Within the solid-on-solid (SOS) approximation, we carry out a calculation of the orientational dependence of the step stiffness on a square lattice with nearest- and next-nearest-neighbor interactions. At low temperature ...

We comprehensively study nonequilibrium relaxation and aging processes in the two-dimensional randomsite Ising model through numerical simulations. We discuss the dynamical correlation length as well as scaling functions ...

The energy-loss function Im(-1/ε) of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 has been measured over the range Eloss=0.8 to 80 eV by transmission electron-energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) (nonimaging). The energy and momentum resolution were 0.1 eV ...

Near the edge of a facet, vicinal surfaces curve away from the plane with exponent (3/2. With gravity normal to the facet the exponent may change to 3. Generally, there will be a crossover from 3 to (3/2 as the facet edge ...

The critical behavior of d-dimensional systems with n-component order parameter phi is studied at an m-axial Lifshitz point where a wave-vector instability occurs in an m-dimensional subspace R-m (m>1). Field theoretic ...

We have observed a new, strong feature at 47 cm-1 in the first-order Raman spectrum of ion-implanted GaAs, prior to any anneal. It is not present in the Raman spectrum of either amorphous or single-crystal GaAs. The peak ...

We study the effects of the boundary conditions in a driven diffusive lattice-gas model which is known to display kinetic phase transitions. We find, in the case of attractive interaction, that a boundary-condition-induced ...

We present femtosecond pump-probe measurements, both conventional and electric field-assisted, on organic light-emitting devices based on para-hexaphenyl. The dominant triplet excition generation mechanism is assigned to ...

We have studied the structual damage in low-energy argon-ion-bombarded (ion-etched) GaAs using Raman scattering and ultraviolet reflectivity. When combined with post-bombardment sequential chemical etching, the Raman results ...

A resonating-valence-bond (RVB) wave function for the triangular lattice is constructed by following the renormalized Hamiltonian approach (or Gutzwiller approximation) successfully developed for the square lattice. This ...