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	Author	Sentosun, K.; Lobato, I.; Bladt, E.; Zhang, Y.; Palenstijn, W.J.; Batenburg, K.J.; Van Dyck, D.; Bals, S.
	Title	Artifact Reduction Based on Sinogram Interpolation for the 3D Reconstruction of Nanoparticles Using Electron Tomography			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Particle and particle systems characterization	Abbreviated Journal	Part. Part. Syst. Charact.
	Volume	34	Issue	34	Pages	1700287
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Vision lab
	Abstract	Electron tomography is a well-known technique providing a 3D characterization of the morphology and chemical composition of nanoparticles. However, several reasons hamper the acquisition of tilt series with a large number of projection images, which deteriorate the quality of the 3D reconstruction. Here, an inpainting method that is based on sinogram interpolation is proposed, which enables one to reduce artifacts in the reconstruction related to a limited tilt series of projection images. The advantages of the approach will be demonstrated for the 3D characterization of nanoparticles using phantoms and several case studies.
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	Language		Wos	000418416100005	Publication Date	2017-10-27
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	ISSN	1521-4117	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor		Times cited	2	Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	K.S. and S.B. acknowledge support from the Fund for Scientific ResearchFlanders (FWO) (G019014N and G021814N). S.B. acknowledges financial support from European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant #335078-COLOURATOM). Y.Z. acknowledges financial support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 665501 through a FWO [PEGASUS]2 Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship (12U4917N). The authors would like to thank Prof. Luis Liz-Marzán for provision of the samples. (ROMEO:yellow; preprint:; postprint:restricted ; pdfversion:cannot); saraecas; ECAS_Sara;			Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	EMAT @ emat @c:irua:147857UA @ admin @ c:irua:147857			Serial	4798
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	Author	Leliaert, J.; Mulkers, J.; De Clercq, J.; Coene, A.; Dvornik, M.; Van Waeyenberge, B.
	Title	Adaptively time stepping the stochastic Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation at nonzero temperature: Implementation and validation in MuMax³			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	AIP advances	Abbreviated Journal	Aip Adv
	Volume	7	Issue	12	Pages	125010
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Thermal fluctuations play an increasingly important role in micromagnetic research relevant for various biomedical and other technological applications. Until now, it was deemed necessary to use a time stepping algorithm with a fixed time step in order to perform micromagnetic simulations at nonzero temperatures. However, Berkov and Gorn have shown in [D. Berkov and N. Gorn, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter,14, L281, 2002] that the drift term which generally appears when solving stochastic differential equations can only influence the length of the magnetization. This quantity is however fixed in the case of the stochastic Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation. In this paper, we exploit this fact to straightforwardly extend existing high order solvers with an adaptive time stepping algorithm. We implemented the presented methods in the freely available GPU-accelerated micromagnetic software package MuMax3 and used it to extensively validate the presented methods. Next to the advantage of having control over the error tolerance, we report a twenty fold speedup without a loss of accuracy, when using the presented methods as compared to the hereto best practice of using Heun’s solver with a small fixed time step.
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	Language		Wos	000418492500010	Publication Date	2017-12-11
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	ISSN	2158-3226	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	1.568	Times cited	13	Open Access
	Notes	This work was supported by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO-Vlaanderen) through Project No. G098917N and a postdoctoral fellowship (A.C.). J. L. is supported by the Ghent University Special Research Fund (BOF postdoctoral fellowship). We gratefully acknowl- edge the support of NVIDIA Corporation with the donation of the Titan Xp GPU used for this research.			Approved	Most recent IF: 1.568
	Call Number	CMT @ cmt @c:irua:147860			Serial	4799
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	Author	Cavaliere, E.; Benetti, G.; Van Bael, M.; Winckelmans, N.; Bals, S.; Gavioli, L.
	Title	Exploring the Optical and Morphological Properties of Ag and Ag/TiO2 Nanocomposites Grown by Supersonic Cluster Beam Deposition			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Nanomaterials	Abbreviated Journal	Nanomaterials-Basel
	Volume	7	Issue	7	Pages	442
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	Nanocomposite systems and nanoparticle (NP) films are crucial for many applications and research fields. The structure-properties correlation raises complex questions due to the collective structure of these systems, often granular and porous, a crucial factor impacting their effectiveness and performance. In this framework, we investigate the optical and morphological properties of Ag nanoparticles (NPs) films and of Ag NPs/TiO₂ porous matrix films, one-step grown by supersonic cluster beam deposition. Morphology and structure of the Ag NPs film and of the Ag/TiO₂ (Ag/Ti 50-50) nanocomposite are related to the optical properties of the film employing spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE). We employ a simple Bruggeman effective medium approximation model, corrected by finite size effects of the nano-objects in the film structure to gather information on the structure and morphology of the nanocomposites, in particular porosity and average NPs size for the Ag/TiO₂ NP film. Our results suggest that SE is a simple, quick and effective method to measure porosity of nanoscale films and systems, where standard methods for measuring pore sizes might not be applicable.
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	Language		Wos	000419186800037	Publication Date	2017-12-13
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	ISSN	2079-4991	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.553	Times cited	19	Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	The authors thank Gabriele Ferrini for fruitful discussions on the spectroscopic ellipsometry model and Francesco Rossella from NEST for the optical profilometry data. The authors acknowledge financial support from the European Union through the 7th Framework Program (FP7) under a contract for an Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (Reference No. 312483 ESTEEM2). Luca Gavioli, Emanuele Cavaliere and Giulio Benetti acknowledge support from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore through D.1.1 and D.3.1 grants.			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.553
	Call Number	EMAT @ emat @c:irua:147862UA @ admin @ c:irua:147862			Serial	4802
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	Author	Memarbashi, E.; Azadi, H.; Barati, A.A.; Mohajeri, F.; Van Passel, S.; Witlox, F.
	Title	Land-use suitability in Northeast Iran : application of AHP-GIS hybrid model			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Isprs International Journal Of Geo-Information	Abbreviated Journal	Isprs Int J Geo-Inf
	Volume	6	Issue	12	Pages	396-15
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Economics; Engineering Management (ENM); Government and Law
	Abstract	Land-use suitability is the ability of a given type of land to support a defined use. Analysis of land-use suitability requires the consideration of a variety of criteria, not only the natural/physical capacity of a land unit, but also its socioeconomic and environmental impact implications. As land suitability is assessed within a Geographic Information System (GIS) environment, it is formulated as a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) problem. The study was conducted in the Sangab Plain in northeast Iran. We investigated the study areas suitability for grassland and agricultural uses. A hybrid method of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and GIS methodology was applied to evaluate land suitability based on a set of criteria and sub-criteria. Results showed that 20% of the study area had high (rich), 65% had medium (fair), and 15% had low (poor) suitability for agriculture. In terms of grassland use, the comparable amounts were, respectively, about 7%, 23%, and 70%. The lands of the Sangab Plain have medium potential for agricultural use and low potential for grassland use. This paper used both qualitative and quantitative techniques.
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	Language		Wos	000419217200018	Publication Date	2017-12-01
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2220-9964	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	0.371	Times cited	7	Open Access
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	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:148395			Serial	6221
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	Author	Zhang, L.-F.; Covaci, L.; Milošević, M.V.
	Title	Topological phase transitions in small mesoscopic chiral p-wave superconductors			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	96	Issue	22	Pages	224512
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('Spin-triplet chiral p-wave superconductivity is typically described by a two-component order parameter, and as such is prone to unique emergent effects when compared to the standard single-component superconductors. Here we present the equilibrium phase diagram for small mesoscopic chiral p-wave superconducting disks in the presence of magnetic field, obtained by solving the microscopic Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations self-consistently. In the ultrasmall limit, the cylindrically symmetric giant-vortex states form the ground state of the system. However, with increasing sample size, the cylindrical symmetry is broken as the two components of the order parameter segregate into domains, and the number of fragmented domain walls between them characterizes the resulting states. Such domain walls are topological defects unique for the p-wave order, and constitute a dominant phase in the mesoscopic regime. Moreover, we find two possible types of domain walls, identified by their chirality-dependent interaction with the edge states.'));
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	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000418653500012	Publication Date	2017-12-26
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	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	18	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen) and the Special Research Funds of the University of Antwerp. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148504			Serial	4901
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	Author	Carmesin, C.; Schowalter, M.; Lorke, M.; Mourad, D.; Grieb, T.; Müller-Caspary, K.; Yacob, M.; Reithmaier, J.P.; Benyoucef, M.; Rosenauer, A.; Jahnke, F.
	Title	Interplay of morphology, composition, and optical properties of InP-based quantum dots emitting at the 1.55 \mum telecom wavelength			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	96	Issue	23	Pages	235309
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('Results for the development and detailed analysis of self-organized InAs/InAlGaAs/InP quantum dots suitable for single-photon emission at the 1.55 mu m telecom wavelength are reported. The structural and compositional properties of the system are obtained from high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy of individual quantum dots. The system is composed of almost pure InAs quantum dots embedded in quaternary InAlGaAs barrier material, which is lattice matched to the InP substrate. When using the measured results for a representative quantum-dot geometry as well as experimentally reconstructed alloy concentrations, a combination of strain-field and electronic-state calculations is able to reproduce the quantum-dot emission wavelength in agreement with the experimentally determined photoluminescence spectrum. The inhomogeneous broadening of the latter can be related to calculated variations of the emission wavelength for the experimentally deduced In-concentration fluctuations and size variations.'));
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	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000418654200009	Publication Date	2017-12-26
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	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	3	Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	; The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Project No. JA 14-1, the BMBF Projects Q.com-H No. 16KIS0111 and No. 16KIS0112, as well as computational resources from HLRN (Hannover, Berlin). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148505			Serial	4882
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	Author	Conti, S.; Perali, A.; Peeters, F.M.; Neilson, D.
	Title	Multicomponent electron-hole superfluidity and the BCS-BEC crossover in double bilayer graphene			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review letters	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev Lett
	Volume	119	Issue	25	Pages	257002
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('Superfluidity in coupled electron-hole sheets of bilayer graphene is predicted here to be multicomponent because of the conduction and valence bands. We investigate the superfluid crossover properties as functions of the tunable carrier densities and the tunable energy band gap Eg. For small band gaps there is a significant boost in the two superfluid gaps, but the interaction-driven excitations from the valence to the conduction band can weaken the superfluidity, even blocking the system from entering the Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) regime at low densities. At a given larger density, a band gap E-g similar to 80-120 meV can carry the system into the strong-pairing multiband BCS-BEC crossover regime, the optimal range for realization of high-Tc superfluidity.'));
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	New York, N.Y.	Editor
	Language		Wos	000418619100017	Publication Date	2017-12-22
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	ISSN	0031-9007	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	8.462	Times cited	18	Open Access
	Notes	; We thank Mohammad Zarenia for useful discussions. Part of this work was supported by FWO-VI (Flemish Science Foundation) and the Methusalem program. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 8.462
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148509			Serial	4885
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	Author	Groenendijk, D.J.; Autieri, C.; Girovsky, J.; Martinez-Velarte, M.C.; Manca, N.; Mattoni, G.; Monteiro, A.M.R.V.L.; Gauquelin, N.; Verbeeck, J.; Otte, A.F.; Gabay, M.; Picozzi, S.; Caviglia, A.D.
	Title	Spin-orbit semimetal SrIrO₃ in the two-dimensional limit			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review letters	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev Lett
	Volume	119	Issue	25	Pages	256403
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('We investigate the thickness-dependent electronic properties of ultrathin SrIrO3 and discover a transition from a semimetallic to a correlated insulating state below 4 unit cells. Low-temperature magnetoconductance measurements show that spin fluctuations in the semimetallic state are significantly enhanced while approaching the transition point. The electronic properties are further studied by scanning tunneling spectroscopy, showing that 4 unit cell SrIrO(3)d is on the verge of a gap opening. Our density functional theory calculations reproduce the critical thickness of the transition and show that the opening of a gap in ultrathin SrIrO3 requires antiferromagnetic order.'));
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	New York, N.Y.	Editor
	Language		Wos	000418619100014	Publication Date	2017-12-22
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	ISSN	0031-9007	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	8.462	Times cited	79	Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	; This work was supported by The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO/OCW) as part of the Frontiers of Nanoscience program (NanoFront), by the Dutch Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM), and by the European Research Council under the European Union's H2020 programme/ERC Grant Agreement No. [677458]. The authors thank R. Claessen, P. Schutz, D. Di Sante, G. Sangiovanni, and A. Santander Syro for useful discussions. M. G. gratefully acknowledges support from the French National Research Agency (ANR) (Project LACUNES No. ANR-13-BS04-0006-01). C. A. and S. P. acknowledge financial support from Fondazione Cariplo via the project Magister (Project No. 2013-0726) and from CNR-SPIN via the Seed Project “CAMEO”. N. G. and J. V. acknowledge support from the GOA project “Solarpaint” of the University of Antwerp. The Qu-AntEM microscope was partly funded by the Hercules fund from the Flemish Government. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 8.462
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148510			Serial	4897
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	Author	Andrikopoulos, D.; Sorée, B.
	Title	Skyrmion electrical detection with the use of three-dimensional Topological Insulators/Ferromagnetic bilayers			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Scientific reports	Abbreviated Journal	Sci Rep-Uk
	Volume	7	Issue		Pages	17871
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('The effect of the magnetic skyrmion texture on the electronic transport properties of the Tl surface state coupled to a thin-film FM is numerically investigated. It is shown that both Bloch (vortex) and Neel (hedgehog) skyrmion textures induce additional scattering on top of a homogeneous background FM texture which can modify the conductance of the system. The change in conductance depends on several factors including the skyrmion size, the dimensions of the FM and the exchange interaction strength. For the Neel skyrmion, the result of the interaction strongly depends on the skyrmion number N-sk and the skyrmion helicity h. For both skyrmion types, significant change of the resistance can be achieved, which is in the order of k Omega.'));
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	Publisher	Nature Publishing Group	Place of Publication	London	Editor
	Language		Wos	000418359600121	Publication Date	2017-12-13
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	ISSN	2045-2322	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	4.259	Times cited	3	Open Access
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	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148513			Serial	4896
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	Author	Dutta, S.; Zografos, O.; Gurunarayanan, S.; Radu, I.; Sorée, B.; Catthoor, F.; Naeemi, A.
	Title	Proposal for nanoscale cascaded plasmonic majority gates for non-Boolean computation			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Scientific reports	Abbreviated Journal	Sci Rep-Uk
	Volume	7	Issue		Pages	17866
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('Surface-plasmon-polariton waves propagating at the interface between a metal and a dielectric, hold the key to future high-bandwidth, dense on-chip integrated logic circuits overcoming the diffraction limitation of photonics. While recent advances in plasmonic logic have witnessed the demonstration of basic and universal logic gates, these CMOS oriented digital logic gates cannot fully utilize the expressive power of this novel technology. Here, we aim at unraveling the true potential of plasmonics by exploiting an enhanced native functionality – the majority voter. Contrary to the state-of-the-art plasmonic logic devices, we use the phase of the wave instead of the intensity as the state or computational variable. We propose and demonstrate, via numerical simulations, a comprehensive scheme for building a nanoscale cascadable plasmonic majority logic gate along with a novel referencing scheme that can directly translate the information encoded in the amplitude and phase of the wave into electric field intensity at the output. Our MIM-based 3-input majority gate displays a highly improved overall area of only 0.636 mu m(2) for a single-stage compared with previous works on plasmonic logic. The proposed device demonstrates non-Boolean computational capability and can find direct utility in highly parallel real-time signal processing applications like pattern recognition.'));
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	Publisher	Nature Publishing Group	Place of Publication	London	Editor
	Language		Wos	000418359600116	Publication Date	2017-12-13
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	ISSN	2045-2322	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	4.259	Times cited	2	Open Access
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	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148514			Serial	4891
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	Author	Peng, L.; Carvajal-Arroyo, J.M.; Seuntjens, D.; Prat, D.; Colica, G.; Pintucci, C.; Vlaeminck, S.E.
	Title	Smart operation of nitritation/denitritation virtually abolishes nitrous oxide emission during treatment of co-digested pig slurry centrate			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Water research	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	127	Issue		Pages	1-10
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
	Abstract	The implementation of nitritation/denitritation (Nit/DNit) as alternative to nitrification/denitrification (N/DN) is driven by operational cost savings, e.g. 1.0-1.8 EUR/ton slurry treated. However, as for any biological nitrogen removal process, Nit/DNit can emit the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O). Challenges remain in understanding formation mechanisms and in mitigating the emissions, particularly at a low ratio of organic carbon consumption to nitrogen removal (CODrem/N-rem). In this study, the centrate (centrifuge supernatant) from anaerobic co-digestion of pig slurry was treated in a sequencing batch reactor. The process removed approximately 100% of ammonium a satisfactory nitrogen loading rate (0.4 g N/L/d), with minimum nitrite and nitrate in the effluent. Substantial N2O emission (around 17% of the ammonium nitrogen loading) was observed at the baseline operational condition (dissolved oxygen, DO, levels averaged at 0.85 mg O-2/L; CODrem/N-rem of 2.8) with similar to 68% of the total emission contributed by nitritation. Emissions increased with higher nitrite accumulation and lower organic carbon to nitrogen ratio. Yet, higher DO levels (similar to 2.2 mg O-2/L) lowered the aerobic N2O emission and weakened the dependency on nitrite concentration, suggesting a shift in N2O production pathway. The most effective N2O mitigation strategy combined intermittent patterns of aeration, anoxic feeding and anoxic carbon dosage, decreasing emission by over 99% (down to similar to 0.12% of the ammonium nitrogen loading). Without anaerobic digestion, mitigated Nit/DNit decreases the operational carbon footprint with about 80% compared to N/DN. With anaerobic digestion included, about 4 times more carbon is sequestered. In conclusion, the low CODrem/N-rem feature of Nit/DNit no longer offsets its environmental sustainability provided the process is smartly operated. (c) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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	Language		Wos	000418219000001	Publication Date	2017-09-30
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	ISSN	0043-1354; 1879-2448	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
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	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:148521			Serial	8548
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	Author	Pimenta, V.; Sathiya, M.; Batuk, D.; Abakumov, A.M.; Giaume, D.; Cassaignon, S.; Larcher, D.; Tarascon, J.-M.
	Title	Synthesis of Li-Rich NMC : a comprehensive study			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Chemistry of materials	Abbreviated Journal	Chem Mater
	Volume	29	Issue	23	Pages	9923-9936
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('Li-rich NMC are considered nowadays as one of the most promising candidates for high energy density cathodes. One significant challenge is nested in adjusting their synthesis conditions to reach optimum electrochemical performance, but no consensus has been reached yet on the ideal synthesis protocol. Herein, we revisited the elaboration of Li-rich NMC electrodes by focusing on the science involved through each synthesis steps using carbonate Ni0.1625Mn0.675Co0.1625CO3 precursor coprecipitation combined with solid state synthesis. We demonstrated the effect of precursors concentration on the kinetics of the precipitation reaction and provided clues to obtain spherically agglomerated NMC carbonates of different sizes. Moreover, we highlighted the strong impact of the Li2CO3/NMC carbonate ratio on the morphology and particles size of Li-rich NMC and subsequently on their electrochemical performance. Ratio of 1.35 was found to reproducibly give the best performance with namely a first discharge capacity of 269 mAh g(-1) and capacity retention of 89.6% after 100 cycles. We hope that our results, which reveal how particle size, morphology, and phase composition affect the materials electrochemical performance, will help in reconciling literature data while providing valuable fundamental information for up scaling approaches.'));
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	Publisher	American Chemical Society	Place of Publication	Washington, D.C	Editor
	Language		Wos	000418206600010	Publication Date	2017-11-08
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	ISSN	0897-4756	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	9.466	Times cited	23	Open Access	Not_Open_Access
	Notes	; The authors acknowledge the French Research Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage (RS2E). V.P and J.-M.T. acknowledges funding from the European Research Council (ERC) (FP/2014)/ERC Grant-Project 670116-ARPEMA. The authors are thankful to Dr. G. Rousse for the help on Rietveld refinements. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 9.466
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148530			Serial	4899
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	Author	Verchenko, V.Y.; Wei, Z.; Tsirlin, A.A.; Callaert, C.; Jesche, A.; Hadermann, J.; Dikarev, E.V.; Shevelkov, A.V.
	Title	Crystal growth of the Nowotny chimney ladder phase Fe₂Ge₃ : exploring new Fe-based narrow-gap semiconductor with promising thermoelectric performance			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Chemistry of materials	Abbreviated Journal	Chem Mater
	Volume	29	Issue	23	Pages	9954-9963
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('A new synthetic approach based on chemical transport reactions has been introduced to obtain the Nowotny chimney ladder phase Fe2Ge3 in the form of single crystals and polycrystalline powders. The single crystals possess the stoichiometric composition and the commensurate chimney ladder structure of the Ru2Sn3 type in contrast to the polycrystalline samples that are characterized by a complex microstructure. In compliance with the 18-n electron counting rule formulated for T-E intermetallics, electronic structure calculations reveal a narrow-gap semiconducting behavior of Fe2Ge3 favorable for high thermoelectric performance. Measurements of transport and thermoelectric properties performed on the polycrystalline samples confirm the formation of a narrow band gap of similar to 30 meV and reveal high absolute values of the Seebeck coefficient at elevated temperatures. Low glass-like thermal conductivity is observed in a wide temperature range that might be caused by the underlying complex microstructure.'));
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	Publisher	American Chemical Society	Place of Publication	Washington, D.C	Editor
	Language		Wos	000418206600013	Publication Date	2017-11-14
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0897-4756	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	9.466	Times cited	11	Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	; The authors thank Dr. Sergey Kazakov and Oleg Tyablikov for their help with the PXRD experiments. V.Y.V. appreciates the help of Dr. Sergey Dorofeev in provision and handling of the Mo(CO)<INF>6</INF> reagent. The work is supported by the Russian Science Foundation, Grant No. 17-13-01033. V.Y.V. appreciates the support from the European Regional Development Fund, Project No. TK134. A.A.T. acknowledges financial support by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research under the Sofia Kovalevskaya Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. E.V.D. thanks the National Science Foundation, Grant No. CHE-1152441. C.C. acknowledges the support from the University of Antwerp through the BOF Grant No. 31445. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 9.466
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148531			Serial	4869
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	Author	Schulenborg, J.; Di Marco, A.; Vanherck, J.; Wegewijs, M.R.; Splettstoesser, J.
	Title	Thermoelectrics of interacting nanosystems-exploiting superselection instead of time-reversal symmetry			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Entropy: an international and interdisciplinary journal of entropy and information studies	Abbreviated Journal	Entropy-Switz
	Volume	19	Issue	12	Pages	668
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('Thermoelectric transport is traditionally analyzed using relations imposed by time-reversal symmetry, ranging from Onsager\u0027s results to fluctuation relations in counting statistics. In this paper, we show that a recently discovered duality relation for fermionic systems-deriving from the fundamental fermion-parity superselection principle of quantum many-particle systems-provides new insights into thermoelectric transport. Using a master equation, we analyze the stationary charge and heat currents through a weakly coupled, but strongly interacting single-level quantum dot subject to electrical and thermal bias. In linear transport, the fermion-parity duality shows that features of thermoelectric response coefficients are actually dominated by the average and fluctuations of the charge in a dual quantum dot system, governed by attractive instead of repulsive electron-electron interaction. In the nonlinear regime, the duality furthermore relates most transport coefficients to much better understood equilibrium quantities. Finally, we naturally identify the fermion-parity as the part of the Coulomb interaction relevant for both the linear and nonlinear Fourier heat. Altogether, our findings hence reveal that next to time-reversal, the duality imposes equally important symmetry restrictions on thermoelectric transport. As such, it is also expected to simplify computations and clarify the physical understanding for more complex systems than the simplest relevant interacting nanostructure model studied here.'));
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	Language		Wos	000419007900037	Publication Date	2017-12-06
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1099-4300	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	1.821	Times cited	3	Open Access
	Notes	; We thank Rafael Sanchez for useful comments on the manuscript. We acknowledge funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation through their Academy Fellows program (J.Sp. and A.D.M.), from the Swedish VR (J.Sp. and J.Sc.), from the Erasmus Mundus program (J.V.), and from the DFG project SCHO 641/7-1 (M.R.W.). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 1.821
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148548			Serial	4900
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	Author	Kumar, A.; Kundu, S.; Samantaray, D.; Kundu, P.; Zanaga, D.; Bals, S.; Ravishankar, N.
	Title	Designing diameter-modulated heterostructure nanowires of PbTe/Te by controlled dewetting			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Nano letters	Abbreviated Journal	Nano Lett
	Volume	17	Issue	17	Pages	7226-7233
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('Heterostructures consisting of semiconductors with controlled morphology and interfaces find applications in many fields. A range of axial, radial, and diameter-modulated nanostructures have been synthesized primarily using vapor phase methods. Here, we present a simple wet chemical routine to synthesize heterostructures of PbTe/Te using Te nanowires as templates. A morphology evolution study for the formation of these heterostructures has been performed. On the basis of these control experiments, a pathway for the formation of these nanostructures is proposed. Reduction of a Pb precursor to Pb on Te nanowire templates followed by interdiffusion of Pb/Te leads to the formation of a thin shell of PbTe on the Te wires. Controlled dewetting of the thin shell leads to the formation of cube-shaped PbTe that is periodically arranged on the Te wires. Using control experiments, we show that different reactions parameters like rate of addition of the reducing agent, concentration of Pb precursor and thickness of initial Te nanowire play a critical role in controlling the spacing between the PbTe cubes on the Te wires. Using simple surface energy arguments, we propose a mechanism for the formation of the hybrid. The principles presented are general and can be exploited for the synthesis of other nanoscale heterostructures.'));
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Washington	Editor
	Language		Wos	000418393300009	Publication Date	2017-11-29
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1530-6984	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	12.712	Times cited	11	Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	; N.R acknowledges financial support from SERB, DST, Government of India. The authors acknowledge the electron microscopy facilities at the Advanced Facility for Microscopy and Microanalysis, IISc. S.B., P.K., and D.Z. acknowledge ERC Starting Grant 335078 COLOURATOMS for financial support. ; ecas_Sara			Approved	Most recent IF: 12.712
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148557UA @ admin @ c:irua:148557			Serial	4870
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	Author	Clima, S.; Belmonte, A.; Degraeve, R.; Fantini, A.; Goux, L.; Govoreanu, B.; Jurczak, M.; Ota, K.; Redolfi, A.; Kar, G.S.; Pourtois, G.
	Title	Kinetic and thermodynamic heterogeneity : an intrinsic source of variability in Cu-based RRAM memories			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Journal of computational electronics	Abbreviated Journal	J Comput Electron
	Volume	16	Issue	4	Pages	1011-1016
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('The resistive random-access memory (RRAM) device concept is close to enabling the development of a new generation of non-volatile memories, provided that their reliability issues are properly understood. The design of a RRAM operating with extrinsic defects based on metallic inclusions, also called conductive bridge RAM, allows the use of a large spectrum of solid electrolytes. However, when scaled to device dimensions that meet the requirements of the latest technological nodes, the discrete nature of the atomic structure of the materials impacts the device operation. Using density functional theory simulations, we evaluated the migration kinetics of Cu conducting species in amorphous and solid electrolyte materials, and established that atomic disorder leads to a large variability in terms of defect stability and kinetic barriers. This variability has a significant impact on the filament resistance and its dynamics, as evidenced during the formation step of the resistive filament. Also, the atomic configuration of the formed filament can age/relax to another metastable atomic configuration, and lead to a modulation of the resistivity of the filament. All these observations are qualitatively explained on the basis of the computed statistical distributions of the defect stability and on the kinetic barriers encountered in RRAM materials.'));
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Place of publication unknown	Editor
	Language		Wos	000417598100004	Publication Date	2017-08-04
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1569-8025	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	1.526	Times cited	2	Open Access	Not_Open_Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: 1.526
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148569			Serial	4883
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	Author	Clauwaert, P.; Muys, M.; Alloul, A.; De Paepe, J.; Luther, A.; Sun, X.; Ilgrande, C.; Christiaens, M.E.R.; Hu, X.; Zhang, D.; Lindeboom, R.E.F.; Sas, B.; Rabaey, K.; Boon, N.; Ronsse, F.; Geelen, D.; Vlaeminck, S.E.
	Title	Nitrogen cycling in bioregenerative life support systems : challenges for waste refinery and food production processes			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Progress in aerospace sciences	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	91	Issue		Pages	87-98
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
	Abstract	In order to sustain human life in an isolated environment, an efficient conversion of wasted nutrients to food might become mandatory. This is particularly the case for space missions where resupply from earth or in-situ resource utilization is not possible or desirable. A combination of different technologies is needed to allow full recycling of e.g. nitrogenous compounds in space. In this review, an overview is given of the different essential processes and technologies that enable closure of the nitrogen cycle in Bioregenerative Life Support Systems (BLSS). Firstly, a set of biological and physicochemical refinery stages ensures efficient conversion of waste products into the building blocks, followed by the production of food with a range of biological methods. For each technology, bottlenecks are identified. Furthermore, challenges and outlooks are presented at the integrated system level. Space adaptation and integration deserve key attention to enable the recovery of nitrogen for the production of nutritional food in space, but also in closed loop systems on earth.
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	Language		Wos	000404699800005	Publication Date	2017-05-04
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0376-0421; 1873-1724	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	no
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:148996			Serial	8310
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	Author	Jorli, M.; Van Passel, S.; Sadeghi, H.; Nasseri, A.; Agheli, L.
	Title	Estimating human health impacts and costs due to Iranian fossil fuel power plant emissions through the impact pathway approach			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Energies	Abbreviated Journal	Energies
	Volume	10	Issue	12	Pages	2136-29
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Economics; Engineering sciences. Technology; Engineering Management (ENM)
	Abstract	Air pollutants from fossil fuel fired power plants harm the environment and human health. More than 91% of Irans electricity production is from thermal power plants that use natural gas, diesel, and fuel oil. We apply the impact pathway approach to estimate the health impacts arising from Iranian fossil-based electricity generation emission, and in a next step, we calculate monetary costs of the estimated damages, for a one-year period starting from 20 March 2016 through 2017. We use the new version of SIMPACTS (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria) to investigate the health effects from 61 major Iran fossil-based power plants separately. The selected plants represent 95.6% of total Iran fossil-based power generation. Using the individual and different power plant estimates, we avoid extrapolation and our results can be considered more reliable, taking into account spatial differences. The total damage cost is 723.42 million USD (2000). The damage cost per generated electricity varies from 0.06 to 22.41 USD/MWh and average plant damage cost is 2.85 USD/MWh. Accounting for these external costs indicates the actual costs of fossil energy. The results are useful for policy makers to compare the health costs from these plants and to decide on cleaner energy sources and to take measures to increase benefits for society.
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	Language		Wos	000423156900207	Publication Date	2017-12-15
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1996-1073	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.262	Times cited	4	Open Access
	Notes	; ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.262
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:149041			Serial	6200
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	Author	Peymanirad, F.; Singh, S.K.; Ghorbanfekr-Kalashami, H.; Novoselov, K.S.; Peeters, F.M.; Neek-Amal, M.
	Title	Thermal activated rotation of graphene flake on graphene			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	2D materials	Abbreviated Journal	2D Mater
	Volume	4	Issue	2	Pages	025015
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The self rotation of a graphene flake over graphite is controlled by the size, initial misalignment and temperature. Using both ab initio calculations and molecular dynamics simulations, we investigate annealing effects on the self rotation of a graphene flake on a graphene substrate. The energy barriers for rotation and drift of a graphene flake over graphene is found to be smaller than 25 meV/atom which is comparable to thermal energy. We found that small flakes (of about similar to 4 nm) are more sensitive to temperature and initial misorientation angles than larger one (beyond 10 nm). The initial stacking configuration of the flake is found to be important for its dynamics and time evolution of misalignment. Large flakes, which are initially in the AA-or AB-stacking state with small misorientation angle, rotate and end up in the AB-stacking configuration. However small flakes can they stay in an incommensurate state specially when the initial misorientation angle is larger than 2 degrees. Our results are in agreement with recent experiments.
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	Publisher	IOP Publishing	Place of Publication	Bristol	Editor
	Language		Wos	000424399600005	Publication Date	2017-02-02
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2053-1583	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	6.937	Times cited	16	Open Access
	Notes	; We would like to acknowledge Annalisa Fasolino and MM van Wijk for providing us with the implemented parameters of REBO-KC [5] in LAMMPS. This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem foundation. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 6.937
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:149364			Serial	4984
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	Author	Razzokov, J.; Yusupov, M.; Vanuytsel, S.; Neyts, E.C.; Bogaerts, A.
	Title	Phosphatidylserine flip-flop induced by oxidation of the plasma membrane: a better insight by atomic scale modeling			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Plasma processes and polymers	Abbreviated Journal	Plasma Process Polym
	Volume	14	Issue	10	Pages	1700013
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	We perform molecular dynamics simulations to study the flip-flop motion of phosphatidylserine (PS) across the plasma membrane upon increasing oxidation degree of the membrane. Our computational results show that an increase of the oxidation degree in the lipids leads to a decrease of the free energy barrier for translocation of PS through the membrane. In other words, oxidation of the lipids facilitates PS flip-flop motion across the membrane, because in native phospholipid bilayers this is only a “rare event” due to the high energy barriers for the translocation of PS. The present study provides an atomic-scale insight into the mechanisms of the PS flip-flop upon oxidation of lipids, as produced for example by cold atmospheric plasma, in living cells.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication		Editor
	Language		Wos	000413045800010	Publication Date	2017-04-05
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1612-8850	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.846	Times cited	9	Open Access	Not_Open_Access
	Notes	Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, 1200216N ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.846
	Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:149567			Serial	4910
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	Author	Schryvers, D.; Salje, E.K.H.; Nishida, M.; De Backer, A.; Idrissi, H.; Van Aert, S.
	Title	Quantification by aberration corrected (S)TEM of boundaries formed by symmetry breaking phase transformations			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Ultramicroscopy	Abbreviated Journal	Ultramicroscopy
	Volume	176	Issue		Pages	194-199
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	The present contribution gives a review of recent quantification work of atom displacements, atom site occupations and level of crystallinity in various systems and based on aberration corrected HR(S)TEM images. Depending on the case studied, picometer range precisions for individual distances can be obtained, boundary widths at the unit cell level determined or statistical evolutions of fractions of the ordered areas calculated. In all of these cases, these quantitative measures imply new routes for the applications of the respective materials.
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	Language		Wos	000403992200026	Publication Date	2017-01-09
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0304-3991	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.843	Times cited	1	Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	The authors acknowledge financial support from the Fund for Scientific Research-Flanders (G.0064.10N, G.0393.11N, G.0374.13N, G.0368.15N, G.0369.15N) and the Flemish Hercules 3 program for large infrastructure as well as financial support from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007 – 2013) under Grant agreement no. 312483 (ESTEEM2). EKHS thanks EPSRC (EP/ K009702/1) and the Leverhulme trust (EM-2016-004) for support. DS and MN acknowledge financial support from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS, Japan) through the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A: No. 26249090) and the Strategic Young Researcher Overseas Visits Program for Accelerating Brain Circulation (R2408).			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.843
	Call Number	EMAT @ emat @c:irua:149654			Serial	4914
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	Author	Loo, R.; Arimura, H.; Cott, D.; Witters, L.; Pourtois, G.; Schulze, A.; Douhard, B.; Vanherle, W.; Eneman, G.; Richard, O.; Favia, P.; Mitard, J.; Mocuta, D.; Langer, R.; Collaert, N.
	Title	Epitaxial CVD growth of ultra-thin Si passivation layers on strained Ge fin structures			Type	P1 Proceeding
	Year	2017	Publication	Semiconductor Process Integration 10	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages	241-252
	Keywords	P1 Proceeding; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	Epitaxially grown ultra-thin Si layers are often used to passivate Ge surfaces in the high-k gate module of (strained) Ge FinFET devices. We use Si4H10 as Si precursor as it enables epitaxial Si growth at temperatures down to 330 degrees C. C-V characteristics of blanket capacitors made on Ge virtual substrates point to the presence of an optimal Si thickness. In case of compressively strained Ge fin structures, the Si growth results in non-uniform and high strain levels in the strained Ge fin. These strain levels have been calculated for different shapes of the Ge fin and in function of the grown Si thickness. The high strain is the driving force for potential (unwanted) Ge surface reflow during the Si deposition. The Ge surface reflow is strongly affected by the strength of the H-passivation during Si-capping and can be avoided by carefully selected process conditions.
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	Publisher	Electrochemical soc inc	Place of Publication	Pennington	Editor
	Language		Wos	000426269800024	Publication Date	2017-10-17
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume	80	Series Issue	4	Edition
	ISSN	978-1-60768-821-1; 978-1-62332-473-5	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access	Not_Open_Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:149965			Serial	4966
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	Author	Pourtois, G.; Dabral, A.; Sankaran, K.; Magnus, W.; Yu, H.; de de Meux, A.J.; Lu, A.K.A.; Clima, S.; Stokbro, K.; Schaekers, M.; Houssa, M.; Collaert, N.; Horiguchi, N.
	Title	Probing the intrinsic limitations of the contact resistance of metal/semiconductor interfaces through atomistic simulations			Type	P1 Proceeding
	Year	2017	Publication	Semiconductors, Dielectrics, And Metals For Nanoelectronics 15: In Memory Of Samares Kar	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages	303-311
	Keywords	P1 Proceeding; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	In this contribution, we report a fundamental study of the factors that set the contact resistivity between metals and highly doped semiconductors. We investigate the case of n-type doped Si contacted with amorphous TiSi combining first-principles calculations with Non-Equilibrium Green functions transport simulations. The intrinsic contact resistivity is found to saturate at similar to 2x10(-10) Omega.cm(2) with the doping concentration and sets an intrinsic limit to the ultimate contact resistance achievable for n-doped Si vertical bar amorphous-TiSi. This limit arises from the intrinsic properties of the semiconductor and of the metal such as their electron effective masses and Fermi energies. We illustrate that, in this regime, contacting metals with a heavy electron effective mass helps reducing the interface intrinsic contact resistivity.
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	Publisher	Electrochemical soc inc	Place of Publication	Pennington	Editor
	Language		Wos	000426271800028	Publication Date	2017-10-17
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume	80	Series Issue	1	Edition
	ISSN	978-1-62332-470-4; 978-1-60768-818-1	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor		Times cited	1	Open Access	Not_Open_Access
	Notes	; ;			Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:149966			Serial	4976
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	Author	Perez, A.J.; Jacquet, Q.; Batuk, D.; Iadecola, A.; Saubanere, M.; Rousse, G.; Larcher, D.; Vezin, H.; Doublet, M.-L.; Tarascon, J.-M.
	Title	Approaching the limits of cationic and anionic electrochemical activity with the Li-rich layered rocksalt Li3IrO4			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Nature energy	Abbreviated Journal	Nat Energy
	Volume	2	Issue	12	Pages	954-962
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	The Li-rich rocksalt oxides Li2MO3 (M = 3d/4d/5d transition metal) are promising positive-electrode materials for Li-ion batteries, displaying capacities exceeding 300 mAh g(-1) thanks to the participation of the oxygen non-bonding O(2p) orbitals in the redox process. Understanding the oxygen redox limitations and the role of the O/M ratio is therefore crucial for the rational design of materials with improved electrochemical performances. Here we push oxygen redox to its limits with the discovery of a Li3IrO4 compound (O/M = 4) that can reversibly take up and release 3.5 electrons per Ir and possesses the highest capacity ever reported for any positive insertion electrode. By quantitatively monitoring the oxidation process, we demonstrate the material's instability against O-2 release on removal of all Li. Our results show that the O/M parameter delineates the boundary between the material's maximum capacity and its stability, hence providing valuable insights for further development of high-capacity materials.
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	Language		Wos	000430218300001	Publication Date	2017-12-06
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2058-7546	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor		Times cited	55	Open Access	Not_Open_Access
	Notes	; We thank P. Pearce for providing the beta-Li<INF>2</INF>IrO<INF>3</INF> and L. Lemarquis for helping in the DEMS experiment. We are particularly grateful to S. Belin, V. Briois and L. Stievano for helpful discussions on XAS analysis and synchrotron SOLEIL (France) for providing beamtime at the ROCK beamline (financed by the French National Research Agency (ANR) as part of the 'Investissements d'Avenir' programme, reference: ANR-10-EQPX-45). A.J.P and A. I. acknowledge the GdR C(RS) 2 for the workshop organized on a chemometric approach for XAS data analysis. V. Nassif is acknowledged for her help during neutron diffraction experiments performed at Institut Laue Langevin on D1B. Use of the 11-BM mail service of the APS at Argonne National Laboratory was supported by the US Department of Energy under contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357 and is gratefully acknowledged. This work has been performed with the support of the European Research Council (ERC) (FP/2014)/ERC Grant- Project 670116 ARPEMA. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:150926			Serial	4962
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	Author	Zhang, Q.; Higgins, M.J.; Vlaeminck, S.E.; DeBarbadillo, C.; Suzuki, R.; Kharkar, S.M.; Al-Omari, A.; Wett, B.; Chandran, K.; Murthy, S.; De Clippeleir, H.
	Title	Minimizing recalcitrant organics and maximizing nitrogen removal linked to advanced biosolids processing at Blue Plains WWTP			Type	P3 Proceeding
	Year	2017	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages	12 p. T2 - IWA 2017 Conference on Sustainable Wast
	Keywords	P3 Proceeding; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
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	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:151107			Serial	8252
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	Author	Vlaeminck, S.E.; Kobayashi, K.; Jandra, J.; Van Nevel, S.; Vandekerckhove, T.G.L.
	Title	Sulphidotrophic denitrification treating regeneration water from ion exchange at high performance and low opex			Type	P3 Proceeding
	Year	2017	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages	3 p. T2 - IWA 2017 Conference on Sustainable Waste
	Keywords	P3 Proceeding; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
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	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:151108			Serial	8620
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	Author	Van Winckel, T.; Al-Omari, A.; Takás, I.; Wett, B.; Bachmann, B.; Sturm, B.; Bott, C.; Vlaeminck, S.E.; Murthy, S.; De Clippeleir, H.
	Title	Conceptual framework for deammonification in a combined floc-granule system : impact of aeration control, external selector and bioaugmentation based on full-scale data from WWTP in Strass			Type	P3 Proceeding
	Year	2017	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages	16 p. T2 - IWA 2017 Conference on Sustainable Wast
	Keywords	P3 Proceeding; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
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	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:151109			Serial	7722
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	Author	Han, M.; Seuntjens, D.; Al-Omari, A.; Takacs, I.; Meerburg, F.; Murthy, S.; Vlaeminck, S.E.; De Clippeleir, H.
	Title	Water and process parameters as controllers for the ammonia to nitrite oxidation rate ratio in activated sludge			Type	P3 Proceeding
	Year	2017	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages	3 p. T2 - IWA 2017 Conference on Sustainable Waste
	Keywords	P3 Proceeding; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
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	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	no
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:151110			Serial	8748
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	Author	Ngo, N.; Liu, X.; Van Winckel, T.; Massoudieh, A.; Kjellerup, B.V.; Takács, I.; Wett, B.; Mancell-Egala, M.; Sturm, B.; Vlaeminck, S.E.; Al-Omari, A.; Murthy, S.; De Clippeleir, H.
	Title	Experimental metrics to predict the flocculent settling coefficient in a 1D settler model			Type	P3 Proceeding
	Year	2017	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages	5 p. T2 - WEFTEC.17, 30 September 4 October 2017,
	Keywords	P3 Proceeding; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
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	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
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	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:151111			Serial	7948
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	Author	Van Winckel, T.; Yapuwa, H.; Wett, B.; Sturm, B.; Vlaeminck, S.E.; Al-Omari, A.; Murthy, S.; De Clippeleir, H.
	Title	Its time to harvest : combining internal selection and flocculent external selection to maximize carbon capture efficiency			Type	P3 Proceeding
	Year	2017	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages	3 p. T2 - WEFTEC.17, 30 September 4 October 2017,
	Keywords	P3 Proceeding; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
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	ISSN		ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	no
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:151112			Serial	8133
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