This page lists all articles that have been accepted for publication in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics but have not yet been published online.

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Special issues

• Frontiers in Low temperature Plasma Physics
• C-related materials

Regular articles

• Fast Track Communications
• Topical Reviews
• Papers: Applied Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
• Papers: Photonics and Semiconductor Device Physics
• Papers: Plasmas and Plasma - Surface Interactions
• Papers: Applied Surfaces and Interfaces
• Papers: Structure and Properties of Matter
• Papers: Interdisciplinary Physics and Related Areas of Science and Technology

Special issues: Frontiers in Low temperature Plasma Physics

Measurement of Ba-densities close to the electrode in a HPS-lamp by broadband absorption spectroscopy with an UHP-lamp
Michael Westermeier, Jens Reinelt, Gerard M J F Luijks, Juergen Mentel and Peter Awakowicz

Special issues: C-related materials

Epitaxial few-layer graphene: toward single crystal growth
H Hibino, Hiroyuki Kageshima and Masao Nagase

Special issues: Frontiers in Low temperature Plasma Physics

CH spectroscopic observables in He-CH₄ and N₂-CH₄ atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharges
Giorgio Dilecce, Paolo Francesco Ambrico and Santolo de Benedictis

Diagnostic based modelling of radio-frequency driven atmospheric pressure plasmas
Kari Niemi, Stephan Reuter, Lucy Graham, Jochen Waskoenig, Nikolas Knake, Volker Schulz-von der Gathen and Timo Gans

Effect of power modulation on properties of pulsed capacitively coupled radiofrequency discharges
V Samara, Mark Bowden and Nicholas St J Braithwaite

Plasma diagnostics using electron paramagnetic resonance
V Kudrle, Petr Vasina, Antonin Talsky, Martina Mrazkova, Ondrej Stec and Jan Janca

Tunable diode laser induced fluorescence on Al and Ti atoms in low pressure magnetron discharges
Catalin Vitelaru, C Aniculaesei, Ludovic de Poucques, Tiberiu Minea, Caroline Boisse-Laporte, Jean Bretagne and Gheorghe Popa

Products and mechanisms of the oxidation of organic compounds in atmospheric air plasmas
Ester Marotta, Milko Schiorlin, Massimo Rea and Cristina Paradisi

Optical emission spectroscopy as a diagnostic for plasmas in liquids: Opportunities and pitfalls
Peter Bruggeman, Tiny Verreycken, Manuel A Gonzalez, James L Walsh, Michael G Kong, Christophe Leys and Daan C Schram

Atmospheric pressure plasma diagnostics by OES, CRDS and TALIF
Gabi Daniel Stancu, Farah Kaddouri, Deanna A Lacoste and Christophe O Laux

Enhancement of Ti⁺ density in high-pressure magnetron sputtering plasmas
Koichi Sasaki and Nayan Nafarizal

Comparative study of three different types of barrier discharges in air at atmospheric pressure by cross-correlation spectroscopy
Tomas Hoder, R Brandenburg, Ralf Basner, K-D Weltmann, K V Kozlov and H-E Wagner

Fast Track Communications

Molecular dynamics simulations of oxygen-containing polymer sputtering and the Ohnishi parameter
Gopal Choudhary, Joseph Vegh and David B Graves
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Anomalous electric field-induced switching of local magnetization vector in a simple FeBSiC-on-Pb(Zr,Ti)O₃ multiferroic bilayer
Jing Ma, Yuanhua Lin and Ce-Wen Nan
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Mass spectrometry study of positive and negative ions in a capacitively coupled atmospheric pressure RF excited glow discharge in He-water mixtures
Peter Bruggeman, Felipe Iza, Daniel Lauwers and Gonzalvo Yolanda Aranda
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Topical Reviews

Neutron tomography
M Strobl, Ingo Manke, Nikolay Kardjilov, Andre Hilger, M Dawson and J Banhart
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Quantum size effect on ultra-thin metallic films
W B Su, C S Chang and Tien T Tsong
Provisionally scheduled for January 2010

The anode region of electric arcs: a survey
Joachim Heberlein, Juergen Mentel and Emil Pfender
Provisionally scheduled for January 2010

The anode region of low current arcs
Juergen Mentel and Joachim Heberlein
Provisionally scheduled for January 2010

Quantum dot micropillars
Stephan Reitzenstein and Alfred Forchel
Provisionally scheduled for January 2010

Force calibration in lateral force microscopy - a review of the experimental methods
Martin Munz
Provisionally scheduled for February 2010

Modeling of diamond deposition plasmas generated in microwave cavity systems
Khaled Hassouni, F Silva and Alix Gicquel
Provisionally scheduled for February 2010

Plasma-chemical reactions: low pressure acetylene plasmas
Jan Benedikt
Provisionally scheduled for February 2010

Papers: Applied Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

La- and Mn-sites deficient LaMnO₃ as a model system for studying of paramagnetic magnetic correlations and spin dynamics in doped manganites
A I Shames, Mark Auslender and E Rozenberg
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

Current-driven vortex oscillations in metallic nanocontacts: Zero-field oscillations and training effects
M van Kampen, Liesbet Lagae, Gino Hrkac, Thomas Schrefl, Joo-Von Kim, T Devolder and Claude Chappert
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

Effect of Magnetising field on the Martensitic Transformations in a Melt Spun NiMnGa alloy
A K Panda, Satnam Singh, Sapan Das, Amitava Mitra, M Koblischka, Brice Jamieson and Saibal Roy
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

Investigation of the large magnetic moment in nano sized Cu_0.25Co_0.25Zn_0.5Fe₂O₄
Hina Bhargava, N Lakshmi, Varkey Sebastian, V R Reddy, Venugopalan K and Ajay Gupta
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

Chemical reduction synthesis and AC field effect of iron based core-shell magnetic nanoparticles
Srinivasan Balakrishnan, Michael J Bonder and George C Hadjipanayis
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

Dynamics of magnetic nanoparticle suspensions
Vanchana Singh, Varsha Banerjee and Manish Sharma
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

Emergence of noncollinear magnetic ordering in bimetallic Co_6-nMn_n clusters
Jinli Du, Naifeng Shen, Liyan Zhu and Jinlan Wang
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Mirror symmetry and exchange of magnetic impurities mediated by electrons of Rashba spin-orbit interaction in a four-terminal Landauer setup
Son-Hsien Chen, Sadamichi Maekawa, Ming-Hao Liu and Ching-Ray Chang
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Ultra-fast ballistic magnetization reversal triggered by a single magnetic field pulse
Paul Horley, Vitor Vieira, Peter N Gorley, Jesus Gonzalez Hernandez, Vitalii Dugaev and Jozef Barnas
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Design and characterization of a magnetoelastic sensor for the detection of biological agents
Wen Shen, Leslie Mathison, V A Petrenko and Bryan A Chin
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Determination of adiabatic temperature change in MnFe(P,Ge) compounds with pulse-field method
N T Trung, J C P Klaasse, O Tegus, Thanh D T Cam, K H J Buschow and Ekkes H Brueck
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Influence of p-type and n-type dopants on the magnetic properties of ZnCuO based diluted magnetic semiconductor thin films
Liqiang Zhang, Zhizhen Ye, Jianguo Lu, Bin Lu, Yinzhu Zhang, Liping Zhu, Jun Zhang, Dan Yang, Kewei Wu, Jun Huang and Z Xie
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Influence of the substrate on the magnetic properties of Ni and Permalloy sub-micrometric patterned stripes
Jose Gerivaldo Duque, W O Rosa, W C Nunes, A E P Araujo, Pascoal G Pagliuso, L Cescato, M Knobel, L M Socolovsky and Roberto D Zysler
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

iObservation of room temperature ferromagnetism in spray pyrolyzed polycrystalline Ti_1-xCo_xO₂ thin films
Sudesh Sharma, Sujeet Chaudhary and Subhash C Kashyap
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

New examination of the magnetic properties of cobalt doped ZnO diluted magnetic semi-conductors
Olivier Toulemonde and Manuel Gaudon
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Modelling magnetic properties of MnZn ferrites with the modified Jiles-Atherton description
Krzysztof Chwastek
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Papers: Photonics and Semiconductor Device Physics

Structural and luminescent properties of gel-combustion synthesized green-emitting Ca₃Sc₂Si₃O₁₂:Ce³⁺ phosphor for solid-state lighting
Yuanhong Liu, Jian Hua Hao, Weidong Zhuang and Yunsheng Hu
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

Effect of ZnO channel thickness on the device behaviors of nonvolatile memory thin film transistor with double-layered gate insulators of Al₂O₃ and ferroelectric polymer
Sung-Min Yoon, Shin-Hyuk Yang, Park Sang-Hee Ko, Soon-Won Jung, Doo-Hee Cho, Chun-Won Byun, Seung-Youl Kang, Chi-Sun Hwang and Byoung-Gon Yu
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

Response characteristic of femtosecond LT-GaAs photoconductive switches at different voltage bias
L Deng, Wei zhu Lin, Zhenrong Sun and Zu geng Wang
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Large improvement of photon capturing for a dye-sensitized solar cell integrated with a fluorescent layer
Da Li, Cairong Ding, Hui Shen, Yong Liu, Yueli Zhang, Ming Li and Jin Yan
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Solution processed efficient orange phosphorescent organic light emitting device with small molecule host
R B Pode, Jang Hyuk Kwon, Seung-Joon Lee, In Ae Shin and Sung-Ho Jin
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

The charge trapping and memory effect in SiO₂ thin films containing Ge nanocrystals
Ran Ang, Tupei Chen, M Yang, J I Wong and M D Yi
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Influence of the Tm⁺³ concentration on the nonlinear optical effects of the BiB₃O₆Tm⁺³ glass nanoparticle-doped polymer
A Majchrowski, Jean Ebothe, K Ozga, Ivan V Kityk, Ali Hussain Reshak, T Lukasiewicz and Mikhail G Brik
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Thickness-dependent photovoltaic effects in miscut Nb-dop ed SrTiO₃ single crystals
Zeng Ji Yue, Kun Zhao, Song Qing Zhao, Zhi Qing Lu, Xiao Ming Li, Hao Ni and Ai Jun Wang
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Enhancement of electric field properties of Pt/nanoplatelet MoO₃/SiC Schottky diode
Jerry Yu, Mahnaz Shafiei, Wojciech Wlodarski, Yongxiang Li and Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Papers: Plasmas and Plasma - Surface Interactions

Comparing 193 nm photoresist roughening in an inductively coupled plasma system and vacuum beam system
M J Titus, D G Nest, Ting-Ying Chung and David B Graves
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

VUV-VIS spectroscopic diagnostics of a pulsed high-pressure discharge in argon
A B Treshchalov and A A Lissovski
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

γ-Al₂O₃ nanoparticle production by arc-discharge in water: in-situ discharge characterization and nanoparticle investigation
D Delaportas, P Svarnas, Ioannis Alexandrou, A Siokou, K Black and J W Bradley
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

High density mode in xenon produced by a Helicon Double Layer Thruster
Michael D West, Christine Charles and Rod W Boswell
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

Dust ion-acoustic wave in a superthermal plasma containing elongated and rotating dust particles
Myoung-Jae Lee
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

High frequency excitation waveform for efficient operation of a xenon excimer dielectric barrier discharge lamp
Sz Beleznai, G Mihajlik, I Maros, Laszlo Balazs and P Richter
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Gain and output power measurements in an electrically excited oxygen-iodine laser with a scaled discharge
J R Bruzzese, A Hicks, A Erofeev, A C Cole, M Nishihara and Igor V Adamovich
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Numerical simulation of plasma-fluid flow and performance in a disk MHD generator with contoured walls
Alessandro Liberati and Yoshihiro Okuno
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Determination of the electron temperature and density in the negative glow of a nitrogen pulsed discharge using optical emission spectroscopy
Lucio Isola, Bernardo J Gomez and Vasco Guerra
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

A simple collisional-radiative model for the low-temperature argon discharges with pressure ranging from 1 Pa to atmospheric pressure: kinetics of Paschen 1s and 2p levels
Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-kang Pu
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Characterization of the transition from collisional to stochastic heating in a RF discharge
Gustavo P Canal, Hugo de Luna and R M O Galvao
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Effect of iodine dissociation in an auxiliary discharge on gain In a pulser-sustainer discharge excited oxygen-iodine laser
A Hicks, J R Bruzzese and Igor V Adamovich
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Influence of increased velocity on the statistical discharge characteristics of He and Air barrier discharges
P Reichen, Axel Sonnenfeld and Philipp Rudolf von Rohr
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

X-ray emission in pulsed streamer-corona-plasma
C V Nguyen, A P J van Deursen, E J M van Heesch, G J J Winands and A J M Pemen
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Enhanced performance of an EUV light source (λ = 84 nm) using short-pulse excitation of a windowless dielectric barrier discharge in neon
Robert Carman, D M Kane and B K Ward
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Simulation and experiments of the laser induced breakdown of air for femto-second to nano-second order pulses
James K Koga, Kengo Moribayashi, Yuji Fukuda, Sergei Bulanov, Akito Sagisaka, Koichi Ogura, Hiroyuki Daido, Mitsuru Yamagiwa, Toyoaki Kimura, Taketoshi Fujikawa, Masaki Ebina and Kazuhiro Akihama
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Papers: Applied Surfaces and Interfaces

Magnetic and EPR study of ferric green rust- and ferrihydrite-coated sand prepared by different synthesis routes
Magdalena Wencka, A Jelen, M Jagodic, V Khare, C Ruby and Jani Dolinsek
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

Spectroscopic ellipsometry study of xPbO-(1-x)TiO₂ thin films elaborated by mixed reactive thermal co-evaporation
Abdellah Boulouz, A En Naciri, F Pascal-Delannoy, Brice Sorli and Lahcen Koutti
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Influence of laser-target interaction regime on composition and properties of surface layers grown by laser treatment of Ti plates
L Lavisse, P Berger, M Cirisan, Jean-Marie Jouvard, Sylvie Bourgeois and M C Marco de Lucas
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Texturing of UHMWPE surface via NIL for low friction and wear properties
Tanu Kustandi, Jian Huei Choo, Hong Yee Low and Sujeet K Sinha
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition of GaN layers on ZnO substrates using α-Al₂O₃ as a transition layer
Shen-Jie Wang, Nola Li, Hong Bo Yu, Zhe Chuan Feng, Christopher J Summers and Ian T Ferguson
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Influence of chromium concentration on the optical-electronic properties of ruby microstructures
L C Cossolino and A R Zanatta
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Assembly of phosphonic acids on GaN and AlGaN
Blake S Simpkins, Soonwook Hong, R Stine, A J Makinen, N D Theodore, Michael Mastro, Charles R Eddy and Pehr Pehrsson
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Epitaxial DyScO₃ films as passivation layers suppress the diffusion of oxygen vacancies in SrTiO₃
Guoliang Yuan, Kazunori Nishio, M Lippmaa and A Uedono
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Papers: Structure and Properties of Matter

Strain analysis on freestanding germanium nanocrystals
P K Giri
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

Electrical, thermophysical and micromechanical properties of ethylene-vinyl acetate elastomer composites with surface modified BaTiO₃ nanoparticles
Xingyi Huang, Liyuan Xie and Pingkai Jiang
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

Particle dynamics in a vibrated submerged granular bed as revealed by diffusing wave spectroscopy
V Zivkovic, Mark J Biggs and D H Glass
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

Structural and optical properties of SnS semiconductor films produced by chemical bath deposition
Evren Turan, Metin Kul, Ahmet Senol Aybek and Muhsin Zor
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

Enhancement of photogenerated charges separation in α-Fe₂O₃ Modified by Zn₂SnO₄
Xiansheng Liu, Xiangyang Liu, Guoqiang Li, Ting Zhang and W F Zhang
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

Piezo-optical and electro-optical behaviour of nematic liquid crystals dispersed in a ferroelectric copolymer matrix
Lakshmi Meena Ganesan, Werner Wirges, Axel Mellinger and Reimund Gerhard
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Studies of electron-vibrational interaction and crystal field splitting in 5d states of Eu²⁺ in CaAl₂O₄ codoped with Eu²⁺ and Er³⁺
K S Bartwal, H Ryu, Mikhail G Brik and I Sildos
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Effect of additives on distributions of lamellar structures in sheared polymer: a study of synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering
Peng Wei Zhu, Graham H Edward and Lance Nichols
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Parametric optimization of dielectric functions for maximizing nanoscale radiative transfer
X J Wang, S Basu and Zhuomin M Zhang
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of P-type Zn-doped Zn_xIn_1-xSb compounds
XianLi Su, Han Li and Xinfeng Tang
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Fullerene-like hydrogenated carbon films with super-low friction and wear, and low sensitivity to environment
Li Ji, Hongxuan Li, Fei Zhao, Weilong Quan, Jianmin Chen and Huidi Zhou
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Multiferroic properties of Bi_0.8Dy_0.2-xLa_xFeO₃ nanoparticles
Fang-Zhen Qian, Ji-Sen Jiang, D M Jiang, W G Zhang and J H Liu
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Ultraviolet fast-response photoelectric effects in LiTaO₃ single crystal
Erjia Guo, Jie Xing, Huibin Lu, Kui-juan Jin, Juan Wen and Guozhen Yang
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Characterization of the ablation of TeO₂ crystals in air with femtosecond laser pulses
Szabolcs Beke, K Sugioka, Katsumi Midorikawa, Agnes Peter, L Nanai and Joern Bonse
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Growth evolution of ammonium oxotrifluorotitanate discoid crystal on glass prepared by ammonium hexafluorotitanate and boric acid
Ming-Kwei Lee and Tsung-Hsiang Shih
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Phase transition behavior and enhanced electromechanical properties in Sr modified 0.65PbMg_1/3Nb_2/3O₃-0.35PbTiO₃ ceramics
Zhenzhu Cao, Guorong Li, Jiantao Zeng, Liaoying Zheng and Qingrui Yin
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Intricate straining of manganese-doped (Bi_0.5Na_0.5)TiO₃-BaTiO₃-(Bi_0.5K_0.5)TiO₃ lead-free ferroelectric ceramics
Jay Shieh, Y C Lin and Chuin-Shan "David" Chen
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Effect of growth base pressure on the thermoelectric properties of indium antimonide nanowires
Feng Zhou, Arden L Moore, Michael T Pettes, Yong Lee, Jaehun Seol, Laura Ye, Llewellyn K Rabenberg and Li Shi
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Nanoscale characterization and local piezoelectric properties of lead-free KNN-LT-LS thin films
Maryam Abazari, Taekjib Choi, Sang-Wook Cheong and Ahmad Safari
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Hydrolysis and ion exchange of titania nanoparticles towards large-scale titania and titanate nanobelts for gas sensing applications
B Somaiah, Andrew See Weng Wong and Ghim Wei Ho
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Papers: Interdisciplinary Physics and Related Areas of Science and Technology

Thermal impedance of multi-finger microelectronic structures. Exact analytical model
Sebastien Vintrou, Najib Laraqi and Abderrahmane Bairi
Provisionally scheduled for November 2009

Highly mesoporous α-Fe₂O₃ nanostructures: Preparation, characterization and improved photocatalytic performance towards Rhodamine B (RhB)
S Bharathi, Nataraj Devaraj, D Mangalaraj, Y Masuda, K Senthil and K Yong
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Temperature and composition profile during double-track laser cladding of H13 tool steel
Xiuli He, Gang Yu and Jyoti Mazumder
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Viewing angle switching panels using large optically anisotropic behaviours of twisted-nematic liquid crystal layers
Chi-Huang Lin, Ru-Hsien Chiang, Ming-Li He, Chia-Wei Chen and Chie-Tong Kuo
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Effects of geometric size and mechanical boundary conditions on magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroic composites
Ernie Pan and R Wang
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Time-correlated transport of potassium ions through a thin poly-p-xylylene membrane
Konstanze Schroeck, Susanne Schulze, Andreas Schlemmer and Karl-Michael Weitzel
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009

Thermally stable hyperbranched polyether-based polymer electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries
Feng Wu, Ting Feng, Chuan Wu, Ying Bai, Lin Ye and Junzheng Chen
Provisionally scheduled for December 2009