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	Author	Van de Put, M.L.; Sorée, B.; Magnus, W.
	Title	Efficient solution of the Wigner-Liouville equation using a spectral decomposition of the force field			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Journal of computational physics	Abbreviated Journal	J Comput Phys
	Volume	350	Issue		Pages	314-325
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The Wigner-Liouville equation is reformulated using a spectral decomposition of the classical force field instead of the potential energy. The latter is shown to simplify the Wigner-Liouville kernel both conceptually and numerically as the spectral force Wigner-Liouville equation avoids the numerical evaluation of the highly oscillatory Wigner kernel which is nonlocal in both position and momentum. The quantum mechanical evolution is instead governed by a term local in space and non-local in momentum, where the non locality in momentum has only a limited range. An interpretation of the time evolution in terms of two processes is presented; a classical evolution under the influence of the averaged driving field, and a probability-preserving quantum-mechanical generation and annihilation term. Using the inherent stability and reduced complexity, a direct deterministic numerical implementation using Chebyshev and Fourier pseudo-spectral methods is detailed. For the purpose of illustration, we present results for the time evolution of a one-dimensional resonant tunneling diode driven out of equilibrium. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	New York	Editor
	Language		Wos	000413379000016	Publication Date	2017-09-02
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0021-9991	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.744	Times cited	5	Open Access
	Notes	; ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.744
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:146630			Serial	4780
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	Author	Li, L.L.; Moldovan, D.; Xu, W.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Electronic properties of bilayer phosphorene quantum dots in the presence of perpendicular electric and magnetic fields			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	96	Issue	15	Pages	155425
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Using the tight-binding approach, we investigate the electronic properties of bilayer phosphorene (BLP) quantum dots (QDs) in the presence of perpendicular electric and magnetic fields. Since BLP consists of two coupled phosphorene layers, it is of interest to examine the layer-dependent electronic properties of BLP QDs, such as the electronic distributions over the two layers and the so-produced layer-polarization features, and to see how these properties are affected by the magnetic field and the bias potential. We find that in the absence of a bias potential only edge states are layer polarized while the bulk states are not, and the layer-polarization degree (LPD) of the unbiased edge states increases with increasing magnetic field. However, in the presence of a bias potential both the edge and bulk states are layer polarized, and the LPD of the bulk (edge) states depends strongly (weakly) on the interplay of the bias potential and the interlayer coupling. At high magnetic fields, applying a bias potential renders the bulk electrons in a BLP QD to be mainly distributed over the top or bottom layer, resulting in layer-polarized bulk Landau levels (LLs). In the presence of a large bias potential that can drive a semiconductor-to-semimetal transition in BLP, these bulk LLs exhibit different magnetic-field dependences, i.e., the zeroth LLs exhibit a linearlike dependence on the magnetic field while the other LLs exhibit a square-root-like dependence.
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	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000412699800005	Publication Date	2017-10-10
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	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 financially supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11574319), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:146686			Serial	4782
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	Author	Mirzakhani, M.; Zarenia, M.; Vasilopoulos, P.; Ketabi, S.A.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Landau levels in biased graphene structures with monolayer-bilayer interfaces			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	96	Issue	12	Pages	125430
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The electron energy spectrum in monolayer-bilayer-monolayer and in bilayer-monolayer-bilayer graphene structures is investigated and the effects of a perpendicular magnetic field and electric bias are studied. Different types of monolayer-bilayer interfaces are considered as zigzag (ZZ) or armchair (AC) junctions which modify considerably the bulk Landau levels (LLs) when the spectra are plotted as a function of the center coordinate of the cyclotron orbit. Far away from the two interfaces, one obtains the well-known LLs for extended monolayer or bilayer graphene. The LL structure changes significantly at the two interfaces or junctions where the valley degeneracy is lifted for both types of junctions, especially when the distance between them is approximately equal to the magnetic length. Varying the nonuniform bias and the width of this junction-to-junction region in either structure strongly influence the resulting spectra. Significant differences exist between ZZ and AC junctions in both structures. The densities of states (DOSs) for unbiased structures are symmetric in energy whereas those for biased structures are asymmetric. An external bias creates interface LLs in the gaps between the LLs of the unbiased system in which the DOS can be quite small. Such a pattern of LLs can be probed by scanning tunneling microscopy.
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	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000411321800003	Publication Date	2017-09-21
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	6	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the BOF-UA (Bijzonder Onderzoeks Fonds), the Canadian NSERC through Grant No. OGP0121756 (P.V.), and the Methusalem Program of the Flemish Government. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:146746			Serial	4787
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	Author	Nascimento, J.S.; da Costa, D.R.; Zarenia, M.; Chaves, A.; Pereira, J.M., Jr.
	Title	Magnetic properties of bilayer graphene quantum dots in the presence of uniaxial strain			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	96	Issue	11	Pages	115428
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Using the tight-binding approach coupled with mean-field Hubbard model, we theoretically study the effect of mechanical deformations on the magnetic properties of bilayer graphene (BLG) quantum dots (QDs). Results are obtained for AA-and AB(Bernal)-stacked BLG QDs, considering different geometries (hexagonal, triangular and square shapes) and edge types (armchair and zigzag edges). In the absence of strain, our results show that (i) the magnetization is affected by taking different dot sizes only for hexagonal BLG QDs with zigzag edges, exhibiting different critical Hubbard interactions, and (ii) the magnetization does not depend on the interlayer hopping energies, except for the geometries with zigzag edges and AA stacking. In the presence of in-plane and uniaxial strain, for all geometries we obtain two different magnetization regimes depending on the applied strain amplitude. The appearance of such different regimes is due to the breaking of layer and sublattice symmetries in BLG QDs.
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	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000411077400008	Publication Date	2017-09-18
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	4	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was financially supported by CNPq, FUNCAP, CAPES Foundation, the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), and the Brazilian Program Science Without Borders (CsF). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:146751			Serial	4788
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	Author	Zhang, L.-F.; Flammia, L.; Covaci, L.; Perali, A.; Milošević, M.V.
	Title	Multifaceted impact of a surface step on superconductivity in atomically thin films			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	96	Issue	10	Pages	104509
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Recent experiments show that an atomic step on the surface of atomically thin metallic films can strongly affect electronic transport. Here we reveal multiple and versatile effects that such a surface step can have on superconductivity in ultrathin films. By solving the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations self-consistently in this regime, where quantum confinement dominates the emergent physics, we show that the electronic structure is profoundly modified on the two sides of the step, as is the spatial distribution of the superconducting order parameter and its dependence on temperature and electronic gating. Furthermore, the surface step changes nontrivially the transport properties both in the proximity-induced superconducting pair correlations and the Josephson effect, depending on the step height. These results offer a new route to tailor superconducting circuits and design atomically thin heterojunctions made of one same material.
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	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000411076000012	Publication Date	2017-09-18
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	7	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen), the Special Research Funds of the University of Antwerp (TOPBOF project) and the Italian MIUR through the PRIN 2015 program (Contract No. 2015C5SEJJ001). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:146750			Serial	4790
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	Author	Arsoski, V.V.; Grujić, M.M.; Čukarić, N.A.; Tadic, M.Z.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Normal and skewed phosphorene nanoribbons in combined magnetic and electric fields			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	96	Issue	12	Pages	125434
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The energy spectrum and eigenstates of single-layer black phosphorus nanoribbons in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field and an in-plane transverse electric field are investigated by means of a tight-binding method, and the effect of different types of edges is examined analytically. A description based on a continuum model is proposed using an expansion of the tight-binding model in the long-wavelength limit. Thewave functions corresponding to the flatband part of the spectrum are obtained analytically and are shown to agree well with the numerical results from the tight-binding method for both narrow (10 nm) and wide (100 nm) nanoribbons. Analytical expressions for the critical magnetic field at which Landau levels are formed and the ranges of wave numbers in the dispersionless flatband segments in the energy spectra are derived. We examine the evolution of the Landau levels when an in-plane lateral electric field is applied, and we determine analytically how the edge states shift withmagnetic field. For wider nanoribbons, the conductance is shown to have a characteristic staircase shape in combined magnetic and electric fields. Some of the stairs in zigzag and skewed armchair nanoribbons originate from edge states that are found in the band gap.
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	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000411572400008	Publication Date	2017-09-25
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	8	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by Erasmus+, the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:146738			Serial	4791
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	Author	Abdullah, H.M.; Van Duppen, B.; Zarenia, M.; Bahlouli, H.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Quantum transport across van der Waals domain walls in bilayer graphene			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Journal of physics : condensed matter	Abbreviated Journal	J Phys-Condens Mat
	Volume	29	Issue	42	Pages	425303
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Bilayer graphene can exhibit deformations such that the two graphene sheets are locally detached from each other resulting in a structure consisting of domains with different van der Waals inter-layer coupling. Here we investigate how the presence of these domains affects the transport properties of bilayer graphene. We derive analytical expressions for the transmission probability, and the corresponding conductance, across walls separating different inter-layer coupling domains. We find that the transmission can exhibit a valley-dependent layer asymmetry and that the domain walls have a considerable effect on the chiral tunnelling properties of the charge carriers. We show that transport measurements allow one to obtain the strength with which the two layers are coupled. We perform numerical calculations for systems with two domain walls and find that the availability of multiple transport channels in bilayer graphene significantly modifies the conductance dependence on inter-layer potential asymmetry.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	London	Editor
	Language		Wos	000410958400001	Publication Date	2017-07-24
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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	15	Open Access
	Notes	; HMA and HB acknowledge the Saudi Center for Theoretical Physics (SCTP) for their generous support and the support of KFUPM under physics research group projects RG1502-1 and RG1502-2. This work is supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI) by a post-doctoral fellowship (BVD). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.649
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:146664			Serial	4793
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	Author	Conti, S.; Perali, A.; Peeters, F.M.; Neilson, D.
	Title	Multicomponent electron-hole superfluidity and the BCS-BEC crossover in double bilayer graphene			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review letters	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev Lett
	Volume	119	Issue	25	Pages	257002
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('Superfluidity in coupled electron-hole sheets of bilayer graphene is predicted here to be multicomponent because of the conduction and valence bands. We investigate the superfluid crossover properties as functions of the tunable carrier densities and the tunable energy band gap Eg. For small band gaps there is a significant boost in the two superfluid gaps, but the interaction-driven excitations from the valence to the conduction band can weaken the superfluidity, even blocking the system from entering the Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) regime at low densities. At a given larger density, a band gap E-g similar to 80-120 meV can carry the system into the strong-pairing multiband BCS-BEC crossover regime, the optimal range for realization of high-Tc superfluidity.'));
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	New York, N.Y.	Editor
	Language		Wos	000418619100017	Publication Date	2017-12-22
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0031-9007	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	8.462	Times cited	18	Open Access
	Notes	; We thank Mohammad Zarenia for useful discussions. Part of this work was supported by FWO-VI (Flemish Science Foundation) and the Methusalem program. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 8.462
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148509			Serial	4885
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	Author	Stosic, D.; Ludermir, T.B.; Milošević, M.V.
	Title	Pinning of magnetic skyrmions in a monolayer Co film on Pt(111) : Theoretical characterization and exemplified utilization			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	96	Issue	21	Pages	214403
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('Magnetic skyrmions are nanoscale windings of the spin structure that can be observed in chiral magnets and hold promise for potential applications in storing or processing information. Pinning due to ever-present material imperfections crucially affects the mobility of skyrmions. Therefore, a proper understanding of how magnetic skyrmions pin to defects is necessary for the development and performance of spintronic devices. Here we present a fundamental analysis on the interactions of single skyrmions with atomic defects of distinctly different origins, in a Co monolayer on Pt, based on minimum-energy paths considerations and atomic-spin simulations. We first report the preferred pinning loci of the skyrmion as a function of its nominal size and the type of defect being considered, to further reveal the manipulation and \u0022breathing\u0022 of skyrmion core in the vicinity of a defect. We also show the behavior of skyrmions in the presence of an extended defect of particular geometry, that can lead to ratcheted skyrmion motion or a facilitated guidance on a defect \u0022trail.\u0022 We close the study with reflections on the expected thermal stability of the skyrmion against collapse on itself for a given nature of the defect, and discuss the applications where control of skyrmions by defects is of particular interest.'));
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	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000416846900002	Publication Date	2017-12-01
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	52	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Research Foundation, Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen) and Brazilian agency CNPq (Grants No. 442668/2014-7 and No. 140840/2016-8). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:147684			Serial	4890
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	Author	Vanherck, J.; Schulenborg, J.; Saptsov, R.B.; Splettstoesser, J.; Wegewijs, M.R.
	Title	Relaxation of quantum dots in a magnetic field at finite bias -Charge, spin, and heat currents			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physica status solidi: B: basic research	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Status Solidi B
	Volume	254	Issue	3	Pages	Unsp 1600614
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('We perform a detailed study of the effect of finite bias and magnetic field on the tunneling-induced decay of the state of a quantum dot by applying a recently discovered general duality [Phys. Rev. B 93, 81411 (2016)]. This duality provides deep physical insight into the decay dynamics of electronic open quantum systems with strong Coulomb interaction. It associates the amplitudes of decay eigenmodes of the actual system to the eigenmodes of a so-called dual system with attractive interaction. Thereby, it predicts many surprising features in the transient transport and its dependence on experimental control parameters: the attractive interaction of the dual model shows up as sharp features in the amplitudes of measurable time-dependent currents through the actual repulsive system. In particular, for interacting quantum dots, the time-dependent heat current exhibits a decay mode that dissipates the interaction energy and that is tied to the fermion parity of the system. We show that its decay amplitude has an unexpected gate-voltage dependence that is robust up to sizable bias voltages and then bifurcates, reflecting that the Coulomb blockade is lifted in the dual system. Furthermore, combining our duality relation with the known Iche-duality, we derive new symmetry properties of the decay rates as a function of magnetic field and gate voltage. Finally, we quantify charge- and spin-mode mixing due to the magnetic field using a single mixing parameter.'));
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Berlin	Editor
	Language		Wos	000395441500011	Publication Date	2017-01-18
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0370-1972	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	1.674	Times cited	4	Open Access
	Notes	; We acknowledge the financial support of Erasmus Mundus (J. V.), DFG project SCHO 641/7-1 (R.B.S. and M.R.W), the Swedish VR (J.Sc., J.Sp.), and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (J. Sp.). The authors thank F. Haupt and N. Dittmann for useful discussions on the topic. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 1.674
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:142510			Serial	4894
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	Author	Schulenborg, J.; Di Marco, A.; Vanherck, J.; Wegewijs, M.R.; Splettstoesser, J.
	Title	Thermoelectrics of interacting nanosystems-exploiting superselection instead of time-reversal symmetry			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Entropy: an international and interdisciplinary journal of entropy and information studies	Abbreviated Journal	Entropy-Switz
	Volume	19	Issue	12	Pages	668
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('Thermoelectric transport is traditionally analyzed using relations imposed by time-reversal symmetry, ranging from Onsager\u0027s results to fluctuation relations in counting statistics. In this paper, we show that a recently discovered duality relation for fermionic systems-deriving from the fundamental fermion-parity superselection principle of quantum many-particle systems-provides new insights into thermoelectric transport. Using a master equation, we analyze the stationary charge and heat currents through a weakly coupled, but strongly interacting single-level quantum dot subject to electrical and thermal bias. In linear transport, the fermion-parity duality shows that features of thermoelectric response coefficients are actually dominated by the average and fluctuations of the charge in a dual quantum dot system, governed by attractive instead of repulsive electron-electron interaction. In the nonlinear regime, the duality furthermore relates most transport coefficients to much better understood equilibrium quantities. Finally, we naturally identify the fermion-parity as the part of the Coulomb interaction relevant for both the linear and nonlinear Fourier heat. Altogether, our findings hence reveal that next to time-reversal, the duality imposes equally important symmetry restrictions on thermoelectric transport. As such, it is also expected to simplify computations and clarify the physical understanding for more complex systems than the simplest relevant interacting nanostructure model studied here.'));
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	Language		Wos	000419007900037	Publication Date	2017-12-06
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1099-4300	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	1.821	Times cited	3	Open Access
	Notes	; We thank Rafael Sanchez for useful comments on the manuscript. We acknowledge funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation through their Academy Fellows program (J.Sp. and A.D.M.), from the Swedish VR (J.Sp. and J.Sc.), from the Erasmus Mundus program (J.V.), and from the DFG project SCHO 641/7-1 (M.R.W.). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 1.821
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148548			Serial	4900
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	Author	Zhang, L.-F.; Covaci, L.; Milošević, M.V.
	Title	Topological phase transitions in small mesoscopic chiral p-wave superconductors			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	96	Issue	22	Pages	224512
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('Spin-triplet chiral p-wave superconductivity is typically described by a two-component order parameter, and as such is prone to unique emergent effects when compared to the standard single-component superconductors. Here we present the equilibrium phase diagram for small mesoscopic chiral p-wave superconducting disks in the presence of magnetic field, obtained by solving the microscopic Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations self-consistently. In the ultrasmall limit, the cylindrically symmetric giant-vortex states form the ground state of the system. However, with increasing sample size, the cylindrical symmetry is broken as the two components of the order parameter segregate into domains, and the number of fragmented domain walls between them characterizes the resulting states. Such domain walls are topological defects unique for the p-wave order, and constitute a dominant phase in the mesoscopic regime. Moreover, we find two possible types of domain walls, identified by their chirality-dependent interaction with the edge states.'));
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	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000418653500012	Publication Date	2017-12-26
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	18	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen) and the Special Research Funds of the University of Antwerp. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148504			Serial	4901
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	Author	Peymanirad, F.; Singh, S.K.; Ghorbanfekr-Kalashami, H.; Novoselov, K.S.; Peeters, F.M.; Neek-Amal, M.
	Title	Thermal activated rotation of graphene flake on graphene			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	2D materials	Abbreviated Journal	2D Mater
	Volume	4	Issue	2	Pages	025015
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The self rotation of a graphene flake over graphite is controlled by the size, initial misalignment and temperature. Using both ab initio calculations and molecular dynamics simulations, we investigate annealing effects on the self rotation of a graphene flake on a graphene substrate. The energy barriers for rotation and drift of a graphene flake over graphene is found to be smaller than 25 meV/atom which is comparable to thermal energy. We found that small flakes (of about similar to 4 nm) are more sensitive to temperature and initial misorientation angles than larger one (beyond 10 nm). The initial stacking configuration of the flake is found to be important for its dynamics and time evolution of misalignment. Large flakes, which are initially in the AA-or AB-stacking state with small misorientation angle, rotate and end up in the AB-stacking configuration. However small flakes can they stay in an incommensurate state specially when the initial misorientation angle is larger than 2 degrees. Our results are in agreement with recent experiments.
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	Publisher	IOP Publishing	Place of Publication	Bristol	Editor
	Language		Wos	000424399600005	Publication Date	2017-02-02
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2053-1583	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	6.937	Times cited	16	Open Access
	Notes	; We would like to acknowledge Annalisa Fasolino and MM van Wijk for providing us with the implemented parameters of REBO-KC [5] in LAMMPS. This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem foundation. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 6.937
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:149364			Serial	4984
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	Author	Ozden, A.; Ay, F.; Sevik, C.; Perkgoz, N.K.
	Title	CVD growth of monolayer MoS2: Role of growth zone configuration and precursors ratio			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Japanese journal of applied physics	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	56	Issue	6s:[1]	Pages	06gg05
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Single-layer, large-scale two-dimensional material growth is still a challenge for their wide-range usage. Therefore, we carried out a comprehensive study of monolayer MoS2 growth by CVD investigating the influence of growth zone configuration and precursors ratio. We first compared the two commonly used approaches regarding the relative substrate and precursor positions, namely, horizontal and face-down configurations where facedown approach is found to be more favorable to obtain larger flakes under identical growth conditions. Secondly, we used different types of substrate holders to investigate the influence of the Mo and S vapor confinement on the resulting diffusion environment. We suggest that local changes of the S to Mo vapor ratio in the growth zone is a key factor for the change of shape, size and uniformity of the resulting MoS2 formations, which is also confirmed by performing depositions under different precursor ratios. Therefore, to obtain continuous monolayer films, the S to Mo vapor ratio is needed to be kept within a certain range throughout the substrate. As a conclusion, we obtained monolayer triangles with a side length of 90 mu m and circles with a diameter of 500 mu m and continuous films with an area of 85 0 mu m x 1 cm when the S-to-Mo vapor ratio is optimized. (C) 2017 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
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	Language		Wos	000401059800003	Publication Date	2017-05-08
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0021-4922; 1347-4065	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
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	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:193783			Serial	7747
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	Author	Mirzakhani, M.; Zarenia, M.; Vasilopoulos, P.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Electrostatically confined trilayer graphene quantum dots			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	95	Issue	15	Pages	155434
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Electrically gating of trilayer graphene (TLG) opens a band gap offering the possibility to electrically engineer TLG quantum dots. We study the energy levels of such quantum dots and investigate their dependence on a perpendicular magnetic field B and different types of stacking of the graphene layers. The dots are modeled as circular and confined by a truncated parabolic potential which can be realized by nanostructured gates or position-dependent doping. The energy spectra exhibit the intervalley symmetry E-K(e) (m) = -E (h)(K') (m) for the electron (e) and hole (h) states, where m is the angular momentum quantum number and K and K' label the two valleys. The electron and hole spectra for B = 0 are twofold degenerate due to the intervalley symmetry E-K (m) = E-K' [-(m + 1)]. For both ABC [alpha = 1.5 (1.2) for large (small) R] and ABA (alpha = 1) stackings, the lowest-energy levels show approximately a R-alpha dependence on the dot radius R in contrast with the 1/R-3 one for ABC-stacked dots with infinite-mass boundary. As functions of the field B, the oscillator strengths for dipole-allowed transitions differ drastically for the two types of stackings.
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	Language		Wos	000399797200003	Publication Date	2017-04-22
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor		Times cited	6	Open Access
	Notes				Approved	no
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:152652			Serial	7878
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	Author	Duflou, R.; Ciubotaru, F.; Vaysset, A.; Heyns, M.; Sorée, B.; Radu, I.P.; Adelmann, C.
	Title	Micromagnetic simulations of magnetoelastic spin wave excitation in scaled magnetic waveguides			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Applied physics letters	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	111	Issue	19	Pages	192411
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	We study the excitation of spin waves in scaled magnetic waveguides using the magnetoelastic effect. In uniformly magnetized systems, normal strains parallel or perpendicular to the magnetization direction do not lead to spin wave excitation since the magnetoelastic torque is zero. Using micromagnetic simulations, we show that the nonuniformity of the magnetization in submicron waveguides due to the effect of the demagnetizing field leads to the excitation of spin waves for oscillating normal strains both parallel and perpendicular to the magnetization. The excitation by biaxial normal in-plane strain was found to be much more efficient than that by uniaxial normal out-of-plane strain. For narrow waveguides with a width of 200 nm, the excitation efficiency of biaxial normal in-plane strain was comparable to that of shear strain. Published by AIP Publishing.
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	Language		Wos	000414975500027	Publication Date	2017-11-10
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0003-6951; 1077-3118	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	no
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:152599			Serial	8247
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	Author	Shayeganfar, F.; Vasu, K.S.; Nair, R.R.; Peeters, F.M.; Neek-Amal, M.
	Title	Monolayer alkali and transition-metal monoxides : MgO, CaO, MnO, and NiO			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	95	Issue	14	Pages	144109
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Two-dimensional crystals with strong interactions between layers has attracted increasing attention in recent years in a variety of fields. In particular, the growth of a single layer of oxide materials (e.g., MgO, CaO, NiO, and MnO) over metallic substrates were found to display different physical properties than their bulk. In this study, we report on the physical properties of a single layer of metallic oxide materials and compare their properties with their bulk and other two-dimensional (2D) crystals. We found that the planar structure of metallic monoxides are unstable whereas the buckled structures are thermodynamically stable. Also, the 2D-MnO and NiO exhibit different magnetic (ferromagnetic) and optical properties than their bulk, whereas band-gap energy and linear stiffness are found to be decreasing from NiO to MgO. Our findings provide insight into oxide thin-film technology applications.
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	Language		Wos	000399792400001	Publication Date	2017-04-20
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor		Times cited	21	Open Access
	Notes				Approved	no
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:152654			Serial	8278
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	Author	de Araujo, J.L.B.; Munarin, F.F.; Farias, G.A.; Peeters, F.M.; Ferreira, W.P.
	Title	Structure and reentrant percolation in an inverse patchy colloidal system			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical Review E	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	95	Issue	6	Pages	062606
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Two-dimensional systems of inverse patchy colloids modeled as disks with a central charge and having their surface decorated with oppositely pointlike charged patches are investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. The self-assembly of the patchy colloids leads to diverse ground state configurations ranging from crystalline arrangements of monomers to linear clusters, ramified linear clusters and to percolated configurations. Two structural phase diagrams are constructed: (1) as a function of the net charge and area fraction, and (2) as a function of the net charge and the range of the pair interaction potential. An interesting reentrant percolation transition is obtained as a function of the net charge of the colloids. We identify distinct mechanisms that lead to the percolation transition.
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	Language		Wos	000404545700005	Publication Date	2017-06-27
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
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	Impact Factor		Times cited	5	Open Access
	Notes				Approved	no
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:152628			Serial	8587
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	Author	Kandemir, A.; Ozden, A.; Cagin, T.; Sevik, C.
	Title	Thermal conductivity engineering of bulk and one-dimensional Si-Ge nanoarchitectures			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Science and technology of advanced materials	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	18	Issue	1	Pages	187-196
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Various theoretical and experimental methods are utilized to investigate the thermal conductivity of nanostructured materials; this is a critical parameter to increase performance of thermoelectric devices. Among these methods, equilibrium molecular dynamics (EMD) is an accurate technique to predict lattice thermal conductivity. In this study, by means of systematic EMD simulations, thermal conductivity of bulk Si-Ge structures (pristine, alloy and superlattice) and their nanostructured one dimensional forms with square and circular cross-section geometries (asymmetric and symmetric) are calculated for different crystallographic directions. A comprehensive temperature analysis is evaluated for selected structures as well. The results show that one-dimensional structures are superior candidates in terms of their low lattice thermal conductivity and thermal conductivity tunability by nanostructuring, such as by diameter modulation, interface roughness, periodicity and number of interfaces. We find that thermal conductivity decreases with smaller diameters or cross section areas. Furthermore, interface roughness decreases thermal conductivity with a profound impact. Moreover, we predicted that there is a specific periodicity that gives minimum thermal conductivity in symmetric superlattice structures. The decreasing thermal conductivity is due to the reducing phonon movement in the system due to the effect of the number of interfaces that determine regimes of ballistic and wave transport phenomena. In some nanostructures, such as nanowire superlattices, thermal conductivity of the Si/Ge system can be reduced to nearly twice that of an amorphous silicon thermal conductivity. Additionally, it is found that one crystal orientation, <100>, is better than the <111> crystal orientation in one-dimensional and bulk SiGe systems. Our results clearly point out the importance of lattice thermal conductivity engineering in bulk and nanostructures to produce high-performance thermoelectric materials.
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	Language		Wos	000405949800001	Publication Date	2017-03-13
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1468-6996; 1878-5514	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	no
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:193772			Serial	8662
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	Author	da Costa, D.R.; Chaves, A.; Farias, G.A.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Valley filtering in graphene due to substrate-induced mass potential			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Journal of physics : condensed matter	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	29	Issue	21	Pages	215502
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The interaction of monolayer graphene with specific substrates may break its sublattice symmetry and results in unidirectional chiral states with opposite group velocities in the different Dirac cones (Zarenia et al 2012 Phys. Rev. B 86 085451). Taking advantage of this feature, we propose a valley filter based on a transversal mass kink for low energy electrons in graphene, which is obtained by assuming a defect region in the substrate that provides a change in the sign of the substrate-induced mass and thus creates a non-biased channel, perpendicular to the kink, for electron motion. By solving the time-dependent Schrodinger equation for the tight-binding Hamiltonian, we investigate the time evolution of a Gaussian wave packet propagating through such a system and obtain the transport properties of this graphene-based substrate-induced quantum point contact. Our results demonstrate that efficient valley filtering can be obtained, provided: (i) the electron energy is sufficiently low, i.e. with electrons belonging mostly to the lowest sub-band of the channel, and (ii) the channel length (width) is sufficiently long (narrow). Moreover, even though the transmission probabilities for each valley are significantly affected by impurities and defects in the channel region, the valley polarization in this system is shown to be robust against their presence.
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	Language		Wos	000400092700002	Publication Date	2017-04-24
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0953-8984	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor		Times cited	15	Open Access
	Notes				Approved	no
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:152636			Serial	8730
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	Author	Leenaerts, O.; Partoens, B.; Peeters, F.M.; Volodin, A.; van Haesendonck, C.
	Title	The work function of few-layer graphene			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Journal of physics : condensed matter	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	29	Issue	3	Pages	035003
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	A theoretical and experimental study of the work function of few-layer graphene is reported. The influence of the number of layers on the work function is investigated in the presence of a substrate, a molecular dipole layer, and combinations of the two. The work function of few-layer graphene is almost independent of the number of layers with only a difference between monolayer and multilayer graphene of about 60 meV. In the presence of a charge-donating substrate the charge distribution is found to decay exponentially away from the substrate and this is directly reflected in the work function of few-layer graphene. A dipole layer changes the work function only when placed in between the substrate and few-layer graphene through a change of the charge transfer between the two.
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	Language		Wos	000425250600002	Publication Date	2016-11-16
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0953-8984	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor		Times cited	61	Open Access
	Notes				Approved	no
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:164938			Serial	8760
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	Author	Dabaghmanesh, S.; Saniz, R.; Neyts, E.; Partoens, B.
	Title	Sulfur-alloyed Cr2O3: a new p-type transparent conducting oxide host			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	RSC advances	Abbreviated Journal	Rsc Adv
	Volume	7	Issue	7	Pages	4453-4459
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	Doped Cr2O3 has been shown to be a p-type transparent conducting oxide (TCO). Its conductivity, however, is low. As for most p-type TCOs, the main problem is the high effective hole mass due to flat valence bands. We use first-principles methods to investigate whether one can increase the valence band dispersion (i.e. reduce the hole mass) by anion alloying with sulfur, while keeping the band gap large enough for transparency. The alloying concentrations considered are given by Cr(4)SxO(6-x), with x = 1-5. To be able to describe the electronic properties of these materials accurately, we first study Cr2O3, examining critically the accuracy of different density functionals and methods, including PBE, PBE+U, HSE06, as well as perturbative approaches within the GW approximation. Our results demonstrate that Cr4S2O4 has an optical band gap of 3.08 eV and an effective hole mass of 1.8 m(e). This suggests Cr4S2O4 as a new p-type TCO host candidate.
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	Language		Wos	000393751300030	Publication Date	2017-01-16
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2046-2069	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.108	Times cited	9	Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	; This work was supported by SIM vzw, Technologiepark 935, BE-9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium, within the InterPoCo project of the H-INT-S horizontal program. The computational resources and services used in this work were provided by the Vlaams Supercomputer Centrum (VSC) and the HPC infrastructure of the University of Antwerp. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.108
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:141543			Serial	4528
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	Author	Dabaghmanesh, S.; Sarmadian, N.; Neyts, E.C.; Partoens, B.
	Title	A first principles study of p-type defects in LaCrO₃			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical chemistry, chemical physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Chem Chem Phys
	Volume	19	Issue	34	Pages	22870-22876
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	Recently, Sr-doped LaCrO3 has been experimentally introduced as a new p-type transparent conducting oxide. It is demonstrated that substituting Sr for La results in inducing p-type conductivity in LaCrO3. Performing first principles calculations we study the electronic structure and formation energy of various point defects in LaCrO3. Our results for the formation energies show that in addition to Sr, two more divalent defects, Ca and Ba, substituting for La in LaCrO3, behave as shallow acceptors in line with previous experimental reports. We further demonstrate that under oxygen-poor growth conditions, these shallow acceptors will be compensated by intrinsic donor-like defects (an oxygen vacancy and Cr on an oxygen site), but in the oxygen-rich growth regime the shallow acceptors have the lowest formation energies between all considered defects and will lead to p-type conductivity.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Cambridge	Editor
	Language		Wos	000408671600026	Publication Date	2017-08-01
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1463-9076; 1463-9084	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	4.123	Times cited	16	Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	; This work was supported by SIM vzw, Technologiepark 935, BE-9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium, within the InterPoCo project of the H-INT-S horizontal program. The computational resources and services were provided by the Flemish Supercomputer Center and the HPC infrastructure of the University of Antwerp (CalcUA), both funded by the FWO-Vlaanderen and the Flemish Government. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 4.123
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:145621			Serial	4735
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	Author	Dabaghmanesh, S.; Neek-Amal, M.; Partoens, B.; Neyts, E.C.
	Title	The formation of Cr₂O₃ nanoclusters over graphene sheet and carbon nanotubes			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Chemical physics letters	Abbreviated Journal	Chem Phys Lett
	Volume	687	Issue		Pages	188-193
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Amsterdam	Editor
	Language		Wos	000412453700030	Publication Date	2017-09-06
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0009-2614	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	1.815	Times cited	2	Open Access	Not_Open_Access: Available from 01.11.2019
	Notes	; This work was supported by SIM vzw, Technologiepark 935, BE-9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium, within the InterPoCo project of the H-INT-S horizontal program. The computational resources and services used in this work were provided by the Vlaams Supercomputer Centrum (VSC) and the HPC infrastructure of the University of Antwerp. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 1.815
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:146646			Serial	4795
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	Author	Van Passel, S.; Massetti, E.; Mendelsohn, R.
	Title	A Ricardian analysis of the impact of climate change on European agriculture			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Environmental & Resource Economics	Abbreviated Journal	Environ Resour Econ
	Volume	67	Issue	4	Pages	725-760
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Economics; Engineering Management (ENM)
	Abstract	This research estimates the impact of climate on European agriculture using a continental scale Ricardian analysis. Climate, soil, geography and regional socio-economic variables are matched with farm level data from 41,030 farms across Western Europe. We demonstrate that a median quantile regression outperforms OLS given farm level data. The results suggest that European farms are slightly more sensitive to warming than American farms with impacts from +5 to −32 % by 2100 depending on the climate scenario. Farms in Southern Europe are predicted to be particularly sensitive, suffering losses of −5 to −9 % per degree Celsius.
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	Language		Wos	000408358900005	Publication Date	2016-03-05
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0924-6460	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	1.582	Times cited	15	Open Access
	Notes	; The authors would kindly want to express their gratitude towards DG AGRI for access to the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). Steven Van Passel also thanks FWO for funding his research stay at Yale University. Steven Van Passel is also obliged to the OECD for awarding a fellowship of the co-operative research program `Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems'. Emanuele Massetti gratefully acknowledges funding from the Marie Curie IOF Cli-EMA “Climate change impacts-Economic modelling and analysis”. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 1.582
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:139041			Serial	6246
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	Author	Jouzi, Z.; Azadi, H.; Taheri, F.; Zarafshani, K.; Gebrehiwot, K.; Van Passel, S.; Lebailly, P.
	Title	Organic farming and small-scale farmers : main opportunities and challenges			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Ecological Economics	Abbreviated Journal	Ecol Econ
	Volume	132	Issue		Pages	144-154
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Economics; Engineering Management (ENM)
	Abstract	Producing enough food to meet the needs of a growing population has always been the greatest concern of food policy-makers around the world. Given the increasing attention to organic farming (OF), we conducted this study to investigate the main opportunities and challenges of the food production system of small-scale farmers in developing countries with an emphasis on their livelihoods. The study showed that the most significant advantages of OF are environmental protection and a higher resilience to environmental changes, increasing farmers' income and reducing external input cost, enhancing social capacity and increasing employment opportunities. A s well as enhancing food security primarily by increasing the food purchasing power of local people. However, the main challenges of this food production system include lower yields in comparison to conventional systems, difficulties with soil nutrient management, certification and market barriers, and the educational and research needs of small-holders. The paper concludes that even though OF might present some significant challenges to small-scale farmers, it could/should still be considered as a part of the solution and means of improving their livelihoods.
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	Language		Wos	000390825200014	Publication Date	2016-11-06
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0921-8009; 1873-6106	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.965	Times cited	39	Open Access
	Notes	; ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.965
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:139034			Serial	6233
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	Author	Daniels, S.; Witters, N.; Beliën, T.; Vrancken, K.; Vangronsveld, J.; Van Passel, S.
	Title	Monetary valuation of natural predators for biological pest control in pear production			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Ecological Economics	Abbreviated Journal	Ecol Econ
	Volume	134	Issue		Pages	160-173
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Economics; Engineering Management (ENM)
	Abstract	In spite of global actions, biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate. Despite the need for objectively comparable monetary standards to include biodiversity arguments in policymaking, research on the relationship between species diversity and its valuation from a societal perspective is still scarce. In this paper, a methodological framework for the valuation of natural predators based on their ecological role in the agroecosystem is introduced. The framework integrates a dynamic ecological model simulating interactions between species with an economic model, thereby quantifying the effect of reduced numbers of natural predators on the net farm income. The model attributes an objective monetary value to increased species diversity through the changes in the provisioning of a marketable good. Results indicate that the loss of three predators could decrease net farm income with 88.86 ha− 1 to 2186.5 ha− 1. For the pear production sector in Flanders in 2011, this constitutes to an indirect use value of 0,68 million for one predator and 16.63 million for the presence of three predators. The aim is to provide a justification for the argument for biodiversity conservation, based on the ecological function of species, through the delivery of comparable monetary standards.
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	Language		Wos	000395219300018	Publication Date	2017-01-26
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
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	ISSN	0921-8009; 1873-6106	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.965	Times cited	4	Open Access
	Notes	; The research was made possible with the financial aid from a BOF grant of the Centre for Environmental Sciences (CMK, Hasselt University). Nele Witters is funded by Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO). The authors would like to thank Ellen Elias from Symbio for providing relevant data and insights into the complex interplay between pest insects, natural predators and human impacts from fertilizers and pesticide use. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.965
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:140685			Serial	6228
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	Author	Pour, M.D.; Motiee, N.; Barati, A.A.; Taheri, F.; Azadi, H.; Gebrehiwot, K.; Lebailly, P.; Van Passel, S.; Witlox, F.
	Title	Impacts of the Hara biosphere reserve on livelihood and welfare in Persian Gulf			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Ecological Economics	Abbreviated Journal	Ecol Econ
	Volume	141	Issue		Pages	76-86
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Economics; Engineering Management (ENM)
	Abstract	Despite the importance of biosphere reserves in Iran's livelihood and welfare, the economic significance of Hara Biosphere Reserve has never been comprehensively studied. This study examines the current importance of Hara Biosphere Reserve (HBR) in local livelihood and welfare. Using a household survey, data were collected through a questionnaire, key informant interviews and direct observations. Two hundred and forty-four households were randomly selected from 10 villages through proportional sampling. Results showed that non-environmental income was the first driver of the total income, poverty alleviation and narrowing income inequality gap. Park income was the second. The results also showed that excluding park income from total income would significantly increase headcount poverty, widen the poverty gap, and raise the Gini coefficient. Wealthier households had the greatest absolute income from the environment, including forest, fishing and fodder. However, the poorest group had smallest absolute income from these sources. Thus, the study demonstrated that wealthier households are responsible for the overharvesting of environmental resources. Interestingly, the study showed that wealthier households are more dependent on profitable environmental incomes sources while the poorest are more dependent on non-profitable ones. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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	Language		Wos	000410013200008	Publication Date	2017-06-02
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
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	ISSN	0921-8009; 1873-6106	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.965	Times cited	7	Open Access
	Notes	; ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.965
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:145602			Serial	6214
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	Author	Peeters, L.; Schreurs, E.; Van Passel, S.
	Title	Heterogeneous impact of soil contamination on farmland prices in the Belgian Campine region : evidence from unconditional quantile regressions			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Environmental & Resource Economics	Abbreviated Journal	Environ Resour Econ
	Volume	66	Issue	1	Pages	135-168
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Economics; Engineering Management (ENM)
	Abstract	We estimate a hedonic-pricing model using geo-coded farmland-transaction data from the Campine region, situated in the north-east of Belgium. Unlike previous hedonic studies, we use the method of unconditional quantile regression (Firpo et al., in Econometrica 77(3):953973, 2009). An important advantage of this new method over the traditional conditional quantile regression (Koenker and Bassett, in Econometrica 46(1):3350, 1978) is that it allows for the estimation of potentially heterogeneous effects of cadmium pollution along the entire (unconditional) distribution of farmland prices. Using a threshold specification of the hedonic-pricing model, we find evidence of a U-shaped valuation pattern, where cadmium pollution of the soil has a negative and significant impact on prices only in the middle range of the distribution, insofar as cadmium concentrations are above the regulatory standard of 2 parts per million for agricultural land. Results obtained from a probit model to classify land plots into different price segments further suggest that the heterogeneous impact of soil pollution on price can be directly related to the variety of amenities that farmland provides.
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	Language		Wos	000391511800007	Publication Date	2015-08-03
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	ISSN	0924-6460	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	1.582	Times cited	4	Open Access
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	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:139029			Serial	6208
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	Author	Dadi, D.; Stellmacher, T.; Senbeta, F.; Van Passel, S.; Azadi, H.
	Title	Environmental and health impacts of effluents from textile industries in Ethiopia : the case of Gelan and Dukem, Oromia Regional State			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Environmental Monitoring And Assessment	Abbreviated Journal	Environ Monit Assess
	Volume	189	Issue	1	Pages	11-30
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Economics; Engineering Management (ENM)
	Abstract	This study focuses on four textile industries (DH-GEDA, NOYA, ALMHADI, and ALSAR) established between 2005 and 2008 in the peri-urban areas of Dukem and Gelan. The objectives of the study were to generate baseline information regarding the concentration levels of selected pollutants and to analyze their effects on biophysical environments. This study also attempts to explore the level of exposure that humans and livestock have to polluted effluents and the effects thereof. The findings of this study are based on data empirically collected from two sources: laboratory analysis of sample effluents from the four selected textile plants and quantitative as well as qualitative socioeconomic data collection. As part of the latter, a household survey and focus group discussions (FGDs) with elderly and other focal persons were employed in the towns of Dukem and Gelan. The results of the study show that large concentrations of biological oxygen demand (BOD5), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total suspended solids (TSS), and pH were found in all the observed textile industries, at levels beyond the permissible discharge limit set by the national Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). Furthermore, sulfide (S2), R-phosphate (R-PO43), and Zn were found in large concentrations in DH-GEDA and ALMHADI, while high concentrations were also identified in samples taken from ALSAR and ALMHADI. In spite of the clear-cut legal tools, this study shows that the local environment, people, and their livestock are exposed to highly contaminated effluents. We therefore recommend that the respective federal and regional government bodies should reexamine the compliance to and actual implementation of the existing legal procedures and regulations and respond appropriately.
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	Language		Wos	000392300300011	Publication Date	2016-12-08
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	ISSN	0167-6369; 1573-2967	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	1.687	Times cited	6	Open Access
	Notes	; In preparing this work, different organizations and institutions contributed immensely and therefore deserve acknowledgment. I would like to thank WHO for their financial support in collecting field samples, the purchase of chemicals, and various types of equipment required for the laboratory activities. I would also like to thank DAAD and the Post Graduate Program at Addis Ababa University for their financial support during my field stay in order to conduct the household survey. The authors wish to thank Ms. Bethany Gardner from the Department of Linguistics, the State University of New York at Binghamton, for her kind help in improving the English of this text. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 1.687
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:139039			Serial	6198
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