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Author Lebedev, O.I.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Amelinckx, S.; Leibold, B.; Habermeier, H.-U. doi  openurl
  Title Structure and microstructure of La1-xCaxMnO3- thin films prepared by pulsed layer deposition Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1998 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 58 Issue (up) 12 Pages 8065-8074  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor  
  Language Wos 000076130500085 Publication Date 2002-07-27  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 0163-1829;1095-3795; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 131 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 1998 IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:25679 Serial 3288  
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Author Lebedev, O.I.; Verbeeck, J.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Amelinckx, S.; Ravazi, F.S.; Habermeier, H.-U. pdf  doi
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  Title Structure and microstructure of La1-xSrxMnO3 (x=0.16) films grown on a SrTiO3(110) substrate Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2001 Publication Philosophical magazine: A: physics of condensed matter: defects and mechanical properties Abbreviated Journal Philos Mag A  
  Volume 81 Issue (up) 12 Pages 2865-2884  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
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  Publisher Place of Publication London Editor  
  Language Wos 000172348000008 Publication Date 2007-07-08  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 0141-8610;1460-6992; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.136 Times cited 12 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:57132 Serial 3290  
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Author Branchaud, S.; Kam, A.; Zawadzki, P.; Peeters, F.M.; Sachrajda, A.S. url  doi
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  Title Transport detection of quantum Hall fluctuations in graphene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 81 Issue (up) 12 Pages 121406,1-121406,4  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Low-temperature magnetoconductance measurements were made in the vicinity of the charge neutrality point (CNP). Two origins for the fluctuations were identified close to the CNP. At very low magnetic fields there exist only mesoscopic magnetoconductance quantum interference features which develop rapidly as a function of density. At slightly higher fields (>0.5 T), close to the CNP, additional fluctuations track the quantum Hall (QH) sequence expected for monolayer graphene. These additional features are attributed to effects of locally charging individual QH localized states. These effects reveal a precursor to the quantum Hall effect since, unlike previous transport observations of QH dot charging effects, they occur in the absence of quantum Hall plateaus or Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations. From our transport data we are able to extract parameters that characterize the inhomogeneities in our device.  
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  Language Wos 000276248900026 Publication Date 2010-03-09  
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 25 Open Access  
  Notes ; We would like to acknowledge important motivating discussions with Louis Gaudreau, Ghislain Granger, Pawel Hawrylak, Devrim Guclu, Josh Folk, and Mark Lundeberg. A. S. S. and F. M. P. acknowledge funding from CIFAR. A. S. S. and S. B. acknowledge assistance from NSERC. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2010 IF: 3.774  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:82275 Serial 3723  
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Author Liu, Y.; Claes, N.; Trepka, B.; Bals, S.; Lang, P.R. pdf  url
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  Title A combined 3D and 2D light scattering study on aqueous colloidal model systems with tunable interactions Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2016 Publication Soft matter Abbreviated Journal Soft Matter  
  Volume 12 Issue (up) 12 Pages 8485-8494  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract In this article we report on the synthesis and characterization of a system of colloidal spheres suspended in an aqueous solvent which can be refractive index-matched, thus allowing for investigations of the particle near-wall dynamics by evanescent wave dynamic light scattering at concentrations up to the isotropic to ordered transition and beyond. The particles are synthesized by copolymerization of a fluorinated acrylic ester monomer with a polyethylene-glycol (PEG) oligomer by surfactant free emulsion polymerization. Static and dynamic light scattering experiments in combination with cryo transmission electron microscopy reveal that the particles have a core shell structure with a significant enrichment of the PEG chains on the particles surface. In index-matching DMSO/water suspensions the particles arrange in an ordered phase at volume fraction above 7%, if no additional electrolyte is present. The near-wall dynamics at low volume fraction are quantitatively described by the combination of electrostatic repulsion and hydrodynamic interaction between the particles and the wall. At volume fractions close to the isotropic to ordered transition, the near-wall dynamics are more complex and qualitatively reminiscent of the behaviour which was observed in hard sphere suspensions at high concentrations.  
  Address Forschugszentrum Julich, Institute of Complex Systems ICS-3, Julich, Germany. p.lang@fz-juelich.de and Heinrich-Heine Universitat, Dusseldorf, Germany  
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  Language English Wos 000386247100004 Publication Date 2016-08-22  
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  ISSN 1744-683X ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.889 Times cited 2 Open Access OpenAccess  
  Notes The authors thank Prof. J. K. G. Dhont and the ICS-3 group for useful discussions and support. YL would like to thank the Marie Sklodowska Curie Initial Training Network SOMATAI under the EU Grant Agreement No. 316866 for financial support. BT contributed to this work during an internship at Forschungszentrum Ju¨lich supported by the International Helmholtz Research School of Biophysics and Soft Matter (IHRS BioSoft), which is gratefully acknowledged. SB and NC acknowledge financial support from the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant No. 335078-COLOURATOMS).; ECAS_Sara; (ROMEO:yellow; preprint:; postprint:restricted ; pdfversion:cannot); Approved Most recent IF: 3.889  
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @ c:irua:136166 Serial 4292  
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Author Martin, É.; Gossuin, Y.; Bals, S.; Kavak, S.; Vuong, Q.L. pdf  url
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  Title Monte Carlo simulations of the magnetic behaviour of iron oxide nanoparticle ensembles: taking size dispersion, particle anisotropy, and dipolar interactions into account Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2022 Publication European physical journal : B : condensed matter and complex systems Abbreviated Journal Eur Phys J B  
  Volume 95 Issue (up) 12 Pages 201  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract In this work, the magnetic properties of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) submitted to an external magnetic field are studied using a Metropolis algorithm. The influence on the M(B) curves of the size distribution of the nanoparticles, of uniaxial anisotropy, and of dipolar interaction between the cores are examined, as well as the influence of drying the samples under a zero or non-zero magnetic field. It is shown that the anisotropy impacts the shape of the magnetization curves, which then deviate from a pure Langevin behaviour, whereas the dipolar interaction has no influence on the curves at 300 K for small particles (with a radius of 3 nm). The fitting of the magnetization curves of particles with magnetic anisotropy to a Langevin model (including a size distribution of the particles) can then lead to erroneous values of the distribution parameters. The simulation results are qualitatively compared to experimental results obtained for iron oxide nanoparticles (with a 3.21 nm median radius).  
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  Language Wos 000901937400001 Publication Date 2022-12-21  
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  ISSN 1434-6028 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record  
  Impact Factor 1.6 Times cited Open Access OpenAccess  
  Notes The authors would like to thank Sophie Laurent from the University of Mons for the access to the Dynamic Light Scattering equipment. Computational resources have been provided by the Consortium des Equipements de Calcul Intensif (C ´ ECI), funded by the ´ Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique de Belgique (F.R.S.- FNRS) under Grant No. 2.5020.11 and by the Walloon Region. Approved Most recent IF: 1.6  
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @c:irua:192706 Serial 7232  
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Author Vodolazov, D.Y.; Elmuradov, A.; Peeters, F.M. doi  openurl
  Title Critical currents of the phase slip process in the presence of electromagnetic radiation : rectification for time asymmetric ac signal Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2005 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 72 Issue (up) 13 Pages 134509-7  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract We studied theoretically the effect of time symmetric and asymmetric electromagnetic (e.m.) radiation on the phase-slip process in superconducting wires in the regime where there is no stimulation of superconductivity. We found that for large amplitudes j(ac) of the symmetric ac signal the value of the lower critical current j(c1)(j(ac)) at which the voltage vanishes in the sample oscillates as a function of j(ac). The amplitude of these oscillations decays with increasing power of the ac signal, and we explain it either by the existence of a maximal current j(c3) beyond which no phase slips can be created or by a weak heat removal from the sample. Applying an asymmetric in time signal (with zero dc current) we show that it may lead to a finite voltage in the system (i.e., ratchet effect). At high enough frequencies the rectified voltage is directly proportional to the frequency of the applied e.m. radiation. These properties resemble in many aspects the behavior of a Josephson junction under e.m. radiation. The differences are mainly connected to the effect of the transport current on the magnitude of the order parameter.  
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  Language Wos 000231564400132 Publication Date 2005-08-09  
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 35 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2005 IF: 3.185  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:102721 Serial 543  
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Author Lin, N.S.; Misko, V.R.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Dynamics of multishell vortex structures in mesoscopic superconducting Corbino disks Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 81 Issue (up) 13 Pages 134504,1-134504,11  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract We study the dynamics of vortex shells in mesoscopic superconducting Corbino disks, where vortices form shells as recently observed in micrometer-sized Nb disks. Due to the interplay between the vortex-vortex interaction, the gradient Lorentz force and the (in)commensurability between the numbers of vortices in shells, the process of angular melting of vortex-shell configurations becomes complex. Angular melting can start either from the center of the disk (where the shear stress is maximum) or from its boundary (where the shear stress is minimum) depending on the specific vortex configuration. Furthermore, we found that two kinds of defects can exist in such vortex-shell structures: intrashell and intershell defects. An intrashell defect may lead to an inverse dynamic behavior, i.e., one of the vortex shells under a stronger driving force can rotate slower than the adjacent shell that is driven by a weaker Lorentz force. An intershell defect always locks more than two shells until the gradient of the Lorentz force becomes large enough to break the rigid-body rotation of the locked shells. Such a lock-unlock process leads to hysteresis in the angular velocities of the shells.  
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  Language Wos 000277207900079 Publication Date 2010-04-02  
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 11 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the “Odysseus” program of the Flemish Government and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-V1), the Interuniversity Attraction Poles (IAP) Programme-Belgian State-Belgian Science Policy, and the FWO-V1. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2010 IF: 3.774  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:82803 Serial 779  
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Author Vodolazov, D.Y.; Golubovic, D.S.; Peeters, F.M.; Moshchalkov, V.V. url  doi
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  Title Enhancement and decrease of critical current due to suppression of superconductivity by a magnetic field Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2007 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 76 Issue (up) 13 Pages 134505,1-7  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor  
  Language Wos 000250619800084 Publication Date 2007-10-05  
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 13 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2007 IF: 3.172  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:67347 Serial 1059  
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Author Orlova, N.V.; Shanenko, A.A.; Milošević, M.V.; Peeters, F.M.; Vagov, A.V.; Axt, V.M. url  doi
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  Title Ginzburg-Landau theory for multiband superconductors : microscopic derivation Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 87 Issue (up) 13 Pages 134510-134518  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract A procedure to derive the Ginzburg-Landau (GL) theory from the multiband BCS Hamiltonian is developed in a general case with an arbitrary number of bands and arbitrary interaction matrix. It combines the standard Gor'kov truncation and a subsequent reconstruction in order to match accuracies of the obtained terms. This reconstruction recovers the phenomenological GL theory as obtained from the Landau model of phase transitions but offers explicit microscopic expressions for the relevant parameters. Detailed calculations are presented for a three-band system treated as a prototype multiband superconductor. It is demonstrated that the symmetry in the coupling matrix may lead to the chiral ground state with the phase frustration, typical for systems with broken time-reversal symmetry. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.134510  
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  Language Wos 000317586700002 Publication Date 2013-04-16  
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 57 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the “Odysseus” Program of the Flemish Government and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). A.A.S. acknowledges useful discussions with D. Neilson. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:108464 Serial 1344  
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Author Galván Moya, J.E.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Ginzburg-Landau theory of the zigzag transition in quasi-one-dimensional classical Wigner crystals Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2011 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 84 Issue (up) 13 Pages 134106,1-134106,10  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract We present a mean-field description of the zigzag phase transition of a quasi-one-dimensional system of strongly interacting particles, with interaction potential r−ne−r/λ, that are confined by a power-law potential (yα). The parameters of the resulting one-dimensional Ginzburg-Landau theory are determined analytically for different values of α and n. Close to the transition point for the zigzag phase transition, the scaling behavior of the order parameter is determined. For α=2, the zigzag transition from a single to a double chain is of second order, while for α>2, the one-chain configuration is always unstable and, for α<2, the one-chain ordered state becomes unstable at a certain critical density, resulting in jumps of single particles out of the chain.  
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  Language Wos 000296289500004 Publication Date 2011-10-18  
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 16 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2011 IF: 3.691  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:93583 Serial 1345  
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Author Kishore, V.V.R.; Čukarić, N.; Partoens, B.; Tadić, M.; Peeters, F.M. pdf  doi
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  Title Hole subbands in freestanding nanowires : six-band versus eight-band k.p modelling Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Journal of physics : condensed matter Abbreviated Journal J Phys-Condens Mat  
  Volume 24 Issue (up) 13 Pages 135302-135302,10  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract The electronic structure of GaAs, InAs and InSb nanowires is studied using the six-band and the eight-band k.p models. The effect of the different Luttinger-like parameters (in the eight-band model) on the hole band structure is investigated. Although GaAs nanostructures are often treated within a six-band model because of the large bandgap, it is shown that an eight-band model is necessary for a correct description of its hole spectrum. The camel-back structure usually found in the six-band model is not always present in the eight-band model. This camel-back structure depends on the interaction between light and heavy holes, especially the ones with opposite spin. The latter effect is less pronounced in an eight-band model, but could be very sensitive to the Kane inter-band energy (E-P) value.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication London Editor  
  Language Wos 000302120100007 Publication Date 2012-03-06  
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  ISSN 0953-8984;1361-648X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.649 Times cited 13 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), Belgian Science Policy (IAP) and the Ministry of Education and Science of Serbia. ; Approved Most recent IF: 2.649; 2012 IF: 2.355  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:97763 Serial 1479  
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Author Chen, Y.; Shanenko, A.A.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Hollow nanocylinder: multisubband superconductivity induced by quantum confinement Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 81 Issue (up) 13 Pages 134523-134523:11  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Quantization of the transverse electron motion in high-quality superconducting metallic nanowires and nanofilms results in the formation of well-distinguished single-electron subbands. They shift in energy with changing thickness, which is known to cause quantum-size superconducting oscillations. The formation of multiple subbands results in a multigap structure induced by the interplay between quantum confinement and Andreev mechanism. We investigate multisubband superconductivity in a hollow nanocylinder by numerically solving the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations. When changing the inner radius and thickness of the hollow nanocylinder, we find a crossover from an irregular pattern of quantum-size superconducting oscillations, typical of nanowires, to an almost regular regime, specific for superconducting nanofilms. At this crossover the multigap structure becomes degenerate. The ratio of the critical temperature to the energy gap increases and approaches its bulk value while being reduced by 20-30% due to Andreev-type states driven by quantum confinement in the irregular regime.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor  
  Language Wos 000277207900098 Publication Date 2010-04-26  
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 21 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI), the Interuniversity Attraction Poles Programme, Belgian States, Belgian Science Policy (IAP) and the ESF-AQDJJ network. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2010 IF: 3.774  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:95623 Serial 1481  
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Author Zha, G.-Q.; Milošević, M.V.; Zhou, S.-P.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Influence of impurities and surface defects on the flux-induced current in mesoscopic d-wave superconducting loops Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2011 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 84 Issue (up) 13 Pages 132501-132501,4  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract We investigated the magnetic flux dependence of the supercurrent in mesoscopic d-wave superconducting loops, containing impurities and surface defects, by numerically solving the Bogoliubovde Gennes equations self-consistently. In the presence of impurities, bound states arise close to the Fermi energy. In the case of a single impurity, the flux-induced current is found to be suppressed. This can be different when more impurities are introduced in the sample due to the quantum interference effect, which depends sensitively on the relative position between the impurities. We further analyze the effect of small surface defects at the inner or outer edge of the loop, and show that indentation and bulge defects have pronounced and different effects on the supercurrent.  
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  Language Wos 000295713600002 Publication Date 2011-10-07  
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 13 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), by Belgian Science Policy (IAP), by National Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10904089 and 60971053), and by research funds under Grant Nos. 20093108120005, S30105, 09JC1406000, and 10zz63. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2011 IF: 3.691  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:92811 Serial 1623  
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Author Schattschneider, P.; Schaffer, B.; Ennen, I.; Verbeeck, J. url  doi
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  Title Mapping spin-polarized transitions with atomic resolution Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 85 Issue (up) 13 Pages 134422-134422,8  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract The coupling of angstrom-sized electron probes with spin-polarized electronic transitions shows that the inelastically scattered probe electron is in a mixed state containing electron vortices with nonzero orbital angular momentum. These electrons create an asymmetric intensity distribution in energy filtered diffraction patterns, giving access to maps of the magnetic moments with atomic resolution. A feasibility experiment shows evidence of the predicted effect. Potential applications are column-by-column maps of magnetic ordering, and the creation of angstrom-sized free electrons with orbital angular momentum by inelastic scattering in a thin ferromagnetic foil.  
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  Language Wos 000302608100004 Publication Date 2012-04-11  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 41 Open Access  
  Notes The authors thank A. Bleloch, S. Loffler, and P. Nellist for fruitful discussions and suggestions. P.S. acknowledges financial support from the Austrian Science Fund, Project No. I543-N20. The support of the EPSRC for the SuperSTEM facility is gratefully acknowledged. J.V. acknowledges support from the European Research Council under the 7th Framework Program (FP7), ERC Grant No. 246791-COUNTATOMS and ERC Starting Grant No. 278510-VORTEX. ECASJO_; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:97390UA @ admin @ c:irua:97390 Serial 1945  
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Author Salje, E.K.H.; Zhang, H.; Idrissi, H.; Schryvers, D.; Carpenter, M.A.; Moya, X.; Planes, A. url  doi
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  Title Mechanical resonance of the austenite/martensite interface and the pinning of the martensitic microstructures by dislocations in Cu74.08Al23.13Be2.79 Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Physical review: B: condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 80 Issue (up) 13 Pages 134114,1-1134114,8  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract A single crystal of Cu74.08Al23.13Be2.79 undergoes a martensitic phase transition at 246 and 232 K under heating and cooling, respectively. The phase fronts between the austenite and martensite regions of the sample are weakly mobile with a power-law resonance under external stress fields. Surprisingly, the martensite phase is elastically much harder than the austenite phase showing that interfaces between various crystallographic variants are strongly pinned and cannot be moved by external stress while the phase boundary between the austenite and martensite regions in the sample remains mobile. This unusual behavior was studied by dynamical mechanical analysis (DMA) and resonant ultrasound spectroscopy. The remnant strain, storage modulus, and internal friction were recorded simultaneously for different applied forces in DMA. With increasing forces, the remnant strain increases monotonously while the internal friction peak height shows a minimum at 300 mN. Transmission electron microscopy shows that the pinning is generated by dislocations which are inherited from the austenite phase.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor  
  Language Wos 000271351300033 Publication Date 2009-10-22  
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 38 Open Access  
  Notes Multimat Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2009 IF: 3.475  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:78542 Serial 1975  
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Author Singh, S.K.; Neek-Amal, M.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Melting of graphene clusters Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 87 Issue (up) 13 Pages 134103-134109  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Density-functional tight-binding and classical molecular dynamics simulations are used to investigate the structural deformations and melting of planar carbon nanoclusters C-N with N = 2-55. The minimum-energy configurations for different clusters are used as starting configurations for the study of the temperature effects on the bond breaking and rotation in carbon lines (N < 6), carbon rings (5 < N < 19), and graphene nanoflakes. The larger the rings (graphene nanoflakes) the higher the transition temperature (melting point) with ring-to-line (perfect-to-defective) transition structures. The melting point was obtained by using the bond energy, the Lindemann criteria, and the specific heat. We found that hydrogen-passivated graphene nanoflakes (CNHM) have a larger melting temperature with a much smaller dependence on size. The edges in the graphene nanoflakes exhibit several different metastable configurations (isomers) during heating before melting occurs. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.134103  
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 28 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the EU-Marie Curie IIF Postdoctoral Fellowship No. 299855 (for M.N.-A.), the ESF-EuroGRAPHENE Project CONGRAN, the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), and the Methusalem Foundation of the Flemish Government. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:108467 Serial 1987  
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Author Szaszko-Bogar, V.; Foeldi, P.; Peeters, F.M. doi  openurl
  Title Oscillating spin-orbit interaction as a source of spin-polarized wavepackets in two-terminal nanoscale devices Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2014 Publication Journal of physics : condensed matter Abbreviated Journal J Phys-Condens Mat  
  Volume 26 Issue (up) 13 Pages 135302  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Ballistic transport through nanoscale devices with time-dependent Rashba-type spin- orbit interaction (SOI) can lead to spin-polarized wavepackets that appear even for completely unpolarized input. The SOI that oscillates in a finite domain generates density and spin polarization fluctuations that leave the region as propagating waves. In particular, spin polarization has space and time dependence even in regions without SOI. Our results are based on an analytical solution of the time-dependent Schrodinger equation. The relevant Floquet quasi-energies that are obtained appear in the energy spectrum of both the transmitted and the reflected waves.  
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  ISSN 0953-8984 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.649 Times cited Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.649; 2014 IF: 2.346  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:116844 Serial 2533  
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Author Berdiyorov, G.R.; Milošević, M.V.; Savel'ev, S.; Kusmartsev, F.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Parametric amplification of vortex-antivortex pair generation in a Josephson junction Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2014 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 90 Issue (up) 13 Pages 134505  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Using advanced three-dimensional simulations, we show that an Abrikosov vortex, trapped inside a cavity perpendicular to an artificial Josephson junction, can serve as a very efficient source for generation of Josephson vortex-antivortex pairs in the presence of the applied electric current. In such a case, the nucleation rate of the pairs can be tuned in a broad range by an out-of-plane ac magnetic field in a broad range of frequencies. This parametrically amplified vortex-antivortex nucleation can be considered as a macroscopic analog of the dynamic Casimir effect, where fluxon pairs mimic the photons and the ac magnetic field plays the role of the oscillating mirrors. The emerging vortex pairs in our system can be detected by the pronounced features in the measured voltage characteristics, or through the emitted electromagnetic radiation, and exhibit resonant dynamics with respect to the frequency of the applied magnetic field. Reported tunability of the Josephson oscillations can be useful for developing high-frequency emission devices.  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 22 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI) and the Leverhulme Trust. G.R.B. acknowledges support from a EU-Marie Curie individual grant (Grant No. 253057) ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2014 IF: 3.736  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:121176 Serial 2553  
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Author Lobanov, M.V.; Balagurov, A.M.; Pomjakushin, V.J.; Fischer, P.; Gutmann, M.; Abakumov, A.M.; D'yachenko, O.G.; Antipov, E.V.; Lebedev, O.I.; Van Tendeloo, G. doi  openurl
  Title Structural and magnetic properties of the colossal magnetoresistance perovskite La0.85Ca0.15MnO3 Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2000 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 61 Issue (up) 13 Pages 8941-8949  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor  
  Language Wos 000086597400059 Publication Date 2002-07-27  
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  ISSN 0163-1829;1095-3795; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 47 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2000 IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:54735 Serial 3197  
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Author Berdiyorov, G.R.; Milošević, M.V.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Superconducting films with weak pinning centers: incommenssurate vortex lattices Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2007 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 76 Issue (up) 13 Pages 134508,1-134508,6  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor  
  Language Wos 000250619800087 Publication Date 2007-10-15  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 19 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2007 IF: 3.172  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:67348 Serial 3353  
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Author Muñoz, W.A.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Tight-binding description of intrinsic superconducting correlations in multilayer graphene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 87 Issue (up) 13 Pages 134509-7  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Using highly efficient GPU-based simulations of the tight-binding Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations we solve self-consistently for the pair correlation in rhombohedral (ABC) and Bernal (ABA) multilayer graphene by considering a finite intrinsic s-wave pairing potential. We find that the two different stacking configurations have opposite bulk/surface behavior for the order parameter. Surface superconductivity is robust for ABC stacked multilayer graphene even at very low pairing potentials for which the bulk order parameter vanishes, in agreement with a recent analytical approach. In contrast, for Bernal stacked multilayer graphene, we find that the order parameter is always suppressed at the surface and that there exists a critical value for the pairing potential below which no superconducting order is achieved. We considered different doping scenarios and find that homogeneous doping strongly suppresses surface superconductivity while nonhomogeneous field-induced doping has a much weaker effect on the superconducting order parameter. For multilayer structures with hybrid stacking (ABC and ABA) we find that when the thickness of each region is small (few layers), high-temperature surface superconductivity survives throughout the bulk due to the proximity effect between ABC/ABA interfaces where the order parameter is enhanced. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.134509  
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  Language Wos 000317390000006 Publication Date 2013-04-11  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 37 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem funding of the Flemish Government. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:108469 Serial 3660  
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Author Mees, M.J.; Pourtois, G.; Neyts, E.C.; Thijsse, B.J.; Stesmans, A. url  doi
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  Title Uniform-acceptance force-bias Monte Carlo method with time scale to study solid-state diffusion Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 85 Issue (up) 13 Pages 134301-134301,9  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)  
  Abstract Monte Carlo (MC) methods have a long-standing history as partners of molecular dynamics (MD) to simulate the evolution of materials at the atomic scale. Among these techniques, the uniform-acceptance force-bias Monte Carlo (UFMC) method [ G. Dereli Mol. Simul. 8 351 (1992)] has recently attracted attention [ M. Timonova et al. Phys. Rev. B 81 144107 (2010)] thanks to its apparent capacity of being able to simulate physical processes in a reduced number of iterations compared to classical MD methods. The origin of this efficiency remains, however, unclear. In this work we derive a UFMC method starting from basic thermodynamic principles, which leads to an intuitive and unambiguous formalism. The approach includes a statistically relevant time step per Monte Carlo iteration, showing a significant speed-up compared to MD simulations. This time-stamped force-bias Monte Carlo (tfMC) formalism is tested on both simple one-dimensional and three-dimensional systems. Both test-cases give excellent results in agreement with analytical solutions and literature reports. The inclusion of a time scale, the simplicity of the method, and the enhancement of the time step compared to classical MD methods make this method very appealing for studying the dynamics of many-particle systems.  
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  Language Wos 000302290500001 Publication Date 2012-04-03  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 31 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:97160 Serial 3809  
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Author Lipavsky, P.; Elmurodov, A.; Lin, P.-J.; Matlock, P.; Berdiyorov, G.R. url  doi
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  Title Effect of normal current corrections on the vortex dynamics in type-II superconductors Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 86 Issue (up) 14 Pages 144516-144518  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Within the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory we discuss the effect of nonmagnetic interactions between the normal current and supercurrent in the presence of electric and magnetic fields. The correction due to the current-current interactions is shown to have a transient character so that it contributes only when a system evolves. Numerical studies for thin current-carrying superconducting strips with no magnetic feedback show that the effect of the normal current corrections is more pronounced in the resistive state where fast-moving kinematic vortices are formed. Simulations also reveal that the largest contribution due to current-current interactions appears near the sample edges, where the vortices reach their maximal velocity.  
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  Language Wos 000309809700007 Publication Date 2012-10-15  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 4 Open Access  
  Notes ; The authors are grateful to Alex Gurevich and Tom Lemberger who brought the longitudinal f-sum rule to our attention. This work was supported by Grants GACR P204/10/0687 and P204/11/0015. We also acknowledge the support from the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). G.R.B. acknowledges individual support from FWO-Vl. P.-J.L. acknowledges support from Old Dominion University. P.M. acknowledges support through UA research index SR-614-1203. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:102168 Serial 827  
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Author Saniz, R.; Partoens, B.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Green function approach to superconductivity in nanowires Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 85 Issue (up) 14 Pages 144504-144504,7  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Superconductivity in nanowires made of weak coupling superconductor materials is investigated using a Green function approach. We show that these are multigap systems in which the ratio Delta(T)/k(B)T(c) is to a large extent similar to what is observed in some high-T-c two-gap systems, such as MgB2 and some of the Fe-based superconductors. On the other hand, because of confinement, the superfluid density has a temperature behavior of the form n(s)(T) = 1 – (T/T-c)(3) near T-c, thus deviating from the BCS behavior for bulk superconductors.  
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  Language Wos 000302290700006 Publication Date 2012-04-03  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 1 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by FWO-Vl and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
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Author Xu, B.; Milošević, M.V.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Magnetic properties of vortex states in spherical superconductors Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2008 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 77 Issue (up) 14 Pages 144509,1-9  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor  
  Language Wos 000255457300077 Publication Date 2008-04-07  
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 36 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2008 IF: 3.322  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:68845 Serial 1888  
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Author Clem, J.R.; Mawatari, Y.; Berdiyorov, G.R.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Predicted field-dependent increase of critical currents in asymmetric superconducting nanocircuits Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 85 Issue (up) 14 Pages 144511-144511,16  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract The critical current of a thin superconducting strip of width W much larger than the Ginzburg-Landau coherence length xi but much smaller than the Pearl length Lambda = 2 lambda(2)/d is maximized when the strip is straight with defect-free edges. When a perpendicular magnetic field is applied to a long straight strip, the critical current initially decreases linearly with H but then decreases more slowly with H when vortices or antivortices are forced into the strip. However, in a superconducting strip containing sharp 90 degrees or 180 degrees turns, the zero-field critical current at H = 0 is reduced because vortices or antivortices are preferentially nucleated at the inner corners of the turns, where current crowding occurs. Using both analytic London-model calculations and time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau simulations, we predict that in such asymmetric strips the resulting critical current can be increased by applying a perpendicular magnetic field that induces a current-density contribution opposing the applied current density at the inner corners. This effect should apply to all turns that bend in the same direction.  
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  Language Wos 000302611100004 Publication Date 2012-04-10  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 40 Open Access  
  Notes ; This research, supported in part by the US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Science, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering, was performed in part at the Ames Laboratory, which is operated for the US Department of Energy by Iowa State University under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11358. This work also was supported in part by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vlaanderen) and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). G.R.B. acknowledges individual support from FWO-Vlaanderen. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
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Author Zha, G.-Q.; Covaci, L.; Zhou, S.-P.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Proximity-induced pseudogap in mesoscopic superconductor/normal-metal bilayers Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 82 Issue (up) 14 Pages 140502-140502,4  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Recent scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) measurements of the proximity effect in Au/La2−xSrxCuO4 and La1.55Sr0.45CuO4/La2−xSrxCuO4 bilayers showed a proximity-induced pseudogap [O. Yuli, I. Asulin, Y. Kalcheim, G. Koren, and O. Millo, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 197003 (2009)]. We describe the proximity effect in mesoscopic superconductor/normal-metal bilayers by using the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations for a tight-binding Hamiltonian with competing antiferromagnetic and d-wave superconductivity orders. The temperature-dependent local density of states is calculated as a function of the distance from the interface. Bound state due to both d-wave and spin-density wave gaps are formed in the normal metal for energies less than the respective gaps. If there is a mismatch between the Fermi velocities in the two layers we observe that these states will shift in energy when spin-density wave order is present, thus inducing a minigap at finite energy. We conclude that the STM measurement in the proximity structures is able to distinguish between the two scenarios proposed for the pseudogap (competing or precursor to superconductivity).  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 7 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), by Belgian Science Policy (IAP), by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants No. 10904089 and No. 60971053, by the Research Fund of Higher Education of China under Grant No. 20093108120005, by Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline project under Grant No. S30105, by Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai Municipal under Grant No. 09JC1406000, by Shanghai Municipal Education Committee under Grants No. shu-08053 and No. 10zz63, and by Innovation Funds of Shanghai University. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2010 IF: 3.774  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:85028 Serial 2735  
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Author Schattschneider, P.; Verbeeck, J.; Mauchamp, V.; Jaouen, M.; Hamon, A.-L. url  doi
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  Title Real-space simulations of spin-polarized electronic transitions in iron Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 82 Issue (up) 14 Pages 144418-144418,11  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract After the advent of energy-loss magnetic chiral dichroism (EMCD) in 2006, rapid progress in theoretical understanding and in experimental performance was achieved, recently demonstrating a spatial resolution of better than 2 nm. Similar to the x-ray magnetic circular dichroism technique, EMCD is used to study atom specific magnetic moments. The latest generation of electron microscopes opens the road to the mapping of spin moments on the atomic scale with this method. Here the theoretical background to reach this challenging aim is elaborated. Numerical simulations of the L3 transition in an Fe specimen, based on a combination of the density-matrix approach for inelastic electron scattering with the propagation of the probe electron in the lattice potential indicate the feasibility of single spin mapping in the electron microscope.  
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  Language Wos 000282678900006 Publication Date 2010-10-08  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 11 Open Access  
  Notes P.S. acknowledges the support of the Austrian Science Fund, Project No. I543-N20. Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2010 IF: 3.774  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:85029UA @ admin @ c:irua:85029 Serial 2832  
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Author Lin, N.S.; Heitmann, T.W.; Yu, K.; Plourde, B.L.T.; Misko, V.R. url  doi
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  Title Rectification of vortex motion in a circular ratchet channel Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2011 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 84 Issue (up) 14 Pages 144511-144511,12  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract We study the dynamics of vortices in an asymmetric (i.e., consisting of triangular cells) ring channel driven by an external ac current I in a Corbino setup. The asymmetric potential rectifies the motion of vortices and induces a net vortex flow without any unbiased external drive, i.e., the ratchet effect. We show that the net flow of vortices strongly depends on vortex density and frequency of the driving current. Depending on the density, we distinguish a single-vortex rectification regime (for low density, when each vortex is rectified individually) determined by the potential-energy landscape inside each cell of the channel (i.e., hard and easy directions) and multi-vortex, or collective, rectification (high-density case) when the inter-vortex interaction becomes important. We analyze the average angular velocity ω of vortices as a function of I and study commensurability effects between the numbers of vortices and cells in the channel and the role of frequency of the applied ac current. We have shown that the commensurability effect results in a stepwise ω-I curve. Besides the integer steps, i.e., the large steps found in the single-vortex case, we also found fractional steps corresponding to fractional ratios between the numbers of vortices and triangular cells. We have performed preliminary measurements on a device containing a single weak-pinning circular ratchet channel in a Corbino geometry and observed a substantial asymmetric vortex response.  
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  Language Wos 000295795500010 Publication Date 2011-10-07  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 27 Open Access  
  Notes ; We thank Peter Kes and Marcel Hesselberth for providing the superconducting films from which the Corbino ratchet sample was fabricated. This work was supported by the “Odysseus” Program of the Flemish Government and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the Interuniversity Attraction Poles (IAP) Programme-Belgian State-Belgian Science Policy, and the FWO-Vl (Belgium). T. W. H., K.Y., and B. L. T. P acknowledge support from the National Science Foundation under Grant DMR-0547147 as well as the use of the Cornell NanoScale Facility, a member of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, which is supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant ECS-0335765). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2011 IF: 3.691  
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Author Govaerts, K.; Sluiter, M.H.F.; Partoens, B.; Lamoen, D. url  doi
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  Title Stability of Sb-Te layered structures : first-principles study Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 85 Issue (up) 14 Pages 144114-144114,8  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Using an effective one-dimensional cluster expansion in combination with first-principles electronic structure calculations we have studied the energetics and electronic properties of Sb-Te layered systems. For a Te concentration between 0 and 60 at. % an almost continuous series of metastable structures is obtained consisting of consecutive Sb bilayers next to consecutive Sb2Te3 units, with the general formula (Sb-2)(n)(Sb2Te3)(m) (n, m = 1,2, ... ). Between 60 and 100 at.% no stable structures are found. We account explicitly for the weak van derWaals bonding between Sb bilayers and Sb2Te3 units by using a recently developed functional, which strongly improves the interlayer bonding distances. At T = 0 K, no evidence is found for the existence of two separate single-phase regions delta and gamma and a two-phase region delta + gamma. Metastable compounds with a Te concentration between 0 and 40 at. % are semimetallic, whereas compounds with a Te concentration between 50 and 60 at. % are semiconducting. Compounds with an odd number of Sb layers are metallic and have a much higher formation energy than those with an even number of consecutive Sb layers, thereby favoring the formation of Sb bilayers.  
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  Language Wos 000303115400004 Publication Date 2012-04-23  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 14 Open Access  
  Notes Iwt; Fwo Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98255 Serial 3129  
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