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Suffian, I.F.B.M.; Wang, J.T.-W.; Hodgins, N.O.; Klippstein, R.; Garcia-Maya, M.; Brown, P.; Nishimura, Y.; Heidari, H.; Bals, S.; Sosabowski, J.K.; Ogino, C.; Kondo, A.; Al-Jamal, K.T. |
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Engineering hepatitis B virus core particles for targeting HER2 receptors in vitro and in vivo |
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2017 |
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Biomaterials |
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Biomaterials |
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120 |
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126-138 |
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Hepatitis B Virus core (HBc) particles have been studied for their potential as drug delivery vehicles for cancer therapy. HBc particles are hollow nano-particles of 30-34 nm diameter and 7 nm thick envelopes, consisting of 180-240 units of 21 kDa core monomers. They have the capacity to assemble/dis-assemble in a controlled manner allowing encapsulation of various drugs and other biomolecules. Moreover, other functional motifs, i.e. receptors, receptor binding sequences, peptides and proteins can be expressed. This study focuses on the development of genetically modified HBc particles to specifically recognise and target human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2)-expressing cancer cells, in vitro and in vivo, for future cancer therapy. The non-specific binding capacity of wild type HBc particles was reduced by genetic deletion of the sequence encoding arginine-rich domains. A specific HER2-targeting was achieved by expressing the ZHER2 affibodies on the HBc particles surface. In vitro studies showed specific uptake of ZHER2-AHBc particles in HER2 expressing cancer cells. In vivo studies confirmed positive uptake of ZHER2-ABBc particles in HER2-expressing tumours, compared to non-targeted AHBc particles in intraperitoneal tumour-bearing mice models. The present results highlight the potential of these nanocarriers in targeting HER2-positive metastatic abdominal cancer following intra-peritoneal administration. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. |
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2016-12-14 |
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8.402 |
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; The authors would like to thank Dr. Rafael T. M. de Rosales (King's College London) for useful discussion on the radiolabelling technique and Mr William Luckhurst (King's College London) on the technical help of AFM measurements. IFBMS would like to thank Public Service Department, Government of Malaysia for the Excellence Student Programme studentship. We acknowledge funding from Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC; (BB/J008656/1)) and the EU FP7-ITN Marie-Curie Network programme RADDEL (290023). NH is a recipient of Graduate School King's Health Partner's scholarship. RIC is a Marie Curie Fellow. S.B. acknowledges funding from the European Research Council under the 7th Framework Program (FP7), ERC Starting Grant No. 335078 COLOURATOMS, and the Integrated Infrastructure Initiative No. 262348 European Soft Matter Infrastructure, ESMI. The authors declare that they have no competing interests. ; ecas_Sara |
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Sankaran, K.J.; Hoang, D.Q.; Srinivasu, K.; Korneychuk, S.; Turner, S.; Drijkoningen, S.; Pobedinskas, P.; Verbeeck, J.; Leou, K.C.; Lin, I.N.; Haenen, K. |
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2016 |
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Physica status solidi : A : applications and materials science |
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Phys Status Solidi A |
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Utilization of Au and nanocrystalline diamond ( NCD) as interlayers noticeably modifies the microstructure and field electron emission ( FEE) properties of hexagonal boron nitride nanowalls ( hBNNWs) grown on Si substrates. The FEE properties of hBNNWs on Au could be turned on at a low turn-on field of 14.3V mu m(-1), attaining FEE current density of 2.58mAcm(-2) and life-time stability of 105 min. Transmission electron microscopy reveals that the Au-interlayer nucleates the hBN directly, preventing the formation of amorphous boron nitride ( aBN) in the interface, resulting in enhanced FEE properties. But Au forms as droplets on the Si substrate forming again aBN at the interface. Conversely, hBNNWs on NCD shows superior in life-time stability of 287 min although it possesses inferior FEE properties in terms of larger turn-on field and lower FEE current density as compared to that of hBNNWs-Au. The uniform and continuous NCD film on Si also circumvents the formation of aBN phases and allows hBN to grow directly on NCD. Incorporation of carbon in hBNNWs from the NCD-interlayer improves the conductivity of hBNNWs, which assists in transporting the electrons efficiently from NCD to hBNNWs that results in better field emission of electrons with high life-time stability. (C) 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim |
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2016-09-27 |
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The authors like to thank the financial support of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) via Research Projects G.0456.12 and G.0044.13N, the Methusalem “NANO” network. K. J. Sankaran, P. Pobedinskas, and S. Turner are FWO Postdoctoral Fellows of the Research Foundations Flanders (FWO). |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:144644UA @ admin @ c:irua:144644 |
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Debroye, E.; Yuan, H.; Bladt, E.; Baekelant, W.; Van der Auweraer, M.; Hofkens, J.; Bals, S.; Roeffaers, M.B.J. |
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Facile morphology-controlled synthesis of organolead iodide perovskite nanocrystals using binary capping agents |
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2017 |
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ChemNanoMat : chemistry of nanomaterials for energy, biology and more |
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Chemnanomat |
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A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) |
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Controlling the morphology of organolead halide perovskite crystals is crucial to a fundamental understanding of the materials and to tune their properties for device applications. Here, we report a facile solution-based method for morphology-controlled synthesis of rod-like and plate-like organolead halide perovskite nanocrystals using binary capping agents. The morphology control is likely due to an interplay between surface binding kinetics of the two capping agents at different crystal facets. By high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy, we show that the obtained nanocrystals are monocrystalline. Moreover, long photoluminescence decay times of the nanocrystals indicate long charge diffusion lengths and low trap/defect densities. Our results pave the way for large-scale solution synthesis of organolead halide perovskite nanocrystals with controlled morphology for future device applications. |
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2017-01-18 |
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; We acknowledge financial support from the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO, grant G.0197.11, G.0962.13, G0B39.15, postdoctoral fellowship to E. D. and H. Y.), KU Leuven Research Fund (C14/15/053), the Flemish government through long term structural funding Methusalem (CASAS2, Meth/15/04), the Hercules foundation (HER/11/14), the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (IAP-PH05), the EC through the Marie Curie ITN project iSwitch (GA-642196) and the ERC project LIGHT (GA307523). S. B. acknowledges financial support from European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant # 335078-COLOURATOMS). E. B. gratefully acknowledges financial support by the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research (FWO Vlaanderen). ; ecas_Sara |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:143678UA @ admin @ c:irua:143678 |
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Hunter, E.C.; Battle, P.D.; Sena, R.P.; Hadermann, J. |
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Ferrimagnetism as a consequence of cation ordering in the perovskite LaSr2Cr2SbO9 |
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2017 |
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Journal of solid state chemistry |
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J Solid State Chem |
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A polycrystalline sample of LaSr2Cr2SbO9 has been synthesised using a standard ceramic method and characterized by x-ray and neutron diffraction, magnetometry and electron microscopy. The perovskite-related compound crystallises in the triclinic space group I1 with unit cell parameters of a=5.5344(6) angstrom, b=5.5562(5) angstrom, c=7.8292(7) angstrom, a=89.986(12)degrees, beta=90.350(5)degrees and gamma=89.926(9)degrees at room temperature. The two crystallographically-distinct, six-coordinate cation sites are occupied by Cr3+ and Sb5+ in ratios of 0.868(2):0.132(2) and 0.462(2):0.538(2). Ac and de magnetometry revealed that LaSr2Cr2SbO9 is ferrimagnetic below 150 K with a magnetisation of similar to 1.25 mu(B) per formula unit in 50 kOe at 5 K. Neutron diffraction showed that the cations on the two sites order in a G-type arrangement with a mean Cr3+ moment of 2.17(1) mu(B) at 5 K, consistent with a magnetisation of 1.32 mu(B) per formula unit. |
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2017-01-31 |
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; Experiments at the ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source were supported by the STFC. We are grateful to I. da Silva for the assistance provided at ISIS and to the EPSRC for financial support under Grant EP/M018954/1. We also thank Diamond Light Source Ltd (EE13284) for the award of beamtime. ; |
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van den Broek, B.; Houssa, M.; Iordanidou, K.; Pourtois, G.; Afanas'ev, V.V.; Stesmans, A. |
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Functional silicene and stanene nanoribbons compared to graphene: electronic structure and transport |
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2016 |
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2D materials |
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2D Mater |
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Since the advent of graphene, other 2D materials have garnered interest; notably the single element materials silicene, germanene, and stanene. Weinvestigate the ballistic current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of armchair silicene and stanene armchair nanoribbons (AXNRs with X = Si, Sn) using a combination of density functional theory and non-equilibrium Green's functions. The impact of out-of-plane electric field and in-plane uniaxial strain on the ribbon geometries, electronic structure, and (I-V)s are considered and contrasted with graphene. Since silicene and stanene are sp(2)/sp(3) buckled layers, the electronic structure can be tuned by an electric field that breaks the sublattice symmetry, an effect absent in graphene. This decreases the current by similar to 50% for Sn, since it has the largest buckling. Uniaxial straining of the ballistic channel affects the AXNR electronic structure in multiple ways: it changes the bandgap and associated effective carrier mass, and creates a local buckling distortion at the lead-channel interface which induces a interface dipole. Due to the increasing sp(3) hybridization character with increasing element mass, large reconstructions rectify the strained systems, an effect absent in sp(2) bonded graphene. This results in a smaller strain effect on the current: a decrease of 20% for Sn at 15% tensile strain compared to a similar to 75% decrease for C. |
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2016-01-06 |
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De Dobbelaere, C.; Lourdes Calzada, M.; Bretos, I.; Jimenez, R.; Ricote, J.; Hadermann, J.; Hardy, A.; Van Bael, M.K. |
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Gaining new insight into low-temperature aqueous photochemical solution deposited ferroelectric PbTiO3 films |
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2016 |
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Materials chemistry and physics |
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Mater Chem Phys |
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The nature of the low-temperature photochemical assisted formation process of ferroelectric lead titanate (PbTiO3) films is studied in the present work. Films are obtained by the deposition of an aqueous solution containing citric acid based (citrato) metal ion complexes with intrinsic UV activity. This UV activity is crucial for the aqueous photochemical solution deposition (aqueous PCSD) route being used. UV irradiation enhances the early decomposition of organics and results in improved electrical properties for the crystalline oxide film, even if the film is crystallized at low temperature. GATR-FTIR shows that UV irradiation promotes the decomposition of organic precursor components, resulting in homogeneous films if applied in the right temperature window during film processing. The organic content, morphology and crystallinity of the irradiated films, achieved at different processing atmospheres and temperatures, is studied and eventually correlated to the functional behavior of the obtained films. This is an important issue, as crystalline films obtained at low temperatures often lack ferroelectric responses. In this work, the film prepared in pure oxygen at the very low temperature of 400 degrees C and after an optimized UV treatment presents a significant remanent polarization value of P-r = 8.8 mu C cm(-2). This value is attributed to the better crystallinity, the larger grain size and the reduced porosity obtained thanks to the early film crystallization effectively achieved through the UV treatment in oxygen. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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2016-03-16 |
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2.084 |
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Zhang, F.; Chevalier, J.; Olagnon, C.; Batuk, M.; Hadermann, J.; Van Meerbeek, B.; Vleugels, J. |
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Grain-boundary engineering for aging and slow-crack-growth resistant zirconia |
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2017 |
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Journal of dental research |
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J Dent Res |
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Ceramic materials are prone to slow crack growth, resulting in strength degradation over time. Although yttria-stabilized zirconia (Y-TZP) ceramics have higher crack resistance than other dental ceramics, their aging susceptibility threatens their long-term performance in aqueous environments such as the oral cavity. Unfortunately, increasing the aging resistance of Y-TZP ceramics normally reduces their crack resistance. Our recently conducted systematic study of doping 3Y-TZP with various trivalent cations revealed that lanthanum oxide (La2O3) and aluminum oxide (Al2O3) have the most potent effect to retard the aging kinetics of 3Y-TZP. In this study, the crack-propagation behavior of La2O3 and Al2O3 co-doped 3Y-TZP ceramics was investigated by double-torsion methods. The grain boundaries were examined using scanning transmission electron microscopy and energy-dispersive spectroscopy (STEM-EDS). Correlating these analytic data with hydrothermal aging studies using different doping systems, a strategy to strongly bind the segregated dopant cations with the oxygen vacancies at the zirconia-grain boundary was found to improve effectively the aging resistance of Y-TZP ceramics without affecting the resistance to crack propagation. |
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2017-03-10 |
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; This research was supported by the Research Fund of KU Leuven under project 0T/ 10/052 and the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen) under grant G.0431.10N. We thank J.W. Seo for TEM and sample preparations. F. Zhang thanks the Research Fund of KU Leuven for her postdoctoral fellowship (PDM/15/153) and the JECS-Trust for the travel grant (No. 201599) to perform double-torsion testing in the MATEIS lab of INSA, Lyon, France. Jerome Chevalier would like to dedicate this paper to Maria Cattani Lorente, who recently passed away under tragic conditions. She was deeply involved in the study of dental zirconia and we will miss her. The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article. ; |
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Van Pottelberge, R.; Zarenia, M.; Vasilopoulos, P.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Graphene quantum dot with a Coulomb impurity : subcritical and supercritical regime |
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Physical review B |
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Phys Rev B |
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We study the influence of confinement on the atomic collapse due to a Coulomb impurity placed at the center of a graphene quantum dot of radius R. We apply the zigzag or infinite-mass boundary condition and consider both a point-size and a finite-size impurity. As a function of the impurity strength Za, the energy spectra are discrete. In the case of the zigzag boundary condition, the degenerate (with respect to the angular momentum m) zero-energy levels are pulled down in energy as Z alpha increases, and they remain below epsilon = – Z alpha. Our results show that the energy levels exhibit a 1/R dependence in the subcritical regime [Z alpha < |km + 1/2|, k = 1 (-1) for the K (K') valley]. In the supercritical regime (Z alpha > |km + 1/2|) we find a qualitatively very different behavior where the levels decrease as a function of R in a nonmonotonic manner. While the valley symmetry is preserved in the presence of the impurity, we find that the impurity breaks electron-hole symmetry. We further study the energy spectrum of zigzag quantum dots in gapped graphene. Our results show that as the gap increases, the lowest electron states are pushed into the gap by the impurity. |
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2017-06-13 |
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; We thank Massoud Ramezani-Masir and Dean Moldovan for fruitful discussions. This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the Methusalem funding of the Flemish Government, and by the Canadian NSERC Grant No. OGP0121756 (P. V.). ; |
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Sankaran, K.J.; Duc Quang Hoang; Korneychuk, S.; Kunuku, S.; Thomas, J.P.; Pobedinskas, P.; Drijkoningen, S.; Van Bael, M.K.; D'Haen, J.; Verbeeck, J.; Leou, K.-C.; Leung, K.T.; Lin, I.-N.; Haenen, K. |
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Hierarchical hexagonal boron nitride nanowall-diamond nanorod heterostructures with enhanced optoelectronic performance |
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2016 |
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RSC advances |
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Rsc Adv |
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A superior field electron emission (FEE) source made from a hierarchical heterostructure, where two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) nanowalls were coated on one-dimensional diamond nanorods (DNRs), is fabricated using a simple and scalable method. FEE characteristics of hBN-DNR display a low turn-on field of 6.0 V mu m(-1), a high field enhancement factor of 5870 and a high life-time stability of 435 min. Such an enhancement in the FEE properties of hBN-DNR derives from the distinctive material combination, i.e., high aspect ratio of the heterostructure, good electron transport from the DNR to the hBN nanowalls and efficient field emission of electrons from the hBN nanowalls. The prospective application of these heterostructures is further evidenced by enhanced microplasma devices using hBN-DNR as a cathode, in which the threshold voltage was lowered to 350 V, affirming the role of hBN-DNR in the improvement of electron emission. |
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3.108 |
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The authors like to thank the financial support of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) via Research Projects G.0456.12 and G.0044.13N, the Methusalem “NANO” network. KJ Sankaran, and P Pobedinskas are Postdoctoral Fellows of the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO). |
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Bogaerts, A.; Ameye, L.; Bijlholt, M.; Amuli, K.; Heynickx, D.; Devlieger, R. |
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INTER-ACT : prevention of pregnancy complications through an e-health driven interpregnancy lifestyle intervention: study protocol of a multicentre randomised controlled trial |
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2017 |
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BMC pregnancy and childbirth |
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Bmc Pregnancy Childb |
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154 |
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A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT); Centre for Research and Innovation in Care (CRIC) |
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Background Excessive maternal pre-pregnancy and gestational weight gain are related to pregnancy- and birth outcomes. The interpregnancy time window offers a unique opportunity to intervene in order to acquire a healthy lifestyle before the start of a new pregnancy. Methods INTER-ACT is an e-health driven multicentre randomised controlled intervention trial targeting women at high risk of pregnancy- and birth related complications. Eligible women are recruited for the study at day 2 or 3 postpartum. At week 6 postpartum, participants are randomised into the intervention or control arm of the study. The intervention focuses on weight, diet, physical activity and mental well-being, and comprises face-to-face coaching, in which behavioural change techniques are central, and use of a mobile application, which is Bluetooth-connected to a weighing scale and activity tracker. The intervention is rolled out postpartum (4 coaching sessions between week 6 and month 6) and in a new pregnancy (3 coaching sessions, one in each trimester of pregnancy); the mobile app is used throughout the two intervention phases. Data collection includes data from the medical record of the participants (pregnancy outcomes and medical history), anthropometric data (height, weight, waist- and hip circumferences, skinfold thickness and body composition by bio-electrical impedance analysis), data from the mobile app (physical activity and weight; intervention group only) and questionnaires (socio-demographics, breastfeeding, food intake, physical activity, lifestyle, psychosocial factors and process evaluation). Medical record data are collected at inclusion and at delivery of the subsequent pregnancy. All other data are collected at week 6 and month 6 postpartum and every subsequent 6 months until a new pregnancy, and in every trimester in the new pregnancy. Primary outcome is the composite endpoint score of pregnancy-induced hypertension, gestational diabetes mellitus, caesarean section, and large-for-gestational-age infant in the subsequent pregnancy. |
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2017-05-26 |
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2.263 |
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4 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:143234 |
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Chin, C.-M.; Sena, R.P.; Hunter, E.C.; Hadermann, J.; Battle, P.D. |
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Interplay of structural chemistry and magnetism in perovskites : a study of CaLn2Ni2WO9: Ln=La, Pr, Nd |
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2017 |
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Journal of solid state chemistry |
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J Solid State Chem |
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251 |
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224-232 |
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Polycrystalline samples of CaLn(2)Ni(2)WO(9) (Ln=La, Pr, Nd) have been synthesized and characterised by a combination of X-ray and neutron diffraction, electron microscopy and magnetometry. Each composition adopts a perovskite-like structure with a similar to 5.50, b similar to 5.56, c similar to 7.78 angstrom beta similar to 90.1 degrees in space group P2(1)/n. Of the two crystallographically distinct six-coordinate sites, one is occupied entirely (Ln=Pr) or predominantly (Ln=La, Nd) by Ni2+ and the other by Ni2+ and W6+ in a ratio of approximately 1:2. None of the compounds shows long-range magnetic order at 5 K. The magnetometry data show that the magnetic moments of the Ni2+ cations form a spin glass below 30 K in each case. The Pr3+ moments in CaPr2Ni2WO9 also freeze but the Nd3+ moments in CaNd2Ni2WO9 do not. This behaviour is contrasted with that observed in other (A,A')B2B'O-9 perovskites. |
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2017-04-22 |
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0022-4596 |
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2.299 |
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5 |
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; We thank EPSRC for funding through grant EP/M0189541. CMC thanks the Croucher Foundation and Oxford University for a graduate scholarship. We are grateful to Ivan da Silva who provided experimental assistance at ISIS and to Maria Batuk for help with the STEM-EDX analysis. ; |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:144179 |
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4664 |
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Aierken, Y.; Leenaerts, O.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Intrinsic magnetism in penta-hexa-graphene: A first-principles study |
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2016 |
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Physical review B |
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Phys Rev B |
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94 |
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15 |
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155410 |
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Recently, several monolayer carbon allotropes have been proposed. The magnetic properties of these metal-free materials are investigated, and we explore a special type of all carbon system having an intrinsic magnetic ground state. The structure is composed of mixing pentagonal and hexagonal rings of carbon atoms, such that the unit cell consists of eleven atoms, where two C atoms each have an unpaired electron each with a local magnetic moment. The antiferromagnetic (AFM) state has a lower energy than the ferromagnetic (FM) one. However, a strain-driven transition to the FM ground state is possible. The application of strain not only lowers the energy of the FM state but it also induces an energy barrier of about 13 meV/(magnetic atom) to protect the FM state from excitation. Our findings based on first-principles calculations will motivate other works on similar metal-free magnetic monolayer materials and will have an impact on their possible applications in spintronic devices. |
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2016-10-10 |
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2469-9969; 2469-9950 |
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3.836 |
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13 |
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; This work was supported by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO-Vl). The computational resources and services used in this work were provided by the VSC (Flemish Supercomputer Center), funded by the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO) and the Flemish Government-department EWI. ; |
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Zhang, B.; Deschamps, M.; Ammar, M.-R.; Raymundo-Pinero, E.; Hennet, L.; Batuk, D.; Tarascon, J.-M. |
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Laser synthesis of hard carbon for anodes in Na-ion battery |
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2017 |
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Advanced Materials Technologies |
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1600227 |
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2016-12-19 |
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10 |
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; The RS2E (Reseau sur le StockageElectrochimique de l'Energie) network is acknowledged for the financial support of this work through the ANR project Storex (ANR-10-LABX-76-01). J.-M.T acknowledges funding from the European Research Council (ERC) (FP/2014-2020)/ERC GrantProject 670116-ARPEMA. ; |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:142452 |
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Houben, K.; Couet, S.; Trekels, M.; Menendez, E.; Peissker, T.; Seo, J.W.; Hu, M.Y.; Zhao, J.Y.; Alp, E.E.; Roelants, S.; Partoens, B.; Milošević, M.V.; Peeters, F.M.; Bessas, D.; Brown, S.A.; Vantomme, A.; Temst, K.; Van Bael, M.J. |
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Lattice dynamics in Sn nanoislands and cluster-assembled films |
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2017 |
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Physical review B |
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Phys Rev B |
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95 |
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15 |
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To unravel the effects of phonon confinement, the influence of size and morphology on the atomic vibrations is investigated in Sn nanoislands and cluster-assembled films. Nuclear resonant inelastic x-ray scattering is used to probe the phonon densities of states of the Sn nanostructures which show significant broadening of the features compared to bulk phonon behavior. Supported by ab initio calculations, the broadening is attributed to phonon scattering and can be described within the damped harmonic oscillator model. Contrary to the expectations based on previous research, the appearance of high-energy modes above the cutoff energy is not observed. From the thermodynamic properties extracted from the phonon densities of states, it was found that grain boundary Sn atoms are bound by weaker forces than bulk Sn atoms. |
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2017-04-11 |
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3.836 |
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5 |
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; This work was supported by the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO) and the Concerted Research Action (GOA/14/007). The authors acknowledge Hercules stichting (Projects No. AKUL/13/19 and No. AKUL/13/25). K.H. and S.C. thank the FWO for financial support. T.P. acknowledges the IWT for financial support. S.R., M.V.M., and B.P. acknowledge TOPBOF funding of the University of Antwerp Research Fund. J.W.S. acknowledges Hercules Stichting (Project No. AKUL/13/19). The authors want to thank R. Lieten for help with the XRD measurements and T. Picot for fruitful discussions. The authors gratefully acknowledge R. Ruffer and A. I. Chumakov for fruitful discussions and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility for the measurement of the SnO<INF>2</INF> powder at the Nuclear Resonance beamline (ID-18). This research used resources of the Advanced Photon Source, a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. ; |
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Shestakov, M.V.; Meledina, M.; Turner, S.; Baekelant, W.; Verellen, N.; Chen, X.; Hofkens, J.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Moshchalkov, V.V. |
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Luminescence of fixed site Ag nanoclusters in a simple oxyfluoride glass host and plasmon absorption of amorphous Ag nanoparticles in a complex oxyfluoride glass host |
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2015 |
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Proceedings of the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
T2 – 8th International Conference on Photonics, Devices, and System VI, AUG 27-29, 2014, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC |
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Ag nanocluster-doped glasses have been prepared by a conventional melt-quenching method. The effect of melt temperature and dwell time on the formation of Ag nanoclusters and Ag nanoparticles in simple host oxyfluoride glasses has been studied. The increase of melt temperature and dwell time results in the dissolution of Ag nanoparticles and substantial red-shift of absorption and photoluminescence spectra of the prepared glasses. The quantum yield of the glasses is similar to 5% and does not depend on melt temperature and dwell time. The prepared glasses may be used as red phosphors or down-conversion layers for solar-cells. |
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Spie-int soc optical engineering |
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2015-01-06 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:144783 |
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Çakir, D.; Sevik, C.; Gulseren, O.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Mo2C as a high capacity anode material: a first-principles study |
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2016 |
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Journal of materials chemistry A : materials for energy and sustainability |
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J Mater Chem A |
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The adsorption and diffusion of Li, Na, K and Ca atoms on a Mo2C monolayer are systematically investigated by using first principles methods. We found that the considered metal atoms are strongly bound to the Mo2C monolayer. However, the adsorption energies of these alkali and earth alkali elements decrease as the coverage increases due to the enhanced repulsion between the metal ions. We predict a significant charge transfer from the ad-atoms to the Mo2C monolayer, which indicates clearly the cationic state of the metal atoms. The metallic character of both pristine and doped Mo2C ensures a good electronic conduction that is essential for an optimal anode material. Low migration energy barriers are predicted as small as 43 meV for Li, 19 meV for Na and 15 meV for K, which result in the very fast diffusion of these atoms on Mo2C. For Mo2C, we found a storage capacity larger than 400 mA h g(-1) by the inclusion of multilayer adsorption. Mo2C expands slightly upon deposition of Li and Na even at high concentrations, which ensures the good cyclic stability of the atomic layer. The calculated average voltage of 0.68 V for Li and 0.30 V for Na ions makes Mo2C attractive for low charging voltage applications. |
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2016-03-18 |
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8.867 |
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202 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem foundation of the Flemish government. Computational resources were provided by TUBITAK ULAKBIM, High Performance and Grid Computing Center (TR-Grid e-Infrastructure), and HPC infrastructure of the University of Antwerp (CalcUA) a division of the Flemish Supercomputer Center (VSC), which is funded by the Hercules foundation. C. S. acknowledges the support from Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA-GEBIP). C. S acknowledges the support from Anadolu University (Grant No. 1407F335). We acknowledge the support from TUBITAK, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Grant No. 115F024). ; |
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Albrecht, W.; Goris, B.; Bals, S.; Hutter, E.M.; Vanmaekelbergh, D.; van Huis, M.A.; van Blaaderen, A. |
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Morphological and chemical transformations of single silica-coated CdSe/CdS nanorods upon fs-laser excitation |
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2017 |
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Nanoscale |
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Nanoscale |
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Radiation-induced modifications of nanostructures are of fundamental interest and constitute a viable out-of-equilibrium approach to the development of novel nanomaterials. Herein, we investigated the structural transformation of silica-coated CdSe/CdS nanorods (NRs) under femtosecond (fs) illumination. By comparing the same nanorods before and after illumination with different fluences we found that the silica-shell did not only enhance the stability of the NRs but that the confinement of the NRs also led to novel morphological and chemical transformations. Whereas uncoated CdSe/CdS nanorods were found to sublimate under such excitations the silica-coated nanorods broke into fragments which deformed towards a more spherical shape. Furthermore, CdS decomposed which led to the formation of metallic Cd, confirmed by high-resolution electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX), whereby an epitaxial interface with the remaining CdS lattice was formed. Under electron beam exposure similar transformations were found to take place which we followed in situ. |
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2017-03-23 |
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4 |
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; The authors acknowledge financial support from the European Research Council under the European Unions Seventh Framework Programme (FP-2007-2013)/ERC Advanced Grant Agreement 291667 HierarSACol. The authors furthermore acknowledge financial support from the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant 335078-COLOURATOMS and ERC Consolidator Grant 683076 NANO-INSITU). The authors also appreciate financial support from the European Union under the Seventh Framework Program (Integrated Infrastructure Initiative No. 262348 European Soft Matter Infrastructure, ESMI). This work was supported by the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research (FWO Vlaanderen) through a postdoctoral research grant to B. G. The authors furthermore thank Dave J. van den Heuvel and Hans C. Gerritsen for use of the Thorlabs powermeter. We furthermore thank Ernest van der Wee for the simulation of the confocal point spread functions. ; ecas_sara |
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Kamaraj, B.; Purohit, R. |
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Mutational Analysis on Membrane Associated Transporter Protein (MATP) and Their Structural Consequences in Oculocutaeous Albinism Type 4 (OCA4)A Molecular Dynamics Approach |
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2016 |
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Journal of cellular biochemistry |
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J Cell Biochem |
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2016-03-28 |
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0730-2312 |
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Impact Factor |
3.085 |
Times cited |
28 |
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Most recent IF: 3.085 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:144634 |
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4671 |
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Wang, W.; Patil, B.; Heijkers, S.; Hessel, V.; Bogaerts, A. |
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Nitrogen fixation by gliding arc plasma : better insight by chemical kinetics modelling |
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A1 Journal article |
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2017 |
Publication |
Chemsuschem |
Abbreviated Journal |
Chemsuschem |
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10 |
Issue |
10 |
Pages |
2145-2157 |
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A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) |
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The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into valuable compounds, that is, so-called nitrogen fixation, is gaining increased interest, owing to the essential role in the nitrogen cycle of the biosphere. Plasma technology, and more specifically gliding arc plasma, has great potential in this area, but little is known about the underlying mechanisms. Therefore, we developed a detailed chemical kinetics model for a pulsed-power gliding-arc reactor operating at atmospheric pressure for nitrogen oxide synthesis. Experiments are performed to validate the model and reasonable agreement is reached between the calculated and measured NO and NO2 yields and the corresponding energy efficiency for NOx formation for different N2/O2 ratios, indicating that the model can provide a realistic picture of the plasma chemistry. Therefore, we can use the model to investigate the reaction pathways for the formation and loss of NOx. The results indicate that vibrational excitation of N2 in the gliding arc contributes significantly to activating the N2 molecules, and leads to an energy efficient way of NOx production, compared to the thermal process. Based on the underlying chemistry, the model allows us to propose solutions on how to further improve the NOx formation by gliding arc technology. Although the energy efficiency of the gliding-arc-based nitrogen fixation process at the present stage is not comparable to the world-scale HaberBosch process, we believe our study helps us to come up with more realistic scenarios of entering a cutting-edge innovation in new business cases for the decentralised production of fertilisers for agriculture, in which low-temperature plasma technology might play an important role. |
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Weinheim |
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000402122100006 |
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2017-03-08 |
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1864-5631 |
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Impact Factor |
7.226 |
Times cited |
42 |
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OpenAccess |
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Most recent IF: 7.226 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:143261 |
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4672 |
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Zografos, O.; Dutta, S.; Manfrini, M.; Vaysset, A.; Sorée, B.; Naeemi, A.; Raghavan, P.; Lauwereins, R.; Radu, I.P. |
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Non-volatile spin wave majority gate at the nanoscale |
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A1 Journal article |
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2017 |
Publication |
AIP advances
T2 – 61st Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM), OCT 31-NOV 04, 2016, New Orleans, LA |
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Aip Adv |
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7 |
Issue |
5 |
Pages |
056020 |
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A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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A spin wave majority fork-like structure with feature size of 40 nm, is presented and investigated, through micromagnetic simulations. The structure consists of three merging out-of-plane magnetization spin wave buses and four magneto-electric cells serving as three inputs and an output. The information of the logic signals is encoded in the phase of the transmitted spin waves and subsequently stored as direction of magnetization of the magneto-electric cells upon detection. The minimum dimensions of the structure that produce an operational majority gate are identified. For all input combinations, the detection scheme employed manages to capture the majority phase result of the spin wave interference and ignore all reflection effects induced by the geometry of the structure. (C) 2017 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
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Amer inst physics |
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Melville |
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000402797100177 |
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2017-02-06 |
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2158-3226 |
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Impact Factor |
1.568 |
Times cited |
13 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:144288 |
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4673 |
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Kong, L.; Wang, W.; Murphy, A.B.; Xia, G. |
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Numerical analysis of direct-current microdischarge for space propulsion applications using the particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collision (PIC/MCC) method |
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A1 Journal article |
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2017 |
Publication |
Journal of physics: D: applied physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J Phys D Appl Phys |
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50 |
Issue |
16 |
Pages |
165203 |
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A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) |
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Microdischarges are an important type of plasma discharge that possess several unique characteristics, such as the presence of a stable glow discharge, high plasma density and intense excimer radiation, leading to several potential applications. The intense and controllable gas heating within the extremely small dimensions of microdischarges has been exploited in microthruster technologies by incorporating a micro-nozzle to generate the thrust. This kind of microthruster has a significantly improved specific impulse performance compared to conventional cold gas thrusters, and can meet the requirements arising from the emerging development and application of micro-spacecraft. In this paper, we performed a self-consistent 2D particle-in-cell simulation, with a Monte Carlo collision model, of a microdischarge operating in a prototype micro-plasma thruster with a hollow cylinder geometry and a divergent micro-nozzle. The model takes into account the thermionic electron emission including the Schottky effect, the secondary electron emission due to cathode bombardment by the plasma ions, several different collision processes, and a non-uniform argon background gas density in the cathode-anode gap. Results in the high-pressure (several hundreds of Torr), high-current (mA) operating regime showing the behavior of the plasma density, potential distribution, and energy flux towards the hollow cathode and anode are presented and discussed. In addition, the results of simulations showing the effect of different argon gas pressures, cathode material work function and discharge voltage on the operation of the microdischarge thruster are presented. Our calculated properties are compared with experimental data under similar conditions and qualitative and quantitative agreements are reached. |
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London |
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000398856300001 |
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2017-02-22 |
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0022-3727 |
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Impact Factor |
2.588 |
Times cited |
8 |
Open Access |
OpenAccess |
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Most recent IF: 2.588 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:143642 |
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4674 |
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Van Laer, K. |
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Numerical and experimental study of a packed bed plasma reactor for environmental applications |
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Doctoral thesis |
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2017 |
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Doctoral thesis; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:144061 |
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4675 |
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de de Meux, A.J.; Pourtois, G.; Genoe, J.; Heremans, P. |
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Title |
Origin of the apparent delocalization of the conduction band in a high-mobility amorphous semiconductor |
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A1 Journal article |
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Year |
2017 |
Publication |
Journal of physics : condensed matter |
Abbreviated Journal |
J Phys-Condens Mat |
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29 |
Issue |
25 |
Pages |
255702 |
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A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) |
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In this paper, we show that the apparent delocalization of the conduction band reported from first-principles simulations for the high-mobility amorphous oxide semiconductor InGaZnO4 (a-IGZO) is an artifact induced by the periodic conditions imposed to the model. Given a sufficiently large unit-cell dimension (over 40 angstrom), the conduction band becomes localized. Such a model size is up to four times the size of commonly used models for the study of a-IGZO. This finding challenges the analyses done so far on the nature of the defects and on the interpretation of numerous electrical measurements. In particular, we re-interpret the meaning of the computed effective mass reported so far in literature. Our finding also applies to materials such as SiZnSnO, ZnSnO, InZnSnO, In2O3 or InAlZnO4 whose models have been reported to display a fully delocalized conduction band in the amorphous phase. |
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London |
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000402434900002 |
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2017-02-15 |
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0953-8984 |
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Impact Factor |
2.649 |
Times cited |
5 |
Open Access |
Not_Open_Access |
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Most recent IF: 2.649 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:144183 |
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4676 |
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Lu, A.K.A.; Pourtois, G.; Agarwal, T.; Afzalian, A.; Radu, I.P.; Houssa, M. |
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Origin of the performances degradation of two-dimensional-based metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors in the sub-10 nm regime: A first-principles study |
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A1 Journal article |
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2016 |
Publication |
Applied physics letters |
Abbreviated Journal |
Appl Phys Lett |
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108 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
043504 |
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A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) |
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The impact of the scaling of the channel length on the performances of metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors, based on two-dimensional (2D) channel materials, is theoretically investigated, using density functional theory combined with the non-equilibrium Green's function method. It is found that the scaling of the channel length below 10nm leads to strong device performance degradations. Our simulations reveal that this degradation is essentially due to the tunneling current flowing between the source and the drain in these aggressively scaled devices. It is shown that this electron tunneling process is modulated by the effective mass of the 2D channel material, and sets the limit of the scaling in future transistor designs. (C) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC. |
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American Institute of Physics |
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New York, N.Y. |
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000375217200061 |
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2016-01-26 |
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0003-6951; 1077-3118 |
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Impact Factor |
3.411 |
Times cited |
4 |
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Most recent IF: 3.411 |
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Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:144750 |
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4677 |
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de de Meux, A.J.; Bhoolokam, A.; Pourtois, G.; Genoe, J.; Heremans, P. |
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Oxygen vacancies effects in a-IGZO : formation mechanisms, hysteresis, and negative bias stress effects |
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A1 Journal article |
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2017 |
Publication |
Physica status solidi : A : applications and materials science |
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Phys Status Solidi A |
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214 |
Issue |
6 |
Pages |
1600889 |
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A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) |
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The amorphous oxide semiconductor Indium-Gallium-Zinc-Oxide (a-IGZO) has gained a large technological relevance as a semiconductor for thin-film transistors in active-matrix displays. Yet, major questions remain unanswered regarding the atomic origin of threshold voltage control, doping level, hysteresis, negative bias stress (NBS), and negative bias illumination stress (NBIS). We undertake a systematic study of the effects of oxygen vacancies on the properties of a-IGZO by relating experimental observations to microscopic insights gained from first-principle simulations. It is found that the amorphous nature of the semiconductor allows unusually large atomic relaxations. In some cases, oxygen vacancies are found to behave as perfect shallow donors without the formation of structural defects. Once structural defects are formed, their transition states can vary upon charge and discharge cycles. We associate this phenomenon to a possible presence of hysteresis in the transfer curve of the devices. Under NBS, the creation of oxygen vacancies becomes energetically very stable, hence thermodynamically very likely. This generation process is correlated with the occurrence of the negative bias stress instabilities observed in a-IGZO transistors. While oxygen vacancies can therefore be related to NBS and hysteresis, it appears unlikely from our results that they are direct causes of NBIS, contrary to common belief. |
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000403339900012 |
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2017-03-02 |
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1862-6300 |
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Impact Factor |
1.775 |
Times cited |
8 |
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Not_Open_Access |
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Most recent IF: 1.775 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:144219 |
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4678 |
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Verhulst, A.S.; Verreck, D.; Smets, Q.; Kao, K.-H.; Van de Put, M.; Rooyackers, R.; Sorée, B.; Vandooren, A.; De Meyer, K.; Groeseneken, G.; Heyns, M.M.; Mocuta, A.; Collaert, N.; Thean, A.V.-Y. |
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Perspective of tunnel-FET for future low-power technology nodes |
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P1 Proceeding |
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2014 |
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2014 Ieee International Electron Devices Meeting (iedm) |
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P1 Proceeding; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Ieee |
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New york |
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978-1-4799-8000-0 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:144789 |
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4679 |
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Snoeckx, R. |
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Plasma technology : a novel solution for CO2 conversion? |
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Doctoral thesis |
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2017 |
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Doctoral thesis; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:143110 |
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4680 |
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Wang, L.; Hu, Z.-Y.; Yang, X.-Y.; Zhang, B.-B.; Geng, W.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Su, B.-L. |
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Polydopamine nanocoated whole-cell asymmetric biocatalysts |
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A1 Journal article |
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2017 |
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Chemical communications |
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Chem Commun |
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53 |
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49 |
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6617-6620 |
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A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) |
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Our whole-cell biocatalyst with a polydopamine nanocoating shows high catalytic activity (5 times better productivity than the native cell) and reusability (84% of the initial yield after 5 batches, 8 times higher than the native cell) in asymmetric reduction. It also integrates with titania, silica, and magnetic nanoparticles for multi-functionalization. |
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000403572100018 |
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2017-05-25 |
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1359-7345; 1364-548x |
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6.319 |
Times cited |
15 |
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OpenAccess |
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; This work was supported by PCSIRT (IRT_15R52), NSFC (U1663225, U1662134, 51472190, 51611530672, 51503166), ISTCP (2015DFE52870), HPNSF (2016CFA033), CNPC (PPC2016007) and the China Scholarship Council (CSC). We thank Prof. Damien Hermand (URPhyM in UNamur) for help with cell culture, Ms Noelle Ninane (Narilis in UNamur) for help with CLSM characterization and Ms Siming Wu (WHUT) for help with magnetic property characterization. ; |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:144185 |
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4681 |
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Alania, M. |
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Quantification of 3D atomic positions for nanoparticles using scanning transmission electron microscopy: statistical parameter estimation, dose-limited precision and optimal experimental design |
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2017 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:144014 |
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4682 |
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Madan, I.; Kusar, P.; Baranov, V.V.; Lu-Dac, M.; Kabanov, V.V.; Mertelj, T.; Mihailovic, D. |
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Real-time measurement of the emergence of superconducting order in a high-temperature superconductor |
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2016 |
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Physical review B |
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Phys Rev B |
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93 |
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22 |
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224520 |
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Systems which rapidly evolve through symmetry-breaking transitions on timescales comparable to the fluctuation timescale of the single-particle excitations may behave very differently than under controlled near-ergodic conditions. A real-time investigation with high temporal resolution may reveal insights into the ordering through the transition that are not available in static experiments. We present an investigation of the system trajectory through a normal-to-superconductor transition in a prototype high-temperature superconducting cuprate in which such a situation occurs. Using a multiple pulse femtosecond spectroscopy technique we measure the system trajectory and time evolution of the single-particle excitations through the transition in La1.9Sr0.1CuO4 and compare the data to a simulation based on the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory, using the laser excitation fluence as an adjustable parameter controlling the quench conditions in both experiment and theory. The comparison reveals the presence of significant superconducting fluctuations which precede the transition on short timescales. By including superconducting fluctuations as a seed for the growth of the superconducting order we can obtain a satisfactory agreement of the theory with the experiment. Remarkably, the pseudogap excitations apparently play no role in this process. |
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2016-07-01 |
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2469-9969; 2469-9950 |
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3.836 |
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5 |
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; We wish to acknowledge the useful discussion with T. W. Kibble regarding the importance of a variable quench rate in the experiment. The funding was provided by European Research Council advanced grant TRAJECTORY. ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:144701 |
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4683 |
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