2012

M. S. Marshall, D. P. Kumah, J. W. Reiner, A. P. Baddorf, C. H. Ahn, and F. J. Walker, Piezoelectric force microscopy of crystalline oxide-semiconductor heterostructures. Applied Physics Letters 101(10), 102902, 2012. DOI:10.1063/1.4750243
 
H. Chen and S. Ismail-Beigi. Ferroelectric control of magnetization in La1- xSrxMnO3 manganites: A first-principles study, Physical Review B 86(2), 024433, 2012. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.86.024433
 
A. M. Kolpak and S. Ismail-Beigi. Interface structure and film polarization in epitaxial SrTiO3/Si (001), Physical Review B 85(19), 195318, 2012. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.195318
 
K. F. Garrity, A. M. Kolpak, S. Ismail-Beigi, Growth and interfacial properties of epitaxial oxides on semiconductors: ab initio insights. Journal of Materials Science 47(21), 7417, 2012. DOI: 10.1007/s10853-012-6425-z
 
J. A. Moyer, C. A. F. Vaz, D. P. Kumah, D. A. Arena, and V. E. Henrich, Enhanced magnetic moment in ultrathin Fe-doped CoFe2O4 films. Physical Review B 86(17), 174404, 2012. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.86.174404
 
J. A. Moyer, D. P. Kumah, C. A. F. Vaz, D. A. Arena, and V. E. Henrich, Epitaxial straininduced changes in the cation distribution and resistivity of Fe-doped CoFe2O4. Applied Physics Letters 101(2), 021907, 2012. DOI:10.1063/1.4735233
 

B. Lukanov, K. Garrity, S. Ismail-Beigi and E. I. Altman, Deciphering the atomic structure of a complex Sr/Ge(100) phase via scanning tunneling microscopy and first-principles calculations. Physical Review B 85(19), 195316, 2012. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.195316X

Sun, N. Xu, F. Xue, A. Alian, F. Andrieu, B. Nguyen, T. Poiroux, O. Faynot, J. Lee, S. Cui, and T.P. Ma, AC transconductance: A novel method to characterize oxide traps in advanced FETs without a body contact. IEDM Technical Digest, 2012. DOI:10.1109/IEDM.2012.6479074

P. Paruch, A. B. Kolton, X. Hong, C. H. Ahn, and T. Giamarchi, Thermal quench effects on ferroelectric domain walls, Physical Review B 85(21), 214115, 2012. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.214115

A. Sambri, D. Isarakorn, A. Torres-Pardo, S. Gariglio, Pattanaphong Janphuang, D. Briand, O. Stephan et al. Epitaxial Piezoelectric Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 Thin Films on Silicon for Energy Harvesting Devices. Smart Materials Research 2012, 426048, 2012. DOI: 10.1155/2012/426048

C. Xiong, X. Sun, K. Y. Fong, and H. X. Tang. Integrated high frequency aluminum nitride optomechanical resonators. Applied Physics Letters 100(17), 17111, 2012. DOI: 10.1063/1.4707898
 
C. Xiong, W. H. P. Pernice, and H. X. Tang. Low-loss, silicon integrated, aluminum nitride photonic circuits and their use for electro-optic signal processing. Nano Letters 12(7), 2012. DOI: 10.1021/nl3011885
 
C. Xiong, X. Sun, K. Y. Fong, and H. X. Tang. GHz aluminum nitride optomechanical wheel resonators.

IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, 1, 2012. DOI:10.1109/FCS.2012.6243664

C. Xiong, L. Fan, X. Sun, and H. X. Tang, Cavity piezooptomechanics: Piezoelectrically excited, optically transduced optomechanical resonators. Applied Physics Letters 102(15), 021110, 2013. DOI:10.1063/1.4788724

L. Fan, X. Sun, C. Xiong, C. Schuck, and H. X. Tang, Aluminum nitride piezo-acousto-photonic crystal nanocavity with high quality factors. Applied Physics Letters 102(15), 2013. DOI:10.1063/1.4802250

W. H. P. Pernice, C. Xiong, C. Schuck, and H. X. Tang, Second harmonic generation in phase matched aluminum nitride waveguides. Applied Physics Letters 100(22), 223501, 2012. DOI:10.1063/1.4722941

W. H. P. Pernice, C. Xiong, and H. X. Tang. High Q micro-ring resonators fabricated from polycrystalline aluminum nitride films for near infrared and visible photonics. Optics Express 20(11), 2012. DOI:10.1364/OE.20.012261

M. Z. Baykara, O. E. Dagdeviren, T. C. Schwendemann, H. Monig, Eric I. Altman, and Udo D. Schwarz. Probing three-dimensional surface force fields with atomic resolution: Measurement strategies, limitations, and artifact reduction. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 3, no. 1 (2012): 637-650.

M.Z. Baykara, T.C. Schwendemann, B.J. Albers, N. Pilet, H. Mönig, E.I. Altman, and U.D. Schwarz, Exploring Atomic-Scale Lateral Forces in the Attractive Regime: A Case Study on Graphite (0001). Nanotechnology 23(40), 405073, 2012. DOI:10.1088/0957-4484/23/40/405703

P. Paruch, A. B. Kolton, X. Hong, C. H. Ahn and T. Giamarchi, Thermal quench effects on ferroelectric domain walls. Physical Review B 85(21), 214115, 2012. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.214115

N. Naftalis, N. Haham, J. Hoffman, M. S. J. Marshall, C. H. Ahn, and L. Klein. Angular dependence of the Hall effect of La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 films. Physical Review B 86, no. 18 (2012): 184402.
 

X. Sun, X. Zhang, M. Poot, C. Xiong, and H. X. Tang, A superhighfrequency optoelectromechanical system based on a slotted photonic crystal cavity. Applied Physics Letters 101(22), 2012. DOI: 10.1063/1.4769045

X. Sun, C. Merckling, G. Brammertz, D. Lin, J. Dekoster, S. Cui, and T. P. Ma. Improved AC conductance and Gray-Brown methods to characterize fast and slow traps in Ge metal–oxide–semiconductor capacitors. Journal of Applied Physics 111(5), 054102, 2012. DOI: 10.1063/1.3691898
 

S. Mukherjee, M. Carmo, G. Kumar, R.C. Sekol, A.D. Taylor, and J. Schroers, Palladium Nanostructures from Multi-component Metallic Glass. Electrochimica Acta 74, 145, 2012. DOI:10.1016/j.electacta.2012.04.038

R. C. Sekol, G. Kumar, M. Carmo, F. Gittleson, N. Hardesty-Dyck, S. Mukherjee, J. Schroers, and A. D. Taylor. Bulk Metallic Glass Micro Fuel Cell. Small 9(12), 2012. DOI:10.1002/smll.201201647
 

C. F. Schreck, M. Mailman, B. Chakraborty, and C. S. O’Hern, Constraints and vibrations in static packings of ellipsoidal particles. Physical Review E 85(6), 061305, 2012. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.85.061305

S. Ding, J. Gregoire, J. J. Vlassak, and J. Schroers. Solidification of Au-Cu-Si alloys investigated by a combinatorial approach. Journal of Applied Physics 111(11), 2012. DOI:10.1063/1.4722996
 
J. Zhang, Y. Modi, T. Yarovinsky, J. Yu, M. Collinge, T. R. Kyriakides, Y. Zhu, W.C. Sessa, R. Pardi, and J.R. Bender, Macrophage β2 Integrin–Mediated, HuR-Dependent Stabilization of Angiogenic Factor–Encoding mRNAs in Inflammatory Angiogenesis. American journal of pathology 180(4), 1751, 2012. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.12.025
 
Y. Zhang, B. Leung, and Jung Han. A liftoff process of GaN layers and devices through nanoporous transformation. Applied Physical Letters 100(18), 2012. DOI:10.1063/1.4711218
 
D. Chen, H. Xiao, and J. Han. Nanopores in GaN by electrochemical anodization in hydrofluoric acid: Formation and mechanism. Journal of Applied Physics 112(6), 064303, 2012. DOI:10.1063/1.4752259
 
D. Chen and J. Han. High reflectance membrane-based distributed Bragg reflectors for GaN photonics.

Applied Physics Letters 101(22), 2012. DOI:10.1063/1.4768806

V. Saranathan, J. D. Forster, H. Noh, S.-F. Liew, S. G. J. Mochrie, H. Cao, E. R. Dufresne, and R. O. Prum. Structure and optical function of amorphous photonic nanostructures from avian feather barbs: a comparative small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analysis of 230 bird species. Journal Of The Royal Society Interface. 2012. DOI:10.1098/rsif.2012.0191
 
Y. Jung, A. Vacic, Y. Sun, E. Hadjimichael and M. A. Reed, Mapping of near field light and fabrication of complex nanopatterns by diffraction lithography. Nanotechnology 23(4), 045301, 2012. DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/4/045301
 
J. H. Park, W. H. Guan, M. A. Reed and P. S. Krstic, Tunable Aqueous Virtual Micropore. Small 8(6), 907, 2012. DOI: 10.1002/smll.201101739
 

W. H. P. Pernice, C. Schuck, O. Minaeva, M. Li, G.N. Goltsman, A.V. Sergienko, H. X. Tang, High speed travelling wave single-photon detectors with near-unity quantum efficiency. Nature Communications, 3, 1325, 2012. DOI:10.1038/ncomms2307

J. J. Zheng, X. K. Sun, Y. Li, M. Poot, A. Dadgar, N. N. Shi, W. P. H. Pernice, H. X. Tang, and C. W. Wong, Femtogram dispersive L3-nanobeam optomechanical cavities: design and experimental comparison. Optics Express 20(24), 26486, 2012. DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.026486

X. F. Zhang, X. K. Sun, H. X. Tang M. Poot, K. Y. Fong, M. Bagheri, W. P. H. Pernice, and H. X. Tang, Backaction limts on self-sustained optomechanical oscillators. Physical Review A 86(5), 053826, 2012. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.86.053826

X. F. Zhang, X. K. Sun, and H. X. Tang, A 1.16-μm-radius disk cavity in a sunflower-type circular photonic crystal with ultrahigh quality factor. Optics Letters 37(15), 3195, 2012. DOI: 10.1364/OL.37.003195

D. Garcia-Sanchez, K. Y. Fong, H. Bhaskaran, S. K. Lamoreaux, and H. X. Tang, Casimir force and in-situ surface potential measurements on nanomembranes. Physical Review Letters 109(2), 027202, 2012. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.027202

X. F. Zhang, X. Han, M. Balinskiy, H. X. Tang.  Compact, widely tunable, half-lambda YIG oscillator.  IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, 10.1109/FCS.2012.6243735 (2012)

K. Y. Fong, W. H. P. Pernice, H. X. Tang. Observation of KbT/f frequency noise in ultrahigh Q silicon nitride nanomechanical resonators. IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, 10.1109/FCS.2012.6243678 (2012)

C. Xiong, X. K. Sun, K. Y. Fong, H. X. Tang. GHz aluminum nitride optomechanical wheel resonators.  IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, 10.1109/FCS.2012.6243664 (2012)

X. K. Sun, X. F. Zhang, and H. X. Tang, High-Q silicon optomechanical microdisk resonators at gigahertz frequencies. Applied Physics Letters 100(3), 173116, 2012. DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.002127

K. Y. Fong, W. H. P. Pernice, and H. X. Tang, Frequency and phase noise of ultra-high Q silicon nitride nanomechanical resonators. Physical Review B 85(16), 161410R, 2012. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.161410

X. K. Sun, J.J. Zheng, M. Poot, C. W. Wong, and H.X. Tang, Femtogram Doubly Clamped    Nanomechanical Resonator Embedded in a High-Q Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Nanocavity. Nano Letters 12(5), 2299, 2012. DOI: 10.1021/nl300142t

Z. Shao, Y-J. Yang, H-S. Lee, J-W. Kim, and C. O. Osuji, Synthesis and suspension rheology of titania nanoparticles grafted with zwitterionic polymer brushes. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2012. DOI:10.1016/j.jcis.2012.06.085

X. Li, F. Gittleson, M. Carmo, R.C. Sekol, and A.D. Taylor. Scalable Fabrication of Multifunctional Freestanding Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Composite Thin Films for Energy Conversion. ACS Nano 6(2), 1347, 2012. DOI: 10.1021/nn2041544

F. Gittleson, D. J. Kohn, X. Li, and A. D. Taylor, Improving the Assembly Speed, Quality, and Tunability of Thin Conductive Multilayers. ACS Nano 6, 3703, 2012. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2012.12.015

N. A. Masluk, I. M. Pop, A. Kamal, Z. K. Minev, and M. H. Devoret, Microwave Characterization of Josephson Junction Arrays: Implementing a Low Loss Superinductance. Physical Review Letters 109(13), 137002, 2012. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.137002

D. Jung, Y. Song, L. Yu, D. Wasserman, and M. L. Lee, 2.8μm emission from type-I quantum wells grown on InAsxP1−x/InP metamorphic graded buffers. Applied Physics Letters 101(25), 251107, 2012. DOI: 10.1063/1.4773024

Q. Song, L. Ge, B. Redding, and H. Cao, Channeling Chaotic Rays into Waveguides for Efficient Collection of Microcavity Emission. Physical Review Letters 109(3), 243902, 2012. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.243902

B. Redding, L. Ge, Q. Song, J. Wiersig, G. S. Solomon, and H. Cao, Local Chirality of Optical Resonances in Ultrasmall Resonators. Physical Review Letters 108(25), 253902, 2012. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.253902

W. Guan and M. A. Reed. Electric Field Modulation of the Membrane Potential in Solid- State Ion Channels. Nano Letters 12(12), 6441, 2012. DOI: 10.1021/nl303820a