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| Author | Van Tendeloo, G.; Garlea, O.; Darie, C.; Bougerol-Chaillout, C.; Bordet, P. | ||||
| Title | The fine structure of YCuO2+x delafossite determined by synchrotron powder diffraction and electron microscopy | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2001 | Publication | Journal of solid state chemistry | Abbreviated Journal | J Solid State Chem |
| Volume | 156 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 428-436 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | YCuO2 delafossite crystallizes into two stacking variants; hexagonal 2H or rhombohedral 3R, depending on the preparation conditions. The structure of the fully oxygenated material YCuO2.50 has been determined as orthorhombic (a(O) = 6.1961 Angstrom; b(O) = 11.2158 Angstrom; c(O) = 7.1505 Angstrom; space group Pnma). The structure is based on the hexagonal 2H structure (a(O) = a(H)root3; b(O) = c(H); c(O) = 2a(H)). Upon incomplete oxidation, a different YCuOZ phase with ideal composition YCuO2.33 and lattice parameters a(H root)3, a(H)root3, c(H) is also formed. Diffraction patterns are often very complex because of the presence of planar defects and intergrowth of both phases. Under electron beam irradiation, oxygen is released from the structure and one phase gradually transforms into the other. (C) 2001 Academic Press. | ||||
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| Publisher | Place of Publication | London | Editor | ||
| Language | Wos | 000167252000025 | Publication Date | 2002-09-18 | |
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| ISSN | 0022-4596; | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.299 | Times cited | 33 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.299; 2001 IF: 1.614 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:103425 | Serial | 3581 | ||
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| Author | Teodorescu, V.S.; Mihailescu, I.N.; Gyorgy, E.; Luches, A.; Martino, M.; Nistor, L.C.; van Landuyt, J.; Hermann, J. | ||||
| Title | The study of a crater forming on the surface of a Ti target submitted to multipulse excimer laser irradiation under low pressure N2 | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 1996 | Publication | Journal of modern optics | Abbreviated Journal | J Mod Optic |
| Volume | 43 | Issue | 9 | Pages | 1773-1784 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | A Ti target was submitted to laser ablation in low ambient pressure N-2. Electron microscopy examination of the cross-section of the crater zone forming on the Ti target, and XPS analyses, indicate that there is a small effect on the nitridation processes taking place on and in the vicinity of the target. The studies show a zone influenced by the multipulse laser treatment extending beneath the crater down to a depth of the same order of magnitude as the crater depth (i.e. similar to 10 mu m). In this zone, TiN could be identified as being present only in traces, while the whole zone exhibited a layer structure with differences in morphology and mechanical wear. | ||||
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| Publisher | Place of Publication | London | Editor | ||
| Language | Wos | A1996VF31900002 | Publication Date | 2007-07-07 | |
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| ISSN | 0950-0340;1362-3044; | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 1.008 | Times cited | 11 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Approved | PHYSICS, APPLIED 47/145 Q2 # | |||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:95238 | Serial | 3594 | ||
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| Author | Martens, T.; Mihailova, D.; van Dijk, J.; Bogaerts, A. | ||||
| Title | Theoretical characterization of an atmospheric pressure glow discharge used for analytical spectrometry | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2009 | Publication | Analytical chemistry | Abbreviated Journal | Anal Chem |
| Volume | 81 | Issue | 21 | Pages | 9096-9108 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) | ||||
| Abstract | We have investigated the plasma processes in an atmospheric pressure glow discharge (APGD) in He used for analytical spectrometry by means of fluid and Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. Typical results include the potential and electric field distributions in the plasma, the density profiles of the various plasma species throughout the discharge, the mean electron energy, as well as the rates of the various collision processes in the plasma, and the relative importance of the different production and loss rates for the various species. The similarities and differences with low-pressure glow discharges are discussed. The main differences are a very small cathode dark space region and a large positive column as well as the dominant role of molecular ions. Some characteristic features of the APGD, such as the occurrence of the different spatial zones in the discharge, are illustrated, with links to experimental observations. | ||||
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| Publisher | Place of Publication | Washington, D.C. | Editor | ||
| Language | Wos | 000276191900062 | Publication Date | 2009-10-08 | |
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| ISSN | 0003-2700;1520-6882; | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 6.32 | Times cited | 15 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 6.32; 2009 IF: 5.214 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:79554 | Serial | 3604 | ||
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| Author | Castelano, L.K.; Hai, G.Q.; Partoens, B.; Peeters, F.M. | ||||
| Title | Two vertically coupled quantum rings with tunneling | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2006 | Publication | Brazilian journal of physics | Abbreviated Journal | Braz J Phys |
| Volume | 36 | Issue | 3b | Pages | 936-939 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
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| Publisher | Place of Publication | São Paulo | Editor | ||
| Language | Wos | 000242535600036 | Publication Date | 2006-12-13 | |
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| ISSN | 0103-9733; | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 0.732 | Times cited | 2 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 0.732; 2006 IF: 0.494 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:62133 | Serial | 3788 | ||
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| Author | Wu, Z.; Zhai, F.; Peeters, F.M.; Xu, H.Q.; Chang, K. | ||||
| Title | Valley-dependent brewster angles and Goos-Hänchen effect in strained graphene | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2011 | Publication | Physical review letters | Abbreviated Journal | Phys Rev Lett |
| Volume | 106 | Issue | 17 | Pages | 176802,1-176802,4 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | We demonstrate theoretically how local strains in graphene can be tailored to generate a valley-polarized current. By suitable engineering of local strain profiles, we find that electrons in opposite valleys (K or K′) show different Brewster-like angles and Goos-Hänchen shifts, exhibiting a close analogy with light propagating behavior. In a strain-induced waveguide, electrons in K and K′ valleys have different group velocities, which can be used to construct a valley filter in graphene without the need for any external fields. | ||||
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| Publisher | Place of Publication | New York, N.Y. | Editor | ||
| Language | Wos | 000290100300016 | Publication Date | 2011-04-29 | |
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| ISSN | 0031-9007;1079-7114; | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 8.462 | Times cited | 235 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; This work was supported by the NSF of China and the MOST, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 8.462; 2011 IF: 7.370 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:89715 | Serial | 3832 | ||
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| Author | Paria Sena, R.; Babaryk, A.A.; Khainakov, S.; Garcia-Granda, S.; Slobodyanik, N.S.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Abakumov, A.M.; Hadermann, J. | ||||
| Title | A pseudo-tetragonal tungsten bronze superstructure: a combined solution of the crystal structure of K6.4(Nb,Ta)36.3O94 with advanced transmission electron microscopy and neutron diffraction | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Journal of the Chemical Society : Dalton transactions | Abbreviated Journal | Dalton T |
| Volume | 45 | Issue | 45 | Pages | 973-979 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | The crystal structure of the K6.4Nb28.2Ta8.1O94 pseudo-tetragonal tungsten bronze-type oxide was determined using a combination of X-ray powder diffraction, neutron diffraction and transmission electron microscopy techniques, including electron diffraction, high angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM), annular bright field STEM (ABF-STEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray compositional mapping (STEM-EDX). The compound crystallizes in the space group Pbam with unit cell parameters a = 37.468(9) A, b = 12.493(3) A, c = 3.95333(15) A. The structure consists of corner sharing (Nb,Ta)O6 octahedra forming trigonal, tetragonal and pentagonal tunnels. All tetragonal tunnels are occupied by K(+) ions, while 1/3 of the pentagonal tunnels are preferentially occupied by Nb(5+)/Ta(5+) and 2/3 are occupied by K(+) in a regular pattern. A fractional substitution of K(+) in the pentagonal tunnels by Nb(5+)/Ta(5+) is suggested by the analysis of the HAADF-STEM images. In contrast to similar structures, such as K2Nb8O21, also parts of the trigonal tunnels are fractionally occupied by K(+) cations. | ||||
| Address | Electron Microscopy for Materials Research (EMAT), University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020, Antwerp, Belgium. joke.hadermann@uantwerpen.be babaryk@univ.kiev.ua | ||||
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| Language | English | Wos | 000367614700018 | Publication Date | 2015-11-23 |
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| ISSN | 1477-9226 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 4.029 | Times cited | 6 | Open Access | |
| Notes | We thank Dr E. Suard and Dr O. Fabello for assistance in collecting the neutron diffraction data. R.P.S. acknowledges funding from the European Research Council under the 7th Framework Program (FP7), ERC Grant No. 246791-COUNTATOMS. The titan microscope was partly funded by the Hercules fund from the Flemish Government. The authors acknowledge financial support from the European Union under the Seventh Framework Program under a contract for an Integrated Infrastructure Initiative. Reference No. 312483-ESTEEM2. AAB acknowledges the JSPDS ICDD Grant-in-Aid program (12-02).; esteem2jra1; esteem2jra2 | Approved | Most recent IF: 4.029 | ||
| Call Number | c:irua:130408 c:irua:130408 | Serial | 3998 | ||
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| Author | Matthai, C.C.; Lamoen, D.; March, N.H. | ||||
| Title | Melting temperatures and possible precursor plastic phases of CCl4and GeI4as a function of pressure | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Physics and chemistry of liquids | Abbreviated Journal | Phys Chem Liq |
| Volume | 54 | Issue | 54 | Pages | 130-134 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | The motivation for the present study is to be found in the recent experiments of Fuchizaki and Hamaya on GeI4. They observed a rapid increase in the melting temperature Tm in going from atmospheric pressure to p ~ 2.6 GPa. Tm was found to be largely independent of pressure above this value. In this paper, heuristic arguments are presented to support the idea that until some critical pressure, a crystalline phase of SnI4, CCl4 and GeI4 molecular solids melts into a low density liquid. However, at this critical pressure, a phase boundary intersects Tm(p), separating a low density liquid phase from a high density liquid. The new phase boundary is between the crystal and an amorphous molecular solid with increasing polymerisation as the pressure is increased. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000365724100012 | Publication Date | 2015-07-30 | |
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| ISSN | 0031-9104 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record | |
| Impact Factor | 1.145 | Times cited | Open Access | ||
| Notes | NHM wishes to thank Professors D. Lamoen and C. Van Alsenoy for making possible the continuing affiliation of | Approved | Most recent IF: 1.145 | ||
| Call Number | c:irua:130190 | Serial | 4029 | ||
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| Author | Buh, J.; Kabanov, V.; Baranov, V.; Mrzel, A.; Kovic, A.; Mihailovic, D. | ||||
| Title | Control of switching between metastable superconducting states in delta-MoN nanowires | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2015 | Publication | Nature communications | Abbreviated Journal | Nat Commun |
| Volume | 6 | Issue | 6 | Pages | 10250 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | The superconducting state in one-dimensional nanosystems is very delicate. While fluctuations of the phase of the superconducting wave function lead to the spontaneous decay of persistent supercurrents in thin superconducting wires and nanocircuits, discrete phase-slip fluctuations can also lead to more exotic phenomena, such as the appearance of metastable superconducting states in current-bearing wires. Here we show that switching between different metastable superconducting states in d-MoN nanowires can be very effectively manipulated by introducing small amplitude electrical noise. Furthermore, we show that deterministic switching between metastable superconducting states with different numbers of phase-slip centres can be achieved in both directions with small electrical current pulse perturbations of appropriate polarity. The observed current-controlled bi-stability is in remarkable agreement with theoretically predicted trajectories of the system switching between different limit cycle solutions of a model one-dimensional superconductor. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000367576600002 | Publication Date | 2015-12-21 | |
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| ISSN | 2041-1723 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 12.124 | Times cited | 8 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 12.124; 2015 IF: 11.470 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:131108 | Serial | 4156 | ||
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| Author | Brito, B.G.A.; Candido, L.; Hai, G.-Q.; Peeters, F.M. | ||||
| Title | Quantum effects in a free-standing graphene lattice : path-integral against classical Monte Carlo simulations | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2015 | Publication | Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics | Abbreviated Journal | Phys Rev B |
| Volume | 92 | Issue | 92 | Pages | 195416 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | In order to study quantum effects in a two-dimensional crystal lattice of a free-standing monolayer graphene, we have performed both path-integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) and classical Monte Carlo (MC) simulations for temperatures up to 2000 K. The REBO potential is used for the interatomic interaction. The total energy, interatomic distance, root-mean-square displacement of the atom vibrations, and the free energy of the graphene layer are calculated. The obtained lattice vibrational energy per atom from the classical MC simulation is very close to the energy of a three-dimensional harmonic oscillator 3k(B)T. The PIMC simulation shows that quantum effects due to zero-point vibrations are significant for temperatures T < 1000 K. The quantum contribution to the lattice vibrational energy becomes larger than that of the classical lattice for T < 400 K. The lattice expansion due to the zero-point motion causes an increase of 0.53% in the lattice parameter. A minimum in the lattice parameter appears at T similar or equal to 500 K. Quantum effects on the atomic vibration amplitude of the graphene lattice and its free energy are investigated. | ||||
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| Publisher | Place of Publication | Lancaster, Pa | Editor | ||
| Language | Wos | 000368095400004 | Publication Date | 2015-11-13 | |
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| ISSN | 1098-0121; 1550-235x | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 3.836 | Times cited | 22 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; This research was supported by the Brazilian agencies FAPESP, FAPEG, and CNPq, the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem Foundation of the Flemish Government. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 3.836; 2015 IF: 3.736 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:131144 | Serial | 4232 | ||
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| Author | Mikhailova, D.; Karakulina, O.M.; Batuk, D.; Hadermann, J.; Abakumov, A.M.; Herklotz, M.; Tsirlin, A.A.; Oswald, S.; Giebeler, L.; Schmidt, M.; Eckert, J.; Knapp, M.; Ehrenberg, H. | ||||
| Title | Layered-to-Tunnel Structure Transformation and Oxygen Redox Chemistry in LiRhO2upon Li Extraction and Insertion | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Inorganic chemistry | Abbreviated Journal | Inorg Chem |
| Volume | 55 | Issue | 55 | Pages | 7079-7089 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | Layered Li(M,Li)O2 (where M is a transition metal) ordered rock-salt-type structures are used in advanced metal-ion batteries as one of the best hosts for the reversible intercalation of Li ions. Besides the conventional redox reaction involving oxidation/reduction of the M cation upon Li extraction/insertion, creating oxygen-located holes because of the partial oxygen oxidation increases capacity while maintaining the oxidized oxygen species in the lattice through high covalency of the M–O bonding. Typical degradation mechanism of the Li(M,Li)O2 electrodes involves partially irreversible M cation migration toward the Li positions, resulting in gradual capacity/voltage fade. Here, using LiRhO2 as a model system (isostructural and isoelectronic to LiCoO2), for the first time, we demonstrate an intimate coupling between the oxygen redox and M cation migration. A formation of the oxidized oxygen species upon electrochemical Li extraction coincides with transformation of the layered Li1–xRhO2 structure into the γ-MnO2-type rutile–ramsdellite intergrowth LiyRh3O6 structure with rutile-like [1 × 1] channels along with bigger ramsdellite-like [2 × 1] tunnels through massive and concerted Rh migration toward the empty positions in the Li layers. The oxidized oxygen dimers with the O–O distances as short as 2.26 Å are stabilized in this structure via the local Rh–O configuration reminiscent to that in the μ-peroxo-μ-hydroxo Rh complexes. The LiyRh3O6 structure is remarkably stable upon electrochemical cycling illustrating that proper structural implementation of the oxidized oxygen species can open a pathway toward deliberate employment of the anion redox chemistry in high-capacity/high-voltage positive electrodes for metal-ion batteries. Upon chemical or electrochemical oxidation, layered LiRhO2 shows a unique structural transformation that involves both cation migration and oxidation of oxygen resulting in a stable tunnel-like rutile−ramsdellite intergrowth LiyRh3O6 structure. This structure demonstrates excellent performance with the steady and reversible capacity of ∼200 mAh/g. The stability of LiyRh3O6 is rooted in the accommodation of partially oxidized oxygen species through the formation of short O−O distances that are compatible with the connectivity of RhO6 octahedra. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000380181400035 | Publication Date | 2016-07-18 | |
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| ISSN | 0020-1669 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 4.857 | Times cited | 12 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung, 03SF0477B ; Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, G040116N ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 4.857 | ||
| Call Number | EMAT @ emat @ c:irua:140848 | Serial | 4424 | ||
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| Author | Koelman, P.; Heijkers, S.; Tadayon Mousavi, S.; Graef, W.; Mihailova, D.; Kozak, T.; Bogaerts, A.; van Dijk, J. | ||||
| Title | A Comprehensive Chemical Model for the Splitting of CO2in Non-Equilibrium Plasmas: A Comprehensive Chemical Model for CO2Splitting | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | Plasma processes and polymers | Abbreviated Journal | Plasma Process Polym |
| Volume | 14 | Issue | 14 | Pages | 1600155 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) | ||||
| Abstract | An extensive CO2 plasmamodel is presented that is relevant for the production of ‘‘solar fuels.’’ It is based on reaction rate coefficients fromrigorously reviewed literature, and is augmented with reactionrate coefficients that are obtained fromscaling laws.The input data set,which is suitable for usage with the plasma simulation software Plasimo (https://plasimo.phys.tue.nl/), is available via the Plasimo and publisher’s websites.1 The correctness of this model implementation has been established by independent ZDPlasKin implementation (http://www.zdplaskin. laplace.univ-tlse.fr/), to verify that the results agree. Results of these ‘‘global models’’ are presented for a DBD plasma reactor. |
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| ISSN | 1612-8850 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.846 | Times cited | 21 | Open Access | Not_Open_Access |
| Notes | Dutch Technology Foundation STW; Ministerie van Economische Zaken; Hercules Foundation; Acknowledgements: This research is supported by the Dutch Technology Foundation STW, which is part of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), and which is partly funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Furthermore, we acknowledge financial support from the IAP/7 (Inter-university Attraction Pole) program PSI-Physical Chemistry of Plasma- Surface Interactions by the Belgian Federal Office for Science Policy (BELSPO). Part of the calculations were carried out using the Turing HPC infrastructure at the CalcUA core facility of the Universiteit Antwerpen (UAntwerpen), a division of the Flemish Supercomputer Center VSC, funded by the Hercules Foundation, the Flemish Government (department EWI) and the UAntwerpen. | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.846 | ||
| Call Number | PLASMANT @ plasmant @ c:irua:142643 | Serial | 4565 | ||
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| Author | Georgieva, V.; Berthelot, A.; Silva, T.; Kolev, S.; Graef, W.; Britun, N.; Chen, G.; van der Mullen, J.; Godfroid, T.; Mihailova, D.; van Dijk, J.; Snyders, R.; Bogaerts, A.; Delplancke-Ogletree, M.-P. | ||||
| Title | Understanding Microwave Surface-Wave Sustained Plasmas at Intermediate Pressure by 2D Modeling and Experiments: Understanding Microwave Surface-Wave Sustained Plasmas … | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | Plasma processes and polymers | Abbreviated Journal | Plasma Process Polym |
| Volume | 14 | Issue | 14 | Pages | 1600185 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) | ||||
| Abstract | An Ar plasma sustained by a surfaguide wave launcher is investigated at intermediate pressure (200–2667 Pa). Two 2D self-consistent models (quasi-neutral and plasma bulk-sheath) are developed and benchmarked. The complete set of electromagnetic and fluid equations and the boundary conditions are presented. The transformation of fluid equations from a local reference frame, that is, moving with plasma or when the gas flow is zero, to a laboratory reference frame, that is, accounting for the gas flow, is discussed. The pressure range is extended down to 80 Pa by experimental measurements. The electron temperature decreases with pressure. The electron density depends linearly on power, and changes its behavior with pressure depending on the product of pressure and radial plasma size. |
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| ISSN | 1612-8850 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.846 | Times cited | 8 | Open Access | Not_Open_Access |
| Notes | Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid; European Marie Curie RAPID project; European Union's Seventh Framework Programme, 606889 ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.846 | ||
| Call Number | PLASMANT @ plasmant @ c:irua:142807 | Serial | 4568 | ||
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| Author | Mikhailova, D.; Kuratieva, N.N.; Utsumi, Y.; Tsirlin, A.A.; Abakumov, A.M.; Schmidt, M.; Oswald, S.; Fuess, H.; Ehrenberg, H. | ||||
| Title | Composition-dependent charge transfer and phase separation in the V1-xRexO2 solid solution | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | Journal of the Chemical Society : Dalton transactions | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 46 | Issue | 5 | Pages | 1606-1617 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | The substitution of vanadium in vanadium dioxide VO2 influences the critical temperatures of structural and metal-to-insulator transitions in different ways depending on the valence of the dopant. Rhenium adopts valence states between + 4 and + 7 in an octahedral oxygen surrounding and is particularly interesting in this context. Structural investigation of V1-xRexO2 solid solutions (0.01 <= x <= 0.30) between 80 and 1200 K using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction revealed only two polymorphs that resemble VO2: the low-temperature monoclinic MoO2-type form (space group P2(1)/c), and the tetragonal rutile-like form (space group P4(2)/mnm). However, for compositions with 0.03 < x <= 0.15 a phase separation in the solid solution was observed below 1000 K upon cooling down from 1200 K, giving rise to two isostructural phases with slightly different lattice parameters. This is reflected in the appearance of two metal-toinsulator transition temperatures detected by magnetization and specific heat measurements. Comprehensive X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies showed that an increased amount of Re leads to a change in the Re valence state from solely Re6+ at a low doping level (<= 3 at% Re) via mixed-valence states Re4+/Re6+ for at least 0.03 < x <= 0.10, up to nearly pure Re4+ in V0.70Re0.30O2. Thus, compositions V1-xRexO2 with only one valence state of Re in the material (Re6+ or Re4+) can be obtained as a single phase, while intermediate compositions are subjected to a phase separation, presumably due to different valence states of Re. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000395442700030 | Publication Date | 2016-12-24 | |
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| ISSN | 0300-9246; 1477-9226; 1472-7773 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 4.029 | Times cited | 1 | Open Access | Not_Open_Access |
| Notes | ; The authors are indebted to Dr G. Auffermann (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany) for performing the ICP-OES analyses. This research has received a partial funding from the BMBF, project grant number 03SF0477B (DESIREE). AT acknowledges financial support from Federal Ministry for Education and Research under Sofja Kovalevksaya Award of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. AMA is grateful to the Russian Science Foundation (grant 14-13-00680) for financial support. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: NA | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:142580 | Serial | 4642 | ||
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| Author | Madan, I.; Kusar, P.; Baranov, V.V.; Lu-Dac, M.; Kabanov, V.V.; Mertelj, T.; Mihailovic, D. | ||||
| Title | Real-time measurement of the emergence of superconducting order in a high-temperature superconductor | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Physical review B | Abbreviated Journal | Phys Rev B |
| Volume | 93 | Issue | 22 | Pages | 224520 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | 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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| Publisher | American Physical Society | Place of Publication | New York, N.Y | Editor | |
| Language | Wos | 000378815800003 | Publication Date | 2016-07-01 | |
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| ISSN | 2469-9969; 2469-9950 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 3.836 | Times cited | 5 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; 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. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 3.836 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:144701 | Serial | 4683 | ||
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| Author | Morozov, V.A.; Batuk, D.; Batuk, M.; Basovich, O.M.; Khaikina, E.G.; Deyneko, D.V.; Lazoryak, B.I.; Leonidov, I.I.; Abakumov, A.M.; Hadermann, J. | ||||
| Title | Luminescence Property Upgrading via the Structure and Cation Changing in AgxEu(2–x)/3WO4and AgxGd(2–x)/3–0.3Eu0.3WO4 | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | Chemistry of materials | Abbreviated Journal | Chem Mater |
| Volume | 29 | Issue | 20 | Pages | 8811-8823 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | The creation and ordering of A-cation vacancies and the effect of cation substitutions in the scheelite-type framework are investigated as a factor for controlling the scheelite-type structure and luminescence properties. AgxEu3+(2−x)/3□(1−2x)/3WO4 and AgxGd(2−x)/3−0.3Eu3+0.3□(1−2x)/3WO4 (x = 0.5−0) scheelite-type phases were synthesized by a solid state method, and their structures were investigated using a combination of transmission electron microscopy techniques and powder synchrotron X-ray diffraction. Transmission electron microscopy also revealed the (3 + 1)D incommensurately modulated character of AgxEu3+(2−x)/3□(1−2x)/3WO4 (x = 0.286, 0.2) phases. The crystal structures of the scheelite-based AgxEu3+(2−x)/3□(1−2x)/3WO4 (x = 0.5, 0.286, 0.2) red phosphors have been refined from high resolution synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction data. The luminescence properties of all phases under near-ultraviolet (n-UV) light have been investigated. The excitation spectra of AgxEu3+(2−x)/3□(1−2x)/3WO4 (x = 0.5, 0.286,0.2) phosphors show the strongest absorption at 395 nm, which matches well with the commercially available n-UV-emitting GaN-based LED chip. The excitation spectra of the Eu2/3□1/3WO4 and Gd0.367Eu0.30□1/3WO4 phases exhibit the highest contribution of the charge transfer band at 250 nm and thus the most efficient energy transfer mechanism between the host and the luminescent ion as compared to direct excitation. The emission spectra of all samples indicate an intense red emission due to the 5D0 → 7F2 transition of Eu3+. Concentration dependence of the 5D0 → 7F2 emission for AgxEu(2−x)/3□(1−2x)/3WO4 samples differs from the same dependence for the earlier studied NaxEu3+(2−x)/3□(1−2x)/3MoO4 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.5) phases. The intensity of the 5D0 → 7F2 emission is reduced almost 7 times with decreasing x from 0.5 to 0, but it practically does not change in the range from x = 0.286 to x = 0.200. The emission spectra of Gd-containing samples show a completely different trend as compared to only Eu-containing samples. The Eu3+ emission under excitation of Eu3+(5L6) level (λex = 395 nm) increases more than 2.5 times with the increasing Gd3+ concentration from 0.2 (x = 0.5) to 0.3 (x = 0.2) in the AgxGd(2−x)/3−0.3Eu3+0.3□(1−2x)/3WO4, after which it remains almost constant for higher Gd3+ concentrations. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000413884900028 | Publication Date | 2017-10-24 | |
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| ISSN | 0897-4756 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 9.466 | Times cited | 7 | Open Access | Not_Open_Access |
| Notes | This research was supported by FWO (project G039211N), Flanders Research Foundation. V.A.M. is grateful for financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant 15-03-07741). E.G.K. and O.M.B. are grateful for financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grants 13-03-01020 and 16-03-00510). D.V.D. is grateful for financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant 16-33-00197) and the Foundation of the President of the Russian Federation (Grant MK-7926.2016.5.). We are grateful to the ESRF for granting the beamtime. Experimental support of Andy Fitch at the ID31 beamline of ESRF is kindly acknowledged. | Approved | Most recent IF: 9.466 | ||
| Call Number | EMAT @ emat @c:irua:147241 | Serial | 4768 | ||
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| Author | Savina, A.A.; Morozov, V.A.; Buzlukov, A.L.; Arapova, I.Y.; Stefanovich, S.Y.; Baklanova, Y.V.; Denisova, T.A.; Medvedeva, N.I.; Bardet, M.; Hadermann, J.; Lazoryak, B.I.; Khaikina, E.G. | ||||
| Title | New solid electrolyte Na9Al(MoO4)6 : structure and Na+ ion conductivity | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | Chemistry of materials | Abbreviated Journal | Chem Mater |
| Volume | 29 | Issue | 20 | Pages | 8901-8913 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | <script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('Solid electrolytes are important materials with a wide range of technological applications. This work reports the crystal structure and electrical properties of a new solid electrolyte Na9Al(MoO4)(6). The monoclinic Na9Al(MoO4)(6) consists of isolated polyhedral, [Al(MoO4)(6)](9-) clusters composed of a central AlO6 octahedron sharing vertices with six MoO4 tetrahedra to form a three-dimensional framework. The AlO6 octahedron also shares edges with one NalO(6) octahedron and two Na2O(6) octahedra. Na3-Na5 atoms are located in the framework cavities. The structure is related to that of sodium ion conductor II-Na3Fe2(AsO4)(3). High-temperature conductivity measurements revealed that the conductivity (sigma) of Na9Al(MoO4)(6) at 803 K equals 1.63 X 10(-2) S cm(-1). The temperature behavior of the Na-23 and Al-27 nuclear magnetic resonance spectra and the spin-lattice relaxation rates of the Na-23 nuclei indicate the presence of fast Na+ ion diffusion in the studied compound. At T\u003C490 K, diffusion occurs by means of Na+ ion jumps exclusively through the sublattice of Na3-Na5 positions, whereas Na1 and Na2 become involved in the diffusion processes (through chemical exchange with the Na3-Na5 sublattice) only at higher temperatures.')); | ||||
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| Publisher | American Chemical Society | Place of Publication | Washington, D.C | Editor | |
| Language | Wos | 000413884900037 | Publication Date | 2017-09-26 | |
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| ISSN | 0897-4756 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 9.466 | Times cited | 13 | Open Access | OpenAccess |
| Notes | ; The research was performed within the state assignment of FASO of Russia (Themes 01201463330, A16-116122810214-9, and 0339-2016-0007), supported in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Projects 16-03-00510, 16-03-00164, and 17-03-00333). ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 9.466 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:147432 | Serial | 4886 | ||
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| Author | Hai, G.-Q.; Candido, L.; Brito, B.G.A.; Peeters, F.M. | ||||
| Title | Electron pairing: from metastable electron pair to bipolaron | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2018 | Publication | Journal of physics communications | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 2 | Issue | 3 | Pages | Unsp 035017 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | Starting from the shell structure in atoms and the significant correlation within electron pairs, we distinguish the exchange-correlation effects between two electrons of opposite spins occupying the same orbital from the average correlation among many electrons in a crystal. In the periodic potential of the crystal with lattice constant larger than the effective Bohr radius of the valence electrons, these correlated electron pairs can form a metastable energy band above the corresponding single-electron band separated by an energy gap. In order to determine if these metastable electron pairs can be stabilized, we calculate the many-electron exchange-correlation renormalization and the polaron correction to the two-band system with single electrons and electron pairs. We find that the electron-phonon interaction is essential to counterbalance the Coulomb repulsion and to stabilize the electron pairs. The interplay of the electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions, manifested in the exchange-correlation energies, polaron effects, and screening, is responsible for the formation of electron pairs (bipolarons) that are located on the Fermi surface of the single-electron band. | ||||
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| Publisher | IOP Publishing | Place of Publication | Bristol | Editor | |
| Language | Wos | 000434996900022 | Publication Date | 2018-02-13 | |
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| ISSN | 2399-6528 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | Times cited | 9 | Open Access | ||
| Notes | ; This work was supported by the Brazilian agencies FAPESP and CNPq. GQH would like to thank Prof. Bangfen Zhu for his invaluable support and expert advice. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: NA | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:152079UA @ admin @ c:irua:152079 | Serial | 5022 | ||
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| Author | Hu, S.; Gopinadhan, K.; Rakowski, A.; Neek-Amal, M.; Heine, T.; Grigorieva, I.V.; Haigh, S.J.; Peeters, F.M.; Geim, A.K.; Lozada-Hidalgo, M. | ||||
| Title | Transport of hydrogen isotopes through interlayer spacing in van der Waals crystals | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2018 | Publication | Nature nanotechnology | Abbreviated Journal | Nat Nanotechnol |
| Volume | 13 | Issue | 6 | Pages | 468-+ |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | Atoms start behaving as waves rather than classical particles if confined in spaces commensurate with their de Broglie wavelength. At room temperature this length is only about one angstrom even for the lightest atom, hydrogen. This restricts quantum-confinement phenomena for atomic species to the realm of very low temperatures(1-5). Here, we show that van der Waals gaps between atomic planes of layered crystals provide angstrom-size channels that make quantum confinement of protons apparent even at room temperature. Our transport measurements show that thermal protons experience a notably higher barrier than deuterons when entering van der Waals gaps in hexagonal boron nitride and molybdenum disulfide. This is attributed to the difference in the de Broglie wavelengths of the isotopes. Once inside the crystals, transport of both isotopes can be described by classical diffusion, albeit with unexpectedly fast rates comparable to that of protons in water. The demonstrated angstrom-size channels can be exploited for further studies of atomistic quantum confinement and, if the technology can be scaled up, for sieving hydrogen isotopes. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000434715700015 | Publication Date | 2018-04-04 | |
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| ISSN | 1748-3387; 1748-3395 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 38.986 | Times cited | 32 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; The authors acknowledge support from the Lloyd's Register Foundation, EPSRC – EP/N010345/1, the European Research Council ARTIMATTER project – ERC-2012-ADG and from Graphene Flagship. M.L.-H. acknowledges a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 38.986 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:152014UA @ admin @ c:irua:152014 | Serial | 5046 | ||
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| Author | Morozov, V.; Deyneko, D.; Basoyich, O.; Khaikina, E.G.; Spassky, D.; Morozov, A.; Chernyshev, V.; Abakumov, A.; Hadermann, J. | ||||
| Title | Incommensurately modulated structures and luminescence properties of the AgxSm(2-x)/3WO4 (x=0.286, 0.2) scheelites as thermographic phosphors | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2018 | Publication | Chemistry of materials | Abbreviated Journal | Chem Mater |
| Volume | 30 | Issue | 14 | Pages | 4788-4798 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | Ag+ for Sm3+ substitution in the scheelite-type AgxSm(2-x)/3 square(1-2x)/3WO4 tungstates has been investigated for its influence on the cation-vacancy ordering and luminescence properties. A solid state method was used to synthesize the x = 0.286 and x = 0.2 compounds, which exhibited (3 + 1)D incommensurately modulated structures in the transmission electron microscopy study. Their structures were refined using high resolution synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction data. Under near-ultraviolet light, both compounds show the characteristic emission lines for (4)G(5/2) -> H-6(J) (J = 5/2, 7/2, 9/2, and 11/2) transitions of the Sm3+ ions in the range 550-720 nm, with the J = 9/2 transition at the similar to 648 nm region being dominant for all photoluminescence spectra. The intensities of the (4)G(5/2) -> H-6(9/2) and (4)G(5/2) -> H-6(7/2) bands have different temperature dependencies. The emission intensity ratios (R) for these bands vary reproducibly with temperature, allowing the use of these materials as thermographic phosphors. | ||||
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| Publisher | American Chemical Society | Place of Publication | Washington, D.C | Editor | |
| Language | Wos | 000440105500037 | Publication Date | 2018-06-21 | |
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| ISSN | 0897-4756 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 9.466 | Times cited | 2 | Open Access | Not_Open_Access |
| Notes | ; This research was supported by FWO (Project G039211N), Flanders Research Foundation. The research was carried out within the state assignment of FASO of Russia (Themes No. 0339-2016-0007). V.M. thanks the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant 18-03-00611) for financial support. E.G.K. and O.B. acknowledge financial support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant 16-03-00510). D.D. thanks the Foundation of the Russian Federation President (Grant MK-3502.2018.5) for financial support. We are grateful to the ESRF for granting the beamtime. V.C. is grateful for the financial support of the Russian Ministry of Science and Education (Project No. RFMEFI61616X0069). We are grateful to the ESRF for the access to ID22 station (experiment MA-3313). ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 9.466 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:153156 | Serial | 5107 | ||
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| Author | Wang, F.; Gao, T.; Zhang, Q.; Hu, Z.-Y.; Jin, B.; Li, L.; Zhou, X.; Li, H.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Zhai, T. | ||||
| Title | Liquid-alloy-assisted growth of 2D ternaryGa2In4S9 toward high-performance UV photodetection | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2019 | Publication | Advanced materials | Abbreviated Journal | Adv Mater |
| Volume | 31 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 1806306 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | 2D ternary systems provide another degree of freedom of tuning physical properties through stoichiometry variation. However, the controllable growth of 2D ternary materials remains a huge challenge that hinders their practical applications. Here, for the first time, by using a gallium/indium liquid alloy as the precursor, the synthesis of high-quality 2D ternary Ga2In4S9 flakes of only a few atomic layers thick (approximate to 2.4 nm for the thinnest samples) through chemical vapor deposition is realized. Their UV-light-sensing applications are explored systematically. Photodetectors based on the Ga2In4S9 flakes display outstanding UV detection ability (R-lambda = 111.9 A W-1, external quantum efficiency = 3.85 x 10(4)%, and D* = 2.25 x 10(11) Jones@360 nm) with a fast response speed (tau(ring) approximate to 40 ms and tau(decay) approximate to 50 ms). In addition, Ga2In4S9-based phototransistors exhibit a responsivity of approximate to 10(4) A W-1@360 nm above the critical back-gate bias of approximate to 0 V. The use of the liquid alloy for synthesizing ultrathin 2D Ga2In4S9 nanostructures may offer great opportunities for designing novel 2D optoelectronic materials to achieve optimal device performance. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000455111100013 | Publication Date | 2018-11-09 | |
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| ISSN | 0935-9648 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 19.791 | Times cited | 29 | Open Access | Not_Open_Access |
| Notes | ; F.K.W., T.G, and Q.Z. contributed equally to this work. The authors acknowledge the support from National Nature Science Foundation of China (21825103, 51727809, 51472097, 91622117, and 51872069), National Basic Research Program of China (2015CB932600), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2017KFKJXX007, 2015ZDTD038, 2017III055, and 2018III039GX). The authors thank the Analytical and Testing Centre of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 19.791 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:156756 | Serial | 5254 | ||
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| Author | Su, Y.; Prestat, E.; Hu, C.; Puthiyapura, V.K.; Neek-Amal, M.; Xiao, H.; Huang, K.; Kravets, V.G.; Haigh, S.J.; Hardacre, C.; Peeters, F.M.; Nair, R.R. | ||||
| Title | Self-limiting growth of two-dimensional palladium between graphene oxide layers | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2019 | Publication | Nano letters | Abbreviated Journal | Nano Lett |
| Volume | 19 | Issue | 7 | Pages | 4678-4683 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | The ability of different materials to display self-limiting growth has recently attracted an enormous amount of attention because of the importance of nanoscale materials in applications for catalysis, energy conversion, (opto)-electronics, and so forth. Here, we show that the electrochemical deposition of palladium (Pd) between graphene oxide (GO) sheets result in the self-limiting growth of 5-nm-thick Pd nanosheets. The self-limiting growth is found to be a consequence of the strong interaction of Pd with the confining GO sheets, which results in the bulk growth of Pd being energetically unfavorable for larger thicknesses. Furthermore, we have successfully carried out liquid exfoliation of the resulting Pd-GO laminates to isolate Pd nanosheets and have demonstrated their high efficiency in continuous flow catalysis and electrocatalysis. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000475533900060 | Publication Date | 2019-06-07 | |
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| ISSN | 1530-6984 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 12.712 | Times cited | 17 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; This work was supported by the Royal Society, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, U.K. (EP/S019367/1, EP/P025021/1, EP/K016946/1, and EP/ P009050/1), Graphene Flagship, and European Research Council (contract 679689 and EvoluTEM). We thank Dr. Sheng Zheng and Dr. K. S. Vasu at the University of Manchester for assisting us with sample preparation and characterization. The authors acknowledge the use of the facilities at the Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials and associated support services. V.K.P. and C.H. are grateful for the resources and support provided via membership in the UK Catalysis Hub Consortium and funding by EPSRC (Portfolio grants EP/K014706/2, EP/K014668/1, EP/K014854/1, EP/K014714/1, and EP/I019693/1). F.M.P. and M.N.-A. acknowledge the support from the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 12.712 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:161245 | Serial | 5426 | ||
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| Author | Sreepal, V.; Yagmurcukardes, M.; Vasu, K.S.; Kelly, D.J.; Taylor, S.F.R.; Kravets, V.G.; Kudrynskyi, Z.; Kovalyuk, Z.D.; Patane, A.; Grigorenko, A.N.; Haigh, S.J.; Hardacre, C.; Eaves, L.; Sahin, H.; Geim, A.K.; Peeters, F.M.; Nair, R.R. | ||||
| Title | Two-dimensional covalent crystals by chemical conversion of thin van der Waals materials | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2019 | Publication | Nano letters | Abbreviated Journal | Nano Lett |
| Volume | 19 | Issue | 9 | Pages | 6475-6481 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | Most of the studied two-dimensional (2D) materials have been obtained by exfoliation of van der Waals crystals. Recently, there has been growing interest in fabricating synthetic 2D crystals which have no layered bulk analogues. These efforts have been focused mainly on the surface growth of molecules in high vacuum. Here, we report an approach to making 2D crystals of covalent solids by chemical conversion of van der Waals layers. As an example, we used 2D indium selenide (InSe) obtained by exfoliation and converted it by direct fluorination into indium fluoride (InF3), which has a nonlayered, rhombohedral structure and therefore cannot possibly be obtained by exfoliation. The conversion of InSe into InF3 is found to be feasible for thicknesses down to three layers of InSe, and the obtained stable InF3 layers are doped with selenium. We study this new 2D material by optical, electron transport, and Raman measurements and show that it is a semiconductor with a direct bandgap of 2.2 eV, exhibiting high optical transparency across the visible and infrared spectral ranges. We also demonstrate the scalability of our approach by chemical conversion of large-area, thin InSe laminates obtained by liquid exfoliation, into InF3 films. The concept of chemical conversion of cleavable thin van der Waals crystals into covalently bonded noncleavable ones opens exciting prospects for synthesizing a wide variety of novel atomically thin covalent crystals. | ||||
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| ISSN | 1530-6984 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 12.712 | Times cited | 32 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; This work was supported by the Royal Society, the European Research Council (contract 679689 and EvoluTEM 715502), and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, U.K. (EP/N013670/1), The authors acknowledge the use of the facilities at the Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials and associated support services. H.S. acknowledges financial support from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) under Project No. 117F095. M.Y. acknowledges the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) for a postdoctoral fellowship. S.J.H. and D.J.K. acknowledge support from EPSRC (EP/P009050/1) and the NowNANO CDT. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 12.712 | ||
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| Author | Qurashi, A.; Rather, J.A.; Yamazaki, T.; Sohail, M.; De Wael, K.; Merzougui, B.; Hakeem, A.S. | ||||
| Title | Swift electrochemical detection of paraben an endocrine disruptor by In2O3 nanobricks | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2015 | Publication | Sensors and actuators : B : chemical | Abbreviated Journal | Sensor Actuat B-Chem |
| Volume | 221 | Issue | Pages | 167-171 | |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation) | ||||
| Abstract | Novel indium oxide (In2O3) nanobricks have been prepared by template-less and surfactant-free hydrothermal synthesis method and were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy and field emission scanning electronic microscopy (FESEM). The synthesized In2O3 nanobricks were successfully immobilized on the surface of glassy carbon electrode for the detection of Parabens (butylparaben). Owing to the unique structure and intriguing properties of these In2O3 nanobricks, the nanostructured thin-film electrode has shown an obvious electrocatalytic activity for the detection of butylparaben (BP). The detection limit (LOD) was estimated as 3 s/m and the sensitivity (LOQ) was calculated as 10 s/m and were found to be 0.08 μM and 0.26 μA μM−1 cm−2 respectively. This sensor showed high sensitivity compared with the reported electrochemical sensors for the detection of BP. The fabricated sensor was successfully applied for the detection of butyl paraben in real cosmetic samples with good recovery ranging from 96.0 to 100.3%. | ||||
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| ISSN | 0925-4005 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 5.401 | Times cited | 11 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 5.401; 2015 IF: 4.097 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:127463 | Serial | 5859 | ||
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| Author | Jin, B.; Liang, F.; Hu, Z.-Y.; Wei, P.; Liu, K.; Hu, X.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Lin, Z.; Li, H.; Zhou, X.; Xiong, Q.; Zhai, T. | ||||
| Title | Nonlayered CdSe flakes homojunctions | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2020 | Publication | Advanced Functional Materials | Abbreviated Journal | Adv Funct Mater |
| Volume | 30 | Issue | 30 | Pages | 1908902 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | 2D homojunctions have stimulated extensive attention because of their perfect thermal and lattice matches, as well as their tunable band structures in 2D morphology, which provide fascinating opportunities for novel electronics and optoelectronics. Recently, 2D nonlayered materials have attracted the attention of researchers owing to their superior functional applications and diverse portfolio of the 2D family. Therefore, 2D nonlayered homojunctions would open the door to a rich spectrum of exotic 2D materials. However, they are not investigated due to their extremely difficult synthesis methods. Herein, nonlayered CdSe flakes homojunctions are obtained via self-limited growth with InCl3 as a passivation agent. Interestingly, two pieces of vertical wurtzite-zinc blende (WZ-ZB) homojunctions epitaxially integrate into WZ/ZB lateral junctions. These homojunctions show a divergent second-harmonic generation intensity, strongly correlated to the multiple twinned ZB phase, as identified by aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy and theoretical calculations. Impressively, the photodetector based on this WZ/ZB CdSe homojunction shows excellent performances, integrating a high photoswitching ratio (3.4 x 10(5)) and photoresponsivity (3.7 x 10(3) A W-1), suggesting promising potential for applications in electronics and optoelectronics. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000508624800001 | Publication Date | 2020-01-23 | |
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| ISSN | 1616-301x | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 19 | Times cited | 8 | Open Access | Not_Open_Access |
| Notes | ; This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21825103, 51727809, and 51802103), the Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (2019CFA002), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (HUST: 2019kfyXMBZ018; WUT: 2019III012GX). Here the authors also thank the support from Analytical and Testing Center in HUST and the State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures in WUT. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 19; 2020 IF: 12.124 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:165654 | Serial | 6314 | ||
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| Author | Bekaert, J.; Khestanova, E.; Hopkinson, D.G.; Birkbeck, J.; Clark, N.; Zhu, M.; Bandurin, D.A.; Gorbachev, R.; Fairclough, S.; Zou, Y.; Hamer, M.; Terry, D.J.; Peters, J.J.P.; Sanchez, A.M.; Partoens, B.; Haigh, S.J.; Milošević, M.V.; Grigorieva, I., V | ||||
| Title | Enhanced superconductivity in few-layer TaS₂ due to healing by oxygenation | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2020 | Publication | Nano Letters | Abbreviated Journal | Nano Lett |
| Volume | 20 | Issue | 5 | Pages | 3808-3818 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | When approaching the atomically thin limit, defects and disorder play an increasingly important role in the properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials. While defects are generally thought to negatively affect superconductivity in 2D materials, here we demonstrate the contrary in the case of oxygenation of ultrathin tantalum disulfide (TaS2). Our first-principles calculations show that incorporation of oxygen into the TaS2 crystal lattice is energetically favorable and effectively heals sulfur vacancies typically present in these crystals, thus restoring the electronic band structure and the carrier density to the intrinsic characteristics of TaS2. Strikingly, this leads to a strong enhancement of the electron-phonon coupling, by up to 80% in the highly oxygenated limit. Using transport measurements on fresh and aged (oxygenated) few-layer TaS2, we found a marked increase of the superconducting critical temperature (T-c) upon aging, in agreement with our theory, while concurrent electron microscopy and electron-energy loss spectroscopy confirmed the presence of sulfur vacancies in freshly prepared TaS2 and incorporation of oxygen into the crystal lattice with time. Our work thus reveals the mechanism by which certain atomic-scale defects can be beneficial to superconductivity and opens a new route to engineer T-c in ultrathin materials. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000535255300114 | Publication Date | 2020-04-20 | |
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| ISSN | 1530-6984 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 10.8 | Times cited | 16 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; This work was supported by Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO). J.Be. acknowledges support of a postdoctoral fellowship of the FWO. The computational resources and services used for the first-principles calculations in this work were provided by the VSC (Flemish Supercomputer Center), funded by the FWO and the Flemish Government-department EWI. S.J.H., D.H., and S.F. would like to thank the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) U.K (grants EP/R031711/1, EP/P009050/1 and the Graphene NOWNANO CDT) and the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement ERC-2016-STG-EvoluTEM-715502, the Hetero2D Synergy grant and EC-FET Graphene Flagship) for funding. We thank Diamond Light Source for access and support in use of the electron Physical Science Imaging Centre (Instrument E02 and proposal numbers EM19315 and MG21597) that contributed to the results presented here. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 10.8; 2020 IF: 12.712 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:170264 | Serial | 6507 | ||
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| Author | Jin, B.; Zuo, N.; Hu, Z.-Y.; Cui, W.; Wang, R.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Zhou, X.; Zhai, T. | ||||
| Title | Excellent excitonic photovoltaic effect in 2D CsPbBr₃/CdS heterostructures | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2020 | Publication | Advanced Functional Materials | Abbreviated Journal | Adv Funct Mater |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 2006166-2006168 | ||
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | P-n photovoltaic junctions are essential building blocks for optoelectronic devices for energy conversion. However, this photovoltaic efficiency has almost reached its theoretical limit. Here, a brand-new excitonic photovoltaic effect in 2D CsPbBr3/CdS heterostructures is revealed. These heterostructures, synthesized by epitaxial growth, display a clean interface and a strong interlayer coupling. The excitonic photovoltaic effect is a function of both the built-in equilibrium electrical potential energy and the chemical potential energy, which is generated by the significant concentration gradient of electrons and holes at the heterojunction interface. Excitingly, this novel photovoltaic effect results in a large open-circuit voltage of 0.76 V and a high power conversion efficiency of 17.5%. In addition, high photodetection performance, including a high photoswitch ratio (I-light/I-dark) of 10(5)and a fast response rate of 23 mu s are obtained. These findings provide a new platform for photovoltaic applications. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000567829000001 | Publication Date | 2020-09-21 | |
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| ISSN | 1616-301x | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 19 | Times cited | 1 | Open Access | Not_Open_Access |
| Notes | ; B.J., N.Z., and Z.Y.H. contributed equally to this work. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21825103 and 51802103), the Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 2019CFA002), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University (Grant No. 2019kfyXMBZ018, WUT: 2019III012GX). Here the authors also thank the support from Analytical and Testing Center in HUST and the State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures in WUT. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 19; 2020 IF: 12.124 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:171970 | Serial | 6514 | ||
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| Author | Drukarev, E.; Mikhailov, A.; Rakhimov, K.Y.; Yusupov, H. | ||||
| Title | Relativistic photoeffect for s states in a central field | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2020 | Publication | European Physical Journal D | Abbreviated Journal | Eur Phys J D |
| Volume | 74 | Issue | 8 | Pages | 166-169 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) | ||||
| Abstract | We study the photoionization of the s states in the systems bound by sufficiently weak central fields V(r) for the large photon energies corresponding to the relativistic photoelectrons. We demonstrate that the energy dependence of the photoionization cross section can be obtained without solving the wave equation. We show that the shape of the energy dependence of the cross section is determined by analytical properties of the binding potential V(r). We find the cross sections for the potentials V(r) which have singularities in the origin, on the real axis and in the complex plane. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000560347800005 | Publication Date | 2020-08-04 | |
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| ISSN | 1434-6060; 1434-6079 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record | |
| Impact Factor | 1.8 | Times cited | Open Access | ||
| Notes | ; ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 1.8; 2020 IF: 1.288 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:171172 | Serial | 6593 | ||
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| Author | Frolov, A.S.; Sanchez-Barriga, J.; Callaert, C.; Hadermann, J.; Fedorov, A., V; Usachov, D.Y.; Chaika, A.N.; Walls, B.C.; Zhussupbekov, K.; Shvets, I., V.; Muntwiler, M.; Amati, M.; Gregoratti, L.; Varykhalov, A.Y.; Rader, O.; Yashina, L., V. | ||||
| Title | Atomic and electronic structure of a multidomain GeTe crystal | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2020 | Publication | Acs Nano | Abbreviated Journal | Acs Nano |
| Volume | 14 | Issue | 12 | Pages | 16576-16589 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | Renewed interest in the ferroelectric semi-conductor germanium telluride was recently triggered by the direct observation of a giant Rashba effect and a 30-year-old dream about a functional spin field-effect transistor. In this respect, all-electrical control of the spin texture in this material in combination with ferroelectric properties at the nanoscale would create advanced functionalities in spintronics and data information processing. Here, we investigate the atomic and electronic properties of GeTe bulk single crystals and their (111) surfaces. We succeeded in growing crystals possessing solely inversion domains of similar to 10 nm thickness parallel to each other. Using HAADF-TEM we observe two types of domain boundaries, one of them being similar in structure to the van der Waals gap in layered materials. This structure is responsible for the formation of surface domains with preferential Te-termination (similar to 68%) as we determined using photoelectron diffraction and XPS. The lateral dimensions of the surface domains are in the range of similar to 10-100 nm, and both Ge- and Te-terminations reveal no reconstruction. Using spin-ARPES we establish an intrinsic quantitative relationship between the spin polarization of pure bulk states and the relative contribution of different terminations, a result that is consistent with a reversal of the spin texture of the bulk Rashba bands for opposite configurations of the ferroelectric polarization within individual nanodomains. Our findings are important for potential applications of ferroelectric Rashba semiconductors in nonvolatile spintronic devices with advanced memory and computing capabilities at the nanoscale. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000603308800022 | Publication Date | 2020-11-02 | |
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| ISSN | 1936-0851 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 17.1 | Times cited | Open Access | OpenAccess | |
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 17.1; 2020 IF: 13.942 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:175027 | Serial | 6716 | ||
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| Author | Mahadi, A.H.; Ye, L.; Fairclough, S.M.; Qu, J.; Wu, S.; Chen, W.; Papaioannou, E.; Ray, B.; Pennycook, T.J.; Haigh, S.J.; Young, N.P.; Tedsree, K.; Metcalfe, I.S.; Tsang, S.C.E. | ||||
| Title | Beyond surface redox and oxygen mobility at pd-polar ceria (100) interface : underlying principle for strong metal-support interactions in green catalysis | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2020 | Publication | Applied Catalysis B-Environmental | Abbreviated Journal | Appl Catal B-Environ |
| Volume | 270 | Issue | Pages | 118843 | |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | When ceria is used as a support for many redox catalysis involved in green catalysis, it is well-known that the overlying noble metal can gain access to a significant quantity of oxygen atoms with high mobility and fast reduction and oxidation properties under mild conditions. However, it is as yet unclear what the underlying principle and the nature of the ceria surface involved are. By using two tailored morphologies of ceria nanocrystals, namely cubes and rods, it is demonstrated from Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy with Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (STEM-EELS) mapping and Pulse Isotopic Exchange (PIE) that ceria nano-cubes terminated with a polar surface (100) can give access to more than the top most layer of surface oxygen atoms. Also, they give higher oxygen mobility than ceria nanorods with a non-polar facet of (110). A new insight for the possible additional role of polar ceria surface plays in the oxygen mobility is obtained from Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations which suggest that the (100) surface sites that has more than half-filled O on same plane can drive oxygen atoms to oxidise adsorbate(s) on Pd due to the strong electrostatic repulsion. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000526110500007 | Publication Date | 2020-03-04 | |
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| ISSN | 0926-3373 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 22.1 | Times cited | Open Access | ||
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 22.1; 2020 IF: 9.446 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:183959 | Serial | 6856 | ||
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| Author | Zou, Y.-C.; Mogg, L.; Clark, N.; Bacaksiz, C.; Milanovic, S.; Sreepal, V.; Hao, G.-P.; Wang, Y.-C.; Hopkinson, D.G.; Gorbachev, R.; Shaw, S.; Novoselov, K.S.; Raveendran-Nair, R.; Peeters, F.M.; Lozada-Hidalgo, M.; Haigh, S.J. | ||||
| Title | Ion exchange in atomically thin clays and micas | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | Nature Materials | Abbreviated Journal | Nat Mater |
| Volume | 20 | Issue | 12 | Pages | 1677-1682 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | The physical properties of clays and micas can be controlled by exchanging ions in the crystal lattice. Atomically thin materials can have superior properties in a range of membrane applications, yet the ion-exchange process itself remains largely unexplored in few-layer crystals. Here we use atomic-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy to study the dynamics of ion exchange and reveal individual ion binding sites in atomically thin and artificially restacked clays and micas. We find that the ion diffusion coefficient for the interlayer space of atomically thin samples is up to 10(4) times larger than in bulk crystals and approaches its value in free water. Samples where no bulk exchange is expected display fast exchange at restacked interfaces, where the exchanged ions arrange in islands with dimensions controlled by the moire superlattice dimensions. We attribute the fast ion diffusion to enhanced interlayer expandability resulting from weaker interlayer binding forces in both atomically thin and restacked materials. This work provides atomic scale insights into ion diffusion in highly confined spaces and suggests strategies to design exfoliated clay membranes with enhanced performance. Layered clays are of interest for membranes and many other applications but their ion-exchange dynamics remain unexplored in atomically thin materials. Here, using electron microscopy, it is found that the ion diffusion for few-layer two-dimensional clays approaches that of free water and that superlattice cation islands can form in twisted and restacked materials. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000689664000001 | Publication Date | 2021-09-21 | |
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| ISSN | 1476-1122; 1476-4660 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 39.737 | Times cited | 2 | Open Access | OpenAccess |
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 39.737 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:181691 | Serial | 6999 | ||
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