We present the most downloaded papers from the physica status solidi family of journal in March, spanning subject areas such as random access memory,  plasmonic cloaking, photovoltaic cells, and much more!

physica status solidi (RRL)

• 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
• 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
• Takeshi Fukuda*, Kenji Takagi, Takashi Asano, Zentaro Honda, Norihiko Kamata, Keiji Ueno, Hajime Shirai, Jungmyoung Ju, Yutaka Yamagata, Yusuke Tajima
  Bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic cell fabricated by the electrospray deposition method using mixed organic solvent [Rapid Research Letter]
  Phys. Status Solidi RRL 2011, vol. 5, p. 229
• E. Fortunato*, R. Martins
  Where science fiction meets reality? With oxide semiconductors! [Expert Opinion]
  Phys. Status Solidi RRL 2011, vol. 5, p. 336
• 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
• Woong-Sun Kim, Yeon-Keon Moon, Sih Lee, Byung-Woo Kang, Tae-Seok Kwon, Kyung-Taek Kim, Jong-Wan Park*
  Copper source/drain electrode contact resistance effects in amorphous indium–gallium–zinc-oxide thin film transistors [Rapid Research Letter]
  Phys. Status Solidi RRL 2009, vol. 3, p. 239
• 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
• Dmitry S. Filonov*, Alexey P. Slobozhanyuk, Pavel A. Belov, Yuri S. Kivshar
  Double-shell metamaterial coatings for plasmonic cloaking [Rapid Research Letter]
  Phys. Status Solidi RRL 2012, vol. 6, p. 46
• 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
• Vikash Ranjan, R. W. Collins, Sylvain Marsillac*
  Real-time analysis of the microstructural evolution and optical properties of Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ thin films as a function of Cu content [Rapid Research Letter]
  Phys. Status Solidi RRL 2012, vol. 6, p. 10

physica status solidi (a)

• Philip A. Shields, Martin D. B. Charlton, Christopher J. Lewins, Xiang Gao, Duncan W. E. Allsopp*, Wang N. Wang, Bedwyr Humphreys
  Effect of coalescence layer thickness on the properties of thin-chip InGaN/GaN light emitting diodes with embedded photonic quasi-crystal structures [Editor’s Choice]
  Phys. Status Solidi A 2012, vol. 209, p. 451
• E. William Cowell*, Christopher C. Knutson, Nicholas A. Kuhta, William Stickle, Douglas A. Keszler, John F. Wager
  Engineering anisotropic dielectric response through amorphous laminate structures [Original Paper]
  Phys. Status Solidi A 2012, vol. 209, p. 777
• 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
• 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
• Jaroslaw Judek, Cezariusz Jastrzebski, Artur Malolepszy, Marta Mazurkiewicz, Leszek Stobinski, Mariusz Zdrojek*
  Laser induced temperature effects in multi-walled carbon nanotubes probed by Raman spectroscopy [Original Paper]
  Phys. Status Solidi A 2012, vol. 209, p. 313
• H. Pinto*, R. Jones, J. P. Goss, P. R. Briddon
  Mechanisms of doping graphene [Original Paper]
  Phys. Status Solidi A 2010, vol. 207, p. 2131
• Prashant K. Sarswat*, Michael L. Free*
  Demonstration of a sol–gel synthesized bifacial CZTS photoelectrochemical cell [Original Paper]
  Phys. Status Solidi A 2011, vol. 208, p. 2861
• Andrew J. Lohn*, Elane Coleman, Gary S. Tompa, Nobuhiko P. Kobayashi
  Assessment on thermoelectric power factor in silicon nanowire networks [Original Paper]
  Phys. Status Solidi A 2012, vol. 209, p. 171
• Joachim Piprek*
  Efficiency droop in nitride-based light-emitting diodes [Feature Article]
  Phys. Status Solidi A 2010, vol. 207, p. 2217

 physica status solidi (b)

• Andrey N. Enyashin, Alexander L. Ivanovskii*
  Graphene allotropes [Editor’s Choice]
  Phys. Status Solidi B 2011, vol. 248, p. 1879
• Markus Morgenstern*
  Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of graphene on insulating substrates [Feature Article]
  Phys. Status Solidi B 2011, vol. 248, p. 2423
• C. P. Liu, H. E. Wang, T. W. Ng, Z. H. Chen, W. F. Zhang, C. Yan, Y. B. Tang, I. Bello*, L. Martinu, W. J. Zhang, S. K. Jha
  Hybrid photovoltaic cells based on ZnO/Sb₂S₃/P3HT heterojunctions [Original Paper]
  Phys. Status Solidi B 2012, vol. 249, p. 627
• Ado Jorio*, Erlon H. Martins Ferreira, Marcus V. O. Moutinho, Fernando Stavale, Carlos A. Achete, Rodrigo B. Capaz
  Measuring disorder in graphene with the G and D bands [Original Paper]
  Phys. Status Solidi B 2010, vol. 247, p. 2980
• Claus Klingshirn*, J. Fallert, H. Zhou, J. Sartor, C. Thiele, F. Maier-Flaig, D. Schneider, H. Kalt
  65 years of ZnO research – old and very recent results [Review Article]
  Phys. Status Solidi B 2010, vol. 247, p. 1424
• Jonathan J. Scragg, Philip J. Dale, Laurence M. Peter*, Guillaume Zoppi, Ian Forbes
  New routes to sustainable photovoltaics: evaluation of Cu₂ZnSnS₄ as an alternative absorber material [Original Paper]
  Phys. Status Solidi B 2008, vol. 245, p. 1772
• C. Klingshirn
  ZnO: From basics towards applications [Review Article]
  Phys. Status Solidi B 2007, vol. 244, p. 3027
• Prashant K. Sarswat*, Michael L. Free, Ashutosh Tiwari
  Temperature-dependent study of the Raman A mode of Cu₂ZnSnS₄ thin films [Original Paper]
  Phys. Status Solidi B 2011, vol. 248, p. 2170
• Daniel Dregely*, Klas Lindfors, Jens Dorfmüller, Mario Hentschel, Merle Becker, Jörg Wrachtrup, Markus Lippitz, Ralf Vogelgesang, Harald Giessen
  Plasmonic antennas, positioning, and coupling of individual quantum systems [Feature Article]
  Phys. Status Solidi B 2012, vol. 249, p. 666
• B. K. Meyer*, H. Alves, D. M. Hofmann, W. Kriegseis, D. Forster, F. Bertram, J. Christen, A. Hoffmann, M. Straßburg, M. Dworzak, U. Haboeck, A. V. Rodina
  Bound exciton and donor–acceptor pair recombinations in ZnO [Feature Article]
  Phys. Status Solidi B 2004, vol. 241, p. 231

 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
• Christine Chory*, Folker Zutz, Florian Witt, Holger Borchert, Jürgen Parisi
  Synthesis and characterization of Cu₂ZnSnS₄ [Contributed Article]
  physica status solidi c 2010, vol. 7, p. 1486
• 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
• Supriya Pillai*, Ivan Perez-Wurfl, Gavin J. Conibeer, Martin A. Green
  Surface plasmons for improving the performance of quantum dot structures for third generation solar cell applications [Contributed Article]
  physica status solidi c 2011, vol. 8, p. 181
• 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
• Roghaiyeh Ravash*, Peter Veit, Mathias Müller, Gordon Schmidt, Anja Dempewolf, Thomas Hempel, Jürgen Bläsing, Frank Bertram, Armin Dadgar, Jürgen Christen, Alois Krost
  Growth and stacking fault reduction in semi-polar GaN films on planar Si(112) and Si(113) [ICNS-9 – Contributed Article]
  physica status solidi c 2012, vol. 9, p. 507
• M. Khardani, M. Bouaïcha*, B. Bessaïs
  Bruggeman effective medium approach for modelling optical properties of porous silicon: comparison with experiment [Original Paper]
  physica status solidi c 2007, vol. 4, p. 1986
• Tooru Tanaka*, Daisuke Kawasaki, Mitsuhiro Nishio, Qixin Guo, Hiroshi Ogawa
  Fabrication of Cu₂ZnSnS₄ thin films by co-evaporation [Original Paper]
  physica status solidi c 2006, vol. 3, p. 2844
• Hongguang Zhang, Yongtao Li, Lingshan Chen, Hao Liu, Yuanyuan Chen, Kai Chen, Xueguang Dong, Qi Li*
  Magnetization and electronic structure of polycrystalline La_1-xCa_x MnO₃ (x =0.19, 0.17) [Contributed Article]
  physica status solidi c 2012, vol. 9, p. 109
• Kota Ohi*, Tamotsu Hashizume
  Reduction of current collapse in the multi-mesa-channel AlGaN/GaN HEMT [ICNS-9 – Contributed Article]
  physica status solidi c 2012, vol. 9, p. 898