Paul Kent Publications By Subject

Semiconductors

Publications on semiconducting systems. There is also a complete list of publications.

1. “Polaronic transport and current blockades in epitaxial silicide nanowires and nanowire arrays”. V. Iancu, X.-G. Zhang, T.-H. Kim, L.D. Menard, P.R.C. Kent, M. E. Woodson, J. M. Ramsey, A.-P. Li, and H. H. Weitering. Submitted (2013).
2. “Spin resolved self-doping tunes the intrinsic half-metallicity of AlN nanoribbons”. A. Lopez-Bezanilla, P. Ganesh, P. R. C. Kent, and B. G. Sumpter. Submitted (2013).
3. “Tuning from half-metallic to semiconducting behavior in SiC nanoribbons”. A. Lopez-Bezanilla, J. Huang, P. R. C. Kent, and B. G. Sumpter. Submitted (2013).
4. “Role of hydroxyl groups on the stability and catalytic activity of Au clusters on rutile surface”. P. Ganesh, P. R. C. Kent, and G. M. Veith. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2 2918 (2011).
5. “Anomalous Lattice Dynamics near Ferroelectric Instability in PbTe”. Y. Zhang, X. Ke, P. R. C. Kent, C. Chen, and J. Yang. Physical Review Letters 107 175503 (2011).
6. “Nanodopant-induced band modulation in AgPbmSbTe2+m-type thermoelectrics”. Y. Zhang, X. Ke, C. Chen, J. Yang, and P. R. C. Kent. Physical Review Letters 106 206601 (2011).
7. “Phonon softening and metallization of a narrow-gap semiconductor by thermal disorder”. O. Delaire, K. Marty, M. B. Stone, P. R. C. Kent, M. S. Lucas, D. L. Abernathy, D. Mandrus, B. C. Sales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 4725 (2011).
8. “Microstructure and a nucleation mechanism for nanoprecipitates in PbTe-AgSbTe2”. X. Ke, C. Chen, J. Yang, L. Wu, J. Zhou, Y. Zhu, P. R. C. Kent. Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 145502 (2009).
9. “Structure of YSi2 nanowires from scanning tunneling spectroscopy and first-principles”. V. Iancu, P. R. C. Kent, C. G. Zeng, H. H. Weitering. Applied Physics Letters 95 123107 (2009).
10. “Thermodynamic properties of PbTe, PbSe, and PbS: a first-principles study”. Y. Zhang, X. Ke, C. Chen, J. Yang, and P. R. C. Kent. Physical Review B 80 024303 (2009).
11. “The origin of nanoscale phase stability reversals in titanium oxide polymorphs”. D. R. Hummer, J. D. Kubicki, P. R. C. Kent, J. E. Post, P. J. Heaney. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113 4240 (2009).
12. “Computational Challenges of Large-Scale Long-Time First-Principles Molecular Dynamics”. P. R. C. Kent. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 125 012058 (2008).
13. “Charge-order fluctuations in one-dimensional silicides ”. Changgan Zeng, P. R. C. Kent, Tae-Hwan Kim, An-Ping Li, and Hanno H. Weitering. Nature Materials 7 539 (2008).
14. “Effects of N Incorporation on the Structural and Photoluminescence Characteristics of GaSbN/GaSb Single Quantum Wells”. S. Iyer, L. Wu, J. Li, S. Potoczny, K. Matney, and P. R. C. Kent. Journal of Applied Physics 101 113508 (2007).
15. “Penetration of electronic perturbations of dilute nitrogen impurities deep into the conduction band of GaPN”. S. V. Dudiy, P. R. C. Kent, and Alex Zunger. Physical Review B (Rapid Communications) 70 161304 (R) (2004). Adobe PDF [66KB].
16. “Electronic structure evolution of dilute III-V nitride alloys”. P. R. C. Kent. Invited book chapter in "Dilute Nitride (III-N-V) Semiconductors: Physics and Technology", Elsevier (2004).
17. “An atomistic view of the electronic structure of mixed anion III-V nitrides”. P. R. C. Kent and Alex Zunger. Invited book chapter in "Physics and Applications of Dilute Nitrides", Taylor and Francis (2004).
18. “Quantum Monte Carlo Study of the Optical and Diffusive Properties of the Vacancy Defect in Diamond”. Randolph Q. Hood, P. R. C. Kent, R. J. Needs, and P. R. Briddon. Physical Review Letters 91 076403 (2003). Adobe PDF [90KB].
19. “Failure of nitrogen cluster states to emerge into the bandgap of GaAsN with application of pressure”. P. R. C. Kent and Alex Zunger. Applied Physics Letters 82 559 (2002). Adobe PDF [87KB].
20. “Electron and Hole Confinement in GaInN/GaN and AlGaN/GaN Quantum Wells”. A. Hangleiter, S. Lahmann, C. Netzel, U. Rossow, P. R. C. Kent, and Alex Zunger. GaN and Related Alloys 2001 (Materials Research Society Symposium Procedings) 693 I7.2 (2002).
21. “Biaxial strain-modified valence and conduction band offsets of zinc-blende GaN, GaP, GaAs, InN, InP, and InAs, and optical bowing of strained epitaxial InGaN alloys”. P. R. C. Kent, Gus L. W. Hart, and Alex Zunger. Appled Physics Letters 81 4377 (2002). Adobe PDF [67KB].
22. “Pseudopotential theory of dilute III-V nitrides”. P. R. C. Kent, L. Bellaiche, and Alex Zunger. Semiconductor Science and Technology 17 851 (2002). Adobe PDF [207KB].
23. “Atomistic description of the electronic structure of InGaAs alloys and InAs/GaAs superlattices”. Kwiseon Kim, P. R. C. Kent, Alex Zunger, and C. B. Geller. Physical Review B 66 045208 (2002). Adobe PDF [407KB].
24. “Evolution of Electron States with Composition in GaAsN Alloys”. P. R. C. Kent and A. Zunger. Physica Status Solidi (b) 228 253 (2001).
25. “Nitrogen pairs, triplets, and clusters in GaAs and GaP”. P. R. C. Kent and Alex Zunger. Applied Physics Letters 79 2339 (2001). Adobe PDF [230KB].
26. “Theory of electronic structure evolution in GaAsN and GaPN alloys”. P. R. C. Kent and Alex Zunger. Physical Review B 64 115208 (2001). Adobe PDF [1MB].
27. “Carrier localization and the origin of luminescence in cubic InGaN alloys”. P. R. C. Kent and Alex Zunger. Applied Physics Letters 79 1977 (2001). Adobe PDF [257KB].
28. “Evolution of III-V Nitride Alloy Electronic Structure: The Localized to Delocalized Transition”. P. R. C. Kent and Alex Zunger. Physical Review Letters 86 2613 (2001). Adobe PDF [201KB].
29. “Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of the one-body density matrix and excitation energies of silicon”. P. R. C. Kent, Randolph Q. Hood, M. D. Towler, R. J. Needs, and G. Rajagopal. Physical Review B 57 15293 (1998). Adobe PDF [217KB].