Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter latest papers http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984 This journal covers the whole of condensed matter physics including soft condensed matter and nanostructures, plus experimental, theoretical and simulation studies. JPCM has separate sections within the journal on Surface, Interface and Atomic-Scale Science and Liquids, Soft Matter and Biological Physics. en-gb Copyright © IOP Publishing 2009 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT http://syndication.iop.org/about/ custserv@iop.org (Customer Services) Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter http://images.iop.org/website-logos/ejs_logo.png http://stacks.iop.org/ Unbinding force of chemical bonds and tensile strength in strong crystals http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=48/a=485405?rss=2.0 Author(s): Xiaoju Guo, Li-Min Wang, Bo Xu, Zhongyuan Liu, Dongli Yu, Julong He, Hui-Tian Wang and Yongjun Tian<br>Affiliation(s): State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, People's Republic of China; Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Phase stability and pressure-induced structural transitions at zero temperature in ZnSiO3 and Zn2SiO4 http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=48/a=485801?rss=2.0 Author(s): S Zh Karazhanov, P Ravindran, P Vajeeston, A G Ulyashin, H Fjellvag and B G Svensson<br>Affiliation(s): Centre for Material Science and Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, PO Box 1033 Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway; Institute for Energy Technology, PO Box 40, N-2027 Kjeller, Norway; Physical-Technical Institute, 2B Mavlyanov Street, Tashkent 700084, Uzbekistan; Department of Physics, University of Oslo, PO Box 1048 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Integrability of the diffusion pole in the diagrammatic description of noninteracting electrons in a random potential http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=48/a=485501?rss=2.0 Author(s): V Janis<br>Affiliation(s): Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Na Slovance 2, CZ-18221 Praha, Czech Republic Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Exchange bias effect and intragranular magnetoresistance in Nd0.84Sr0.16CoO3 http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=48/a=486003?rss=2.0 Author(s): M Patra, S Majumdar and S Giri<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Solid State Physics, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Ultrafast equilibration of excited electrons in dynamical simulations http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=48/a=485503?rss=2.0 Author(s): Zhibin Lin and Roland E Allen<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Structural, electronic and vibrational properties of tetragonal zirconia under pressure: a density functional theory study http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=48/a=485404?rss=2.0 Author(s): Victor Milman, Alexander Perlov, Keith Refson, Stewart J Clark, Jacob Gavartin and Bjoern Winkler<br>Affiliation(s): Accelrys, 334 Science Park, Cambridge CB4 0WN, UK; Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK; Department of Physics, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK; Institut fur Geowissenschaften, Abteilung Kristallographie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt, Altenhoferallee 1, D-60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT First-principles study of the electronic and optical properties of CuXS2 (X = Al, Ga, In) and AgGaS2 ternary compounds http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=48/a=485502?rss=2.0 Author(s): M G Brik<br>Affiliation(s): Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, Tartu 51014, Estonia Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Atomic force microscope nanolithography: dip-pen, nanoshaving, nanografting, tapping mode, electrochemical and thermal nanolithography http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=48/a=483001?rss=2.0 Author(s): Luis G Rosa and Jian Liang<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics and Electronics, University of Puerto Rico-Humacao, 100 Road 908 CUH Station, Humacao, PR 00791, USA; The Institute for Functional Nanomaterials, University of Puerto Rico, Facundo Bueso Building, Rio Piedras, PR 00931, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Spin-polarized transport induced by spin-pumping in a Rashba ring http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=48/a=485304?rss=2.0 Author(s): F Liang, Y H Yang, J Wang and K S Chan<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China; Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT High-uptake graphene hydrogenation: a computational perspective http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474219?rss=2.0 Author(s): T Roman, W A Dino, H Nakanishi and H Kasai<br>Affiliation(s): Division of Precision Science & Technology and Applied Physics, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The role of Ti3+ interstitials in TiO2(110) reduction and oxidation http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474224?rss=2.0 Author(s): Michael Bowker and Roger A Bennett<br>Affiliation(s): Wolfson Nanoscience Laboratory, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK; School of Chemistry, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AF, UK Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Switching behaviour of coupled antiferro- and ferromagnetic systems: exchange bias http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474225?rss=2.0 Author(s): Per-Anker Lindgard<br>Affiliation(s): Materials Research Division, Riso National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Danish Technical University, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Foam as a complex system http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474227?rss=2.0 Author(s): D Weaire and S Hutzler<br>Affiliation(s): School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Stretching and twisting of the DNA duplexes in coarse-grained dynamical models http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474221?rss=2.0 Author(s): Szymon Niewieczerzal and Marek Cieplak<br>Affiliation(s): Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Science, Aleja Lotnikow 32/48, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Application of density functional theory to CO tolerance in fuel cells: a brief review http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474226?rss=2.0 Author(s): Sergey Stolbov, Marisol Alcantara Ortigoza and Talat S Rahman<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-2385, USA Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Establishing the structure of GeS2 at high pressures and temperatures: a combined approach using x-ray and neutron diffraction http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474217?rss=2.0 Author(s): Anita Zeidler, James W E Drewitt, Philip S Salmon, Adrian C Barnes, Wilson A Crichton, Stefan Klotz, Henry E Fischer, Chris J Benmore, Silvia Ramos and Alex C Hannon<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK; H H Wills Physics Laboratory, Royal Fort, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP 220, Grenoble Cedex, F-38043, France; IMPMC, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie F-75252 Paris, France; Institut Laue-Langevin, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP 156, Grenoble Cedex 9, F-38042, France; Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA; Diamond Light Source Ltd, Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0DE, UK; ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The surface relaxation and band structure of Mo(112) http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474222?rss=2.0 Author(s): Ning Wu, Ya B Losovyj, Zhaoxian Yu, R F Sabirianov, W N Mei, N Lozova, J A Colon Santana and P A Dowben<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0111, USA; The J Bennett Johnston Sr. Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices, Louisiana State University, 6980 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge, LA 70806, USA; School of Physics and Engineering, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China; Department of Physics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182-0266, USA Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Characterization of active sites on Rh/SiO2 model catalysts http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474223?rss=2.0 Author(s): Sean M McClure, M Lundwall, F Yang, Z Zhou and D W Goodman<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, PO Box 30012, College Station, TX 77842-3012, USA Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Broad-band dielectric spectroscopy and ferroelectric soft-mode response in the Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3 solid solution http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474215?rss=2.0 Author(s): T Ostapchuk, J Petzelt, J Hlinka, V Bovtun, P Kuzel, I Ponomareva, S Lisenkov, L Bellaiche, A Tkach and P Vilarinho<br>Affiliation(s): Institute of Physics, Na Slovance 2, 18221 Prague 8, Czech Republic; Physics Department, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA; Department of Ceramics and Glass Engineering, CICECO, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The uniaxially aperiodic structure of a thin Cu film on fivefold i-Al–Pd–Mn http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474213?rss=2.0 Author(s): K Pussi, M Gierer and R D Diehl<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Mathematics and Physics, Lappeenranta University of Technology, PO Box 20, FIN-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Munich, Theresienstrasse 41, D-80333 Munchen, Germany; Department of Physics, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Devitrification of the glassy state in suspensions of charged platelets http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474218?rss=2.0 Author(s): M C D Mourad, A A Verhoeff, D V Byelov, A V Petukhov and H N W Lekkerkerker<br>Affiliation(s): Van't Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Debye Institute, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Pair correlation function decay in models of simple fluids that contain dispersion interactions http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474220?rss=2.0 Author(s): R Evans and J R Henderson<br>Affiliation(s): H H Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK; School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Surface electronic structure of Pb/Cu(100): surface band filling and folding http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474216?rss=2.0 Author(s): V Joco, J Martinez-Blanco, P Segovia, I Vobornik and E G Michel<br>Affiliation(s): Departamento de Fisica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain; TASC National Laboratory, INFM-CNR, SS 14, km 163.5, I-34149, Trieste, Italy Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Chirality, magnetic charge and other strange entities in resonant x-ray Bragg diffraction http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474214?rss=2.0 Author(s): Stephen W Lovesey and Valerio Scagnoli<br>Affiliation(s): ISIS Facility, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK; Diamond Light Source Ltd, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, F-38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Full counting statistics for noninteracting fermions: joint probability distributions http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474209?rss=2.0 Author(s): L Inhester and K Schonhammer<br>Affiliation(s): Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Universitat Gottingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Twenty years of confined colloids: from confinement-induced freezing to giant breathing http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474203?rss=2.0 Author(s): H Lowen<br>Affiliation(s): Institut fur Theoretische Physik II: Weiche Materie, Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf, Universitatsstrasse 1, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Using surface and interface optics to probe the capping, with amorphous Si, of Au atom chains grown on vicinal Si(111) http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474208?rss=2.0 Author(s): N McAlinden and J F McGilp<br>Affiliation(s): School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Self-lacing atom chains http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474207?rss=2.0 Author(s): Harold J W Zandvliet, Arie van Houselt and Bene Poelsema<br>Affiliation(s): Physical Aspects of NanoElectronics and Solid State Physics, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Substoichiometric cobalt oxide monolayer on Ir(100)-(1 × 1) http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474211?rss=2.0 Author(s): M Gubo, C Ebensperger, W Meyer, L Hammer and K Heinz<br>Affiliation(s): Lehrstuhl fur Festkorperphysik, Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Staudtstrasse 7, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Arrow diagram theory for non-orthogonal electronic groups: the continued fractions method http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474204?rss=2.0 Author(s): Yu Wang and Lev Kantorovich<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Stable centred tetragonal phases in the hard core Yukawa system http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474202?rss=2.0 Author(s): Gernot J Pauschenwein and Gerhard Kahl<br>Affiliation(s): Center for Computational (CMS) Materials Science and Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Technische Universitat Wien, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8-10, A-1040 Wien, Austria; arsenal research, Sustainable Energy Systems, Giefinggasse 2, A-1210 Wien, Austria Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Interlayer diffusion of Au atoms in a heteroepitaxial system http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474210?rss=2.0 Author(s): Shohei Ogura and Katsuyuki Fukutani<br>Affiliation(s): Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Making tracks: electronic excitation roles in forming swift heavy ion tracks http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474205?rss=2.0 Author(s): N Itoh, D M Duffy, S Khakshouri and A M Stoneham<br>Affiliation(s): 40-202 Koikecho, Meito, Nagoya 465-0047, Japan; LCN and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK; EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre, Oxfordshire OX14 3DB, UK Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Structure of liquid metals by ab initio molecular-dynamics simulations http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474212?rss=2.0 Author(s): K Hoshino<br>Affiliation(s): Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8521, Japan Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Local secondary-electron emission spectra of graphite and gold surfaces obtained using the Scanning Probe Energy Loss Spectrometer (SPELS) http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474206?rss=2.0 Author(s): J J Lawton, A Pulisciano and R E Palmer<br>Affiliation(s): Nanoscale Physics Research Laboratory, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Quantum computing and probability http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=474201?rss=2.0 Author(s): David K Ferry<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Electrical Engineering and Center for Solid State Electronics Research, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5706, USA Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Celebrating 20 years of Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter—in honour of Richard Palmer http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/21/i=47/a=470301?rss=2.0 Author(s): David Ferry, Peter Dowben and John Inglesfield<br>Affiliation(s): School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, and Department of Physics, Arizona State University, USA; Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for Materials Research and Analysis University of Nebraska, USA; Cardiff University, UK Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT