Volume 76, Issue 21

K. C. Rule, G. Ehlers, J. R. Stewart, A. L. Cornelius, P. P. Deen, Y. Qiu, C. R. Wiebe, J. A. Janik, H. D. Zhou, D. Antonio, B. W. Woytko, J. P. Ruff, H. A. Dabkowska, B. D. Gaulin, and J. S. Gardner

Phys. Rev. B 76, 212405 (2007) - Published 21 December, 2007

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Broken time-reversal symmetry in the superconducting state of ${Sr}_{2} Ru O_{4}$

V. P. Mineev

Phys. Rev. B 76, 212501 (2007) - Published 5 December, 2007

Pairing in asymmetrical Fermi systems with intra- and interspecies correlations

Renyuan Liao and Khandker F. Quader

Phys. Rev. B 76, 212502 (2007) - Published 7 December, 2007

Resistance noise in ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} Ca {Cu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$

L. Fruchter, H. Raffy, and Z. Z. Li

Phys. Rev. B 76, 212503 (2007) - Published 11 December, 2007

Experimental evidence for a two-gap structure of superconducting $Nb {Se}_{2}$ : A specific-heat study in external magnetic fields

C. L. Huang, J.-Y. Lin, Y. T. Chang, C. P. Sun, H. Y. Shen, C. C. Chou, H. Berger, T. K. Lee, and H. D. Yang

Phys. Rev. B 76, 212504 (2007) - Published 13 December, 2007

Possible precursor phenomenon to superconducting transition in niobium: Anomalous behavior of shear modulus at low temperatures

Katsuhiro Kawashima

Phys. Rev. B 76, 212505 (2007) - Published 13 December, 2007

Band structure renormalization and weak pseudogap behavior in ${Na}_{0.33} Co O_{2}$ : Fluctuation exchange study based on a single-band model

Zi-Jian Yao, Jian-Xin Li, and Z. D. Wang

Phys. Rev. B 76, 212506 (2007) - Published 19 December, 2007

Current reversal in collective ratchets induced by lattice instability

L. Dinis, E. M. González, J. V. Anguita, J. M. R. Parrondo, and J. L. Vicent

Phys. Rev. B 76, 212507 (2007) - Published 26 December, 2007

Coexistence of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in $Hg {Ba}_{2} {Ca}_{4} {Cu}_{5} O_{y}$ : Multiharmonic susceptibility and vortex dynamics study

A. Crisan, Y. Tanaka, A. Iyo, D. D. Shivagan, P. M. Shirage, K. Tokiwa, T. Watanabe, L. Cosereanu, T. W. Button, and J. S. Abell

Phys. Rev. B 76, 212508 (2007) - Published 27 December, 2007

ARTICLES

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects

Role of charged defects and impurities in kinetics of hydrogen storage materials: A first-principles study

Amra Peles and Chris G. Van de Walle

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214101 (2007) - Published 4 December, 2007

Cu-precipitation kinetics in $α − Fe$ from atomistic simulations: Vacancy-trapping effects and Cu-cluster mobility

Frédéric Soisson and Chu-Chun Fu

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214102 (2007) - Published 6 December, 2007

First-principles study of the lattice dynamics, thermodynamic properties and electron-phonon coupling of $Y B_{6}$

Ying Xu, Lijun Zhang, Tian Cui, Yan Li, Yu Xie, Wen Yu, Yanming Ma, and Guangtian Zou

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214103 (2007) - Published 6 December, 2007

High-pressure structural changes in the ${Gd}_{2} {Zr}_{2} O_{7}$ pyrochlore

F. X. Zhang, J. Lian, U. Becker, R. C. Ewing, Jingzhu Hu, and S. K. Saxena

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214104 (2007) - Published 10 December, 2007

Simulation of the interaction between Fe impurities and point defects in V

Mikhail I. Mendelev, Seungwu Han, Won-joon Son, Graeme J. Ackland, and David J. Srolovitz

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214105 (2007) - Published 11 December, 2007

Importance of cluster distortions in the tetrahedral cluster compounds $Ga M_{4} X_{8}$ ( $M = Mo, V, Nb, Ta$ ; $X = S, Se$ ): Ab initio investigations

M. Sieberer, S. Turnovszky, J. Redinger, and P. Mohn

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214106 (2007) - Published 12 December, 2007

Magnetoelectric effects in multiferroic fibrous composite with imperfect interface

X. Wang and E. Pan

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214107 (2007) - Published 13 December, 2007

Cellular dislocation patterning during plastic deformation

Botond Bakó and Wolfgang Hoffelner

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214108 (2007) - Published 13 December, 2007

Structure of the hydrogen double vacancy on Pd(111)

Sungho Kim, Seong-Gon Kim, and S. C. Erwin

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214109 (2007) - Published 14 December, 2007

Interstitials in FeCr alloys studied by density functional theory

T. P. C. Klaver, P. Olsson, and M. W. Finnis

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214110 (2007) - Published 19 December, 2007

Nanocrystallization kinetics and glass forming ability of the ${Fe}_{65} {Nb}_{10} B_{25}$ metallic alloy

J. Torrens-Serra, J. Rodríguez-Viejo, and M. T. Clavaguera-Mora

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214111 (2007) - Published 19 December, 2007

Raman spectroscopy of multiferroic trigonal boracite ${Co}_{3} B_{7} O_{13} Cl$

M. N. Iliev, V. G. Hadjiev, M. E. Mendoza, and J. Pascual

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214112 (2007) - Published 20 December, 2007

Density-functional calculation of the shock Hugoniot for diamond

Nichols A. Romero and William D. Mattson

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214113 (2007) - Published 20 December, 2007

Biradical states of oxygen-vacancy defects in $α$ -quartz

R. I. Mashkovtsev, D. F. Howarth, and J. A. Weil

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214114 (2007) - Published 21 December, 2007

Antisite defects and traps in perovskite $Y Al O_{3}$ and $Lu Al O_{3}$ : Density functional calculations

D. J. Singh

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214115 (2007) - Published 26 December, 2007

Ab initio correlation calculations for the ground-state properties of group-12 metals Zn and Cd

Nicola Gaston and Beate Paulus

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214116 (2007) - Published 26 December, 2007

Determination of Ti coordination from pre-edge peaks in Ti $K$ -edge XANES

N. Jiang, D. Su, and J. C. H. Spence

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214117 (2007) - Published 26 December, 2007

Structure and dynamics of perovskite hydrides $A Mg H_{3}$ ( $A = Na$ , K, Rb) in relation to the corresponding fluorides: A first-principles study

M. Fornari, A. Subedi, and D. J. Singh

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214118 (2007) - Published 27 December, 2007

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Chemical and magnetic impurity effects on electronic properties of semiconductor quantum wires

Alireza Saffarzadeh

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214201 (2007) - Published 3 December, 2007

Anomalously large decoupling of rotational and shear relaxation in a molecular glass

E. L. Gjersing, S. Sen, P. Yu, and B. G. Aitken

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214202 (2007) - Published 13 December, 2007

Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of the static, dynamic, and electronic properties of liquid Pb using real-space pseudopotentials

M. M. G. Alemany, R. C. Longo, L. J. Gallego, D. J. González, L. E. González, Murilo L. Tiago, and James R. Chelikowsky

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214203 (2007) - Published 13 December, 2007

Anderson localization of electron states in graphene in different types of disorder

Shi-Jie Xiong and Ye Xiong

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214204 (2007) - Published 20 December, 2007

Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects, quantum solids

Effect of symmetry in the many-particle Wigner function

Emiliano Cancellieri, Paolo Bordone, and Carlo Jacoboni

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214301 (2007) - Published 4 December, 2007

Correlated behavior of conductance and phase rigidity in the transition from the weak-coupling to the strong-coupling regime

E. N. Bulgakov, I. Rotter, and A. F. Sadreev

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214302 (2007) - Published 5 December, 2007

Dynamical localization of a particle coupled to a two-level system thermal reservoir

A. Villares Ferrer and C. Morais Smith

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214303 (2007) - Published 7 December, 2007

X-ray scattering study of the spin-Peierls transition and soft phonon behavior in TiOCl

E. T. Abel, K. Matan, F. C. Chou, E. D. Isaacs, D. E. Moncton, H. Sinn, A. Alatas, and Y. S. Lee

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214304 (2007) - Published 19 December, 2007

Devil’s staircase and disordering transitions in sliding vortices and Wigner crystals on random substrates with transverse driving

C. Reichhardt and C. J. Olson Reichhardt

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214305 (2007) - Published 26 December, 2007

Magnetism

Acoustic wave in a crystal of molecular magnets in the presence of a strong resonant magnetic field

A. V. Shvetsov, G. A. Vugalter, and A. I. Beludanova

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214401 (2007) - Published 3 December, 2007

Surface spin dynamics of antiferromagnetically coupled frustrated triangular films

E. Meloche, M. L. Plumer, and C. M. Pinciuc

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214402 (2007) - Published 5 December, 2007

Modification of structural and magnetic properties for $Fe ∕ Cu (001)$ by Cr adsorbates

Koichiro Yaji, Masahiro Sawada, Hirofumi Namatame, Tsutomu Moko, Mirai Nagira, Tetsuro Ueno, Akio Kimura, and Masaki Taniguchi

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214403 (2007) - Published 7 December, 2007

Towards a microscopic theory of toroidal moments in bulk periodic crystals

Claude Ederer and Nicola A. Spaldin

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214404 (2007) - Published 7 December, 2007

Elementary excitations in antiferromagnetic Heisenberg spin segments

A. Ghirri, A. Candini, M. Evangelisti, M. Affronte, S. Carretta, P. Santini, G. Amoretti, R. S. G. Davies, G. Timco, and R. E. P. Winpenny

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214405 (2007) - Published 7 December, 2007

Fe-porphyrin monolayers on ferromagnetic substrates: Electronic structure and magnetic coupling strength

M. Bernien, X. Xu, J. Miguel, M. Piantek, Ph. Eckhold, J. Luo, J. Kurde, W. Kuch, K. Baberschke, H. Wende, and P. Srivastava

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214406 (2007) - Published 11 December, 2007

Hyperfine interactions and local environment of ${}^{57}{Fe}$ probe atoms in perovskite $Ca {Mn}_{7} O_{12}$

I. A. Presniakov, V. S. Rusakov, T. V. Gubaidulina, A. V. Sobolev, A. V. Baranov, G. Demazeau, O. S. Volkova, V. M. Cherepanov, E. A. Goodilin, A. V. Knot’ko, and M. Isobe

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214407 (2007) - Published 14 December, 2007

Modulational instability of nonlinear spin waves in an atomic chain of spinor Bose-Einstein condensates

Xing-Dong Zhao, ZhengWei Xie, and Weiping Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214408 (2007) - Published 14 December, 2007

Calculated electronic properties and structural phase transitions of GdN pnictide under hydrostatic pressure

Samir Abdelouahed and M. Alouani

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214409 (2007) - Published 14 December, 2007

Phase imaging of magnetic nanostructures using resonant soft x-ray holography

A. Scherz, W. F. Schlotter, K. Chen, R. Rick, J. Stöhr, J. Lüning, I. McNulty, Ch. Günther, F. Radu, W. Eberhardt, O. Hellwig, and S. Eisebitt

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214410 (2007) - Published 17 December, 2007

Heat transport properties of clean spin ladders coupled to phonons: Umklapp scattering and drag

E. Boulat, P. Mehta, N. Andrei, E. Shimshoni, and A. Rosch

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214411 (2007) - Published 17 December, 2007

Smoothening of ultrathin Fe films grown on GaAs(100) observed by scanning tunneling microscopy and Brillouin light scattering

D. M. Gillingham, M. Tselepi, A. Ionescu, S. J. Steinmuller, H. E. Beere, D. A. Ritchie, and J. A. C. Bland

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214412 (2007) - Published 19 December, 2007

Spin-ice behavior in ${Dy}_{2} {Sn}_{2 - x} {Sb}_{x} O_{7 + x ∕ 2}$ and ${Dy}_{2} Nb Sc O_{7}$

X. Ke, B. G. Ueland, D. V. West, M. L. Dahlberg, R. J. Cava, and P. Schiffer

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214413 (2007) - Published 19 December, 2007

Tunnel magnetoresistance of $C_{60} − Co$ nanocomposites and spin-dependent transport in organic semiconductors

Shinji Miwa, Masashi Shiraishi, Shinichi Tanabe, Masaki Mizuguchi, Teruya Shinjo, and Yoshishige Suzuki

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214414 (2007) - Published 19 December, 2007

Disorder and temperature dependence of the anomalous Hall effect in thin ferromagnetic films: Microscopic model

K. A. Muttalib and P. Wölfle

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214415 (2007) - Published 19 December, 2007

Transport and magnetic properties in $Y Ba {Co}_{2} O_{5.45}$ : Focus on the high-temperature transition

A. Pautrat, P. Boullay, S. Hébert, and V. Caignaert

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214416 (2007) - Published 19 December, 2007

Probing phase coexistence and stabilization of the spin-ordered ferrimagnetic state by calcium addition in the $Y ({Ba}_{1 - x} {Ca}_{x}) {Co}_{2} O_{5.5}$ layered cobaltites using neutron diffraction

G. Aurelio, J. Curiale, R. D. Sánchez, and G. J. Cuello

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214417 (2007) - Published 20 December, 2007

Current-induced nonadiabatic spin torques and domain-wall motion with spin relaxation in a ferromagnetic metallic wire

M. Thorwart and R. Egger

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214418 (2007) - Published 20 December, 2007

Competing magnetic anisotropies in exchange coupled bilayers with growth-induced orthogonal uniaxial axes

L. M. Álvarez-Prado, S. M. Valvidares, J. I. Martín, and J. M. Alameda

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214419 (2007) - Published 21 December, 2007

Asymmetric spin-transfer torque in single-crystalline $Fe ∕ Ag ∕ Fe$ nanopillars

R. Lehndorff, M. Buchmeier, D. E. Bürgler, A. Kakay, R. Hertel, and C. M. Schneider

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214420 (2007) - Published 21 December, 2007

Magnetic properties of epitaxial ${Fe}_{3} Si ∕ Mg O (001)$ thin films

Kh. Zakeri, I. Barsukov, N. K. Utochkina, F. M. Römer, J. Lindner, R. Meckenstock, U. von Hörsten, H. Wende, W. Keune, M. Farle, S. S. Kalarickal, K. Lenz, and Z. Frait

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214421 (2007) - Published 21 December, 2007

Effect of an applied magnetic field on the relaxation time of single-chain magnets

Claude Coulon, Rodolphe Clérac, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Thierry Colin, Ayumi Saitoh, Natsuko Motokawa, and Hitoshi Miyasaka

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214422 (2007) - Published 21 December, 2007

Kink contribution to the magnetic anisotropy of nanostructured ultrathin $Co ∕ Cu (001)$ and $Fe ∕ Ag (001)$ films

R. Moroni, F. Bisio, F. Buatier de Mongeot, C. Boragno, and L. Mattera

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214423 (2007) - Published 26 December, 2007

Magnetization and ${}^{63}{Cu}$ NMR studies on granular FeCu alloys

B. Bandyopadhyay, B. Pahari, and K. Ghoshray

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214424 (2007) - Published 26 December, 2007

Exchange-induced frustration in $Fe ∕ Ni O$ multilayers

N. Rougemaille, M. Portalupi, A. Brambilla, P. Biagioni, A. Lanzara, M. Finazzi, A. K. Schmid, and L. Duò

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214425 (2007) - Published 26 December, 2007

Low potential barrier height effects in magnetic tunneling junctions

E. S. Cruz de Gracia, L. S. Dorneles, L. F. Schelp, S. R. Teixeira, and M. N. Baibich

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214426 (2007) - Published 26 December, 2007

Impurity-induced singlet breaking in $Sr {Cu}_{2} {(B O_{3})}_{2}$

A. A. Aczel, G. J. MacDougall, J. A. Rodriguez, G. M. Luke, P. L. Russo, A. T. Savici, Y. J. Uemura, H. A. Dabkowska, C. R. Wiebe, J. A. Janik, and H. Kageyama

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214427 (2007) - Published 26 December, 2007

Ground-state phase diagram and magnetic properties of a tetramerized spin- $1 ∕ 2$ $J_{1} − J_{2}$ model: BEC of bound magnons and absence of the transverse magnetization

Hiroaki T. Ueda and Keisuke Totsuka

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214428 (2007) - Published 26 December, 2007

Disorder-induced phase coexistence in bulk doped manganites and its suppression in nanometer-sized crystals: The case of ${La}_{0.9} {Ca}_{0.1} Mn O_{3}$

E. Rozenberg, A. I. Shames, M. Auslender, G. Jung, I. Felner, Jaivardhan Sinha, S. S. Banerjee, D. Mogilyansky, E. Sominski, A. Gedanken, Ya. M. Mukovskii, and G. Gorodetsky

Phys. Rev. B 76, 214429 (2007) - Published 26 December, 2007