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Newly Expanded Applied Biophysics Section Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that, starting with the first issue of Vol. 95 in July 2009, Applied Physics Letters will expand the existing “Applied Biophysics” Section to cover new contributions on Bio-inspired Systems – a fascinating field that emerges from both advanced understanding of biomolecular principles and innovations in modern technology. The new Section Heading in the Table of Contents will be: 37 - BIOPHYSICS AND BIO-INSPIRED SYSTEMS. Grouped in this section, in addition to the usual manuscripts on Applied Biophysics, will be original experimental and theoretical research articles on the physics and design of novel structures, smart materials, and functional devices based on inspiring biological processes or biomimetics, for the studies of bioelectronics, biomagnetics, and biomechanics, and for potential applications in biosensing, energy conversion, pattern recognition, and signal processing, etc. I look forward to receiving your contributions on these exciting topics to the newly defined section. Best regards, Nghi Q. Lam Editor Applied Physics Letters Sign up for a topical RSS feed from APL here. Upcoming APL Article Featured in Physics Today—How Tin Whiskers Grow It has been shown experimentally that local in-plane residual strain gradients occur around the root of spontaneously growing Sn whiskers on the surface of Sn coatings deposited on Cu. The strain distribution has been determined with synchrotron white beam micro Laue diffraction measurements. The observed in-plane residual strain gradients in combination with recently revealed out-of-plane residual strain-depth gradients provide the driving forces for whisker growth. Read more: Physics Update [M. Sobiech et al., Appl. Phys. Lett., in press] New Research Highlights Feature: High Visibility for Important New Work Visit the APL homepage to view the newly created Research Highlights feature. Buckling beam micromechanical memory with on-chip readout D. Roodenburg, J. W. Spronck, H. S. J. van der Zant, and W. J. Venstra Two ways to implement a mechanical memory are discussed: compensation of initial beam imperfections and snap through of the postbuckled beam. Although significant relaxation effects are observed, both methods prove reliable over thousands of write cycles. Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 183501(2009) A highly efficient two level diamond based single photon source D. A. Simpson, E. Ampem-Lassen, B. C. Gibson, S. Trpkovski, F. M. Hossain, S. T. Huntington, A. D. Greentree, L. C. L. Hollenberg, and S. Prawer An unexplored diamond defect center that is found to emit stable single photons at a measured rate of 1.6 MHz at room temperature is reported. Photon statistics confirm that the center is a single emitter and provide direct evidence of a true two level single quantum system in diamond. Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 203107 (2009) Now Live: Multimedia Capability in Published Articles We are pleased to announce the implementation of a new multimedia capability for the authors and readers of Applied Physics Letters. Multimedia files for video clips or animated movies can be included in the online version of the paper. These multimedia files can be viewed by simply clicking on a link in the paper, provided the reader has a video player, such as Windows Media Player™, QuickTime Player™, or RealOne Player™ installed. Detailed information for authors who wish to incorporate multimedia material into their papers is available in the Information for Contributors posted on the journal's website. Top 20 Most Downloaded Articles View the 20 most downloaded articles published in Applied Physics Letters, updated monthly here and available from the journal's homepage. Follow APL on twitter: @AIP_Publishing.

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