http://prb.aps.org/ Recently published articles in Phys. Rev. B in the Table of Content section "Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics" en-us Copyright (c) 2009 The American Physical Society 2009-11-02T08:14:12-05:00 assocpub@aps.org rss@aps.org hourly 4 2009-11-02T08:14:12-05:00 rss@aps.org http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155334 Author(s): B. Szafran and M. R. Poniedziałek<br/>We study electron transport through a semiconductor quantum ring with one input and two output terminals for an elastic scatterer present within one of the arms of the ring. We demonstrate that the scatterer not only introduces asymmetry in the transfer probability to the two output leads but also r...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 155334] Published Fri Oct 30, 2009 B. Szafran and M. R. Poniedziałek 2009-10-30T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155334 Phys. Rev. B 80, 155334 text/html article Physical Review B 80 15 2009-10-30T00:00:00-04:00 155334 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155333 Author(s): T. Makino, Y. Furuta, Y. Segawa, A. Tsukazaki, A. Ohtomo, Y. Hirayama, R. Shen, S. Takeyama, Y. Takagi, and M. Kawasaki<br/>We report on the effect of electron injection on the magneto-optical properties of MgZnO/ZnO(5 nm)/MgZnO single quantum wells (SQWs) by embedding a Ga delta-doped layer in one of the MgZnO barriers. Approaching the delta-doped layer to the SQW resulted in a photoluminescence (PL) blueshift due to th...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 155333] Published Fri Oct 30, 2009 T. Makino, Y. Furuta, Y. Segawa, A. Tsukazaki, A. Ohtomo, Y. Hirayama, R. Shen, S. Takeyama, Y. Takagi, and M. Kawasaki 2009-10-30T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155333 Phys. Rev. B 80, 155333 text/html article Physical Review B 80 15 2009-10-30T00:00:00-04:00 155333 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155332 Author(s): Roberto Guerra, Elena Degoli, and Stefano Ossicini<br/>The structural, electronic, and optical properties of Si nanocrystals of different size and shape, passivated with hydrogens, OH groups, or embedded in a SiO_{2} matrix are studied. The comparison between the embedded and free, suspended nanocrystals (NCs) shows that the silica matrix produces a str...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 155332] Published Thu Oct 29, 2009 Roberto Guerra, Elena Degoli, and Stefano Ossicini 2009-10-29T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155332 Phys. Rev. B 80, 155332 text/html article Physical Review B 80 15 2009-10-29T00:00:00-04:00 155332 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155331 Author(s): A. T. Hammack, L. V. Butov, J. Wilkes, L. Mouchliadis, E. A. Muljarov, A. L. Ivanov, and A. C. Gossard<br/>We report on the kinetics of the inner ring in the exciton emission pattern. The formation time of the inner ring following the onset of the laser excitation is found to be about 30 ns. The inner ring is also found to disappear within 4 ns after the laser termination. The latter process is accompani...<br/><img src="http://prb.aps.org/files/SuggestionPRB30x30.jpg" alt="PRB Editors' Suggestion"/><br/> [Phys. Rev. B 80, 155331] Published Thu Oct 29, 2009 A. T. Hammack, L. V. Butov, J. Wilkes, L. Mouchliadis, E. A. Muljarov, A. L. Ivanov, and A. C. Gossard 2009-10-29T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155331 Phys. Rev. B 80, 155331 text/html article Physical Review B 80 15 2009-10-29T00:00:00-04:00 155331 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165334 Author(s): V. Haxha, I. Drouzas, J. M. Ulloa, M. Bozkurt, P. M. Koenraad, D. J. Mowbray, H. Y. Liu, M. J. Steer, M. Hopkinson, and M. A. Migliorato<br/>We report a combined experimental and theoretical analysis of Sb and In segregation during the epitaxial growth of InAs self-assembled quantum dot structures covered with a GaSbAs strain-reducing capping layer. Cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy shows strong Sb and In segregation which ex...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 165334] Published Wed Oct 28, 2009 V. Haxha, I. Drouzas, J. M. Ulloa, M. Bozkurt, P. M. Koenraad, D. J. Mowbray, H. Y. Liu, M. J. Steer, M. Hopkinson, and M. A. Migliorato 2009-10-28T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165334 Phys. Rev. B 80, 165334 text/html article Physical Review B 80 16 2009-10-28T00:00:00-04:00 165334 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.161311 Author(s): Thierry Champel and Serge Florens<br/>Motivated by high-accuracy scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements on disordered two-dimensional electron gases in strong magnetic field, we present an expression for the local density of states (LDoS) of electrons moving in a smooth arbitrary potential landscape on the scale of the magnetic le...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/rapid30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="Rapid Communication"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 161311] Published Wed Oct 28, 2009 Thierry Champel and Serge Florens 2009-10-28T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.161311 Phys. Rev. B 80, 161311 text/html article Physical Review B 80 16 2009-10-28T00:00:00-04:00 161311 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155330 Author(s): Takahide Numata, Yunori Nisikawa, Akira Oguri, and Alex C. Hewson<br/>We study the low-energy properties of a triangular triple quantum dot connected to two noninteracting leads in a wide parameter range, using the numerical renormalization group (NRG). Various kinds of Kondo effects take place in this system depending on the electron filling N_{tot} , or the level po...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 155330] Published Wed Oct 28, 2009 Takahide Numata, Yunori Nisikawa, Akira Oguri, and Alex C. Hewson 2009-10-28T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155330 Phys. Rev. B 80, 155330 text/html article Physical Review B 80 15 2009-10-28T00:00:00-04:00 155330 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155329 Author(s): Ji Young Lee, Jun-Hyung Cho, and Zhenyu Zhang<br/>Using spin-polarized density-functional theory calculations, we investigate the competition between charge and spin orderings in dangling-bond (DB) wires of increasing lengths fabricated on an H-terminated Si(001) surface. For wires containing less than ten DBs as studied in recent experiments, we f...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 155329] Published Wed Oct 28, 2009 Ji Young Lee, Jun-Hyung Cho, and Zhenyu Zhang 2009-10-28T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155329 Phys. Rev. B 80, 155329 text/html article Physical Review B 80 15 2009-10-28T00:00:00-04:00 155329 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165333 Author(s): Piotr Trocha, Ireneusz Weymann, and Józef Barnaś<br/>Spin-dependent transport through two coupled single-level quantum dots weakly connected to ferromagnetic leads with collinear magnetizations is considered theoretically. Transport characteristics, including the current, linear and nonlinear conductances, and tunnel magnetoresistance are calculated u...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 165333] Published Tue Oct 27, 2009 Piotr Trocha, Ireneusz Weymann, and Józef Barnaś 2009-10-27T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165333 Phys. Rev. B 80, 165333 text/html article Physical Review B 80 16 2009-10-27T00:00:00-04:00 165333 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165332 Author(s): Ramin M. Abolfath<br/>We present the magnetic phase diagram of artificial H_{2} molecule in lateral quantum dots doped with magnetic impurities as a function of external magnetic field and plunger gate voltage. The onset of Mn-Mn antiferromagnetic-ferromagnetic transition follows the electron spin singlet-triplet transit...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 165332] Published Tue Oct 27, 2009 Ramin M. Abolfath 2009-10-27T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165332 Phys. Rev. B 80, 165332 text/html article Physical Review B 80 16 2009-10-27T00:00:00-04:00 165332 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165331 Author(s): Enrico Prati, Rossella Latempa, and Marco Fanciulli<br/>Single donors in semiconductor nanostructures represent a key element to develop spin-related quantum functionalities in atomic-scale devices. Quantum transport through a single arsenic donor in the channel of a silicon nano field-effect transistor under microwave irradiation is investigated. The de...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 165331] Published Tue Oct 27, 2009 Enrico Prati, Rossella Latempa, and Marco Fanciulli 2009-10-27T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165331 Phys. Rev. B 80, 165331 text/html article Physical Review B 80 16 2009-10-27T00:00:00-04:00 165331 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155328 Author(s): Vikas Baranwal, Giorgio Biasiol, Stefan Heun, Andrea Locatelli, Tevfik Onur Mentes, Miguel Niño Orti, and Lucia Sorba<br/>We present an experimental study of the evolution of InAs/GaAs quantum dots partially capped with GaAs, as an annealing process transforms them first into quantum rings and later into holes penetrating the whole cap layer. Shape, composition, and optical emission were monitored as a function of anne...<br/><img src="http://prb.aps.org/files/SuggestionPRB30x30.jpg" alt="PRB Editors' Suggestion"/><br/> [Phys. Rev. B 80, 155328] Published Tue Oct 27, 2009 Vikas Baranwal, Giorgio Biasiol, Stefan Heun, Andrea Locatelli, Tevfik Onur Mentes, Miguel Niño Orti, and Lucia Sorba 2009-10-27T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155328 Phys. Rev. B 80, 155328 text/html article Physical Review B 80 15 2009-10-27T00:00:00-04:00 155328 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155327 Author(s): A. J. Minnich, H. Lee, X. W. Wang, G. Joshi, M. S. Dresselhaus, Z. F. Ren, G. Chen, and D. Vashaee<br/>Nanocomposite thermoelectric materials have attracted much attention recently due to experimental demonstrations of improved thermoelectric properties over those of the corresponding bulk material. In order to better understand the reported data and to gain insight into transport in nanocomposites, ...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 155327] Published Tue Oct 27, 2009 A. J. Minnich, H. Lee, X. W. Wang, G. Joshi, M. S. Dresselhaus, Z. F. Ren, G. Chen, and D. Vashaee 2009-10-27T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155327 Phys. Rev. B 80, 155327 text/html article Physical Review B 80 15 2009-10-27T00:00:00-04:00 155327 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.153310 Author(s): L. Sun and B. E. Kane<br/>By using a vertically coupled Al and Si single-electron-transistor (SET) system in a metal-oxide-semiconductor structure, we have detected a single-charge defect which is tunnel coupled to the Si SET. By solving a simple electrostatic model, the fractions of each coupling capacitance associated with...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 153310] Published Tue Oct 27, 2009 L. Sun and B. E. Kane 2009-10-27T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.153310 Phys. Rev. B 80, 153310 text/html article Physical Review B 80 15 2009-10-27T00:00:00-04:00 153310 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.153309 Author(s): P. Corfdir, P. Lefebvre, J. Ristić, J.-D. Ganière, and B. Deveaud-Plédran<br/>We study the effects of the vicinity between a shallow donor nucleus and an I_{1} -type basal stacking fault (BSF) in GaN. We propose a numerical calculation, in the “effective potential” formalism, of energies and envelope functions of electrons submitted to the conjunction of attractive potent...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 153309] Published Tue Oct 27, 2009 P. Corfdir, P. Lefebvre, J. Ristić, J.-D. Ganière, and B. Deveaud-Plédran 2009-10-27T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.153309 Phys. Rev. B 80, 153309 text/html article Physical Review B 80 15 2009-10-27T00:00:00-04:00 153309 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165330 Author(s): T. H. Hansson, M. Hermanns, and S. Viefers<br/>In the conformal field theory (CFT) approach to the quantum Hall effect, the multielectron wave functions are expressed as correlation functions in certain rational CFTs. While this approach has led to a well-understood description of the fractionally charged quasihole excitations, the quasielectron...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 165330] Published Mon Oct 26, 2009 T. H. Hansson, M. Hermanns, and S. Viefers 2009-10-26T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165330 Phys. Rev. B 80, 165330 text/html article Physical Review B 80 16 2009-10-26T00:00:00-04:00 165330 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165329 Author(s): D. D. Solnyshkov, I. A. Shelykh, and G. Malpuech<br/>We establish a phase diagram of a spinor exciton-polariton condensate in a disordered microcavity in the presence of an external magnetic field. We find that the combination of the full paramagnetic screening and Anderson localization leads to the formation of a condensed phase having both localized...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 165329] Published Mon Oct 26, 2009 D. D. Solnyshkov, I. A. Shelykh, and G. Malpuech 2009-10-26T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165329 Phys. Rev. B 80, 165329 text/html article Physical Review B 80 16 2009-10-26T00:00:00-04:00 165329 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165328 Author(s): V. N. Sokolov, G. J. Iafrate, and J. B. Krieger<br/>A theory for the spontaneous emission of radiation for a Bloch electron in a single superlattice (SL) energy band under the influence of an external, spatially homogeneous, classical ac electric field is presented. The classical external ac electric field is described in the vector-potential gauge. ...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 165328] Published Mon Oct 26, 2009 V. N. Sokolov, G. J. Iafrate, and J. B. Krieger 2009-10-26T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165328 Phys. Rev. B 80, 165328 text/html article Physical Review B 80 16 2009-10-26T00:00:00-04:00 165328 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165327 Author(s): I. A. Dmitriev, M. Khodas, A. D. Mirlin, D. G. Polyakov, and M. G. Vavilov<br/>We present a systematic study of the microwave-induced oscillations in the magnetoresistance of a two-dimensional electron gas for mixed disorder including both short-range and long-range components. The obtained photoconductivity tensor contains contributions of four distinct transport mechanisms. ...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 165327] Published Mon Oct 26, 2009 I. A. Dmitriev, M. Khodas, A. D. Mirlin, D. G. Polyakov, and M. G. Vavilov 2009-10-26T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165327 Phys. Rev. B 80, 165327 text/html article Physical Review B 80 16 2009-10-26T00:00:00-04:00 165327 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155326 Author(s): Makoto Yamaguchi, Takashi Asano, Kazunobu Kojima, and Susumu Noda<br/>A comprehensive theory of the coupling between a nanocavity and exciton complexes in a quantum dot is developed, which successfully predicts the spectral triplet in the strong coupling regime that has been observed in several experiments but, which is unexpected according to conventional cavity quan...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 155326] Published Mon Oct 26, 2009 Makoto Yamaguchi, Takashi Asano, Kazunobu Kojima, and Susumu Noda 2009-10-26T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155326 Phys. Rev. B 80, 155326 text/html article Physical Review B 80 15 2009-10-26T00:00:00-04:00 155326 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155325 Author(s): P. K. Pathak and S. Hughes<br/>We present a scheme for the fast cavity-assisted generation of entangled photon pairs from a single quantum dot coupled to a planar photonic crystal that support two orthogonally polarized cavity modes. We discuss “within generation” and “across generation” of entangled photons when both the...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 155325] Published Mon Oct 26, 2009 P. K. Pathak and S. Hughes 2009-10-26T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155325 Phys. Rev. B 80, 155325 text/html article Physical Review B 80 15 2009-10-26T00:00:00-04:00 155325 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.153308 Author(s): V. N. Stavrou<br/>Single self-assembled quantum dot (SAQD) dependence on an external magnetic field has been theoretically and numerically studied. The carrier wave functions and energy eigenvalues have been evaluated and the differences between small and large quantum dots have been explored. The current investigati...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 153308] Published Mon Oct 26, 2009 V. N. Stavrou 2009-10-26T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.153308 Phys. Rev. B 80, 153308 text/html article Physical Review B 80 15 2009-10-26T00:00:00-04:00 153308 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165326 Author(s): A. R. Stegner, R. N. Pereira, R. Lechner, K. Klein, H. Wiggers, M. Stutzmann, and M. S. Brandt<br/>Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and secondary-ion mass spectroscopy have been used to quantitatively investigate the phosphorus doping of freestanding silicon nanocrystals (Si-NCs) in a wide range of diameters. It is found that both the atomic phosphorus incorporation efficiency of 100% and it...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 165326] Published Fri Oct 23, 2009 A. R. Stegner, R. N. Pereira, R. Lechner, K. Klein, H. Wiggers, M. Stutzmann, and M. S. Brandt 2009-10-23T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165326 Phys. Rev. B 80, 165326 text/html article Physical Review B 80 16 2009-10-23T00:00:00-04:00 165326 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165325 Author(s): A. Amo, T. C. H. Liew, C. Adrados, E. Giacobino, A. V. Kavokin, and A. Bramati<br/>Propagating, directionally dependent, polarized spin currents are created in an anisotropic planar semiconductor microcavity, via Rayleigh scattering of optically injected polaritons in the optical spin Hall regime. The influence of anisotropy results in suppression or enhancement of the pseudospin ...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 165325] Published Fri Oct 23, 2009 A. Amo, T. C. H. Liew, C. Adrados, E. Giacobino, A. V. Kavokin, and A. Bramati 2009-10-23T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165325 Phys. Rev. B 80, 165325 text/html article Physical Review B 80 16 2009-10-23T00:00:00-04:00 165325 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.161310 Author(s): Robert N. McFarland, Tomasz M. Kott, Luyan Sun, K. Eng, and B. E. Kane<br/>Low-field magnetotransport measurements on a high-mobility (μ=110,000 cm^{2} /Vs) two-dimensional electron system on a H-terminated Si(111) surface reveal a sixfold valley degeneracy with a valley splitting ≤0.1 K . The zero-field resistivity ρ_{xx} displays strong temperature dependence for...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/rapid30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="Rapid Communication"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 161310] Published Fri Oct 23, 2009 Robert N. McFarland, Tomasz M. Kott, Luyan Sun, K. Eng, and B. E. Kane 2009-10-23T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.161310 Phys. Rev. B 80, 161310 text/html article Physical Review B 80 16 2009-10-23T00:00:00-04:00 161310 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155324 Author(s): M. V. Milovanović, Th. Jolicoeur, and I. Vidanović<br/>Some fractional quantum Hall states observed in experiments may be described by first-quantized wavefunctions with special clustering properties such as the Moore-Read Pfaffian for filling factor ν=5/2 . This wavefunction has been constructed by constructing correlation functions of a two-dimension...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 155324] Published Fri Oct 23, 2009 M. V. Milovanović, Th. Jolicoeur, and I. Vidanović 2009-10-23T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155324 Phys. Rev. B 80, 155324 text/html article Physical Review B 80 15 2009-10-23T00:00:00-04:00 155324 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155323 Author(s): Özgür Çakır and Toshihide Takagahara<br/>Schemes for the nuclear spin quantum memory are proposed based on a system composed of two electrons or one electron coupled to a single nuclear spin in isotopically purified group-IV elemental and II-VI compound semiconductors. The qubit consists of the singlet state and one of the triplet states o...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 155323] Published Fri Oct 23, 2009 Özgür Çakır and Toshihide Takagahara 2009-10-23T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155323 Phys. Rev. B 80, 155323 text/html article Physical Review B 80 15 2009-10-23T00:00:00-04:00 155323 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155322 Author(s): Christophe Mora, Pavel Vitushinsky, Xavier Leyronas, Aashish A. Clerk, and Karyn Le Hur<br/>Using a Fermi-liquid approach, we provide a comprehensive treatment of the current and current noise through a quantum dot whose low-energy behavior corresponds to an SU(N) Kondo model, focusing on the case N=4 relevant to carbon nanotube dots. We show that for general N , one needs to consider the ...<br/><img src="http://prb.aps.org/files/SuggestionPRB30x30.jpg" alt="PRB Editors' Suggestion"/><br/> [Phys. Rev. B 80, 155322] Published Fri Oct 23, 2009 Christophe Mora, Pavel Vitushinsky, Xavier Leyronas, Aashish A. Clerk, and Karyn Le Hur 2009-10-23T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155322 Phys. Rev. B 80, 155322 text/html article Physical Review B 80 15 2009-10-23T00:00:00-04:00 155322 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165324 Author(s): Masaru Shimomura, Takenori K. Kawaguchi, Yasuo Fukuda, Kenji Murakami, A. Z. AlZahrani, and G. P. Srivastava<br/>Adsorption of acetic acid on the Si(001)-(2×1) surface is studied by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning-tunneling microscopy (STM), and ab initio calculations. We find that C 1s line of the acetic acid on the surface is composed of mainly methyl and adsorbed carboxyl groups. The fil...<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 165324] Published Thu Oct 22, 2009 Masaru Shimomura, Takenori K. Kawaguchi, Yasuo Fukuda, Kenji Murakami, A. Z. AlZahrani, and G. P. Srivastava 2009-10-22T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165324 Phys. Rev. B 80, 165324 text/html article Physical Review B 80 16 2009-10-22T00:00:00-04:00 165324 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.161309 Author(s): Clive Emary<br/>We present a scheme for creating and measuring entanglement between two double quantum dot charge qubits in a transport setup in which voltage pulses can modify system parameters. Detection of entanglement is performed via the construction of a Bell inequality with current correlation measurements. ...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/rapid30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="Rapid Communication"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. B 80, 161309] Published Thu Oct 22, 2009 Clive Emary 2009-10-22T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.161309 Phys. Rev. B 80, 161309 text/html article Physical Review B 80 16 2009-10-22T00:00:00-04:00 161309 Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics