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•	Conduction-electron screening and surface properties of Cs metal G. K. Wertheim and D. N. Buchanan pp. 13815-13818 [View Page Images , PDF (676 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Optical properties of two-dimensional disordered systems on a substrate Rubén G. Barrera, Marcelo del Castillo-Mussot, Guillermo Monsivais, Pedro Villaseor, and W. Luis Mochán pp. 13819-13826 [View Page Images , PDF (1342 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Truncation-rod scattering: Analysis by the dynamical theory of x-ray diffraction R. Colella pp. 13827-13832 [View Page Images , PDF (1087 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Accommodation of the lattice mismatch in a Ag/Ni heterophase boundary P. Gumbsch, M. S. Daw, S. M. Foiles, and H. F. Fischmeister pp. 13833-13837 [View Page Images , PDF (1666 kB) , Figure Images, or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Infrared properties of Pt/Al2O3 cermet films M. F. MacMillan, R. P. Devaty, and J. V. Mantese pp. 13838-13845 [View Page Images , PDF (1417 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Voltage drop in mesoscopic systems: A numerical study using a quantum kinetic equation Michael J. McLennan, Yong Lee, and Supriyo Datta pp. 13846-13884 [View Page Images , PDF (6600 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Resonances of small metal clusters excited in inelastic electron scattering G. Puddu pp. 13885-13891 [View Page Images , PDF (783 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	First-principles calculation of positron lifetimes in solids P. A. Sterne and J. H. Kaiser pp. 13892-13898 [View Page Images , PDF (1283 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Au(111): A theoretical study of the surface reconstruction and the surface electronic structure Noboru Takeuchi, C. T. Chan, and K. M. Ho pp. 13899-13906 [View Page Images , PDF (1768 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Diffusion of interacting particles in metals based on the quantum-lattice-gas model Tomozo Tomoyose pp. 13907-13915 [View Page Images , PDF (1351 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Parametrization of the electronic structure of Z+1 impurities J. F. van Acker, W. Speier, J. C. Fuggle, and R. Zeller pp. 13916-13925 [View Page Images , PDF (1771 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Phonons and librons in nitrogen monolayers adsorbed on graphite T. H. van den Berg and A. van der Avoird pp. 13926-13937 [View Page Images , PDF (1925 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Electronic-band-structure calculations and soliton dynamics for polyketene and related compounds Wolfgang Förner and János J. Ladik pp. 13938-13951 [View Page Images , PDF (2213 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Effects of growth temperature on atom distributions, Fermi-level positions, and valence-band offsets for Ge/n-type InP(110) heterojunctions C. M. Aldao, I. M. Vitomirov, G. D. Waddill, and J. H. Weaver pp. 13952-13956 [View Page Images , PDF (830 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Nonlinear photocarrier drift in hydrogenated amorphous silicon-germanium alloys Homer Antoniadis and E. A. Schiff pp. 13957-13966 [View Page Images , PDF (1710 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Stopping power for low-velocity Mg ions in Si, Ge, and GaAs K. Arstila, J. Keinonen, P. Tikkanen, and A. Kuronen pp. 13967-13970 [View Page Images , PDF (647 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Vibrational assignments in the conductivity spectra of semiconducting (TMTSF)2ReO4 and (TMTSF)2BF4 (where TMTSF is tetramethyltetraselenafulvalene) for radiation polarized perpendicular to the chains J. E. Eldridge and C. C. Homes pp. 13971-13977 [View Page Images , PDF (851 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Dynamics of inter- and intra-growth-island exciton localization in GaAs single quantum wells K. Fujiwara, H. Katahama, K. Kanamoto, R. Cingolani, and K. Ploog pp. 13978-13982 [View Page Images , PDF (790 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Far-infrared spectroscopy of minibands and confined donors in GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs superlattices M. Helm, F. M. Peeters, F. DeRosa, E. Colas, J. P. Harbison, and L. T. Florez pp. 13983-13991 [View Page Images , PDF (1603 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Optical studies of vertical ambipolar transport and interface recombination velocities in GaAs/Al0.5Ga0.5As double-quantum-well heterostructures H. Hillmer, A. Forchel, T. Kuhn, G. Mahler, and H. P. Meier pp. 13992-14000 [View Page Images , PDF (1575 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Pressure dependence of the photoluminescence of polyparaphenylene Bin Hu, Xinyi Zhang, Yingxue Zhou, Changqing Jin, and Jisen Zhang pp. 14001-14008 [View Page Images , PDF (1136 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Two-stream instabilities in solid-state plasmas caused by conventional and unconventional mechanisms Ben Yu-Kuang Hu and John W. Wilkins pp. 14009-14029 [View Page Images , PDF (3797 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Electronic structure of the rocksalt-structure semiconductors ZnO and CdO J. E. Jaffe, Ravindra Pandey, and A. B. Kunz pp. 14030-14034 [View Page Images , PDF (710 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Optical-reflectance anisotropy in epitaxial metastable (GaAs)1-x(Si2)x(001) alloys: A probe for the zinc-blende–to–diamond structural transition A. Lastras-Martínez, G. Rodriguez-Pedroza, D. H. Mei, B. Kramer, D. Lubben, and J. E. Greene pp. 14035-14039 [View Page Images , PDF (662 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Shear-deformation-potential constant of the conduction-band minima of Si: Experimental determination by the deep-level capacitance transient method Ming-Fu Li, Xue-Shu Zhao, Zong-Quan Gu, Jian-Xin Chen, Yan-Jin Li, and Jian-Qing Wang pp. 14040-14046 [View Page Images , PDF (1030 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Subpicosecond kinetics of band-edge absorption in Al0.25Ga0.75As J. Nunnenkamp, J. H. Collet, J. Klebniczki, J. Kuhl, and K. Ploog pp. 14047-14054 [View Page Images , PDF (1345 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Structural phase transition in (GaAs)1-xGe2x and (GaP)1-xSi2x alloys: Test of the bulk thermodynamic description Roberto Osório, Sverre Froyen, and Alex Zunger pp. 14055-14072 [View Page Images , PDF (3463 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Decay of the population of quasilocal states in disordered media V. N. Prigodin and M. E. Raikh pp. 14073-14078 [View Page Images , PDF (768 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Nonlocal theory of collective excitations in quantum-dot arrays Weiming Que, George Kirczenow, and Eleuterio Castao pp. 14079-14090 [View Page Images , PDF (1874 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Photoluminescence spectroscopy in GaAs/AlAs superlattices as a function of temperature and pressure: The influence of sample quality I. L. Spain, M. S. Skolnick, G. W. Smith, M. K. Saker, and C. R. Whitehouse pp. 14091-14098 [View Page Images , PDF (1414 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Band-edge hole mass in strained-quantum-well structures Ikuo Suemune pp. 14099-14106 [View Page Images , PDF (1233 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Scanning tunneling microscopy of Ag growth on GaAs(110) at 300 K: From clusters to crystallites B. M. Trafas, Y.-N. Yang, R. L. Siefert, and J. H. Weaver pp. 14107-14114 [View Page Images , PDF (3317 kB) , Figure Images, or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Optical absorption and Zeeman effect of Cu2+ in tetrahedrally coordinated crystals Murielle Villeret, Sergio Rodriguez, and E. Kartheuser pp. 14115-14123 [View Page Images , PDF (1002 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Intraband and interband magneto-optics of p-type In0.18Ga0.82As/GaAs quantum wells R. J. Warburton, R. J. Nicholas, L. K. Howard, and M. T. Emeny pp. 14124-14133 [View Page Images , PDF (1798 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Diffusion-to-streaming transition in a two-dimensional electron system in a polar semiconductor W. Xu, F. M. Peeters, and J. T. Devreese pp. 14134-14141 [View Page Images , PDF (1169 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Quasiparticle band structure of thirteen semiconductors and insulators Xuejun Zhu and Steven G. Louie pp. 14142-14156 [View Page Images , PDF (2686 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Adatom-induced donor states during the early stages of Schottky-barrier formation: Ga, In, and Pb on Si(113) P. Althainz, U. Myler, and K. Jacobi pp. 14157-14163 [View Page Images , PDF (1108 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Electromagnetic response of an electron gas in one-dimensional quantum wires V. A. Shchukin and K. B. Efetov pp. 14164-14173 [View Page Images , PDF (1601 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Impurity photoconduction, excitons, and effective masses in liquid xenon M. Reshotko, U. Asaf, G. Ascarelli, R. Reininger, G. Reisfeld, and I. T. Steinberger pp. 14174-14181 [View Page Images , PDF (1523 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Screening of the Coulomb repulsion in transition-metal oxides and sulfides X. M. Chen and A. W. Overhauser pp. 14182-14187 [View Page Images , PDF (838 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Bands versus bonds in sulfides: Theoretical investigation of the luminescence of copper in zinc sulfide K. C. Mishra, K. H. Johnson, P. C. Schmidt, B. G. DeBoer, J. Olsen, and E. A. Dale pp. 14188-14195 [View Page Images , PDF (1530 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Optical studies of the 1.40-eV Ni center in diamond Maria Helena Nazaré, A. J. Neves, and Gordon Davies pp. 14196-14205 [View Page Images , PDF (1448 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Solid solutions of alkali halide compounds. I. Configurational and vibrational contributions C. V. Krishnamurthy and Y. V. Murti pp. 14206-14218 [View Page Images , PDF (1656 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Solid solutions of alkali halide compounds. II. Physical properties and vacancy contributions C. V. Krishnamurthy and Y. V. Murti pp. 14219-14227 [View Page Images , PDF (1192 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

BRIEF REPORTS

•	Spin relaxation in GaAs-AlxGa1-xAs heterostructures in high magnetic fields David M. Frenkel pp. 14228-14231 [View Page Images , PDF (659 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Effect of oxygen on the electronic properties of Pd T. Auerswald, H. Claus, and O. Meyer pp. 14232-14235 [View Page Images , PDF (648 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Lattice thermal conductivity of Na R. Fletcher pp. 14236-14237 [View Page Images , PDF (414 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Dynamical correlation effects in alkali metals G. Kalman, K. Kempa, and M. Minella pp. 14238-14240 [View Page Images , PDF (552 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Coupled surface-plasmon-polariton waves and the optical size effect on the optical reflectance of metal-insulator superlattices Juh Tzeng Lue and Jian-Shang Sheng pp. 14241-14244 [View Page Images , PDF (465 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Size-dependent dielectric response of small metal particles Peter Marquardt and Günter Nimtz pp. 14245-14247 [View Page Images , PDF (490 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Cohesive energies of crystals Behnam Farid and R. W. Godby pp. 14248-14250 [View Page Images , PDF (657 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Quantum-confined excitonic states at high-quality interfaces in GaAs(n type)/AlxGa1-xAs(p type) double heterostructures G. D. Gilliland, D. J. Wolford, T. F. Kuech, and J. A. Bradley pp. 14251-14254 [View Page Images , PDF (842 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Long-range forces and the moments method Richard Osgood and Walter A. Harrison pp. 14255-14256 [View Page Images , PDF (286 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Microvoid formation in low-temperature molecular-beam-epitaxy-grown silicon D. D. Perovic, G. C. Weatherly, P. J. Simpson, P. J. Schultz, T. E. Jackman, G. C. Aers, J.-P. Noël, and D. C. Houghton pp. 14257-14260 [View Page Images , PDF (1606 kB) , Figure Images, or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Conduction mechanisms in BaTiO3 thin films P. Li and T.-M. Lu pp. 14261-14264 [View Page Images , PDF (697 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Impurity optical absorption of HgGa2Se4:Co2+ single crystals Wha-Tek Kim, Gi-Jun Cho, Chang-Sub Kim, and Chang-Dae Kim pp. 14265-14267 [View Page Images , PDF (356 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

•	Absolute two-phonon Raman cross section in potassium chloride P. Gallo, V. Mazzacurati, G. Ruocco, and G. Signorelli pp. 14268-14271 [View Page Images , PDF (627 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

ERRATA

•	Erratum: Disorder effects on the density of states of the II-VI semiconductor alloys Hg0.5Cd0.5Te, Cd0.5Zn0.5Te, and Hg0.5Zn0.5Te Su-Huai Wei and Alex Zunger pp. 14272 [View Page Images or PDF (59 kB) ]

•	Erratum: Absolute deformation potentials in semiconductors R. Resta, L. Colombo, and S. Baroni pp. 14273 [View Page Images or PDF (21 kB) ]

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Disappearance of the Coulomb charging energy and low-temperature resistivity of granular metals S. T. Chui pp. 14274-14276 [View Page Images , PDF (439 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

α-gallium: A metallic molecular crystal X. G. Gong, Guido L. Chiarotti, M. Parrinello, and E. Tosatti pp. 14277-14280 [View Page Images , PDF (597 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Local-density-functional calculation of photoelectron spectra of fullerenes J. W. Mintmire, B. I. Dunlap, D. W. Brenner, R. C. Mowrey, and C. T. White pp. 14281-14284 [View Page Images , PDF (748 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Excitons in InAs/GaAs submonolayer quantum wells O. Brandt, H. Lage, and K. Ploog pp. 14285-14288 [View Page Images , PDF (715 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Magneto-optical transitions and level crossings in a Coulomb-coupled pair of quantum dots Tapash Chakraborty, V. Halonen, and P. Pietiläinen pp. 14289-14292 [View Page Images , PDF (690 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Wigner solid from finite-cluster studies S. T. Chui and Xiu Qiu pp. 14293-14296 [View Page Images , PDF (559 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Migration of the H2* complex and its relation to H- in n-type silicon N. M. Johnson and C. Herring pp. 14297-14300 [View Page Images , PDF (701 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

High-resolution synchrotron-radiation core-level spectroscopy of decapped GaAs(100) surfaces G. Le Lay, D. Mao, A. Kahn, Y. Hwu, and G. Margaritondo pp. 14301-14304 [View Page Images , PDF (724 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Polarized vibrational density of states of polyacetylene from incoherent inelastic neutron scattering J. L. Sauvajol, D. Djurado, A.-J. Dianoux, N. Theophilou, and J. E. Fischer pp. 14305-14308 [View Page Images , PDF (638 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Spatial inhomogeneity and void-growth kinetics in the decomposition of ultrathin oxide overlayers on Si(100) Y.-K. Sun, D. J. Bonser, and Thomas Engel pp. 14309-14312 [View Page Images , PDF (693 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Potassium-induced unrelaxation of the GaAs(110) surface C. A. Ventrice and N. J. DiNardo pp. 14313-14316 [View Page Images , PDF (657 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Antimony-induced electronic states in the Sb/InP(110) interface studied by high-resolution electron-energy-loss spectroscopy Maria Grazia Betti, M. Pedio, U. del Pennino, and Carlo Mariani pp. 14317-14320 [View Page Images , PDF (812 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Subband effect on ballistic resistance in a side-gated narrow wire junction T. Kakuta, Y. Takagaki, K. Gamo, S. Namba, S. Takaoka, and K. Murase pp. 14321-14324 [View Page Images , PDF (628 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Interband absorption spectra and Sommerfeld factors of a one-dimensional electron-hole system Tetsuo Ogawa and Toshihide Takagahara pp. 14325-14328 [View Page Images , PDF (694 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Absorption-spectral-shape analysis of the band-edge exciton in a BiI3 crystal based on the exciton-phonon interaction K. Watanabe, S. Takeyama, N. Miura, and T. Komatsu pp. 14329-14332 [View Page Images , PDF (685 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Anomalous Rxx in the quantum Hall regime due to impurity-bound states Yong Lee, Michael J. McLennan, and Supriyo Datta pp. 14333-14336 [View Page Images , PDF (570 kB) , Figure Images, or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]