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Clima, S.; Kaczer, B.; Govoreanu, B.; Popovici, M.; Swerts, J.; Verhulst, A.S.; Jurczak, M.; De Gendt, S.; Pourtois, G. |
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Determination of ultimate leakage through rutile TiO2 and tetragonal ZrO2 from ab initio complex band calculations |
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2013 |
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IEEE electron device letters |
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Ieee Electr Device L |
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402-404 |
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A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) |
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First-principle complex band structures have been computed for rutile TiO2 and tetragonal ZrO2 insulating materials that are of current technological relevance to dynamic random accessmemorymetal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors. From the magnitude of the complex wave vectors in different orientations, the most penetrating orientations have been identified. Tunneling effective masses m(tunnel) have been extracted, are shown to be a crucial parameter for the intrinsic leakage, and are identified to be an important parameter in further scaling of MIM capacitors. |
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0741-3106;1558-0563; |
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3.048 |
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Most recent IF: 3.048; 2013 IF: 3.023 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:108295 |
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680 |
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Slachmuylders, A.F.; Partoens, B.; Magnus, W.; Peeters, F.M. |
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The effect of the dielectric mismatch on excitons and trions in freestanding nanowires |
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2008 |
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Physica. E: Low-dimensional systems and nanostructures |
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Physica E |
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2166-2168 |
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2007-12-05 |
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1386-9477; |
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2.221 |
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3 |
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Most recent IF: 2.221; 2008 IF: 1.230 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:69155 |
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846 |
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Nasr Esfahani, D.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Electric-field-induced shift of the Mott metal-insulator transition in thin films |
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2012 |
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Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
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Phys Rev B |
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85 |
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8 |
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085110-085110,8 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The ground-state properties of a paramagnetic Mott insulator at half-filling are investigated in the presence of an external electric field using the inhomogeneous Gutzwiller approximation for a single-band Hubbard model in a slab geometry. We find that the metal-insulator transition is shifted toward higher Hubbard repulsions by applying an electric field perpendicular to the slab. The main reason is the accumulation of charges near the surface. The spatial distribution of site-dependent quasiparticle weight shows that it is maximal in a few layers beneath the surface, while the central sites where the field is screened have a very low quasiparticle weight. Our results show that above a critical-field value, states near the surface will be metallic, while the bulk quasiparticle weight is extremely suppressed but never vanishing, even for large Hubbard repulsions above the bulk zero-field critical value. Below the critical-field value, our results hint toward an insulating state in which the electric field is totally screened and the slab is again at half-filling. |
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2012-02-14 |
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1098-0121;1550-235X; |
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3.836 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vlaanderen) and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:97208 |
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884 |
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Kirilenko, D.A. |
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Electron diffraction measurement of the binding rigidity of free-standing graphene |
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2013 |
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Technical physics letters |
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Tech Phys Lett+ |
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39 |
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4 |
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325-328 |
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A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) |
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A method for measuring the binding rigidity of free-standing graphene from the dependence of the short-wavelength spectral range of transverse structural fluctuations of a crystal is proposed. The fluctuation spectrum is measured according to the variation in electron-diffraction patterns derived in a transmission electron microscope while tilting the sample. |
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2013-05-16 |
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1063-7850;1090-6533; |
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0.771 |
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Most recent IF: 0.771; 2013 IF: 0.583 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:109031 |
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920 |
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Krstajie, P.M.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Energy-momentum dispersion relation of plasmarons in bilayer graphene |
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2013 |
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Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
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Phys Rev B |
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88 |
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16 |
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165420-165424 |
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The relation between the energy and momentum of plasmarons in bilayer graphene is investigated within the Overhauser approach, where the electron-plasmon interaction is described as a field theoretical problem. We find that the Dirac-like spectrum is shifted by Delta E(k) similar to 100 divided by 150 meV depending on the electron concentration n(e) and electron momentum. The shift increases with electron concentration as the energy of plasmons becomes larger. The dispersion of plasmarons is more pronounced than in the case of single layer graphene, which is explained by the fact that the energy dispersion of electrons is quadratic and not linear. We expect that these predictions can be verified using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). |
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2013-10-22 |
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3.836 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the ESF-EuroGRAPHENE project CON-GRAN, and by the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science, within the Project No. TR 32008. ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:112224 |
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1042 |
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Shakouri, K.; Badalyan, S.M.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Helical liquid of snake states |
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2013 |
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Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
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Phys Rev B |
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88 |
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19 |
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195404-195405 |
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We derive an exact solution to the problem of spin snake states induced in a nonhomogeneous magnetic field by a combined action of the Rashba spin-orbit and Zeeman fields. The electron spin behavior as a function of the cyclotron orbit center position and an external homogeneous magnetic field was obtained. It is shown that in an antisymmetric magnetic field the electron spin in the snake states has only an in-plane projection, perpendicular to the magnetic interface, which vanishes at large positive momenta. Applying an external homogeneous magnetic field adds a finite out-of-plane spin component and simultaneously gaps out the spectral branches, which results in regular beating patterns of the spin current components. |
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2013-11-07 |
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1098-0121;1550-235X; |
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3.836 |
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; This work was supported by the Methusalem program of the Flemish government and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:112712 |
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1416 |
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Khalil-Allafi, J.; Amin-Ahmadi, B. |
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Influence of mold preheating and silicon content on microstructure and casting properties of ductile iron in permanent mold |
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2011 |
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Journal of iron and steel research international |
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J Iron Steel Res Int |
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34-39 |
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The effects of the mold preheating and the silicon content of ductile iron on the percentage of carbides, graphite nodule counts and shrinkage volume were investigated. The results showed that the percentage of carbides and the shrinkage volume decreased when the mold preheating increased. The ductile iron with the carbon equivalent of 4.45% and the silicon content of 2.5% without any porosity defects was achieved when the mold preheating was 450 °C. Increasing the silicon content in the range of 2.1%3.3% led to the increase in graphite nodule count and graphite size and the decrease in percentage of carbides. It is due to the increase in induced expansion pressure during the graphite formation with the increasing of silicon content. The suitable condition for casting a sound product of ductile iron without the riser at the mold preheating temperature of 300 °C is the silicon content of 3.3% and carbon equivalent of 4.7%. |
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Most recent IF: 0.836; 2011 IF: 0.213 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:122043 |
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Rotaru, G.-M.; Schryvers, D. |
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New (3(3)under-bar) long-period microtwin variant in the martensitic phase of the PtTi alloy |
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2008 |
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Materials science and engineering: part A: structural materials: properties, microstructure and processing |
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Mat Sci Eng A-Struct |
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2007-06-07 |
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0921-5093; |
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3.094 |
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Most recent IF: 3.094; 2008 IF: 1.806 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:69140 |
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Esfahani, D.N.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Nonlinear response to electric field in extended Hubbard models |
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2014 |
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Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
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Phys Rev B |
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90 |
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205121 |
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The electric-field response of a one-dimensional ring of interacting fermions, where the interactions are described by the extended Hubbard model, is investigated. By using an accurate real-time propagation scheme based on the Chebyshev expansion of the evolution operator, we uncover various nonlinear regimes for a range of interaction parameters that allows modeling of metallic and insulating (either charge density wave or spin density wave insulators) rings. The metallic regime appears at the phase boundary between the two insulating phases and provides the opportunity to describe either weakly or strongly correlated metals. We find that the fidelity susceptibility of the ground state as a function of magnetic flux piercing the ring provides a very good measure of the short-time response. Even completely different interacting regimes behave in a similar manner at short time scales as long as the ground-state fidelity susceptibility is the same. Depending on the strength of the electric field we find various types of responses: persistent currents in the insulating phase, a dissipative regime, or damped Bloch-like oscillations with varying frequencies or even irregular in nature. Furthermore, we also consider the dimerization of the ring and describe the response of a correlated band insulator. In this case the distribution of the energy levels is more clustered and the Bloch-like oscillations become even more irregular. |
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2014-11-15 |
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1098-0121;1550-235X; |
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3.836 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – FWO) and the Methusalem program of the Flemish government. One of us (L. C.) receives support as a postdoctoral fellow of the FWO. ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836; 2014 IF: 3.736 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:122204 |
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Zalipaev, V.; Linton, C.M.; Croitoru, M.D.; Vagov, A. |
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Resonant tunneling and localized states in a graphene monolayer with a mass gap |
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2015 |
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Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
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Phys Rev B |
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91 |
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91 |
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085405 |
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We study tunneling of quasiparticles through potential barriers in a graphene monolayer with the mass gap using a semiclassical (WKB) approach. The main equations are derived in away similar to the WKB theory for the Schrodinger equation, which allows for explicit solutions at all orders. The analog of the classical action is used to distinguish types of possible stationary states in the system. The analysis focuses on the resonant scattering and the hole states localized in the vicinity of a barrier that are often overlooked. The scattering coefficients for the physically interesting limits are obtained by matching the WKB approximation with the known solutions at turning points. The localized states demonstrate unconventional properties and lead to alterations of the single particle density of states. |
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; M.D.C. acknowledges the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO Back to Belgium Grant). ; |
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c:irua:125523 |
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Ding, F.; Li, B.; Akopian, N.; Perinetti, U.; Chen, Y.H.; Peeters, F.M.; Rastelli, A.; Zwiller, V.; Schmidt, O.G. |
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Single neutral excitons confined in AsBr3 in situ etched InGaAs quantum rings |
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2011 |
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Journal of nanoelectronics and optoelectronics |
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We observe the evolution of single self-assembled semiconductor quantum dots into quantum rings during AsBr3 in situ etching. The direct three-dimensional imaging of In(Ga)As nanostructures embedded in GaAs matrix is demonstrated by selective wet chemical etching combined with atomic force microscopy. Single neutral excitons confined in these quantum rings are studied by magneto-photoluminescence. Oscillations in the exciton radiative recombination energy and in the emission intensity are observed under an applied magnetic field. Further, we demonstrate that the period of the oscillations can be tuned by a gate potential that modifies the exciton confinement. The experimental results, combined with calculations, indicate that the exciton Aharonov-Bohm effect may account for the observed effects. |
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2011-04-18 |
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1555-130X;1555-1318; |
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0.497 |
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; We acknowledge L. P. Kouwenhoven and Z. G. Wang for support, C. C. Bof Bufon, C. Deneke, V. Fomin, A. Govorov, S. Kiravittaya, and Wen-Hao Chang for their help and discussions. We are grateful for the financial support of NWO (VIDI), the CAS-MPG programm, the DFG (FOR730), BMBF (No. 01BM459), NSFC China (60625402), and Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-V1). ; |
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Most recent IF: 0.497; 2011 IF: 0.556 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:90187 |
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Shakouri, K.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Spin- and pseudospin-polarized quantum Hall liquids in HgTe quantum wells |
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2015 |
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Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
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Phys Rev B |
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A Hg(Cd)Te insulator heterostructure hosts a two-dimensional electron system that can simulate the physics of Dirac fermions with only a single valley. We investigate the magnetotransport properties of this structure and show that, unlike most two-dimensional crystals with spin and valley coupled levels, the Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations exhibit a high spin polarization in the absence of any valley degree of freedom. This effect can be observed using magnetospectroscopy measurements for quantum well thicknesses corresponding to either the topologically trivial or quantum spin Hall phases. The pseudospin texture of the electrons near the Fermi level is also studied and we show that a tunable pseudospin-polarized quantum Hall liquid can only be observed for thicknesses corresponding to the inverted regime. |
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2015-07-17 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem program of the Flemish government. ; |
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Zhao, H.J.; Wu, W.; Zhou, W.; Shi, Z.X.; Misko, V.R.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Reentrant dynamics of driven pancake vortices in layered superconductors |
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2016 |
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Physical review B |
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Phys Rev B |
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The dynamics of driven pancake vortices in layered superconductors is studied using molecular-dynamics simulations. We found that, with increasing driving force, for strong interlayer coupling, the preexisted vortex lines either directly depin or first transform to two-dimensional (2D) pinned states before they are depinned, depending on the pinning strength. In a narrow region of pinning strengths, we found an interesting repinning process, which results in a negative differential resistance. For weak interlayer coupling, individually pinned pancake vortices first form disordered 2D flow and then transform to ordered three-dimensional (3D) flow with increasing driving force. However, for extremely strong pinning, the random pinning-induced thermal-like Langevin forces melt 3D vortex lines, which results in a persistent 2D flow in the fast-sliding regime. In the intermediate regime, the peak effect is found: With increasing driving force, the moving pancake vortices first crystallize to moving 3D vortex lines, and then these 3D vortex lines are melted, leading to the appearance of a reentrant 2D flow state. Our results are summarized in a dynamical phase diagram. |
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; We acknowledge useful discussions with C. Olson Reichhardt. This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK20150595), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No. NSFC-U1432135 and No. 11611140101). V.R.M. acknowledges support from the “Odysseus” program of the Flemish Government and Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the FWO-Vl, and the Research Fund of the University of Antwerp. ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836 |
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De Beule, C.; Ziani, N.T.; Zarenia, M.; Partoens, B.; Trauzettel, B. |
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Correlation and current anomalies in helical quantum dots |
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2016 |
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Phys Rev B |
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94 |
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94 |
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We theoretically investigate the ground-state properties of a quantum dot defined on the surface of a strong three-dimensional time-reversal invariant topological insulator. Confinement is realized by ferromagnetic barriers and Coulomb interaction is treated numerically for up to seven electrons in the dot. Experimentally relevant intermediate interaction strengths are considered. The topological origin of the dot has several consequences: (i) spin polarization increases and the ground state exhibits quantum phase transitions at specific angular momenta as a function of interaction strength, (ii) the onset of Wigner correlations takes place mainly in one spin channel, and (iii) the ground state is characterized by a robust persistent current that changes sign as a function of the distance from the center of the dot. |
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2016-10-07 |
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3.836 |
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; We thank F. Cavaliere, F. Crepin, C. Felser, and B. Yan for interesting discussions, and S. Curreli for performing the finite-element calculation of the magnetic field in COMSOL. C.D.B. and M.Z. are supported by the Flemish Research Foundation (FWO). N.T.Z. and B.T. acknowledge financial support by the DFG (SPP1666 and SFB1170 “ToCoTronics”), the Helmholtz Foundation (VITI), and the ENB Graduate School on “Topological Insulators.” ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:137234 |
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Jalabert, D.; Pelloux-Gervais, D.; Béché, A.; Hartmann, J.M.; Gergaud, P.; Rouvière, J.L.; Canut, B. |
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Depth strain profile with sub-nm resolution in a thin silicon film using medium energy ion scattering |
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2012 |
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Physica Status Solidi A-Applications And Materials Science |
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Phys Status Solidi A |
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The depth strain profile in silicon from the Si (001) substrate to the surface of a 2 nm thick Si/12 nm thick SiGe/bulk Si heterostructure has been determined by medium energy ion scattering (MEIS). It shows with sub-nanometer resolution and high strain sensitivity that the thin Si cap presents residual compressive strain caused by Ge diffusion coming from the fully strained SiGe layer underneath. The strain state of the SiGe buffer have been checked by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and nano-beam electron diffraction (NBED) measurements. |
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1.775 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:136430 |
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Becker, T.; Nelissen, K.; Cleuren, B.; Partoens, B.; Van den Broeck, C. |
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Comment on “Generalized exclusion processes : transport coefficients” |
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2016 |
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In a recent paper, Arita et al. [Phys. Rev. E 90, 052108 (2014)] consider the transport properties of a class of generalized exclusion processes. Analytical expressions for the transport-diffusion coefficient are derived by ignoring correlations. It is claimed that these expressions become exact in the hydrodynamic limit. In this Comment,we point out that (i) the influence of correlations upon the diffusion does not vanish in the hydrodynamic limit, and (ii) the expressions for the self- and transport diffusion derived by Arita et al. are special cases of results derived in Becker et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 110601 (2013)]. |
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2470-0045;2470-0053; |
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2.366 |
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3 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:141060 |
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Schulenborg, J.; Di Marco, A.; Vanherck, J.; Wegewijs, M.R.; Splettstoesser, J. |
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Thermoelectrics of interacting nanosystems-exploiting superselection instead of time-reversal symmetry |
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2017 |
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Entropy: an international and interdisciplinary journal of entropy and information studies |
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Entropy-Switz |
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<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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2017-12-06 |
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1.821 |
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; 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.). ; |
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Most recent IF: 1.821 |
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Gonzalez-Garcia, A.; Lopez-Perez, W.; Rivera-Julio, J.; Peeters, F.M.; Mendoza-Estrada, V.; Gonzalez-Hernandez, R. |
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Structural, mechanical and electronic properties of two-dimensional structure of III-arsenide (111) binary compounds: An ab-initio study |
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2018 |
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Computational materials science |
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Comp Mater Sci |
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Structural, mechanical and electronic properties of two-dimensional single-layer hexagonal structures in the (111) crystal plane of IIIAs-ZnS systems (III = B, Ga and In) are studied by first-principles calculations based on density functional theory (DFT). Elastic and phonon dispersion relation display that 2D h-IIIAs systems (III = B, Ga and In) are both mechanical and dynamically stable. Electronic structures analysis show that the semiconducting nature of the 3D-IIIAs compounds is retained by their 2D single layer counterpart. Furthermore, density of states reveals the influence of sigma and pi bonding in the most stable geometry (planar or buckled) for 2D h-IIIAs systems. Calculations of elastic constants show that the Young's modulus, bulk modulus and shear modulus decrease for 2D h-IIIAs binary compounds as we move down on the group of elements of the periodic table. In addition, as the bond length between the neighboring cation-anion atoms increases, the 2D h-IIIAs binary compounds display less stiffness and more plasticity. Our findings can be used to understand the contribution of the r and p bonding in the most stable geometry (planar or buckled) for 2D h-IIIAs systems. Structural and electronic properties of h-IIIAs systems as a function of the number of layers have been also studied. It is shown that h-BAs keeps its planar geometry while both h-GAs and h-InAs retained their buckled ones obtained by their single layers. Bilayer h-IIIAs present the same bandgap nature of their counterpart in 3D. As the number of layers increase from 2 to 4, the bandgap width for layered h-IIIAs decreases until they become semimetal or metal. Interestingly, these results are different to those found for layered h-GaN. The results presented in this study for single and few-layer h-IIIAs structures could give some physical insights for further theoretical and experimental studies of 2D h-IIIV-like systems. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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; This work has been carried out by the financial support of Universidad del Norte and Colciencias (Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Research of Colombia) under Convocatoria 712 – Convocatoria para proyectos de investigacion en Ciencias Basicas, ano 2015, Cod: 121571250192, Contrato 110-216. ; |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:149897UA @ admin @ c:irua:149897 |
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Volykhov, A.A.; Sanchez-Barriga, J.; Batuk, M.; Callaert, C.; Hadermann, J.; Sirotina, A.P.; Neudachina, V.S.; Belova, A.I.; Vladimirova, N.V.; Tamm, M.E.; Khmelevsky, N.O.; Escudero, C.; Perez-Dieste, V.; Knop-Gericke, A.; Yashina, L.V. |
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Can surface reactivity of mixed crystals be predicted from their counterparts? A case study of (Bi1-xSbx)2Te3 topological insulators |
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2018 |
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Journal of materials chemistry C : materials for optical and electronic devices |
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J Mater Chem C |
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The behavior of ternary mixed crystals or solid solutions and its correlation with the properties of their binary constituents is of fundamental interest. Due to their unique potential for application in future information technology, mixed crystals of topological insulators with the spin-locked, gapless states on their surfaces attract huge attention of physicists, chemists and material scientists. (Bi1-xSbx)(2)Te-3 solid solutions are among the best candidates for spintronic applications since the bulk carrier concentration can be tuned by varying x to obtain truly bulk-insulating samples, where the topological surface states largely contribute to the transport and the realization of the surface quantum Hall effect. As this ternary compound will be evidently used in the form of thin-film devices its chemical stability is an important practical issue. Based on the atomic resolution HAADF-TEM and EDX data together with the XPS results obtained both ex situ and in situ, we propose an atomistic picture of the mixed crystal reactivity compared to that of its binary constituents. We find that the surface reactivity is determined by the probability of oxygen attack on the Te-Sb bonds, which is directly proportional to the number of Te atoms bonded to at least one Sb atom. The oxidation mechanism includes formation of an amorphous antimony oxide at the very surface due to Sb diffusion from the first two quintuple layers, electron tunneling from the Fermi level of the crystal to oxygen, oxygen ion diffusion to the crystal, and finally, slow Te oxidation to the +4 oxidation state. The oxide layer thickness is limited by the electron transport, and the overall process resembles the Cabrera-Mott mechanism in metals. These observations are critical not only for current understanding of the chemical reactivity of complex crystals, but also to improve the performance of future spintronic devices based on topological materials. |
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; The authors acknowledge financial support within the bilateral program "Russian-German Laboratory at BESSY II''. We thank Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for granting access to the beamlines RGBL, UE112-PGM2a and ISISS. Support of ALBA staff during measurements at the CIRCE beamline is gratefully acknowledged. We thank Dr Ivan Bobrikov for support in the XRD measurements and Daria Tsukanova for the participation in crystal preparation and XPS measurements. A. Volykhov thanks RSF (grant 18-73-00248) for financial support. A. I. Belova acknowledges support from the G-RISC Centre of Excellence. The work was supported by Helmholtz Gemeinschaft (Grant No. HRJRG-408) and RFBR (grant 14-03-31518). J. H. and C. C. acknowledge support from the University of Antwerp through the BOF grant 31445. ; |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:153647 |
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Tiwari, S.; Van de Put, M.L.; Sorée, B.; Vandenberghe, W.G. |
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Carrier transport in two-dimensional topological insulator nanoribbons in the presence of vacancy defects |
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2D materials |
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2D Mater |
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Using the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism, we study carrier transport through imperfect two-dimensional (2D) topological insulator (TI) ribbons. In particular, we investigate the effect of vacancy defects on the carrier transport in 2D TI ribbons with hexagonal lattice structure. To account for the random distribution of the vacancy defects, we present a statistical study of varying defect densities by stochastically sampling different defect configurations. We demonstrate that the topological edge states of TI ribbons are fairly robust against a high concentration (up to 2%) of defects. At very high defect densities, we observe an increased inter-edge interaction, mediated by the localisation of the edge states within the bulk region. This effect causes significant back-scattering of the, otherwise protected, edge-states at very high defect concentrations (>2%), resulting in a loss of conduction through the TI ribbon. We discuss how this coherent vacancy scattering can be used to our advantage for the development of TI-based transistors. We find that there is an optimal concentration of vacancies yielding an ON-OFF current ratio of up to two orders of magnitude. Finally, we investigate the importance of spin-orbit coupling on the robustness of the edge states in the TI ribbon and show that increased spin-orbit coupling could further increase the ON-OFF ratio. |
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; This material is based in part upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number 1710066. The project or effort depicted was or is sponsored by the Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The content of the information does not necessarily reflect the position or the policy of the federal government, and no official endorsement should be inferred. This work was supported by imec's Industrial Affiliation Program. ; |
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Neek-Amal, M.; Rashidi, R.; Nair, R.R.; Neilson, D.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Electric-field-induced emergent electrical connectivity in graphene oxide |
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2019 |
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Phys Rev B |
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Understanding the appearance of local electrical connectivity in liquid filled layered graphene oxide subjected to an external electric field is important to design electrically controlled smart permeable devices and also to gain insight into the physics behind electrical effects on confined water permeation. Motivated by recent experiments [K. G. Zhou et al. Nature (London) 559, 236 (2018)], we introduce a new model with random percolating paths for electrical connectivity in micron thick water filled layered graphene oxide, which mimics parallel resistors connected across the top and bottom electrodes. We find that a strong nonuniform radial electric field of the order similar to 10-50 mV/nm can be induced between layers depending on the current flow through the formed conducting paths. The maxima of the induced fields are not necessarily close to the electrodes and may be localized in the middle region of the layered material. The emergence of electrical connectivity and the associated electrical effects have a strong influence on the surrounding fluid in terms of ionization and wetting which subsequently determines the permeation properties. |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem program. ; |
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Rezvani, S.J.; Perali, A.; Fretto, M.; De Leo, N.; Flammia, L.; Milošević, M.; Nannarone, S.; Pinto, N. |
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Substrate-induced proximity effect in superconducting niobium nanofilms |
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2018 |
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Condensed Matter |
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Structural and superconducting properties of high-quality niobium nanofilms with different thicknesses are investigated on silicon oxide (SiO2) and sapphire substrates. The role played by the different substrates and the superconducting properties of the Nb films are discussed based on the defectivity of the films and on the presence of an interfacial oxide layer between the Nb film and the substrate. The X-ray absorption spectroscopy is employed to uncover the structure of the interfacial layer. We show that this interfacial layer leads to a strong proximity effect, especially in films deposited on a SiO2 substrate, altering the superconducting properties of the Nb films. Our results establish that the critical temperature is determined by an interplay between quantum-size effects, due to the reduction of the Nb film thicknesses, and proximity effects. The detailed investigation here provides reference characterizations and has direct and important implications for the fabrication of superconducting devices based on Nb nanofilms. |
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2018-12-31 |
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; This project was financially supported by University of Camerino, FAR project CESEMN. ; |
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Van Pottelberge, R.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Tunable circular dipolelike system in graphene : mixed electron-hole states |
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2019 |
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Physical review B |
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Phys Rev B |
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99 |
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12 |
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125426 |
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Coupled electron-hole states are realized in a system consisting of a combination of an electrostatic potential barrier and ring-shaped potential well, which resembles a circular dipole. A perpendicular magnetic field induces confined states inside the Landau gaps which are mainly located at the barrier or ring. Hybridizations between the barrier and ring states are seen as anticrossings in the energy spectrum. As a consequence, the energy levels show an oscillating dependence on the electrostatic potential strength in combination with an oscillating migration of the wave functions between the barrier and ring. At the anticrossing points the quantum state consists of a mixture of electron and hole. The present system mimics closely the behavior of a relativistic dipole on gapped graphene. |
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2019-03-27 |
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2469-9969; 2469-9950 |
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3.836 |
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3 |
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; We thank M. Van der Donck for fruitful discussions. This work was supported by the Research Foundation of Flanders (FWO-V1) through an aspirant research grant for RVP. ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:159409 |
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Kontogiannidou, E.; Karavasili, C.; Kouskoura, M.G.; Filippousi, M.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Andreadis, I.I.; Eleftheriadis, G.K.; Kontopoulou, I.; Markopoulou, C.K.; Bouropoulos, N.; Fatouros, D.G. |
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In vitro and ex vivo assessment of microporous Faujasite zeolite (NaX-FAU) as a carrier for the oral delivery of danazol |
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2019 |
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Journal of drug delivery science and technology |
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J Drug Deliv Sci Tec |
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51 |
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51 |
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177-184 |
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A1 Journal article; Pharmacology. Therapy; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) |
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Microporous zeolite NaX-FAU has been systemically evaluated for the oral delivery of the poorly water-soluble compound danazol. For this purpose, danazol-loaded zeolitic particles were prepared by the incipient wetness method and were characterized by means of N-2 physisorption, X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The zeolitic formulation shows a high drug payload and drug stability over a period of six months under accelerated storage conditions. The dissolution profile of danazol-loaded zeolitic particles was assessed in simulated gastric fluid (SGF) pH 1.2; fasted state simulated intestinal fluids (FaSSIF) and fed state simulated intestinal fluid (FeSSIF) showing a gradual and increasing drug dissolution in the different media. Ex vivo studies using the everted gut sac model show an increased drug transport across rat intestinal epithelium when loaded in the zeolitic particles. Our results suggest that microporous Faujasite zeolite (NaX-FAU) could be used as a drug delivery system to facilitate the oral delivery of poorly water soluble compounds. |
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2019-03-04 |
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1773-2247; 2588-8943 |
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1.194 |
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3 |
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Not_Open_Access: Available from 27.08.2020
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; This research was supported by General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Greece – Research Program “Excellence II, 4766”. The authors acknowledge financial support from the European Union under the Seventh Framework Program (Integrated Infrastructure Initiative No. 262348 European Soft Matter Infrastructure, ESMI). ; |
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Most recent IF: 1.194 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:160279 |
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Charalampopoulou, E.; Cautaerts, N.; Van der Donck, T.; Schryvers, D.; Lambrinou, K.; Delville, R. |
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Orientation relationship of the austenite-to-ferrite transformation in austenitic stainless steels due to dissolution corrosion in contact with liquid Pb-Bi eutectic |
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2019 |
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Scripta materialia |
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Scripta Mater |
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167 |
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167 |
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66-70 |
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The orientation relationship of an austenite-to-ferrite phase transformation in 316L stainless steels induced by the loss of austenite stabilizers resulting from the steel dissolution corrosion in liquid Pb-Bi eutectic was studied by means of electron backscatter diffraction. The misorientations at the austenite/ferrite interface were compared to the prevailing orientation relationship models in steels. The Pitsch orientation relationship model was found to be predominant, which is unusual for austenite-to-ferrite bulk transformations in steels. The nature of this particular transformation, which involves loss of steel alloying elements and the presence of an interfacial liquid metal layer, is discussed to explain this finding. (C) 2019 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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2019-04-06 |
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1359-6462 |
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3.747 |
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3 |
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; The authors would like to thank J. Joris (SCK center dot CEN) for technical support during corrosion testing, J. Lim (SCK center dot CEN) for the manufacture and calibration of the oxygen sensors used in this work and W. Van Renterghem (SCK center dot CEN) for his valuable help with the EBSD measurements. The steel suppliers were: Industeel, ArcelorMittal Group, for the 316L-SA plate, and Panchmahal Steel Ltd., India, for the 316L-CWrod. The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided within the framework of the ongoing development of the MYRRHA irradiation facility. The research leading to these results falls within the framework of the European Energy Research Alliance Joint Programme on Nuclear Materials (EERA JPNM). ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.747 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:160228 |
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5257 |
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Wang, C.; Xin, X.; Shu, M.; Huang, S.; Zhang, Y.; Li, X. |
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Scalable synthesis of one-dimensional Na2Li2Ti6O14 nanofibers as ultrahigh rate capability anodes for lithium-ion batteries |
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2019 |
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Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers |
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Inorg Chem Front |
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6 |
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3 |
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646-653 |
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Carbon anode materials for Li-ion batteries have been operated close to their theoretical rate and cycle limits. Therefore, titanium-based materials have attracted great attention due to their high stability. Here, Na2Li2Ti6O14 nanofibers as anode materials were prepared through a controlled electrospinning method. The Na2Li2Ti6O14 nanofibers presented superior electrochemical performance with high rate capability and long cycle life and can be regarded as a competitive anode candidate for advanced Li-ion batteries. One-dimensional (1D) Na2Li2Ti6O14 nanofibers are able to deliver a capacity of 128.5 mA h g(-1) at 0.5C, and demonstrate superior high-rate charge-discharge capability and cycling stability (the reversible charge capacity is 77.8 mA h g(-1) with a capacity retention of 99.45% at the rate of 10C after 800 cycles). The 1D structure is considered to contribute remarkably to increased rate capability and stability. This simple and scalable method indicates that the Na2Li2Ti6O14 nanofibers have a practical application potential for high performance lithium-ion batteries. |
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2018-11-17 |
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2052-1553 |
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4.036 |
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3 |
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; The authors acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21571110), Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LY18B010003), and the Ningbo Key Innovation Team (2014B81005), and sponsorship by the K.C. Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University. ; |
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Most recent IF: 4.036 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:158566 |
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Tunca, B.; Lapauw, T.; Delville, R.; Neuville, D.R.; Hennet, L.; Thiaudiere, D.; Ouisse, T.; Hadermann, J.; Vleugels, J.; Lambrinou, K. |
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Synthesis and Characterization of Double Solid Solution (Zr,Ti)(2)(Al,Sn)C MAX Phase Ceramics |
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2019 |
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Inorganic chemistry |
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Inorg Chem |
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58 |
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10 |
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6669-6683 |
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Quasi phase-pure (>98 wt %) MAX phase solid solution ceramics with the (ZryTi)(2)(Al-0.5,Sn-0.5)C stoichiometry and variable Zr/Ti ratios were synthesized by both reactive hot pressing and pressureless sintering of ZrH2, TiH2, Al, Sn, and C powder mixtures. The influence of the different processing parameters, such as applied pressure and sintering atmosphere, on phase purity and microstructure of the produced ceramics was investigated. The addition of Sn to the (Zr,Ti)(2)AlC system was the key to achieve phase purity. Its effect on the crystal structure of a 211-type MAX phase was assessed by calculating the distortions of the octahedral M6C and trigonal M(6)A prisms due to steric effects. The M(6)A prismatic distortion values were found to be smaller in Sn-containing double solid solutions than in the (Zr,Ti)(2)AlC MAX phases. The coefficients of thermal expansion along the < a > and < c > directions were measured by means of Rietveld refinement of high-temperature synchrotron X-ray diffraction data of (Zr1-x,Ti-x)(2)(Al-0.5,Sn-0.5)C MAX phase solid solutions with x = 0, 0.3, 0.7, and 1. The thermal expansion coefficient data of the Ti-2(Al-0.5,Sn-0.5)C solid solution were compared with those of the Ti2AlC and Ti2SnC ternary compounds. The thermal expansion anisotropy increased in the (Zr,Ti)(2)(Al-0.5,Sn-0.5)C double solid solution MAX phases as compared to the Zr-2(Al-0.5,Sn-0.5)C and Ti-2(Al-0.5,Sn-0.5)C end-members. |
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2019-05-01 |
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0020-1669 |
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4.857 |
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3 |
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; H. Roussel and D. Pinek are acknowledged for the Ti<INF>2</INF>SnC single-crystal production and high-temperature XRD measurements performed at Grenoble INP-LMGP-CMTC. This research was funded partly by the European Atomic Energy Community's (Euratom) Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under Grant Agreement No. 604862 (FP7MatISSE), and partly by the Euratom research and training programme 2014-2018 under Grant Agreement No. 740415 (H2020 IL TROVATORE). T.L. thanks the Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT), Flanders, Belgium, for Ph.D. Grant No. 131081. B.T. acknowledges the financial support of the SCK.CEN Academy for Nuclear Science and Technology. All authors gratefully acknowledge Synchrotron SOLEIL for the allocated time at the DIFFABS beamline in association with Project 20161410 entitled “Investigation of (Zr-Ti)-Al-C MAX phases with in-situ high-temperature XRD” and the Hercules Foundation for Project AKUL/1319 (CombiS(T)EM). ; |
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Most recent IF: 4.857 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:160318 |
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5261 |
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Brault, P.; Chamorro-Coral, W.; Chuon, S.; Caillard, A.; Bauchire, J.-M.; Baranton, S.; Coutanceau, C.; Neyts, E. |
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Molecular dynamics simulations of initial Pd and PdO nanocluster growth in a magnetron gas aggregation source |
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2019 |
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Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering |
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Front Chem Sci Eng |
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2 |
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324-329 |
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A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) |
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Molecular dynamics simulations are carried out for describing growth of Pd and PdO nanoclusters using the ReaxFF force field. The resulting nanocluster structures are successfully compared to those of nanoclusters experimentally grown in a gas aggregation source. The PdO structure is quasi-crystalline as revealed by high resolution transmission microscope analysis for experimental PdO nanoclusters. The role of the nanocluster temperature in the molecular dynamics simulated growth is highlighted. |
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2019-03-26 |
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2095-0179 |
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1.712 |
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3 |
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Most recent IF: 1.712 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:160278 |
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Zhang, Z.; Rosalie, J.M.; Medhekar, N.V.; Bourgeois, L. |
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Resolving the FCC/HCP interfaces of the \gamma'(Ag2Al) precipitate phase in aluminium |
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2019 |
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Acta materialia |
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Acta Mater |
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174 |
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174 |
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116-130 |
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The gamma'(Ag2Al) phase in the Al-Ag alloy system has served as a textbook example for understanding phase transformations, precipitating hexagonal close-packed (HCP) crystals in the face-centred cubic (FCC) aluminium matrix. The gamma' precipitates display fully coherent interfaces at their broad facets and semicoherent interfaces at their edges. Shockley partial dislocations are expected to decorate the semicoherent interface due to the FCC-HCP structural transformation. Determining the exact locations and core structures of interfacial dislocations, however, remains challenging. In this study, we used aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy and atomistic simulations to re-visit this classical system. We characterised and explained the Ag segregation at coherent interfaces in the early stage of precipitation. For semicoherent interfaces, interfacial dislocations and reconstructions were revealed by bridging advanced microstructure characterisation and atomistic simulations. In particular, we discovered a new FCC/HCP interfacial structure that displays a unique combination of Shockley partial, Lomer-Cottrell and Hirth dislocations that evolve from the known interfacial structure purely composed by Shockley partial dislocations. Our findings show that the FCC-HCP transformation is more complex than hitherto considered, due to the interplay between structure and composition confined at interfaces. (C) 2019 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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2019-05-18 |
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1359-6454 |
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5.301 |
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; The authors acknowledge funding from the Australian Research Council (LE0454166, LE110100223), the Victorian State Government and Monash University for instrumentation, and use of the facilities within the Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy. LB and NM acknowledge the financial support of the Australian Research Council (DP150100558). The authors also gratefully acknowledge the computational support from Monash Advanced Research Computing Hybrid, the National Computational Infrastructure and Pawsey Supercomputing Centre. ZZ is thankful to Monash University for a Monash Graduate Scholarship, a Monash International Postgraduate Research Scholarship and a Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy Postgraduate Scholarship. ZZ is indebted to Matthew Weyland for his training in aberration-corrected electron microscopy, Scott Findlay for his help on image simulations, Xiang Gao for alloy casting and Ian Polmear for discussions. ; |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:161192 |
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Topalovic, D.B.; Arsoski, V.V.; Tadic, M.Z.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Confined electron states in two-dimensional HgTe in magnetic field : quantum dot versus quantum ring behavior |
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2019 |
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Physical review B |
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Phys Rev B |
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100 |
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12 |
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125304 |
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We investigate the electron states and optical absorption in square- and hexagonal-shaped two-dimensional (2D) HgTe quantum dots and quantum rings in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field. The electronic structure is modeled by means of the sp(3)d(5)s* tight-binding method within the nearest-neighbor approximation. Both bulklike and edge states appear in the energy spectrum. The bulklike states in quantum rings exhibit Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in magnetic field, whereas no such oscillations are found in quantum dots, which is ascribed to the different topology of the two systems. When magnetic field varies, all the edge states in square quantum dots appear as quasibands composed of almost fully flat levels, whereas some edge states in quantum rings are found to oscillate with magnetic field. However, the edge states in hexagonal quantum dots are localized like in rings. The absorption spectra of all the structures consist of numerous absorption lines, which substantially overlap even for small line broadening. The absorption lines in the infrared are found to originate from transitions between edge states. It is shown that the magnetic field can be used to efficiently tune the optical absorption of HgTe 2D quantum dot and quantum ring systems. |
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2019-09-16 |
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3.836 |
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3 |
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; This work was supported by Projects No. III 41028, No. III 42008, and No. III 45003 funded by the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ; |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:162787 |
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