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- 1. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 252501 (2007) , “Radioactive Decay Speedup at T=5 K: Electron-Capture Decay Rate of 7Be Encapsulated in C60”, T. Ohtsuki, K. Ohno, T. Morisato, T. Mitsugashira, K. Hirose, H. Yuki, and J. KasagiThe electron-capture (EC) decay rate of 7Be in C60 at the temperature of liquid helium (T=5 K) was measured and compared with the rate in Be metal at T=293 K. We found that the half-life of 7Be in endohedral C60... (Read more)
- 2. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 185501 (2007) , “Enhanced Ductile Behavior of Tensile-Elongated Individual Double-Walled and Triple-Walled Carbon Nanotubes at High Temperatures”, J. Y. Huang, S. Chen, Z. F. Ren, Z. Wang, K. Kempa, M. J. Naughton, G. Chen, and M. S. DresselhausWe report exceptional ductile behavior in individual double-walled and triple-walled carbon nanotubes at temperatures above 2000 °C, with tensile elongation of 190% and diameter reduction of 90%, during in situ tensile-loading experiments conducted inside a high-resolution transmission... (Read more)
- 3. Phys. Rev. B 75, 115113 (2007) , “Structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of Mn-doped Ge nanowires by ab initio calculations”, J. T. Arantes, Antônio J. R. da Silva, and A. FazzioUsing ab initio total energy density-functional theory calculations, we investigated the electronic, structural, and magnetic properties of manganese-doped germanium nanowires. The nanowires have been constructed along the [110] direction and the dangling bonds on the surface have been... (Read more)
- 4. Phys. Rev. B 75, 113401 (2007) , “Enhancing the topological structures of defected carbon nanotubes with adsorbed hydrocarbon radicals at low temperatures”, R. L. Zhou, H. Y. He, and B. C. PanRealistic carbon nanotubes (CNTs) contain various structural defects by which the physical and chemical properties of the CNTs are significantly influenced. So, lowering the defect densities is of importance for the potential application of the CNTs. By performing tight-binding molecular dynamics... (Read more)
- 5. Phys. Rev. B 74, 245420 (2006) , “Energetics, structure, and long-range interaction of vacancy-type defects in carbon nanotubes: Atomistic simulations”, J. Kotakoski, A. V. Krasheninnikov,, and K. NordlundThe presence of vacancy clusters in carbon nanotubes has been assumed to explain the formation of carbon peapods and the difference between the experimentally measured and theoretical fracture strength of nanotubes. We use atomistic simulations at various levels of theory to study the... (Read more)
- 6. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 216601 (2007) , “Room Temperature Electrical Detection of Spin Coherence in C60”, W. Harneit, C. Boehme, S. Schaefer, K. Huebener, K. Fostiropoulos, and K. LipsAn experimental demonstration of electrical detection of coherent spin motion of weakly coupled, localized electron spins in thin fullerene C60 films at room temperature is presented. Pulsed electrically detected magnetic resonance experiments on vertical photocurrents through... (Read more)
- 7. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 215503 (2007) , “Nature of the Bound States of Molecular Hydrogen in Carbon Nanohorns”, F. Fernandez-Alonso, F. J. Bermejo, C. Cabrillo, R. O. Loutfy, V. Leon, and M. L. SaboungiThe effects of confining molecular hydrogen within carbon nanohorns are studied via high-resolution quasielastic and inelastic neutron spectroscopies. Both sets of data are remarkably different from those obtained in bulk samples in the liquid and crystalline states. At temperatures where bulk... (Read more)
- 8. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 220501 (2007) , “Efficient Dynamic Nuclear Polarization at High Magnetic Fields”, Gavin W. Morley, Johan van Tol, Arzhang Ardavan, Kyriakos Porfyrakis, Jinying Zhang, and G. Andrew D. BriggsBy applying a new technique for dynamic nuclear polarization involving simultaneous excitation of electronic and nuclear transitions, we have enhanced the nuclear polarization of the nitrogen nuclei in 15N@C60 by a factor of 103 at a fixed temperature of 3 K and a... (Read more)
- 9. Phys. Rev. B 74, 153403 (2006) , “Doping and the unique role of vacancies in promoting the magnetic ground state in carbon nanotubes and C60 polymers”, Antonis N. Andriotis, R. Michael Sheetz, and Madhu MenonThe role of various types of defects in establishing the magnetic properties of the C60-based polymers and the single-wall carbon nanotubes is investigated. Comparing the role of carbon vacancies, and that of substitutional impurity atoms X (X=N, B, O, Si, P, and S) in... (Read more)
- 10. Phys. Rev. B 75, 045429 (2007) , “Electron spin relaxation in semiconducting carbon nanotubes: The role of hyperfine interaction”, Y. G. Semenov, K. W. Kim, and G. J. IafrateA theory of electron spin relaxation in semiconducting carbon nanotubes is developed based on the hyperfine interaction with disordered nuclei spins I=1/2 of 13C isotopes. It is shown that strong radial confinement of electrons enhances the electron-nuclear overlap and subsequently... (Read more)
- 11. Phys. Rev. B 75, 045301 (2007) , “Ionization energy of donor and acceptor impurities in semiconductor nanowires: Importance of dielectric confinement”, Mamadou Diarra, Yann-Michel Niquet, Christophe Delerue, and Guy AllanCalculations of the electronic states of donor and acceptor impurities in nanowires show that the ionization energy of the impurities is strongly enhanced with respect to the bulk, above all when the wires are embedded in a material with a low dielectric constant. In free-standing nanowires with... (Read more)
- 12. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 075503 (2007) , “Pseudoclimb and Dislocation Dynamics in Superplastic Nanotubes”, Feng Ding, Kun Jiao, Mingqi Wu, and Boris I. YakobsonPlastic relaxation of carbon nanotubes under tension and at high temperature is described in terms of dislocation theory and with atomistic computer simulations. It is shown how the glide of pentagon-heptagon defects and a particular type of their pseudoclimb, with the atoms directly breaking out of... (Read more)
- 13. Phys. Rev. B 75, 075420 (2007) , “Ab initio study of hydrogen interaction with pure and nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes”, Zhiyong Zhang and Kyeongjae ChoDetailed studies of mechanisms for hydrogen dissociative adsorption and diffusion on pure and nitrogen-doped (8, 0) carbon nanotubes are carried out using the first-principles density functional theory method. (1) For pure carbon nanotubes, we have identified the energetically most favorable... (Read more)
- 14. Phys. Rev. B 75, 085416 (2007) , “Ab initio theoretical study of hydrogen and its interaction with boron acceptors and nitrogen donors in single-wall silicon carbide nanotubes”, A. GaliSilicon carbide nanotubes have a great potential for biological applications. It is of interest to explore the electronic properties of these nanotubes, and how those are modified in the presence of impurities. Hydrogen is a common impurity that can appear during the growth of silicon carbide... (Read more)
- 15. J. Appl. Phys. 100, 044303 (2006) , “Spin relaxation in a germanium nanowire”, S. Patibandla, S. Pramanik, S. Bandyopadhyay, and G. C. TepperWe report experimental study of spin transport in nanowire spin valve structures consisting of three layerscobalt, germanium, and nickel. The spin diffusion length in the Ge is estimated to be about 400 nm at 1.9 K and the corresponding spin relaxation time is about 4 ns. At 100 K, the... (Read more)
- 16. J. Appl. Phys. 100, 124315 (2006) , “Magnetic resonance study of Ni nanoparticles in single-walled carbon nanotube bundles”, A. A. Konchits, F. V. Motsnyi, Yu. N. Petrov, S. P. Kolesnik, V. S. Yefanov, M. L. Terranova, E. Tamburri, S. Orlanducci, V. Sessa, and M. RossiWe present a detailed study of the electron magnetic resonance (EMR) properties of Ni nanoparticles (NPs) placed in the bundles of single-walled carbon nanotubes produced by arc discharge with Ni catalyst. The behavior of EMR signals has been investigated in the 10–300 K temperature range for... (Read more)
- 17. Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 173108 (2006) , “Midgap luminescence centers in single-wall carbon nanotubes created by ultraviolet illumination”, Konstantin Iakoubovskii, Nobutsugu Minami, Yeji Kim, Kanae Miyashita, Said Kazaoui, and Balakrishnan NaliniThe authors report the effect of ultraviolet (UV) illumination on optical properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) isolated using various dispersants. It is demonstrated that even weak UV light (~1 mW/cm2) can irreversibly alter the SWCNT structure, thus resulting in the... (Read more)
- 18. Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 243101 (2006) , “Random telegraph signals and noise behaviors in carbon nanotube transistors”, Fei Liu, Kang L. Wang, Daihua Zhang, and Chongwu ZhouA random telegraph signal appears at a smaller absolute gate bias for a larger absolute drain-source bias in a carbon nanotube transistor. Its mechanism is attributed to a defect located in the drain side of the Schottky barrier carbon nanotube transistor with Ti/Au as contact material. Furthermore,... (Read more)
- 19. Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 013104 (2007) , “Scanning tunneling microscopy investigations of hydrogen plasma-induced electron scattering centers on single-walled carbon nanotubes”, G. Buchs, P. Ruffieux, P. Gröning, and O. GröningThe authors report on the generation of localized defects on single-walled carbon nanotubes by means of a hydrogen electron cyclotron resonance plasma. The defects have been investigated using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and show an apparent topographic height in the STM of 1–3 ... (Read more)
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