VOLUME 128, NUMBER | (Published 19 September 2003) CONTENTS X.Y. Kong and Z.L. Wang l Structures of indium oxide nanobelts L. Shi, Y. Gu, L. Chen, Y. Qian, Z. Yang and J. Ma 5 A low temperature synthesis of crystalline B,C ultrafine powders K.-i. Hino Anomalous electric-field dependence of excitonic Fano-reson- ance spectra in semiconductor quantum-wells Y. Kato, D. Ichii, K. Ohashi, H. Kunugita, K. Ema, Extremely large binding energy of biexcitons in an organic— K. Tanaka, T. Takahashi and T. Kondo inorganic quantum-well material (CysHyNH;).PbBr, N.A. Zimbovskaya On the theory of magnetotransport in a periodically modulated two-dimensional electron gas V.P. Aliyev, S.S. Babayev, T.G. Mammadov, Memory effect in ferroelectric-semiconductor with incommen- M.-H. Yu Seyidov and R.A. Suleymanov surate phase TlGaSe, P. Stefanski Quantum dots as scatterers in electronic transport: interference and correlations F.J. Manjon, M. Mollar, M.A. Hernandez- Effect of isotopic mass on the photoluminescence spectra of zinc Fenollosa, B. Mari, R. Lauck and M. Cardona oxide V.A. Ryzhov, A.V. Lazuta, I.A. Kiselev, Neutron diffraction and ESR studies of pseudocubic Yu.P. Chernenkov, O.P. Smirnov, S.A. Borisov, Ndo 77Bap.23MnO; and its anomalous critical behavior above T¢ 1.0. Troynchuk and D.D. Khalyavin Keywords Ill Instructions to Authors VOLUME 128, NUMBER 2-3 (Published 26 September 2003) CONTENTS Vv Publishers Note M.S. Sercheli, C. Rettori and A.R. Zanatta 47 Neutral dangling bond depletion in amorphous SiN films induced by magnetic rare-earth elements Y. Fasano, M. De Seta, M. Menghini, 51 Imaging the structure of the interface between symmetries H. Pastoriza and F. de la Cruz interconnected by a discontinuous transition G. Piacente, I.V. Schweigert, J.J. Betouras and 57 Structural properties and melting of a quasi-one dimensional F.M. Peeters classical Wigner crystal F. Yakuphanoglu, Y. Aydogdu, 63 DC and AC conductivity and dielectric properties of the U. Schatzschneider and E. Rentschler metal-radical compound: Aqua|[bis(2-dimethylaminomethy]-4- NIT-phenolato) |copper(II) A. Jezowski, B.A. Danilchenko, M. Bo¢ckowski, Thermal conductivity of GaN crystals in 4.2—300 K range I. Grzegory, S. Krukowski, T. Suski and T. Paszkiewicz X. Fu, Z. Hou and Y. Liu Relationship between Penrose vertices and decagonal covering configurations S. Rayaprol, K. Sengupta and Magnetic behaviour of quasi-one-dimensional oxides, E.V. Sampathkumaran Ca,Co, + Mn, . 06 A. Nakatsuka, Y. Ikeda, Y. Yamasaki, Cation distribution and bond lengths in CoAI,O, spinel N. Nakayama and T. Mizota S. Roy and N. Ali Photo-induced changes in magnetization of GdBaCo,O;,5 S. Rayaprol, K.R. Mavani, D.S. Rana, Studies on La)_,Pr,Ca,BayCuy,,O. (x = 0.1-0.5, y = 2x) type C.M. Thaker, M. Dixit, S. Bhattacharya and mixed oxide superconductors D.G. Kuberkar IV Vol. 128, Nos 1-12 Volume Index V. Pardo, M. Iglesias, D. Baldomir, J. Castro and 101 Geometry optimization and electronic structure of BaCoO, J.E. Arias M. Zhang, Z. Liu, H. Hu, Y. Cui, G. Liu, J. Chen, 107 A new semi-Heusler ferromagnet NiFeSb: electronic structure, G. Wu, Y. Sui, Z. Qian, Z. Li, H. Tao, B. Zhao and magnetism and transport properties H. Wen E. Erbarut The electronic spectra of vacancies in ZnS, ZnSe and ZnTe Keywords Instructions to Authors VOLUME 128, NUMBER 4 (Published 3 October 2003) CONTENTS K.-S. Huh, M.-C. Jeong, M.-H. Ham, 119 Effects of Mn flux on ferromagnetic properties of (Ga,Mn)N young, W.-Y. Lee, J.-M. Lee and films grown by PEMBE an H.-B. Wu, J.-B. Xia and K. Chang Quantum waveguide theory for hole transport in mesoscopic structures H.K. Shin Low-temperature dielectric behavior of (NH4);H(SO,)> crystal C. Shiyamala, R. Venkatesan and Single crystal EPR studies of Cu(II) doped in cadmium sodium P. Sambasiva Rao sulphate hexahydrate: a case of low hyperfine coupling constant S.H. Kim, J.W. Jang, K.W. Lee, C.E. Lee and Impedance spectroscopy of a poly(p-phenylenevinylene)-based S.W. Kim light-emitting diode device F. Troiani Tunneling and electric-field effects on electron-hole localiz- ation in artificial molecules N. Kolev, M.N. Iliev, V.N. Popov and Temperature-dependent polarized Raman spectra of CaFe,O, M. Gospodinov H. Du, W. Zhang, C. Wang, J. Han, Y. Yang, Neutron powder diffraction study on the structures of B. Chen, C. Xie, K. Sun and B. Zhang LaNis_,Al,D, compounds Author Index Keywords Instructions to Authors VOLUME 128, NUMBER 5 (Published 8 October 2003) CONTENTS K. Miyamoto, K. lori, A. Kimura, T. Xie, 163 Soft X-ray magnetic circular dichroism of Heusler-type alloy M. Taniguchi, S. Qiao and K. Tsuchiya Co,MnGe C. Jasiukiewicz and V. Karpus 167 Debye temperature of cubic crystals G. Li, T. Qian, S.-J. Feng, F. Liu, H.-D. Zhou and 171 Magnetoresistance in La,_,Ca,MnO, (0 = x < 0.4) X.-G. Li K.-S. Lee, C.-D. Lee, Y. Kim and S. Kyu Noh 177 Dependence of the heavy-hole exciton reduced mass on quantum-well size in InGaAs/GaAs heterostructures M. Sanati and S.K. Estreicher 18] Defects in silicon: the role of vibrational entropy T. Pan and Z.-Y. Li 187 The effect of etching interfacial layers on the absolute photonic band gap in two-dimensional photonic crystals N. Nakajima, Y. Yamamura and T. Tsuji 193 Synthesis and physical properties of negative thermal expansion materials Zr,;_.M,W ,Ox_,, (M = Sc, In, Y) substituted for Zr(IV) sites by M(IID) ions Vol. 128, Nos 1-12 Volume Index V C. Bansal, H. Kawanaka, H. Bando, A. Sasahara, Chemical disorder of La and Sr ions in the block layer of R. Miyamoto and Y. Nishihara LaSrFeO, Y.-S. Chang, Y.-H. Chang, I.-G. Chen and Synthesis and characterization of zinc titanate doped with G.-J. Chen magnesium Keywords Instructions to Authors VOLUME 128, NUMBER 6-7 (Published 16 October 2003) CONTENTS D.L. Khalyapin, J. Kim, S.V. Stolyar, 209 Formation of 4H-closely packed structure in thin films of 1.A. Turpanov, P.D. Kim and I. Kim metastable nanocrystalline Co,;;Cug7 alloy A. Melliti, M.A. Maaref, F. Hassen, M. Hiiri, Radiative recombination lifetime of excitons in self-organized H. Maaref, J. Tignon and B. Sermage InAs/GaAs quantum dots A.V. Fedorov, A.V. Baranov, I.D. Rukhlenko and New many-body mechanism of intraband carrier relaxation in Y. Masumoto quantum dots embedded in doped heterostructures H. Chihaya, M. Kamiko, S.-M. Oh and Enhancement of structural and magnetic properties of R. Yamamoto Co/Cu(100) multilayers using Ti and Co seed layers C.E.M. Campos, J.C. de Lima, T.A. Grandi, Nucleation and growth of nanocrystalline pyrite nickel K.D. Machado, P.S. Pizani and R. Hinrichs diselenide by mechanical alloying J.P. Holgado, F. Yubero, A. Cordon, F. Gracia, Molecular nitrogen implanted in Al,O; by low energy N> ion A.R. Gonzalez-Elipe and J. Avila bombardment A.Z. Moshfegh, S.J. Hashemifar and O. Akhavan The growth of CoSi, thin film in Co/W/Si(100) multilayer structures H.C. Lee, K.W. Sun and C.P. Lee Significance of dimensionality and dynamical screening on hot carrier relaxation in bulk GaAs and quantum wells . Luo and L.R. Corruccini Magnetic order and paramagnetic resonance in K,;Nd.(NO3})o . Idemoto, T. Miyahara, N. Koura, T. Kijima and Crystal structure and ferroelectric properties of (Bi,La), . Ishiwara (Ti,Si);0;> as a bulk ferroelectric material . Srinivasan, R. Hayes and M.1. Bichurin Low frequency and microwave magnetoelectric effects in thick film heterostructures of lithium zinc ferrite and lead zirconate titanate . Hédoux, Y. Guinet, J.-F. Willart, F. Capet and Pressure-induced ordering in cyanoadamantane plastic crystal . Descamps . Combescot and J. Tribollet Trion oscillator strength . Xu and C. Tan Low field stress induced double donor defect in metal oxide silicon structures Keywords Instructions to Authors VOLUME 128, NUMBER 8 (Published 27 October 2003) CONTENTS V.V. Bel’kov, S.D. Ganichev, P. Schneider, 283 Circular photogalvanic effect at inter-band excitation in C. Back, M. Oestreich, J. Rudolph, D. Hagele, semiconductor quantum wells L.E. Golub, W. Wegscheider and W. Prettl VI Vol. 128, Nos 1-12 Volume Index S.H. Sun, G.W. Meng, M.G. Zhang, Y.T. Tian, Preparation and characterization of oriented silica nanowires T. Xie and L.D. Zhang Z.C. Xia, S.L. Yuan, W. Feng, L.J. Zhang, Large room temperature magnetoresistance in YSZ doped G.H. Zhang, J. Tang, L. Liu, S. Liu, G. Peng, Lap 67Bap.33MnO; composite D.W. Niu, L. Chen, Q.H. Zheng, Z.H. Fang and C.Q. Tang D.H. Feng, T.Q. Jia, X.X. Li, Z.Z. Xu, J. Chen, Catalytic synthesis and photoluminescence of needle-shaped S.Z. Deng, Z.S. Wu and N.S. Xu 3C-SiC nanowires M.S. Seehra and A. Punnoose Particle size dependence of exchange-bias and coercivity in CuO nanoparticles M. Hasegawa, M. Tanaka, T. Yagi, H. Takei and Compression behavior of the delafossite-type metallic oxide A. Inoue PdCoO, below 10 GPa C.H. Kam and S. Buddhudu NIR to visible upconversion emission from Dy* * : ZBLYAN glasses X. Li, R. Shen and D.Y. Xing Conductance in normal metal/insulator/ferromagnetic super- conductor tunnel junctions M. Chakrabarti, A. Sarkar, S. Chattapadhayay, Anisotropy of the electron momentum distribution in Bi,SrjCa- D. Sanyal, A.K. Pradhan, R. Bhattacharya and Cu,Ox,5 superconductor studied by positron annihilation D. Banerjee Author Index Keywords Instructions to Authors VOLUME 128, NUMBER 9-10 (Published 5 November 2003) CONTENTS P.S. Lee, K.L. Pey, D. Mangelinck, J. Ding and In situ XRD analysis of Ni(Pt)/Si(100) reactions in low L. Chan temperature regime = 400 °C F. Beuneu and P. Vajda Quantum properties of nanoscale metallic Li colloids formed by electron irradiation in LiF Y. Kodama, Y. Nakanishi, N. Yoshimoto and Influence of the oxygen content on the transport and magnetic M. Yoshizawa properties in layered manganites Laz_>,Sr)42,Mn 07,5 with x being around 0.5 Y.N. Kim, E.O. Chi, J.C. Kim, E.K. Lee and Preparation of ferromagnetic and ferroelectric nanocomposites N.H. Hur using the colloidal templating method E. Lima, V. Drago, P.F.P. Fichtner and Tetrataenite and other Fe—Ni equilibrium phases produced by P.H.P. Domingues reduction of nanocrystalline NiFe,O, G.H. Lee Optical properties of ZnO thin films on LiNbO; and LiTaO, substrates grown by pulsed laser deposition O. Chevaleevski, S.Y. Myong and K.S. Lim Spin defects and transport in hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon carbide films produced by photo-CVD technique C.W. Chang, B.C. Regan, W. Mickelson, Probing structural phase transitions of crystalline Cygo via R.O. Ritchie and A. Zettl resistivity measurements of metal film overlayers J.L. Cheng, M.Q. Weng and M.W. Wu Manipulation of spin dephasing in InAs quantum wires W. Xie and A. Wang Ground state transitions in vertically coupled N-layer single electron quantum dots L.L. Zhang, L.X. Zhou and J.H. Zhang Statistical method for molecular dynamics in mixed crystals Vol. 128, Nos 1-12 Volume Index VII W.T. Zheng, C.Q. Sun and B.K. Tay 381 Modulating the work function of carbon by N or O addition and nanotip fabrication T. Tolinski, K. Lenz, J. Lindner, E. Kosubek, Magnetic anisotropies and dispersion relation of epitaxial K. Baberschke, D. Spoddig and R. Meckenstock Fe/InAs(001) films D. Kaur and K.V. Rao Microstructural and conductive properties of BaRuQO, thin films Keywords Instructions to Authors VOLUME 128, NUMBER 11 (Published 19 November 2003) CONTENTS 397 Evolution of microcrystalline growth pattern by ultraviolet spectroscopic ellipsometry on Si:H films prepared by Hot-Wire CVD F. Teppe, M. Vladimirova, D. Scalbert, Imaging electron spin vector in semiconductors M. Nawrocki and J. Cibert M. Flores-Acosta, M. Sotelo-Lerma, Excitonic absorption of spherical PbS nanoparticles in zeolite A H. Arizpe-Chavez, F.F. Castillon-Barraza and R. Ramirez-Bon J.H. Song, E.D. Sim, Y.S. Joh, Y.G. Kim, Temperature dependence of luminescence from ZnSpo_\;Seo.g9 K.S. Baek and S.K. Chang random and ordered alloys S.N. Sulyanov, D.M. Kheiker, D.I. Vainshtein and Characterization of Na precipitates in electron irradiated NaCl H.W. den Hartog crystals by wide angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) M. Shin Geometric-symmetry consideration on magneto-conductance oscillations in purely ballistic quantum rings V.Y. Butko, X. Chi and A.P. Ramirez Free-standing tetracene single crystal field effect transistor D. Chen, S.P. Wong, W.Y. Cheung and J.B. Xu Influence of surface morphology on the field emission properties of planar SiC/Si heterostructures formed by ion beam synthesis N.-Y. Cui Corrigendum to ‘‘Integer quantum hall effect between any two points in the system’’ [Solid State Communications, 127 (2003) 505-508] Keywords Instructions to Authors VOLUME 128, NUMBER 12 (Published 5 December 2003) CONTENTS G. Gumbs 443 Tunneling of two interacting electrons in a quantum wire C. Zhong and J. Fang 449 The coupling effect between ferroelectric and frustrated antiferromagnetic ordering in hexagonal ferroelectromagnet S. Takacs 455 Some parameters of superconductors with an extreme singular- ity in the density of state: (s + d) model O. Maksimov, W.H. Wang, N. Samarth, 461 Optical properties of Zn sCdosSe thin films grown on InP by M. Munoz and M.C. Tamargo molecular beam epitaxy VIL Vol. 128, Nos 1-12 Volume Index G. Gandhi and A.K. Bakhshi 467 Electronic structure and conduction properties of copolymers of silole based donor-acceptor polymers: effect of multi-neighbour interaction Volume 128 Index Author Index Keywords Instructions to Authors