We present the most downloaded papers from the physica status solidi family of journal in August, spanning hot subject areas such as – particularly strong this month – various organic and inorganic semiconductor systems, and much more!

physica status solidi (RRL)

• Norbert Koch
  Electronic structure of interfaces with conjugated organic materials [Review@RRL]
  Phys. Status Solidi RRL 2012, vol. 6, p. 277
• R. Sbiaa, H. Meng, S. N. Piramanayagam
  Materials with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy for magnetic random access memory [Review@RRL]
  Phys. Status Solidi RRL 2011, vol. 5, p. 413
• Markus Wohlgenannt
  Organic magnetoresistance and spin diffusion in organic semiconductor thin film devices [Review@RRL]
  Phys. Status Solidi RRL 2012, vol. 6, p. 229
• B. Hoex, M. C. M. van de Sanden, J. Schmidt, R. Brendel, W. M. M. Kessels
  Surface passivation of phosphorus-diffused n⁺-type emitters by plasma-assisted atomic-layer deposited Al₂O₃ [Rapid Research Letter]
  Phys. Status Solidi RRL 2012, vol. 6, p. 4
• Jan Nievendick, Jan Specht, Martin Zimmer, Lorenz Zahner, William Glover, David Stüwe, Jochen Rentsch
  Formation of a honeycomb texture for multicrystalline silicon solar cells using an inkjetted mask [Rapid Research Letter]
  Phys. Status Solidi RRL 2012, vol. 6, p. 7
• K. P. O’Donnell, M. Auf der Maur, A. Di Carlo, K. Lorenz, the SORBET consortium
  It’s not easy being green: Strategies for all-nitrides, all-colour solid state lighting [Expert Opinion]
  Phys. Status Solidi RRL 2012, vol. 6, p. 49
• E. Fortunato, R. Martins
  Where science fiction meets reality? With oxide semiconductors! [Expert Opinion]
  Phys. Status Solidi RRL 2011, vol. 5, p. 336
• G. Amin, S. Zaman, A. Zainelabdin, O. Nur, M. Willander
  ZnO nanorods–polymer hybrid white light emitting diode grown on a disposable paper substrate [Rapid Research Letter]
  Phys. Status Solidi RRL 2011, vol. 5, p. 71
• Takeshi Tanaka, Huaping Liu, Shunjiro Fujii, Hiromichi Kataura
  From metal/semiconductor separation to single-chirality separation of single-wall carbon nanotubes using gel [Review@RRL]
  Phys. Status Solidi RRL 2011, vol. 5, p. 301
• Kumar, Neetesh; Komarala, Vamsi K.; Dutta, Viresh
  Deposition of gold nanoparticle films using spray pyrolysis technique: Tunability of SPR band by electric field [Rapid Research Letter]
  Phys. Status Solidi RRL, 10.1002/pssr.201206308

 physica status solidi (a)

• Flynn, Brendan; Wang, Wei; Chang, Chih-hung; Herman, Gregory S.
  Microwave assisted synthesis of Cu2ZnSnS4 colloidal nanoparticle inks [Original Paper]
  Phys. Status Solidi A, 10.1002/pssa.201127734
• Carolin M. Fella, Alexander R. Uhl, Yaroslav E. Romanyuk, Ayodhya N. Tiwari
  Cu₂ZnSnSe₄ absorbers processed from solution deposited metal salt precursors under different selenization conditions [Editor’s Choice]
  Phys. Status Solidi A 2012, vol. 209, p. 1043
• Joachim Piprek
  Efficiency droop in nitride-based light-emitting diodes [Feature Article]
  Phys. Status Solidi A 2010, vol. 207, p. 2217
• Jae-Hyun Lee, Jang-Joo Kim
  Interfacial doping for efficient charge injection in organic semiconductors [Feature Article]
  Phys. Status Solidi A 2012, vol. 209, p. 1399
• F. Jelezko, J. Wrachtrup
  Single defect centres in diamond: A review [Review Article]
  Phys. Status Solidi A 2006, vol. 203, p. 3207
• Yu-fei Meng, Chih-shiue Yan, Szczesny Krasnicki, Qi Liang, Joseph Lai, Haiyun Shu, Thomas Yu, Andrew Steele, Ho-kwang Mao, Russell J. Hemley
  High optical quality multicarat single crystal diamond produced by chemical vapor deposition [Original Paper]
  Phys. Status Solidi A 2012, vol. 209, p. 101
• Yensil Park, Kyoung Soon Choi, Soo Young Kim
  Graphene oxide/PEDOT:PSS and reduced graphene oxide/PEDOT:PSS hole extraction layers in organic photovoltaic cells [Original Paper]
  Phys. Status Solidi A 2012, vol. 209, p. 1363
• Lili Cui, Xiaofeng Lu, Danming Chao, Hongtao Liu, Yongxin Li, Ce Wang
  Graphene-based composite materials with high dielectric permittivity via an in situ reduction method [Original Paper]
  Phys. Status Solidi A 2011, vol. 208, p. 459
• Diamond, Anthony M.; Corbellini, Luca; Balasubramaniam, K. R.; Chen, Shiyou; Wang, Shuzhi; Matthews, Tyler S.; Wang, Lin-Wang; Ramesh, Ramamoorthy; Ager, Joel W.
  Copper-alloyed ZnS as a p-type transparent conducting material [Advanced Materials Physics]
  Phys. Status Solidi A, 10.1002/pssa.201228181

 physica status solidi (b)

• B. K. Meyer, A. Polity, D. Reppin, M. Becker, P. Hering, P. J. Klar, Th. Sander, C. Reindl, J. Benz, M. Eickhoff, C. Heiliger, M. Heinemann, J. Bläsing, A. Krost, S. Shokovets, C. Müller, C. Ronning
  Binary copper oxide semiconductors: From materials towards devices [Review Article]
  Phys. Status Solidi B 2012, vol. 249, p. 1487
• Bässler, H.
  Charge Transport in Disordered Organic Photoconductors a Monte Carlo Simulation Study [Review Article]
  Phys. Status Solidi B 1993, vol. 175, p. 15
• Markus Morgenstern
  Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of graphene on insulating substrates [Feature Article]
  Phys. Status Solidi B 2011, vol. 248, p. 2423
• Tauc, J.; Grigorovici, R.; Vancu, A.
  Optical Properties and Electronic Structure of Amorphous Germanium [Original Paper]
  Phys. Status Solidi B 1966, vol. 15, p. 627
• C. Klingshirn
  ZnO: From basics towards applications [Review Article]
  Phys. Status Solidi B 2007, vol. 244, p. 3027
• Henning Sirringhaus, Tomo Sakanoue, Jui-Fen Chang
  Charge-transport physics of high-mobility molecular semiconductors [Feature Article]
  Phys. Status Solidi B 2012, vol. 249

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• Luis G. Rosa, Julian Velev, Zhengzheng Zhang, Jose Alvira, Omar Vega, Gerson Diaz, Lucie Routaboul, Pierre Braunstein, Bernard Doudin, Yaroslav B. Losovyj, Peter A. Dowben
  Approaching an organic semimetal: Electron pockets at the Fermi level for a p-benzoquinonemonoimine zwitterion [Original Paper]
  Phys. Status Solidi B 2012, vol. 249, p. 1571

 physica status solidi (c)

• G. Xiong, U. Pal, J. G. Serrano, K. B. Ucer, R. T. Williams
  Photoluminesence and FTIR study of ZnO nanoparticles: the impurity and defect perspective [Original Paper]
  physica status solidi c 2006, vol. 3, p. 3577
• Hideaki Araki, Yuki Kubo, Kazuo Jimbo, Win Shwe Maw, Hironori Katagiri, Makoto Yamazaki, Koichiro Oishi, Akiko Takeuchi
  Preparation of Cu₂ZnSnS₄ thin films by sulfurization of co-electroplated Cu-Zn-Sn precursors [Contributed Article]
  physica status solidi c 2009, vol. 6, p. 1266
• Gurevich, Yuri G.; Velázquez-Pérez, Jesus E.
  Recombination process in solar cells: Impact on the carrier transport [Contributed Article]
  Phys. Status Solidi C, 10.1002/pssc.201200170
• Tang, Zeguo; Liu, Qiming; Khatri, Ishwor; Ishikawa, Ryo; Ueno, Keiji; Shirai, Hajime
  Optical properties and carrier transport in c-Si/conductive PEDOT:PSS(GO) composite heterojunctions [Contributed Article]
  Phys. Status Solidi C, 10.1002/pssc.201200130
• U. Jahn, E. Calleja, J. Ristić, A. Trampert, C. Rivera
  Spatially resolved luminescence spectroscopy of single GaN/(Al,Ga)N quantum disks [Contributed Article]
  physica status solidi c 2008, vol. 5, p. 2164
• Toshio Kamiya, Kenji Nomura, Masahiro Hirano, Hideo Hosono
  Electronic structure of oxygen deficient amorphous oxide semiconductor a-InGaZnO_4–x : Optical analyses and first-principle calculations [Contributed Article]
  physica status solidi c 2008, vol. 5, p. 3098
• Noriko Moritake, Yuki Fukui, Masatoshi Oonuki, Kunihiko Tanaka, Hisao Uchiki
  Preparation of Cu₂ZnSnS₄ thin film solar cells under non-vacuum condition [Contributed Article]
  physica status solidi c 2009, vol. 6, p. 1233
• Kazuhiro Inaba, Takuji Saito, Yasuhiko Saito, Masayoshi Ichimiya, Masaaki Ashida, Satoshi Ichikawa, Seiji Takeda, Tadashi Itoh
  Optical fabrication of wide-gap semiconductor nanoparticles in superfluid helium [Contributed Article]
  physica status solidi c 2009, vol. 6, p. 217