ho

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205123 (2005) - Published 21 November, 2005

Orbital-selective Mott transition in multiband systems: Slave-spin representation and dynamical mean-field theory

L. de’Medici, A. Georges, and S. Biermann

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205124 (2005) - Published 22 November, 2005

Energy-resolved inelastic electron scattering off a magnetic impurity

Markus Garst, Peter Wölfle, László Borda, Jan von Delft, and Leonid Glazman

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205125 (2005) - Published 23 November, 2005

Dynamical behavior across the Mott transition of two bands with different bandwidths

Michel Ferrero, Federico Becca, Michele Fabrizio, and Massimo Capone

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205126 (2005) - Published 23 November, 2005

Optical conductivity and x-ray absorption and emission study of the band structure of MnN films

S. Granville, B. J. Ruck, F. Budde, A. Koo, J. E. Downes, H. J. Trodahl, A. Bittar, N. Strickland, G. V. M. Williams, W. R. L. Lambrecht, Timothy Learmonth, Kevin E. Smith, V. J. Kennedy, A. Markwitz, and Thorsten Schmitt

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205127 (2005) - Published 28 November, 2005

Order-parameter symmetries for magnetic and superconducting instabilities: Bethe-Salpeter analysis of functional renormalization-group solutions

A. A. Katanin and A. P. Kampf

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205128 (2005) - Published 30 November, 2005

Sign change of the Grüneisen parameter and magnetocaloric effect near quantum critical points

Markus Garst and Achim Rosch

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205129 (2005) - Published 30 November, 2005

Semiconductors I: bulk

Two-level model of longitudinal magnetic field-induced current instability and chaos in $n$ -GaAs

Shwu-Yun Tsay Tzeng and Yiharn Tzeng

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205201 (2005) - Published 8 November, 2005

Large magnetoresistance in nonmagnetic $π$ -conjugated semiconductor thin film devices

Ö. Mermer, G. Veeraraghavan, T. L. Francis, Y. Sheng, D. T. Nguyen, M. Wohlgenannt, A. Köhler, M. K. Al-Suti, and M. S. Khan

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205202 (2005) - Published 10 November, 2005

Relative bulk and interface contributions to optical second-harmonic generation in silicon

H. J. Peng, E. J. Adles, J.-F. T. Wang, and D. E. Aspnes

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205203 (2005) - Published 14 November, 2005

Structure and diffusion of excess Si atoms in $Si O_{2}$

Decai Yu, Gyeong S. Hwang, Taras A. Kirichenko, and Sanjay K. Banerjee

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205204 (2005) - Published 14 November, 2005

Electronic properties of oligoacenes from first principles

Kerstin Hummer and Claudia Ambrosch-Draxl

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205205 (2005) - Published 14 November, 2005

Theoretical study of B diffusion with charged defects in strained Si

L. Lin, T. Kirichenko, B. R. Sahu, G. S. Hwang, and S. K. Banerjee

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205206 (2005) - Published 15 November, 2005

Kondo lattice behavior in the ordered dilute magnetic semiconductor ${Yb}_{14 - x} {La}_{x} {MnSb}_{11}$

B. C. Sales, P. Khalifah, T. P. Enck, E. J. Nagler, R. E. Sykora, R. Jin, and D. Mandrus

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205207 (2005) - Published 30 November, 2005

Pinning and depinning of a classic quasi-one-dimensional Wigner crystal in the presence of a constriction

G. Piacente and F. M. Peeters

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205208 (2005) - Published 30 November, 2005

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

Optical transitions in quantum ring complexes

T. Kuroda, T. Mano, T. Ochiai, S. Sanguinetti, K. Sakoda, G. Kido, and N. Koguchi

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205301 (2005) - Published 2 November, 2005

STM studies of PtSi formation on Si(111) by solid state epitaxy

A. Wawro, S. Suto, and A. Kasuya

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205302 (2005) - Published 3 November, 2005

Low-density spin-polarized transport in two-dimensional semiconductor structures: Temperature-dependent magnetoresistance of Si MOSFETs in an in-plane applied magnetic field

S. Das Sarma and E. H. Hwang

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205303 (2005) - Published 3 November, 2005

Effect of the Pekar mechanism on the phonon-drag thermopower in $p$ -type $Si ∕ {Si}_{1 - x} {Ge}_{x}$ heterostructures

S. S. Kubakaddi and M. Tsaousidou

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205304 (2005) - Published 3 November, 2005

Topographic evolution during deposition of plasma-deposited hydrogenated silicon on glass

G. T. Dalakos, J. P. Plawsky, and P. D. Persans

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205305 (2005) - Published 3 November, 2005

Intraband spectroscopy and photophysics in $GaSe$ nanoparticles

Haohua Tu, Karoly Mogyorosi, and David F. Kelley

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205306 (2005) - Published 4 November, 2005

Observation of strong direct-like oscillator strength in the photoluminescence of Si nanoparticles

A. Smith, Z. H. Yamani, N. Roberts, J. Turner, S. R. Habbal, S. Granick, and M. H. Nayfeh

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205307 (2005) - Published 7 November, 2005

First-principles study of oxygen-deficient $Sr Ti O_{3} ∕ Mg O (100)$ interfaces

P. Casek, F. Finocchi, and C. Noguera

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205308 (2005) - Published 7 November, 2005

Hindered electronic transport in two-dimensional metallic $Er {Si}_{2}$ nanoscale islands on Si(111): An STM study

I. Brihuega, E. Dupont-Ferrier, P. Mallet, L. Magaud, S. Pons, J. M. Gómez-Rodríguez, and J-Y. Veuillen

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205309 (2005) - Published 7 November, 2005

Quantum transport through a double Aharonov-Bohm interferometer in the presence of Andreev reflection

Yong-Ping Zhang, Hui Yu, Ying-Fang Gao, and J. -Q. Liang

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205310 (2005) - Published 7 November, 2005

Band-edge diagrams for strained III–V semiconductor quantum wells, wires, and dots

C. E. Pryor and M.-E. Pistol

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205311 (2005) - Published 8 November, 2005

Structural and optical properties of ${CdS}_{x} {Se}_{1 - x}$ nanowires

S. Joon Kwon, Young-Jin Choi, Jae-Hwan Park, In-Sung Hwang, and Jae-Gwan Park

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205312 (2005) - Published 8 November, 2005

Excitonic condensate and quasiparticle transport in electron-hole bilayer systems

Yogesh N. Joglekar, Alexander V. Balatsky, and Michael P. Lilly

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205313 (2005) - Published 8 November, 2005

Effects of shape and magnetic field on the optical properties of wurtzite quantum rods

X. W. Zhang and J. B. Xia

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205314 (2005) - Published 8 November, 2005

Magnetic flux induced spin polarization in semiconductor multichannel rings with Rashba spin-orbit coupling

G. S. Lozano and M. J. Sánchez

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205315 (2005) - Published 9 November, 2005

Oxygen-induced atomic desorptions in oxynitrides: Density functional calculations

W. Orellana, Antônio J. R. da Silva, and A. Fazzio

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205316 (2005) - Published 10 November, 2005

Solitons and quasielectrons in the quantum Hall matrix model

T. H. Hansson, J. Kailasvuori, A. Karlhede, and R. von Unge

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205317 (2005) - Published 10 November, 2005

Photoluminescence measurements of quantum-dot-containing semiconductor microdisk resonators using optical fiber taper waveguides

Kartik Srinivasan, Andreas Stintz, Sanjay Krishna, and Oskar Painter

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205318 (2005) - Published 10 November, 2005

Probing level renormalization by sequential transport through double quantum dots

Bernhard Wunsch, Matthias Braun, Jürgen König, and Daniela Pfannkuche

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205319 (2005) - Published 11 November, 2005

Optical and electronic properties in ${({In}_{0.53} {Ga}_{0.47} As)}_{1 - z} ∕ {({In}_{0.52} {Al}_{0.48} As)}_{z}$ digital alloys

J. T. Woo, J. H. Kim, T. W. Kim, J. D. Song, and Y. J. Park

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205320 (2005) - Published 11 November, 2005

Time-controlled charge injection in a quantum Hall fluid

T. Jonckheere, M. Creux, and T. Martin

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205321 (2005) - Published 15 November, 2005

Voltage-controlled spin injection in a $(Ga, Mn) As ∕ (Al, Ga) As$ Zener diode

P. Van Dorpe, W. Van Roy, J. De Boeck, G. Borghs, P. Sankowski, P. Kacman, J. A. Majewski, and T. Dietl

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205322 (2005) - Published 15 November, 2005

Growth of ultrathin silicon nitride on Si(111) at low temperatures

A. Bahari, U. Robenhagen, P. Morgen, and Z. S. Li

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205323 (2005) - Published 16 November, 2005

Electronic and optical properties of $Si ∕ Si O_{2}$ nanostructures. I. Electron-hole collective processes in single $Si ∕ Si O_{2}$ quantum wells

N. Pauc, V. Calvo, J. Eymery, F. Fournel, and N. Magnea

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205324 (2005) - Published 18 November, 2005

Electronic and optical properties of $Si ∕ Si O_{2}$ nanostructures. II. Electron-hole recombination at the $Si ∕ Si O_{2}$ quantum-well–quantum-dot transition

N. Pauc, V. Calvo, J. Eymery, F. Fournel, and N. Magnea

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205325 (2005) - Published 18 November, 2005

Ground state structure and conductivity of quantum wires of infinite length and finite width

F. Malet, M. Pi, M. Barranco, and E. Lipparini

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205326 (2005) - Published 18 November, 2005

Quantum Monte Carlo study of composite fermions in quantum dots: The effect of Landau-level mixing

A. D. Güçlü, Gun Sang Jeon, C. J. Umrigar, and J. K. Jain

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205327 (2005) - Published 18 November, 2005

Chemical reaction at the interface between pentacene and $Hf O_{2}$

S. J. Kang, Y. Yi, C. Y. Kim, K.-H. Yoo, A. Moewes, M. H. Cho, J. D. Denlinger, C. N. Whang, and G. S. Chang

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205328 (2005) - Published 18 November, 2005

Two-electron lateral quantum-dot molecules in a magnetic field

M. Helle, A. Harju, and R. M. Nieminen

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205329 (2005) - Published 21 November, 2005

Electronic efficiency in nanostructured thermionic and thermoelectric devices

M. F. O’Dwyer, R. A. Lewis, C. Zhang, and T. E. Humphrey

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205330 (2005) - Published 21 November, 2005

Homogeneous broadening in quantum dots due to Auger scattering with wetting layer carriers

H. H. Nilsson, J.-Z. Zhang, and I. Galbraith

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205331 (2005) - Published 21 November, 2005

Manifestation of fundamental quantum complementarities in time-domain interference experiments with quantum dots: A theoretical analysis

Paweł Machnikowski

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205332 (2005) - Published 21 November, 2005

Electrical properties of epitaxial junctions between $Nb : Sr Ti O_{3}$ and optimally doped, underdoped, and Zn-doped $Y {Ba}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$

W. Ramadan, S. B. Ogale, S. Dhar, L. F. Fu, S. R. Shinde, Darshan C. Kundaliya, M. S. R. Rao, N. D. Browning, and T. Venkatesan

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205333 (2005) - Published 22 November, 2005

Two-dimensional quantum-dot helium in a magnetic field: Variational theory

Orion Ciftja and M. Golam Faruk

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205334 (2005) - Published 22 November, 2005

Time evolution of a two-hole state in Auger-induced desorption

Akira Yasui, Takayuki Uozumi, and Yosuke Kayanuma

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205335 (2005) - Published 23 November, 2005

Electronic structure evolution during the growth of ultrathin insulator films on semiconductors: From interface formation to bulklike $Ca F_{2} ∕ Si (111)$ films

Andreas Klust, Taisuke Ohta, Aaron A. Bostwick, Eli Rotenberg, Qiuming Yu, Fumio S. Ohuchi, and Marjorie A. Olmstead

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205336 (2005) - Published 28 November, 2005

Spin current induced by in-plane magnetoelectric $δ$ -barriers in a two-dimensional electron gas

S. G. Tan, Mansoor B. A. Jalil, and Thomas Liew

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205337 (2005) - Published 28 November, 2005

Two-probe theory of scanning tunneling microscopy of single molecules: Zn(II)-etioporphyrin on alumina

John Buker and George Kirczenow

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205338 (2005) - Published 29 November, 2005

Monitoring surface charge migration in the spectral dynamics of single $Cd Se ∕ Cd S$ nanodot/nanorod heterostructures

J. Müller, J. M. Lupton, A. L. Rogach, J. Feldmann, D. V. Talapin, and H. Weller

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205339 (2005) - Published 29 November, 2005

Assessment of interatomic potentials for molecular dynamics simulations of GaAs deposition

D. A. Murdick, X. W. Zhou, and H. N. G. Wadley

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205340 (2005) - Published 30 November, 2005

Coherent effects in magnetotransport through Zeeman-split levels

S. A. Gurvitz, D. Mozyrsky, and G. P. Berman

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205341 (2005) - Published 30 November, 2005

Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems

Local density profiles in thin films and multilayers from diffuse x-ray and neutron scattering

M. Rauscher, H. Reichert, S. Engemann, and H. Dosch

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205401 (2005) - Published 1 November, 2005

Observation of shell effects in nanowires for the noble metals Cu, Ag, and Au

A. I. Mares and J. M. van Ruitenbeek

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205402 (2005) - Published 2 November, 2005

Nonlinear membrane-spring model for carbon nanotubes

M. Wang, X. Zhang, and M. W. Lu

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205403 (2005) - Published 2 November, 2005

Energy partitioning in the femtosecond-laser-induced associative $D_{2}$ desorption from Ru(0001)

Steffen Wagner, Christian Frischkorn, Martin Wolf, Marco Rutkowski, Helmut Zacharias, and Alan C. Luntz

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205404 (2005) - Published 3 November, 2005

Thickness dependence of surface plasmon damping and dispersion in ultrathin Ag films

Yinghui Yu, Ying Jiang, Zhe Tang, Qinlin Guo, Jinfeng Jia, Qikun Xue, Kehui Wu, and Enge Wang

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205405 (2005) - Published 3 November, 2005

Coulomb screening and electronic instabilities of small-diameter (5,0) nanotubes

J. González and E. Perfetto

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205406 (2005) - Published 4 November, 2005

Laser-driven coupled electron-nuclear dynamics: Quantum mechanical simulation of molecular photodesorption from metal films

Tillmann Klamroth, Dominik Kröner, and Peter Saalfrank

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205407 (2005) - Published 4 November, 2005

Effects of contact geometry on transport properties of a ${Si}_{4}$ cluster

Z. X. Dai, X. H. Zheng, X. Q. Shi, and Z. Zeng

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205408 (2005) - Published 7 November, 2005

Surface segregation and ordering of alloy surfaces in the presence of adsorbates

B. C. Han, A. Van der Ven, G. Ceder, and Bing-Joe Hwang

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205409 (2005) - Published 7 November, 2005

Surface characterization and electronic structure of HgTe nanocrystalline thin films

S. Rath, D. Paramanik, S. N. Sarangi, S. Varma, and S. N. Sahu

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205410 (2005) - Published 8 November, 2005

Strain-mediated lateral SiGe island motion in single and stacked layers

M. Stoffel, A. Rastelli, S. Kiravittaya, and O. G. Schmidt

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205411 (2005) - Published 8 November, 2005

Quantum-dot nucleation in strained-layer epitaxy: Minimum-energy pathway in the stress-driven two-dimensional to three-dimensional transformation

José Emilio Prieto and Ivan Markov

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205412 (2005) - Published 9 November, 2005

Structural and energetic properties of unsupported Cu nanoparticles from room temperature to the melting point: Molecular dynamics simulations

Francesco Delogu

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205418 (2005) - Published 11 November, 2005

Effect of hydrogen on the surface relaxation of Pd(100), Rh(100), and Ag(100)

Sung Chul Jung and Myung Ho Kang

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205419 (2005) - Published 14 November, 2005

Structural and thermal behavior of compact core-shell nanoparticles: Core instabilities and dynamic contributions to surface thermal stability

Andrés Aguado and José M. López

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205420 (2005) - Published 14 November, 2005

Optical absorption of magnesia-supported gold clusters and nanoscale catalysts: Effects due to the support, clusters, and adsorbants

Michael Walter and Hannu Häkkinen

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205440 (2005) - Published 28 November, 2005

Tunneling resistance of double-barrier tunneling structures with an alkanethiol-protected Au nanoparticle

H. Zhang, Y. Yasutake, Y. Shichibu, T. Teranishi, and Y. Majima

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205441 (2005) - Published 29 November, 2005

Interrupted tubules in filamentous crystals: Elastic analysis

M. Upmanyu and J. R. Barber

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205442 (2005) - Published 30 November, 2005

Designable electron transport features in one-dimensional arrays of metallic nanoparticles: Monte Carlo study of the relation between shape and transport

Stefan Semrau, Herbert Schoeller, and Wolfgang Wenzel

Phys. Rev. B 72, 205443 (2005) - Published 30 November, 2005

COMMENTS

Comment on “Electric field effect on the second-order nonlinear optical properties of parabolic and semiparabolic quantum wells”

İbrahim Karabulut, Ülfet Atav, and Haluk Şafak

Phys. Rev. B 72, 207301 (2005) - Published 23 November, 2005

Comment on “Effect of spin-orbit interaction on the plasma excitations in a quantum wire”

Marcos R. S. Tavares

Phys. Rev. B 72, 207302 (2005) - Published 29 November, 2005

ERRATA

Erratum: Electronic and vibrational properties of diamondlike hydrocarbons [Phys. Rev. B 72, 035447 (2005)]

A. J. Lu, B. C. Pan, and J. G. Han

Phys. Rev. B 72, 209901 (2005) - Published 1 November, 2005

Erratum: Interface roughness correlation due to changing layer period in $Pt ∕ C$ multilayers [Phys. Rev. B 65, 245416 (2002)]

Amitesh Paul and G. S. Lodha

Phys. Rev. B 72, 209902 (2005) - Published 16 November, 2005