Original Paper (Vol.60 No.11)

Local Lattice Instability Analysis on Silicon by Tersoff Potential
Kisaragi YASHIRO and Masahiro FUJIHARA	968
Growth of Zinc Oxide Nanorods Via Aqueous Solution Process and Their Application for Biosensors
Ken-ichi OGATA, Hideaki DOBASHI, Kazuto KOIKE, Shigehiko SASA, Masataka INOUE and Mitsuaki YANO	976
The Difference of Surface Treatment Method for ZnO Single Crystals and the Epitaxial Growth Process Occurred by the Difference in the Surface Polarity
Tatsuru NAKAMURA and Norifumi FUJIMURA	983
Irradiation Effect of 8MeV Protons on Single-Crystalline Zinc Oxide Films
Kazuto KOIKE, Takeshi AMANO, Takahiro AOKI, Ryugo FUJIMOTO, Shigehiko SASA, Mitsuaki YANO, Shun-ichi GONDA, Ryoya ISHIGAMI and Kyo KUME	988
Fabrication of Lithium-Based Oxide Thin Films by Ultrasonic-Assisted Mist CVD Technique
Takuto IGAWA, Kentaro KANEKO and Shizuo FUJITA	994
Improvement of Crystalline Quality in GaAs Layer Grown on Thermal Cyclic Annealed SOS
Kaoru KADOIWA, Hajime SASAKI, Yoshikazu TERAI and Yasufumi FUJIWARA	998
Ferromagnetic Transition and Spin-Ordering-Induced Band-Gap Reduction in GdN Thin Films
Hiroaki YOSHITOMI, Shinya KITAYAMA, Takashi KITA, Youhei FUKUOKA, Masashi FUJISAWA, Wei-min ZHANG, Susumu OKUBO, Hitoshi OHTA and Takahiro SAKURAI	1004