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	Author	Sui, Y.; Jiang, Y.; Moretti, M.; Vlaeminck, S.E.
	Title	Harvesting time and biomass composition affect the economics of microalgae production			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Journal Of Cleaner Production	Abbreviated Journal	J Clean Prod
	Volume	259	Issue		Pages	120782-10
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL); Engineering Management (ENM)
	Abstract	Cost simulations provide a strong tool to render the production of microalgae economically viable. This study evaluated the unexplored effect of harvesting time and the corresponding microalgal biomass composition on the overall production cost, under both continuous light and light/dark regime using techno-economic analysis (TEA). At the same time, the TEA gives evidence that a novel product “proteinaceous salt” from Dunaliella microalgae production is a promising high-value product for commercialization with profitability. The optimum production scenario is to employ natural light/dark regime and harvest microalgal biomass around late exponential phase, obtaining the minimum production cost of 11 €/kg and a profitable minimum selling price (MSP) of 14.4 €/kg for the “proteinaceous salt”. For further optimization of the production, increasing microalgal biomass concentration is the most effective way to reduce the total production cost and increase the profits of microalgae products.
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	Language		Wos	000530695500009	Publication Date	2020-02-29
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	ISSN	0959-6526	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	11.1	Times cited	5	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the China Scholarship Council (File No. 201507650015) and the MIP i-Cleantech Flanders (Milieu-innovatieplatform; Environment innovation platform) project Microbial Nutrients on Demand (MicroNOD). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 11.1; 2020 IF: 5.715
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:166802			Serial	6531
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	Author	Dattoli, G.; Di Palma, E.; Gielis, J.; Licciardi, S.
	Title	Parabolic trigonometry			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	International journal of applied and computational mathematics	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	6	Issue	2	Pages	37
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
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	Language		Wos		Publication Date	2020-03-04
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	ISSN	2349-5103	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record
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	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:167049			Serial	6578
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	Author	Gielis, J.; Caratelli, D.; Shi, P.; Ricci, P.E.
	Title	A note on spirals and curvature			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Growth and form	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	1	Issue	1	Pages	1-8
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
	Abstract	Starting from logarithmic, sinusoidal and power spirals, it is shown how these spirals are connected directly with Chebyshev polynomials, Lamé curves, with allometry and Antonelli-metrics in Finsler geometry. Curvature is a crucial concept in geometry both for closed curves and equiangular spirals, and allowed Dillen to give a general definition of spirals. Many natural shapes can be described as a combination of one of two basic shapes in nature—circle and spiral—with Gielis transformations. Using this idea, shape description itself is used to develop a novel approach to anisotropic curvature in nature. Various examples are discussed, including fusion in flowers and its connection to the recently described pseudo-Chebyshev functions.
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	Language		Wos		Publication Date	2020-02-23
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	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:167061			Serial	6569
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	Author	Gorbanev, Y.; Vervloessem, E.; Nikiforov, A.; Bogaerts, A.
	Title	Nitrogen fixation with water vapor by nonequilibrium plasma : toward sustainable ammonia production			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Acs Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering	Abbreviated Journal	Acs Sustain Chem Eng
	Volume	8	Issue	7	Pages	2996-3004
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	Ammonia is a crucial nutrient used for plant growth and as a building block in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry, produced via nitrogen fixation of the ubiquitous atmospheric N2. Current industrial ammonia production relies heavily on fossil resources, but a lot of work is put into developing nonfossil-based pathways. Among these is the use of nonequilibrium plasma. In this work, we investigated water vapor as a H source for nitrogen fixation into NH3 by nonequilibrium plasma. The highest selectivity toward NH3 was observed with low amounts of added H2O vapor, but the highest production rate was reached at high H2O vapor contents. We also studied the role of H2O vapor and of the plasma-exposed liquid H2O in nitrogen fixation by using isotopically labeled water to distinguish between these two sources of H2O. We show that added H2O vapor, and not liquid H2O, is the main source of H for NH3 generation. The studied catalyst- and H2-free method offers excellent selectivity toward NH3 (up to 96%), with energy consumption (ca. 95–118 MJ/mol) in the range of many plasma-catalytic H2-utilizing processes.
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	Language		Wos	000516665500045	Publication Date	2020-02-03
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	ISSN	2168-0485	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	8.4	Times cited	14	Open Access
	Notes	; This research was supported by the Excellence of Science FWO-FNRS project (FWO grant ID GoF9618n, EOS ID 30505023), the Catalisti Moonshot project P2C, and the Methusalem project of the University of Antwerp. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 8.4; 2020 IF: 5.951
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:167134			Serial	6568
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	Author	Sun, S.R.; Wang, H.X.; Bogaerts, A.
	Title	Chemistry reduction of complex CO₂chemical kinetics: application to a gliding arc plasma			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Plasma Sources Science & Technology	Abbreviated Journal	Plasma Sources Sci T
	Volume	29	Issue	2	Pages	025012
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	A gliding arc (GA) plasma has great potential for CO2 conversion into value-added chemicals, because of its high energy efﬁciency. To improve the application, a 2D/3D ﬂuid model is needed to investigate the CO2 conversion mechanisms in the actual discharge geometry. Therefore, the complex CO2 chemical kinetics description must be reduced due to the huge computational cost associated with 2D/3D models. This paper presents a chemistry reduction method for CO2 plasmas, based on the so-called directed relation graph method. Depending on the deﬁned threshold values, some marginal species are identiﬁed. By means of a sensitivity analysis, we can further reduce the chemistry set by removing one by one the marginal species. Based on the socalled ﬂux-sensitivity coupling, we obtain a reduced CO2 kinetics model, consisting of 36 or 15 species (depending on whether the 21 asymmetric mode vibrational states of CO2 are explicitly included or lumped into one group), which is applied to a GA discharge. The results are compared with those predicted with the full chemistry set, and very good agreement is reached. Moreover, the range of validity of the reduced CO2 chemistry set is checked, telling us that this reduced set is suitable for low power GA discharges. Finally, the time and spatial evolution of the CO2 plasma characteristics are presented, based on a 2D model with the reduced kinetics.
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	Language		Wos	000525600600001	Publication Date	2020-02-11
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	ISSN	1361-6595	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.8	Times cited		Open Access
	Notes	We acknowledge ﬁnancial support from the Fund for Scientiﬁc Research Flanders (FWO; Grant No. G.0383.16 N). The calculations were performed using the Turing HPC infrastructure at the CalcUA core facility of the Universiteit Antwerpen (UAntwerpen), a division of the Flemish Supercomputer Center VSC, funded by the Hercules Foundation, the Flemish Government (department EWI) and the UAntwerpen. This work was also supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. (Grant Nos. 11735004, 11575019). SR Sun thanks the ﬁnancial support from the National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents (BX20180029).			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.8; 2020 IF: 3.302
	Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:167135			Serial	6338
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	Author	Slaets, J.; Aghaei, M.; Ceulemans, S.; Van Alphen, S.; Bogaerts, A.
	Title	CO₂and CH₄conversion in “real” gas mixtures in a gliding arc plasmatron: how do N₂and O₂affect the performance?			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Green Chemistry	Abbreviated Journal	Green Chem
	Volume	22	Issue	4	Pages	1366-1377
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	In this paper we study dry reforming of methane (DRM) in a gliding arc plasmatron (GAP) in the presence of N<sub>2</sub>and O<sub>2</sub>. N<sub>2</sub>is added to create a stable plasma at equal fractions of CO<sub>2</sub>and CH<sub>4</sub>, and because emissions from industrial plants typically contain N<sub>2</sub>, while O<sub>2</sub>is added to enhance the process. We test different gas mixing ratios to evaluate the conversion and energy cost. We obtain conversions between 31 and 52% for CO<sub>2</sub>and between 55 and 99% for CH<sub>4</sub>, with total energy costs between 3.4 and 5.0 eV per molecule, depending on the gas mixture. This is very competitive when benchmarked with the literature. In addition, we present a chemical kinetics model to obtain deeper insight in the underlying plasma chemistry. This allows determination of the major reaction pathways to convert CO<sub>2</sub>and CH<sub>4</sub>, in the presence of O<sub>2</sub>and N<sub>2</sub>, into CO and H<sub>2</sub>. We show that N<sub>2</sub>assists in the CO<sub>2</sub>conversion, but part of the applied energy is also wasted in N<sub>2</sub>excitation. Adding O<sub>2</sub>enhances the CH<sub>4</sub>conversion, and lowers the energy cost, while the CO<sub>2</sub>conversion remains constant, and only slightly drops at the highest O<sub>2</sub>fractions studied, when CH<sub>4</sub>is fully oxidized into CO<sub>2</sub>.
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	Language		Wos	000518034000032	Publication Date	2020-01-30
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	ISSN	1463-9262	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	9.8	Times cited		Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	H2020 European Research Council, 810182 ; Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, GoF9618n 12M7118N ; We acknowledge financial support from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 810182 – SCOPE ERC Synergy project), the Excellence of Science FWO-FNRS project (FWO grant ID GoF9618n, EOS ID 30505023), and the FWO postdoctoral fellowship of M. A. (Grant number 12M7118N). This work was carried out in part using the Turing HPC infrastructure at the CalcUA core facility of the Universiteit Antwerpen, a division of the Flemish Supercomputer Center VSC, funded by the Hercules Foundation, the Flemish Government (department EWI) and the University of Antwerp.			Approved	Most recent IF: 9.8; 2020 IF: 9.125
	Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:167136			Serial	6339
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	Author	Hendrickx, M.; Tang, Y.; Hunter, E.C.; Battle, P.D.; Cadogan, Jm.; Hadermann, J.
	Title	CaLa2FeCoSbO9 and ALa2FeNiSbO9 (A = Ca, Sr, Ba): cation-ordered, inhomogeneous, ferrimagnetic perovskites			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Journal Of Solid State Chemistry	Abbreviated Journal	J Solid State Chem
	Volume	285	Issue		Pages	121226
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	Polycrystalline samples of CaLa2FeCoSbO9 and ALa2FeNiSbO9 (A=Ca, Sr, Ba) have been prepared in solid-state reactions and studied by a combination of transmission electron microscopy, magnetometry, X-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy. Diffraction and TEM showed that each shows 1:1 B-site ordering in which Co2+/Ni2+ and Sb5+ tend to occupy two distinct crystallographic sites while Fe3+ is distributed over both sites. While X-ray and neutron diffraction agreed that all four compositions are monophasic with space group P21/n, TEM revealed different levels of compositional inhomogeneity at the subcrystal scale, which, in the case of BaLa2FeNiSbO9, leads to the occurrence of both a P21/n and an I2/m phase. Magnetometry and neutron diffraction show that these perovskites are ferrimagnets with a G-type magnetic structure. Their relatively low magnetisation can be attributed to their inhomogeneity. This work demonstrates the importance of studying the microstructure of complex compositions.
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	Language		Wos	000521107900017	Publication Date	2020-01-30
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	ISSN	0022-4596	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.3	Times cited		Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	PDB, ECH, and JH acknowledge support from EPSRC under grant EP/M0189954/1. We would also like to thank E. Suard at ILL and I. Da Silva at ISIS for the experimental assistance they provided.			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.3; 2020 IF: 2.299
	Call Number	EMAT @ emat @c:irua:167137			Serial	6345
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	Author	Saveleva, V.A.; Wang, L.; Kasian, O.; Batuk, M.; Hadermann, J.; Gallet, J.-j.; Bournel, F.; Alonso-Vante, N.; Ozouf, G.; Beauger, C.; Mayrhofer, K.J.J.; Cherevko, S.; Gago, A.S.; Friedrich, K.A.; Zafeiratos, S.; Savinova, E.R.
	Title	Insight into the Mechanisms of High Activity and Stability of Iridium Supported on Antimony-Doped Tin Oxide Aerogel for Anodes of Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Acs Catalysis	Abbreviated Journal	Acs Catal
	Volume	10	Issue	4	Pages	2508-2516
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	The use of high amounts of iridium in industrial proton exchange membrane water electrolysers (PEMWE) could hinder their widespread use for the decarbonisation of society with hydrogen. Non-thermally oxidised Ir nanoparticles supported on antimony-doped tin oxide (SnO2:Sb, ATO) aerogel allow decreasing the use of the precious metal by more than 70 %, while enhancing the electro-catalytic activity and stability. To date the origin of these benefits remains unknown. Here we present clear evidence on the mechanisms that lead to the enhancement of the electrochemical properties of the catalyst. Operando near ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy on membrane electrode assemblies reveals a low degree of Ir oxidation, attributed to the oxygen spill-over from Ir to SnO2:Sb. Furthermore, the formation of highly unstable Ir(III) species is mitigated, while the decrease of Ir dissolution in Ir/SnO2:Sb is confirmed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The mechanisms that lead to the high activity and stability of Ir catalyst supported on SnO2:Sb aerogel for PEMWE are thus unveiled.
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	Language		Wos	000516887400011	Publication Date	2020-02-21
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	ISSN	2155-5435	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	12.9	Times cited		Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Technology (FCH JU) Initiative under Grant No. 621237 (INSIDE). In addition, A.S.G. and C.B. thank the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme for funding the project PRETZEL under grant agreement No 779478 and it is supported by FCH JU. Solvay is acknowledged for providing Aquivion membrane and ionomer.			Approved	Most recent IF: 12.9; 2020 IF: 10.614
	Call Number	EMAT @ emat @c:irua:167147			Serial	6341
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	Author	De wael, A.; De Backer, A.; Jones, L.; Varambhia, A.; Nellist, P.D.; Van Aert, S.
	Title	Measuring Dynamic Structural Changes of Nanoparticles at the Atomic Scale Using Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Physical Review Letters	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev Lett
	Volume	124	Issue	10	Pages	106105
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	We propose a new method to measure atomic scale dynamics of nanoparticles from experimental high-resolution annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy images. By using the so-called hidden Markov model, which explicitly models the possibility of structural changes, the number of atoms in each atomic column can be quantified over time. This newly proposed method outperforms the current atom-counting procedure and enables the determination of the probabilities and cross sections for surface diffusion. This method is therefore of great importance for revealing and quantifying the atomic structure when it evolves over time via adatom dynamics, surface diffusion, beam effects, or during in situ experiments.
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	Language		Wos	000519718100015	Publication Date	2020-03-13
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	ISSN	0031-9007	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	8.6	Times cited		Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement No. 770887 and No. 823717 ESTEEM3). The authors acknowledge financial support from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO, Belgium) through grants to A.D.w. and A.D.B. and projects G.0502.18N and EOS 30489208. L.J. acknowledges the SFI AMBER Centre for support. A.V. and P.D.N. acknowledge the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Council (EPSRC) for support (EP/K040375/1 and 1772738). A.V. also acknowledges Johnson-Matthey for support. We would like to thank Brian Theobald and Jonathan Sharman from JMTC Sonning for provision of the Pt sample.			Approved	Most recent IF: 8.6; 2020 IF: 8.462
	Call Number	EMAT @ emat @c:irua:167148			Serial	6347
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	Author	Demuynck, R.; Efimova, I.; Lin, A.; Declercq, H.; Krysko, D.V.
	Title	A 3D cell death assay to quantitatively determine ferroptosis in spheroids			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Cells	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	9	Issue	3	Pages	703-713
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	The failure of drug efficacy in clinical trials remains a big issue in cancer research. This is largely due to the limitations of two-dimensional (2D) cell cultures, the most used tool in drug screening. Nowadays, three-dimensional (3D) cultures, including spheroids, are acknowledged to be a better model of the in vivo environment, but detailed cell death assays for 3D cultures (including those for ferroptosis) are scarce. In this work, we show that a new cell death analysis method, named 3D Cell Death Assay (3DELTA), can efficiently determine different cell death types including ferroptosis and quantitatively assess cell death in tumour spheroids. Our method uses Sytox dyes as a cell death marker and Triton X-100, which efficiently permeabilizes all cells in spheroids, was used to establish 100% cell death. After optimization of Sytox concentration, Triton X-100 concentration and timing, we showed that the 3DELTA method was able to detect signals from all cells without the need to disaggregate spheroids. Moreover, in this work we demonstrated that 2D experiments cannot be extrapolated to 3D cultures as 3D cultures are less sensitive to cell death induction. In conclusion, 3DELTA is a more cost-effective way to identify and measure cell death type in 3D cultures, including spheroids.
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	Language		Wos	000529337400180	Publication Date	2020-03-13
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	ISSN	2073-4409	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor		Times cited	5	Open Access
	Notes	; Research in the D.V.K. group is supported by Fund for Scientific Research Flanders (1506218N, 1507118N, G051918N and G043219N) and Ghent University (Special Research Fund IOP 01/O3618). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:167215			Serial	6446
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	Author	Srivastava, A.; Van Passel, S.; Kessels, R.; Valkering, P.; Laes, E.
	Title	Reducing winter peaks in electricity consumption: A choice experiment to structure demand response programs			Type	A1 Journal Article
	Year	2020	Publication	Energy Policy	Abbreviated Journal	Energ Policy
	Volume	137	Issue		Pages	111183
	Keywords	A1 Journal Article; Engineering Management (ENM) ;
	Abstract	Winter peaks in Belgian electricity demand are significantly higher than the summer peaks, creating a greater potential for imbalances between demand and supply. This potential is exacerbated because of the risk of outages in its ageing nuclear power plants, which are being phased out in the medium term. This paper conducts a choice experiment to investigate the acceptability of a load control-based demand response program in the winter months. It surveys 186 respondents on their willingness to accept limits on the use of home appliances in return for a compensation. Results indicate that respondents are most affected by the days of the week that their appliance usage would be curtailed, and by the compensation they would receive. The willingness to enroll in a program increases with age, environmental consciousness, home ownership, and lower privacy concerns. The analysis predicts that 95% of the sample surveyed could enroll in a daily load control program for a compen- sation of €41 per household per year. Thus while an initial rollout among older and more pro-environment homeowners could be successful, a wider implementation would require an explanation of its environmental and financial benefits to the population, and a greater consideration of their data privacy concerns.
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	Language		Wos	000515439900040	Publication Date	2019-12-13
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	ISSN	0301-4215	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	9	Times cited		Open Access
	Notes	The authors gratefully acknowledge the guidance offered by the Flemish Electricity Regulatory Agency (VREG), the Flemish Department for Environment, Nature, and Energy (LNE), and Guido Pepermans in designing the experiment. We are also grateful for the translations provided by Loic De Weerdt, and the support extended by Macarena MacLean Larrain in pre-testing the experiment. Finally, Roselinde Kes- sels thanks the Flemish Research Foundation (FWO) for her postdoctoral fellowship and the JMP Division of SAS Institute for further financial support.			Approved	Most recent IF: 9; 2020 IF: 4.14
	Call Number	ENM @ enm @c:irua:167253			Serial	6348
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	Author	Bjørnåvold, A.; Lizin, S.; Van Dael, M.; Arnold, F.; Van Passel, S.
	Title	Eliciting policymakers’ preferences for technologies to decarbonise transport: A discrete choice experiment			Type	A1 Journal Article
	Year	2020	Publication	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	Abbreviated Journal	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
	Volume	35	Issue		Pages	21-34
	Keywords	A1 Journal Article; Engineering Management (ENM) ;
	Abstract	Socio-technical transitions are often hindered by the resilience of existing infrastructures, as policymakers are reluctant to invest in novel products or services. Using the example of carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) based fuels, we set up a discrete choice experiment to assess whether European policymakers have a tendency to avoid investing in novel, and more disruptive technologies, and rather prefer to invest in technologies that resemble the incumbent. Results indicate that policymakers prefer to allocate funding to dominant technologies. The results also revealed an overall positive perception of CCU technologies among policymakers. As the commercialisation of such products and processes continues, acceptance among this group of stakeholders is key.
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	Language		Wos	000540750600002	Publication Date	2020-02-14
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	ISSN	2210-4224	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record
	Impact Factor	7.2	Times cited		Open Access
	Notes	The authors would like to express their thanks to the participants that took part in this study. Financial support from the Flemish University Research Fund (BOF) (for Amalie Bjørnåvold) and the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) Postdoctoral Grant 12G5418N (for Sebastien Lizin) is gratefully acknowledged. The authors have no competing interests to declare.			Approved	Most recent IF: 7.2; 2020 IF: NA
	Call Number	ENM @ enm @c:irua:167254			Serial	6351
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	Author	Hugé, J.; Rochette, Aj.; de Béthune, S.; Parra Paitan, Cc.; Vanderhaegen, K.; Vandervelden, T.; Van Passel, S.; Vanhove, Mp.m.; Verbist, B.; Verheyen, D.; Waas, T.; Janssens, I.; Janssens de Bisthoven, L.
	Title	Ecosystem services assessment tools for African Biosphere Reserves: A review and user-informed classification			Type	A1 Journal Article
	Year	2020	Publication	Ecosystem Services	Abbreviated Journal	Ecosyst Serv
	Volume	42	Issue		Pages	101079
	Keywords	A1 Journal Article; Engineering Management (ENM) ;
	Abstract	While the concept of ecosystem services which links biodiversity to human wellbeing, is by now well-known, its translation into actual management decisions is still uneven. African Biosphere Reserves, which are to be living labs for sustainable development, embody the idea of synergies between people and nature. Gaining knowledge about the provision, the use and the trends of ecosystem services in these reserves is essential to ensure their global change-proof management. The diversity of rapidly evolving ecosystem services assessment tools requires a systematic and informed selection, in order to ensure that prospective tool users select the most adequate tool, aligned to their needs and context. Based on a Delphi survey of future tool users, and on a review of ecosystem services assessment tools, we propose guidance to users to select the most suited tool based on the context of African Biosphere Reserves, and on tool requirements regarding data input, necessary skills, outputs and types of ecosystem services addressed. The use of the Delphi survey and the focus on African Biosphere Reserves are new elements that contribute to the theory and practice of ecosystem services assessment.
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	Language		Wos	000522223700008	Publication Date	2020-03-19
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	ISSN	2212-0416	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	7.6	Times cited		Open Access
	Notes	The authors wish to thank all Delphi participants. The authors ac- knowledge the financial support of the UNESCO MAB Programme and the Belgian Science Policy, within the frame of the EVAMAB project; the Belgian Development Cooperation for its support to CEBioS; the KLIMOS Acropolis Research Platform funded by the Flemish Inter- University Council – University Development Cooperation VLIR UOS; the Global Minds Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and VLIR UOS. This manuscript is one of the out- puts of Work Package 1 of the EVAMAB Project (Economic valuation of ecosystem services in Biosphere Reserves: testing effective rapid as- sessment methods in selected African Biosphere Reserves).			Approved	Most recent IF: 7.6; 2020 IF: 4.072
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	Author	Vanschoenwinkel, J.; Moretti, M.; Van Passel, S.
	Title	The effect of policy leveraging climate change adaptive capacity in agriculture			Type	A1 Journal Article
	Year	2020	Publication	European Review Of Agricultural Economics	Abbreviated Journal	Eur Rev Agric Econ
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	A1 Journal Article; Engineering Management (ENM)
	Abstract	Agricultural adaptation to climate change is indispensable. However, the degree of adaptation depends on adaptive capacity levels and it only takes place if the appropriate resources are present. Cross-sectional climate response models ignore this requirement. This paper adapts the Ricardian method to control for a generic territorial adaptive capacity index. The results for a sample of over 60.000 European farms show a significant non-linear positive relationship between adaptive capacity and climate responsiveness and that some regions in Europe can increase their climate responsiveness significantly. This confirms that improvement of adaptive capacity is an important policy tool to enhance adaptation.
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	Language		Wos	000558982300007	Publication Date	2019-03-14
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	ISSN	0165-1587	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.4	Times cited		Open Access
	Notes	This paper was supported by the Horizon 2020 project SUFISA (Grant Agreement No. 635577).			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.4; 2020 IF: 1.6
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	Author	Vandekerckhove, T.G.L.; Boon, N.; Vlaeminck, S.E.
	Title	Pioneering on single-sludge nitrification/denitrification at 50 °C			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Chemosphere	Abbreviated Journal	Chemosphere
	Volume	252	Issue		Pages	126527-10
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
	Abstract	Thermophilic nitrification has been proven in lab-scale bioreactors at 50 °C. The challenge is now to develop a solution for thermophilic nitrogen removal, integrating nitrification with denitrification and aerobic carbon removal. This pioneering study aimed at a single-sludge nitrification/denitrification process at 50 °C, through exposing nitrification in a step by step approach to anoxia and/or organics. Firstly, recurrent anoxia was tolerated by a nitrifying community during long-term membrane bioreactor (MBR) operation (85 days), with high ammonium oxidation efficiencies (>98%). Secondly, five organic carbon sources did not affect thermophilic ammonium and nitrite oxidation rates in three-day aerobic batch flask incubations. Moving to long-term tests with sequencing batch reactors (SBR) and MBR (>250 days), good nitrification performance was obtained at increasing COD/Ninfluent ratios (0, 0.5, 1, 2 and 3). Thirdly, combining nitrification, recurrent anoxia and presence of organic carbon resulted in a nitrogen removal efficiency of 92–100%, with a COD/Nremoved of 4.8 ± 0.6 and a nitrogen removal rate of 50 ± 14 mg N g−1 VSS d−1. Overall, this is the first proof of principle thermophilic nitrifiers can cope with redox fluctuations (aerobic/anoxic) and the aerobic or anoxic presence of organic carbon, can functionally co-exist with heterotrophs and that single-sludge nitrification/denitrification can be achieved.
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	Language		Wos	000534377000121	Publication Date	2020-03-17
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	ISSN	0045-6535; 1879-1298	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	8.8	Times cited		Open Access
	Notes	; The authors acknowledge (i) the Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT Flanders) [grant number SB-141205] for funding Tom G.L. Vandekerckhove, (ii) Wouter Peleman and Zoe Pesonen for practical support during their master thesis, (iii) Jolien De Paepe for assisting in the reactor operation, and (iv) Jo De Vrieze and Tim Lacoere for their help with qPCR and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 8.8; 2020 IF: 4.208
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	Author	De Weerdt, L.; Sasao, T.; Compernolle, T.; Van Passel, S.; De Jaeger, S.
	Title	The effect of waste incineration taxation on industrial plastic waste generation: A panel analysis			Type	A1 Journal Article
	Year	2020	Publication	Resources Conservation And Recycling	Abbreviated Journal	Resour Conserv Recy
	Volume	157	Issue		Pages	104717
	Keywords	A1 Journal Article; Engineering Management (ENM) ;
	Abstract	Waste treatment taxation is a popular policy instrument in many European countries and regions. Its impact on household waste has extensively been researched. However, only little research exists which looks into the impact of waste treatment taxation on industrial waste generation. Nevertheless, industrial waste constitutes more than ninety percent of waste generated in the European Union. This study assesses the impact of an incineration tax on the generation of industrial plastic waste in Flanders, Belgium. We conduct different types of econometrical panel analyzes and provide statistical evidence that firms show lagged behavior, which means that the previous year’s waste generation partly determines the current year’s. The dynamic panel estimations show robust results, indicating that a growth of incineration taxes exert significant negative effects on the growth of industrial plastic waste generation. This result offers no argument to iteratively raise incineration taxes. We conclude that incineration taxation is meaningful if tax rates are set according to the prevailing market conditions, i.e. taking into account the marginal costs of alternatives for incineration. In the short run, the effectiveness of taxation will quickly diminish due to the rapidly rising marginal costs of waste reduction. In the long run, extra recycling capacity is needed to recycle the minimized waste fraction. The role of taxation in the long run is to maintain an equilibrium in which recycling is preferred by the market.
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	Language		Wos	000540606400023	Publication Date	2020-02-18
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	ISSN	0921-3449	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	13.2	Times cited		Open Access
	Notes	Flemish Circular Economy Policy Research Centre; Research Foundation Flanders, 12M7417N ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 13.2; 2020 IF: 3.313
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	Author	Zewdie, M.C.; Van Passel, S.; Moretti, M.; Annys, S.; Tenessa, D.B.; Ayele, Z.A.; Tsegaye, E.A.; Cools, J.; Minale, A.S.; Nyssen, J.
	Title	Pathways how irrigation water affects crop revenue of smallholder farmers in northwest Ethiopia: A mixed approach			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Agricultural Water Management	Abbreviated Journal	Agr Water Manage
	Volume	233	Issue		Pages	106101
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Economics; Engineering sciences. Technology; Engineering Management (ENM); Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
	Abstract	The relationship between irrigation water availability and crop revenue is multifaceted. However, most of the previous studies focused only on the direct effect of irrigation water on crop revenue or considered that the indirect effect passes only through the farmers’ improved farm inputs usage. Nevertheless, unlike previous studies, this study argues that a one-sided argument that irrigation water directly causes high crop revenue or indirectly affects crop revenue only via the farmers’ improved farm inputs usage is incomplete, as irrigation water not only directly contributes to crop revenue but also indirectly conduces to crop revenue via both the type of crops produced and the farmers’ improved farm inputs usage. Considering the previous studies’ limitations, this study investigates pathways how small-scale irrigation water affects crop revenue and identifies challenges of small-scale irrigation farming in Fogera district, Ethiopia. Results endorsed that irrigation water has both direct and indirect effects on crop revenue. The indirect effect is 67 percent of the total effect and it is mediated by both the type of crops produced and farmers’ improved farm inputs usage. The result also indicated that irrigation user farmers have a higher income, more livestock assets and resources and better food, housing, and cloths than the non-users. Moreover, challenges related to agricultural output and input market were identified as the most severe problem followed by crop disease. The findings of our study suggest that to utilize the benefits of irrigation water properly, it is crucial to encourage farmers to use more improved farm inputs and to shift from staple to cash crop production. Moreover, farmers are frequently exposed to cheating by illegal brokers in the output market, therefore it is also important to increase farmers’ accessibility to output and input markets, the quality of improved farm inputs, and the bargaining power of farmers with market information.
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	Language		Wos	000525291200025	Publication Date	2020-02-29
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	ISSN	0378-3774	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	6.7	Times cited		Open Access
	Notes	Bahir Dar University – Institutional University Cooperation;			Approved	Most recent IF: 6.7; 2020 IF: 2.848
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	Author	Trenchev, G.; Bogaerts, A.
	Title	Dual-vortex plasmatron: A novel plasma source for CO2 conversion			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Journal Of Co2 Utilization	Abbreviated Journal	J Co2 Util
	Volume	39	Issue		Pages	101152
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	Atmospheric pressure gliding arc (GA) discharges are gaining increasing interest for CO2 conversion and other gas conversion applications, due to their simplicity and high energy eﬃciency. However, they are characterized by some drawbacks, such as non-uniform gas treatment, limiting the conversion, as well as the development of a hot cathode spot, resulting in severe electrode degradation. In this work, we built a dual-vortex plasmatron, which is a GA plasma reactor with innovative electrode conﬁguration, to solve the above problems. The design aims to improve the CO2 conversion capability of the GA reactor by elongating the arc in two directions, to increase the residence time of the gas inside the arc, and to actively cool the cathode spot by rotation of the arc and gas convection. The measured CO2 conversion and corresponding energy eﬃciency indeed look very promising. In addition, we developed a ﬂuid dynamics non-thermal plasma model with argon chemistry, to study the arc behavior in the reactor and to explain the experimental results.
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	Language		Wos	000546648400008	Publication Date	2020-03-20
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	ISSN	2212-9820	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	7.7	Times cited		Open Access
	Notes	Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders, G.0383.16N 11U53.16N ; Hercules Foundation, the Flemish Government; UAntwerpen; We acknowledge ﬁnancial support from the Fund for Scientiﬁc Research – Flanders (FWO); grant numbers G.0383.16N and 11U53.16N. The calculations were performed using the Turing HPC infrastructure at the CalcUA core facility of the Universiteit Antwerpen (UAntwerpen), a division of the Flemish Supercomputer Center VSC, funded by the Hercules Foundation, the Flemish Government (department EWI), and the UAntwerpen. We would also like to thank G. Van Loon from the University of Antwerp for building the DVP reactor.			Approved	Most recent IF: 7.7; 2020 IF: 4.292
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	Author	Idrissi, H.; Samaee, V.; Lumbeeck, G.; Werf, T.; Pardoen, T.; Schryvers, D.; Cordier, P.
	Title	In Situ Quantitative Tensile Testing of Antigorite in a Transmission Electron Microscope			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Journal Of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth	Abbreviated Journal	J Geophys Res-Sol Ea
	Volume	125	Issue	3	Pages
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	The determination of the mechanical properties of serpentinites is essential toward the understanding of the mechanics of faulting and subduction. Here we present the first in situ tensile tests on antigorite in a transmission electron microscope. A push‐to‐pull deformation device is used to perform quantitative tensile tests, during which force and displacement are measured, while the evolving microstructure is imaged with the microscope. The experiments have been performed at room temperature on 2 × 1 × 0.2 μm3 beams prepared by focused ion beam. The specimens are not single crystals despite their small sizes. Orientation mapping indicated that several grains were well oriented for plastic slip. However, no dislocation activity has been observed even though the engineering tensile stress went up to 700 MPa. We show also that antigorite does not exhibit a purely elastic‐brittle behavior since, despite the presence of defects, the specimens accumulate permanent deformation and did not fail within the elastic regime. Instead, we observe that strain localizes at grain boundaries. All observations concur to show that under these experimental conditions, grain boundary sliding is the dominant deformation mechanism. This study sheds a new light on the mechanical properties of antigorite and calls for further studies on the structure and properties of grain boundaries in antigorite and more generally in phyllosilicates.
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	Language		Wos	000530895800023	Publication Date	2020-02-20
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	ISSN	2169-9313	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.9	Times cited		Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	We thank S. Guillot for having kindly provided us with the two antigorite samples investigated in this study. We acknowledge funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant Agreement 787198—TimeMan. H. Idrissi is mandated by the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FSR‐FNRS). We acknowledge fruitful discussions with A. Baronnet. We thank J. Gasc and an anonymous reviewer for their critical comments. Data (movies of the three in situ deformation experiments) can be downloaded (from https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3583135).			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.9; 2020 IF: 3.35
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	Author	Spanoghe, J.; Grunert, O.; Wambacq, E.; Sakarika, M.; Papini, G.; Alloul, A.; Spiller, M.; Derycke, V.; Stragier, L.; Verstraete, H.; Fauconnier, K.; Verstraete, W.; Haesaert, G.; Vlaeminck, S.E.
	Title	Storage, fertilization and cost properties highlight the potential of dried microbial biomass as organic fertilizer			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Microbial biotechnology	Abbreviated Journal	Microb. Biotechnol.
	Volume		Issue		Pages	1-13
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
	Abstract	The transition to sustainable agriculture and horticulture is a societal challenge of global importance. Fertilization with a minimum impact on the environment can facilitate this. Organic fertilizers can play an important role, given their typical release pattern and production through resource recovery. Microbial fertilizers (MFs) constitute an emerging class of organic fertilizers and consist of dried microbial biomass, for instance produced on effluents from the food and beverage industry. In this study, three groups of organisms were tested as MFs: a high-rate consortium aerobic bacteria (CAB), the microalga Arthrospira platensis (‘Spirulina’) and a purple non-sulfur bacterium (PNSB) Rhodobacter sp. During storage as dry products, the MFs showed light hygroscopic activity, but the mineral and organic fractions remained stable over a storage period of 91 days. For biological tests, a reference organic fertilizer (ROF) was used as positive control, and a commercial organic growing medium (GM) as substrate. The mineralization patterns without and with plants were similar for all MFs and ROF, with more than 70% of the organic nitrogen mineralized in 77 days. In a first fertilization trial with parsley, all MFs showed equal performance compared to ROF, and the plant fresh weight was even higher with CAB fertilization. CAB was subsequently used in a follow-up trial with petunia and resulted in elevated plant height, comparable chlorophyll content and a higher amount of flowers compared to ROF. Finally, a cost estimation for packed GM with supplemented fertilizer indicated that CAB and a blend of CAB/PNSB (85%/15%) were most cost competitive, with an increase of 6% and 7% in cost compared to ROF. In conclusion, as biobased fertilizers, MFs have the potential to contribute to sustainable plant nutrition, performing as good as a commercially available organic fertilizer, and to a circular economy.
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	Language		Wos	000563539700001	Publication Date	2020-03-16
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	ISSN	1751-7915	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	5.7	Times cited		Open Access
	Notes	The authors would like to kindly acknowledge (i) the MIP i‐Cleantech Flanders (Milieu‐innovatieplatform; Environment innovation platform) project Microbial Nutrients on Demand (MicroNOD) for financial support, (ii) the DOCPRO4 project ‘PurpleTech’, funded by the BOF (Bijzonder onderzoeksfonds; Special research fund) from the University of Antwerp for financially supporting J.S., (iii) all MicroNOD partners, including the University of Antwerp, Ghent University, AgrAqua, Greenyard Horticulture and Avecom; and (iv) all steering committee members, including Greenyard Frozen, Agristo, AVBS, Vlakwa, het Innovatiesteunpunt, VCM and OVAM.			Approved	Most recent IF: 5.7; 2020 IF: NA
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	Author	Lavor, I.R.; da Costa, D.R.; Chaves, A.; Farias, G.A.; Macedo, R.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Magnetic field induced vortices in graphene quantum dots			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Journal Of Physics-Condensed Matter	Abbreviated Journal	J Phys-Condens Mat
	Volume	32	Issue	15	Pages	155501
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The energy spectrum and local current patterns in graphene quantum dots (QD) are investigated for different geometries in the presence of an external perpendicular magnetic field. Our results demonstrate that, for specific geometries and edge configurations, the QD exhibits vortex and anti-vortex patterns in the local current density, in close analogy to the vortex patterns observed in the probability density current of semiconductor QD, as well as in the order parameter of mesoscopic superconductors.
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	Language		Wos	000520149200001	Publication Date	2019-12-20
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	ISSN	0953-8984	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.7	Times cited	5	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was financially supported by the CAPES foundation and CNPq (Science Without Borders, PQ and FUNCAP/PRONEX programs). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.7; 2020 IF: 2.649
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	Author	Anastasiou, I.; Van Velthoven, N.; Tomarelli, E.; Lombi, A.; Lanari, D.; Liu, P.; Bals, S.; De Vos, D.E.; Vaccaro, L.
	Title	C2-H arylation of indoles catalyzed by palladium-containing metal-organic-framework in γ-valerolactone			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Chemsuschem	Abbreviated Journal	Chemsuschem
	Volume	13	Issue	10	Pages
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	An efficient and selective procedure was developed for the direct C2-H arylation of indoles using a Pd-loaded metal-organic framework (MOF) as a heterogeneous catalyst and the nontoxic biomass-derived solvent gamma-valerolactone (GVL) as a reaction medium. The developed method allows for excellent yields and C-2 selectivity to be achieved and tolerates various substituents on the indole scaffold. The established conditions ensure the stability of the catalyst as well as recoverability, reusability, and low metal leaching into the solution.
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	Language		Wos	000520285700001	Publication Date	2020-02-15
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	ISSN	1864-5631	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	8.4	Times cited	22	Open Access	Not_Open_Access
	Notes	; The research leading to these results has received funding from the NMBP-01-2016 Programme of the European Union's Horizon 2020 Framework Programme H2020/2014-2020/under grant agreement no [720996]. The Universit degli Studi di Perugia and MIUR are acknowledged for financial support to the project AMIS, through the program “Dipartimenti di Eccellenza -2018-2022”. The XAS experiments were performed on beamline BM26A at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble (France). We are grateful to D. Banerjee at the ESRF for providing assistance in using beamline BM26A. Niels Van Velthoven and Dirk E. De Vos also thank FWO for funding. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 8.4; 2020 IF: 7.226
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	Author	Van der Donck, M.; Zarenia, M.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Reply to “Comment on `Excitons, trions, and biexcitons in transition-metal dichalcogenides: Magnetic-field dependence'”			Type	Editorial
	Year	2020	Publication	Physical Review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	101	Issue	12	Pages	127402
	Keywords	Editorial; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	In the Comment, the authors state that the separation of the relative and center of mass variables in our work is not correct. Here we point out that there is a typographical error, i.e., qi instead of -e, in two of our equations which, when corrected, makes the Comment redundant. Within the ansatzes mentioned in our paper all our results are correct, in contrast to the claims of the Comment.
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	Language		Wos	000519990800011	Publication Date	2020-03-18
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	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record
	Impact Factor	3.7	Times cited		Open Access
	Notes	; ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.7; 2020 IF: 3.836
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	Author	Li, C.; Sanli, E.S.; Barragan-Yani, D.; Stange, H.; Heinemann, M.-D.; Greiner, D.; Sigle, W.; Mainz, R.; Albe, K.; Abou-Ras, D.; van Aken, P. A.
	Title	Secondary-Phase-Assisted Grain Boundary Migration in CuInSe2			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Physical Review Letters	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev Lett
	Volume	124	Issue	9	Pages	095702
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	Significant structural evolution occurs during the deposition of CuInSe2 solar materials when the Cu content increases. We use in situ heating in a scanning transmission electron microscope to directly observe how grain boundaries migrate during heating, causing nondefected grains to consume highly defected grains. Cu substitutes for In in the near grain boundary regions, turning them into a Cu-Se phase topotactic with the CuInSe2 grain interiors. Together with density functional theory and molecular dynamics calculations, we reveal how this Cu-Se phase makes the grain boundaries highly mobile.
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	Language		Wos	000518464200009	Publication Date	2020-03-05
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	ISSN	0031-9007	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	8.6	Times cited		Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, 823717—ESTEEM3 ; Max-Planck-Gesellschaft; Helmholtz Virtual Institute;			Approved	Most recent IF: 8.6; 2020 IF: 8.462
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	Author	Canossa, S.; Gonzalez-Nelson, A.; Shupletsov, L.; Carmen Martin, M.; Van der Veen, M.A.
	Title	Overcoming Crystallinity Limitations of Aluminium Metal-Organic Frameworks by Oxalic Acid Modulated Synthesis			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Chemistry-A European Journal	Abbreviated Journal	Chem-Eur J
	Volume	26	Issue	16	Pages	3564-3570
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	A modulated synthesis approach based on the chelating properties of oxalic acid (H2C2O4) is presented as a robust and versatile method to achieve highly crystalline Al‐based metal‐organic frameworks. A comparative study on this method and the already established modulation by hydrofluoric acid was conducted using MIL‐53 as test system. The superior performance of oxalic acid modulation in terms of crystallinity and absence of undesired impurities is explained by assessing the coordination modes of the two modulators and the structural features of the product. The validity of our approach was confirmed for a diverse set of Al‐MOFs, namely X‐MIL‐53 (X=OH, CH3O, Br, NO2), CAU‐10, MIL‐69, and Al(OH)ndc (ndc=1,4‐naphtalenedicarboxylate), highlighting the potential benefits of extending the use of this modulator to other coordination materials.
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	Language		Wos	000517650300001	Publication Date	2020-03-18
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	ISSN	0947-6539	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	4.3	Times cited		Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	The Elettra Synchrotron facility (CNR Trieste, Basovizza, Italy) is acknowledged for granting beamtime at the single-crystal diffraction beamline XRD1 (Proposal ID 20185483) and the beamline staff is gratefully thanked for the precious assistance. This work was funded by the European Research Council (grant number 759 212) within the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (H2020-EU.1.1). The work by A.G.-N. forms part of the research programme of DPI, NEWPOL project 731.015.506.			Approved	Most recent IF: 4.3; 2020 IF: 5.317
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	Author	Yagmurcukardes, M.; Qin, Y.; Ozen, S.; Sayyad, M.; Peeters, F.M.; Tongay, S.; Sahin, H.
	Title	Quantum properties and applications of 2D Janus crystals and their superlattices			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Applied Physics Reviews	Abbreviated Journal	Appl Phys Rev
	Volume	7	Issue	1	Pages	011311-11316
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Two-dimensional (2D) Janus materials are a new class of materials with unique physical, chemical, and quantum properties. The name “Janus” originates from the ancient Roman god which has two faces, one looking to the future while the other facing the past. Janus has been used to describe special types of materials which have two faces at the nanoscale. This unique atomic arrangement has been shown to present rather exotic properties with applications in biology, chemistry, energy conversion, and quantum sciences. This review article aims to offer a comprehensive review of the emergent quantum properties of Janus materials. The review starts by introducing 0D Janus nanoparticles and 1D Janus nanotubes, and highlights their difference from classical ones. The design principles, synthesis, and the properties of graphene-based and chalcogenide-based Janus layers are then discussed. A particular emphasis is given to colossal built-in potential in 2D Janus layers and resulting quantum phenomena such as Rashba splitting, skyrmionics, excitonics, and 2D magnetic ordering. More recent theoretical predictions are discussed in 2D Janus superlattices when Janus layers are stacked onto each other. Finally, we discuss the tunable quantum properties and newly predicted 2D Janus layers waiting to be experimentally realized. The review serves as a complete summary of the 2D Janus library and predicted quantum properties in 2D Janus layers and their superlattices.
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	Language		Wos	000519611500001	Publication Date	2020-02-21
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	ISSN	1931-9401	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	15	Times cited	107	Open Access
	Notes	; S.T. acknowledges support from NSF Contract Nos. DMR 1552220, DMR 1904716, and NSF CMMI 1933214. H.S. acknowledges financial support from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) under Project No. 117F095. H.S. acknowledges support from the Turkish Academy of Sciences under the GEBIP program. M.Y. is supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) through a postdoctoral fellowship. Part of this work was supported by the FLAG-ERA project TRANS2D-TMD. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 15; 2020 IF: 13.667
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:167712			Serial	6591
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	Author	Bafekry, A.; Akgenc, B.; Shayesteh, S.F.; Mortazavi, B.
	Title	Tunable electronic and magnetic properties of graphene/carbon-nitride van der Waals heterostructures			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Applied Surface Science	Abbreviated Journal	Appl Surf Sci
	Volume	505	Issue		Pages	144450-144459
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	In this paper, we explore the electronic properties of C3N, C3N4 and C4N3 and graphene (Gr) van der Waals heterostructures by conducing extensive first-principles calculations. The acquired results show that these heterostructures can show diverse electronic properties, such as the metal (Gr on C3N), semiconductor with narrow band gap (Gr on C3N4) and ferromagnetic-metal (Gr on C4N3). We furthermore explored the effect of vacancies, atom substitution, topological, antisite and Stone-Wales defects on the structural and electronic properties of considered heterostructures. Our results show that the vacancy defects introduce localized states near the Fermi level and create a local magnetic moment. The Gr/C3N heterostructures with the single and double vacancy defects exhibit a ferromagnetic-metal, while Stone-Wales defects show an indirect semiconductor with the band gap of 0.2 eV. The effects of adsorption and insertion of O, C, Be, Cr, Fe and Co atoms on the electronic properties of Gr/C3N have been also elaborately studied. Our results highlight that the electronic and magnetic properties of garphene/carbon-nitride lateral heterostructures can be effectively modified by point defects and impurities.
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	Language		Wos	000510846500052	Publication Date	2019-11-18
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	ISSN	0169-4332	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	6.7	Times cited	26	Open Access
	Notes	; ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 6.7; 2020 IF: 3.387
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	Author	Sozen, Y.; Eren, I.; Ozen, S.; Yagmurcukardes, M.; Sahin, H.
	Title	Interaction of Ge with single layer GaAs : from Ge-island nucleation to formation of novel stable monolayers			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Applied Surface Science	Abbreviated Journal	Appl Surf Sci
	Volume	505	Issue		Pages	144218-7
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	In this study, reactivity of single-layer GaAs against Ge atoms is studied by means of ab initio density functional theory calculations. Firstly, it is shown that Ge atoms interact quite strongly with the GaAs layer which allows the formation of Ge islands while it hinders the growth of detached germanene monolayers. It is also predicted that adsorption of Ge atoms on GaAs single-layer lead to formation of two novel stable single-layer crystal structures, namely 1H-GaGeAs and 1H(A)-GaGeAs. Both the total energy optimizations and the calculated vibrational spectra indicate the dynamical stability of both single layer structures. Moreover, although both structures crystallize in 1H phase, 1H-GaGeAs and 1H(A)-GaGeAs exhibit distinctive vibrational features in their Raman spectra which is quite important for distinguishing the structures. In contrast to the semiconducting nature of single-layer GaAs, both polytypes of GaGeAs exhibit metallic behavior confirmed by the electronic band dispersions. Furthermore, the linear-elastic constants, in-plane stiffness and Poisson ratio, reveal the ultrasoft nature of the GaAs and GaGeAs structures and the rigidity of GaAs is found to be slightly enhanced via Ge adsorption. With their stable, ultra-thin and metallic properties, predicted single-layer GaGeAs structures can be promising candidates for nanoscale electronic and mechanical applications.
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	Language		Wos	000510846500026	Publication Date	2019-11-02
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	Impact Factor	6.7	Times cited		Open Access
	Notes	; Computational resources were provided by TUBITAK ULAKBIM, High Performance and Grid Computing Center (TR-Grid eInfrastructure). H.S. acknowledges financial support from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) under the project number 117F095. H.S. acknowledges support from Turkish Academy of Sciences under the GEBIP program. This work is supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) by a postdoctoral fellowship (M.Y.). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 6.7; 2020 IF: 3.387
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	Author	Fret, J.; Roef, L.; Diels, L.; Tavernier, S.; Vyverman, W.; Michiels, M.
	Title	Combining medium recirculation with alternating the microalga production strain : a laboratory and pilot scale cultivation test			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels And Bioproducts	Abbreviated Journal	Algal Res
	Volume	46	Issue		Pages	101763
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL); Intelligence in PRocesses, Advanced Catalysts and Solvents (iPRACS)
	Abstract	Reuse of growth medium after biomass harvesting is a cost-saving approach to improve the economic feasibility of algae mass cultivation. Algal exudates, cell debris and varying amounts of residual nutrients, impose challenges to the recycling of spent medium. In this study, the potential of combining reused medium from different algae species for growing monocultures of other algal strains was evaluated by making use of three successive cultivation setups with increasing volume; 400 mL in turbidostat mode, 2.6 L and 220 L in semi-continuous mode. Cultivation on replenished medium derived from Nannochloropsis sp. and Tisochrysis lutea, had no adverse effect on the productivity of either of the strains, regardless of whether they were grown in their own recycled medium or that of the other alga. Microfiltration of the reused medium proved to be sufficient to avoid cross-contamination. Moreover, a substantial average reduction in water footprint (77%) and nutrient cost (68% or 9 (sic).kg(-1) dry biomass) was achieved. Extension and validation of the medium recycling approach to other economically interesting algae species can contribute to improving the economic feasibility of large scale microalgae production systems.
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	Language		Wos	000512364900013	Publication Date	2020-01-02
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	ISSN	2211-9264	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	5.1	Times cited	4	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was financially supported by the Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology, Flanders (IWT Baekeland mandatory Jorien Fret, project no. 100678). We thank Kayawe Valentine Mubiana from the Systemic Physiological and Ecotoxicological Research group, University of Antwerp, for the assistance in the analysis of the trace elements. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 5.1; 2020 IF: 3.994
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	Author	Joao, S.M.; Andelkovic, M.; Covaci, L.; Rappoport, T.G.; Lopes, J.M.V.P.; Ferreira, A.
	Title	KITE : high-performance accurate modelling of electronic structure and response functions of large molecules, disordered crystals and heterostructures			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2020	Publication	Royal Society Open Science	Abbreviated Journal	Roy Soc Open Sci
	Volume	7	Issue	2	Pages	191809-191832
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	We present KITE, a general purpose open-source tight-binding software for accurate real-space simulations of electronic structure and quantum transport properties of large-scale molecular and condensed systems with tens of billions of atomic orbitals (N similar to 10(10)). KITE's core is written in C++, with a versatile Python-based interface, and is fully optimized for shared memory multi-node CPU architectures, thus scalable, efficient and fast. At the core of KITE is a seamless spectral expansion of lattice Green's functions, which enables large-scale calculations of generic target functions with uniform convergence and fine control over energy resolution. Several functionalities are demonstrated, ranging from simulations of local density of states and photo-emission spectroscopy of disordered materials to large-scale computations of optical conductivity tensors and real-space wave-packet propagation in the presence of magneto-static fields and spin-orbit coupling. On-the-fly calculations of real-space Green's functions are carried out with an efficient domain decomposition technique, allowing KITE to achieve nearly ideal linear scaling in its multi-threading performance. Crystalline defects and disorder, including vacancies, adsorbates and charged impurity centres, can be easily set up with KITE's intuitive interface, paving the way to user-friendly large-scale quantum simulations of equilibrium and non-equilibrium properties of molecules, disordered crystals and heterostructures subject to a variety of perturbations and external conditions.
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	Language		Wos	000518020200001	Publication Date	2020-02-26
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	ISSN	2054-5703	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.5	Times cited	19	Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	; T.G.R. and A.F. acknowledge support from the Newton Fund and the Royal Society through the Newton Advanced Fellowship scheme (ref. no. NA150043). M.A. and L.C. acknowledge support from the Trans2DTMD FlagEra project and the VSC (Flemish Supercomputer Center). A.F. acknowledges support from the Royal Society through a University Research Fellowship (ref. nos. UF130385 and URF-R-191021) and an Enhancement Award (ref. no. RGF-EA-180276). T.G.R. acknowledges the support from the Brazilian agencies CNPq and FAPERJ and COMPETE2020, PORTUGAL2020, FEDER and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028114. S.M.J. is supported by Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT) under the grant no. PD/BD/142798/ 2018. S.M.J. and J.M.V.P.L. acknowledge financial support from the FCT, COMPETE 2020 programme in FEDER component (European Union), through projects POCI-01-0145-FEDER028887 and UID/FIS/04650/2013. S.M.J. and J.M.V.P.L. further acknowledge financial support from FCT through national funds, co-financed by COMPETE-FEDER (grant no. M-ERANET2/0002/2016 -UltraGraf) under the Partnership Agreement PT2020. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.5; 2020 IF: 2.243
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:167751			Serial	6556
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