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| Author | Van Loenhout, J.; Flieswasser, T.; Freire Boullosa, L.; De Waele, J.; Van Audenaerde, J.; Marcq, E.; Jacobs, J.; Lin, A.; Lion, E.; Dewitte, H.; Peeters, M.; Dewilde, S.; Lardon, F.; Bogaerts, A.; Deben, C.; Smits, E. | ||||
| Title | Cold Atmospheric Plasma-Treated PBS Eliminates Immunosuppressive Pancreatic Stellate Cells and Induces Immunogenic Cell Death of Pancreatic Cancer Cells | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2019 | Publication | Cancers | Abbreviated Journal | Cancers |
| Volume | 11 | Issue | 10 | Pages | 1597 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT); Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH); Center for Oncological Research (CORE) | ||||
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most aggressive cancers with a low response to treatment and a five-year survival rate below 5%. The ineffectiveness of treatment is partly because of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, which comprises tumor-supportive pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs). Therefore, new therapeutic strategies are needed to tackle both the immunosuppressive PSC and pancreatic cancer cells (PCCs). Recently, physical cold atmospheric plasma consisting of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species has emerged as a novel treatment option for cancer. In this study, we investigated the cytotoxicity of plasma-treated phosphate-buffered saline (pPBS) using three PSC lines and four PCC lines and examined the immunogenicity of the induced cell death. We observed a decrease in the viability of PSC and PCC after pPBS treatment, with a higher efficacy in the latter. Two PCC lines expressed and released damage-associated molecular patterns characteristic of the induction of immunogenic cell death (ICD). In addition, pPBS-treated PCC were highly phagocytosed by dendritic cells (DCs), resulting in the maturation of DC. This indicates the high potential of pPBS to trigger ICD. In contrast, pPBS induced no ICD in PSC. In general, pPBS treatment of PCCs and PSCs created a more immunostimulatory secretion profile (higher TNF-α and IFN-γ, lower TGF-β) in coculture with DC. Altogether, these data show that plasma treatment via pPBS has the potential to induce ICD in PCCs and to reduce the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment created by PSCs. Therefore, these data provide a strong experimental basis for further in vivo validation, which might potentially open the way for more successful combination strategies with immunotherapy for PDAC. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000498826000194 | Publication Date | 2019-10-19 | |
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| ISSN | 2072-6694 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | Times cited | 6 | Open Access | ||
| Notes | Universiteit Antwerpen, NA ; Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, 11E7719N 1121016N 1S32316N 12S9218N 12E3916N ; Agentschap Innoveren en Ondernemen, 141433 ; Kom op tegen Kanker, NA ; Stichting Tegen Kanker, STK2014-155 ; The authors express their gratitude to Christophe Hermans, Céline Merlin, Hilde Lambrechts, and Hans de Reu for technical assistance; and to VITO for the use of the MSD reader (Mol, Belgium). | Approved | Most recent IF: NA | ||
| Call Number | PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:163328 | Serial | 5436 | ||
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| Author | Le Compte, M.; Cardenas De La Hoz, E.; Peeters, S.; Rodrigues Fortes, F.; Hermans, C.; Domen, A.; Smits, E.; Lardon, F.; Vandamme, T.; Lin, A.; Vanlanduit, S.; Roeyen, G.; van Laere, S.; Prenen, H.; Peeters, M.; Deben, C. | ||||
| Title | Single-organoid analysis reveals clinically relevant treatment-resistant and invasive subclones in pancreatic cancer | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2023 | Publication | npj Precision Oncology | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 7 | Issue | 1 | Pages | 128-14 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Center for Oncological Research (CORE); Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT); Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC) | ||||
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal diseases, characterized by a treatment-resistant and invasive nature. In line with these inherent aggressive characteristics, only a subset of patients shows a clinical response to the standard of care therapies, thereby highlighting the need for a more personalized treatment approach. In this study, we comprehensively unraveled the intra-patient response heterogeneity and intrinsic aggressive nature of PDAC on bulk and single-organoid resolution. We leveraged a fully characterized PDAC organoid panel ( N = 8) and matched our artificial intelligence-driven, live-cell organoid image analysis with retrospective clinical patient response. In line with the clinical outcomes, we identified patient-specific sensitivities to the standard of care therapies (gemcitabine-paclitaxel and FOLFIRINOX) using a growth rate-based and normalized drug response metric. Moreover, the single-organoid analysis was able to detect resistant as well as invasive PDAC organoid clones, which was orchestrates on a patient, therapy, drug, concentration and time-specific level. Furthermore, our in vitro organoid analysis indicated a correlation with the matched patient progression-free survival (PFS) compared to the current, conventional drug response readouts. This work not only provides valuable insights on the response complexity in PDAC, but it also highlights the potential applications (extendable to other tumor types) and clinical translatability of our approach in drug discovery and the emerging era of personalized medicine. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 001118015800001 | Publication Date | 2023-12-08 | |
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| ISSN | 2397-768x | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
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| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: NA | |||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:201455 | Serial | 9091 | ||
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| Author | Le Compte, M.; Cardenas De La Hoz, E.; Peeters, S.; Smits, E.; Lardon, F.; Roeyen, G.; Vanlanduit, S.; Prenen, H.; Peeters, M.; Lin, A.; Deben, C. | ||||
| Title | Multiparametric tumor organoid drug screening using widefield live-cell imaging for bulk and single-organoid analysis | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2022 | Publication | Jove-Journal Of Visualized Experiments | Abbreviated Journal | Jove-J Vis Exp |
| Volume | Issue | 190 | Pages | 1-18 | |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT); Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC); Center for Oncological Research (CORE) | ||||
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Patient-derived tumor organoids (PDTOs) hold great promise for preclinical and translational research and predicting the patient therapy response from ex vivo drug screenings. However, current adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-based drug screening assays do not capture the complexity of a drug response (cytostatic or cytotoxic) and intratumor heterogeneity that has been shown to be retained in PDTOs due to a bulk readout. Live-cell imaging is a powerful tool to overcome this issue and visualize drug responses more in-depth. However, image analysis software is often not adapted to the three-dimensionality of PDTOs, requires fluorescent viability dyes, or is not compatible with a 384-well microplate format. This paper describes a semi-automated methodology to seed, treat, and image PDTOs in a high-throughput, 384-well format using conventional, widefield, live-cell imaging systems. In addition, we developed viability marker-free image analysis software to quantify growth rate-based drug response metrics that improve reproducibility and correct growth rate variations between different PDTO lines. Using the normalized drug response metric, which scores drug response based on the growth rate normalized to a positive and negative control condition, and a fluorescent cell death dye, cytotoxic and cytostatic drug responses can be easily distinguished, profoundly improving the classification of responders and non-responders. In addition, drug-response heterogeneity can by quantified from single-organoid drug response analysis to identify potential, resistant clones. Ultimately, this method aims to improve the prediction of clinical therapy response by capturing a multiparametric drug response signature, which includes kinetic growth arrest and cell death quantification. , | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000928020400010 | Publication Date | 2022-12-24 | |
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| ISSN | 1940-087x | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 1.2 | Times cited | Open Access | OpenAccess | |
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 1.2 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:193168 | Serial | 7271 | ||
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| Author | Batuk, M.; Tyablikov, O.A.; Tsirlin, A.A.; Kazakov, S.M.; Rozova, M.G.; Pokholok, K.V.; Filimonov, D.S.; Antipov, E.V.; Abakumov, A.M.; Hadermann, J. | ||||
| Title | Structure and magnetic properties of a new anion-deficient perovskite Pb2Ba2BiFe4ScO13 with crystallographic shear structure | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2013 | Publication | Materials research bulletin | Abbreviated Journal | Mater Res Bull |
| Volume | 48 | Issue | 9 | Pages | 3459-3465 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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Pb2Ba2BiFe4ScO13, a new n = 5 member of the oxygen-deficient perovskite-based A(n)B(n)O(3n-2) homologous series, was synthesized using a solid-state method. The crystal structure of Pb2Ba2BiFe4ScO13 was investigated by a combination of synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction, electron diffraction, high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy and Mossbauer spectroscopy. At 900 K, it crystallizes in the Ammm space group with the unit cell parameters a = 5.8459(1) angstrom, b = 4.0426(1) angstrom, and c=27.3435(1) angstrom. In the Pb2Ba2BiFe4ScO13 structure, quasi-two-dimensional perovskite blocks are periodically interleaved with 1/2[1 1 0] ((1) over bar 0 1)(p) crystallographic shear (CS) planes. At the CS planes, the corner-sharing FeO6 octahedra are transformed into chains of edge-sharing FeO5 distorted tetragonal pyramids. B-positions of the perovskite blocks between the CS planes are jointly occupied by Fe3+ and Sc3+. The chains of the FeO5 pyramids and (Fe,Sc)O-6 octahedra delimit six-sided tunnels that are occupied by double columns of cations with a lone electron pair (Pb2+). The remaining A-cations (Bi3+, Ba2+) occupy positions in the perovskite block. According to the magnetic susceptibility measurements, Pb2Ba2BiFe4ScO13 is antiferromagnetically ordered below T-N approximate to 350 K. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | ||||
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| Publisher | Place of Publication | New York, N.Y. | Editor | ||
| Language | Wos | 000322354000076 | Publication Date | 2013-05-17 | |
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| ISSN | 0025-5408; | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.446 | Times cited | 2 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.446; 2013 IF: 1.968 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:109756 | Serial | 3282 | ||
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| Author | Abakumov, A.M.; Erni, R.; Tsirlin, A.A.; Rossell, M.D.; Batuk, D.; Nénert, G.; Van Tendeloo, G. | ||||
| Title | Frustrated octahedral tilting distortion in the incommensurately modulated Li3xNd2/3-xTiO3 perovskites | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2013 | Publication | Chemistry of materials | Abbreviated Journal | Chem Mater |
| Volume | 25 | Issue | 13 | Pages | 2670-2683 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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Perovskite-structured titanates with layered A-site ordering form remarkably complex superstructures. Using transmission electron microscopy, synchrotron X-ray and neutron powder diffraction, and ab initio structure relaxation, we present the structural solution of the incommensurately modulated Li3xNd2/3xTiO3 perovskites (x = 0.05, superspace group Pmmm(α1,1/2,0)000(1/2,β2 0)000, a = 3.831048(5) Å, b = 3.827977(4) Å, c = 7.724356(8) Å, q1 = 0.45131(8)a* + 1/2b*, q2 = 1/2a* + 0.41923(4)b*). In contrast to earlier conjectures on the nanoscale compositional phase separation in these materials, all peculiarities of the superstructure can be understood in terms of displacive modulations related to an intricate octahedral tilting pattern. It involves fragmenting the pattern of the out-of-phase tilted TiO6 octahedra around the a- and b-axes into antiphase domains, superimposed on the pattern of domains with either pronounced or suppressed in-phase tilt component around the c-axis. The octahedral tilting competes with the second order JahnTeller distortion of the TiO6 octahedra. This competition is considered as the primary driving force for the modulated structure. The A cations are suspected to play a role in this modulation affecting it mainly through the tolerance factor and the size variance. The reported crystal structure calls for a revision of the structure models proposed for the family of layered A-site ordered perovskites exhibiting a similar type of modulated structure. | ||||
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| Publisher | Place of Publication | Washington, D.C. | Editor | ||
| Language | Wos | 000321809700015 | Publication Date | 2013-06-04 | |
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| ISSN | 0897-4756;1520-5002; | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 9.466 | Times cited | 23 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Countatoms | Approved | Most recent IF: 9.466; 2013 IF: 8.535 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:109216 | Serial | 1292 | ||
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| Author | Ovsyannikov, S.V.; Bykov, M.; Bykova, E.; Kozlenko, D.P.; Tsirlin, A.A.; Karkin, A.E.; Shchennikov, V.V.; Kichanov, S.E.; Gou, H.; Abakumov, A.M.; Egoavil, R.; Verbeeck, J.; McCammon, C.; Dyadkin, V.; Chernyshov, D.; van Smaalen, S.; Dubrovinsky, L.S. | ||||
| Title | Charge-ordering transition in iron oxide Fe4O5 involving competing dimer and trimer formation | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Nature chemistry | Abbreviated Journal | Nat Chem |
| Volume | 8 | Issue | 8 | Pages | 501-508 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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Phase transitions that occur in materials, driven, for instance, by changes in temperature or pressure, can dramatically change the materials' properties. Discovering new types of transitions and understanding their mechanisms is important not only from a fundamental perspective, but also for practical applications. Here we investigate a recently discovered Fe4O5 that adopts an orthorhombic CaFe3O5-type crystal structure that features linear chains of Fe ions. On cooling below approximately 150 K, Fe4O5 undergoes an unusual charge-ordering transition that involves competing dimeric and trimeric ordering within the chains of Fe ions. This transition is concurrent with a significant increase in electrical resistivity. Magnetic-susceptibility measurements and neutron diffraction establish the formation of a collinear antiferromagnetic order above room temperature and a spin canting at 85 K that gives rise to spontaneous magnetization. We discuss possible mechanisms of this transition and compare it with the trimeronic charge ordering observed in magnetite below the Verwey transition temperature. | ||||
| Address | Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universitat Bayreuth, Universitatsstrasse 30, D-95447, Bayreuth, Germany | ||||
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| Language | English | Wos | 000374534100019 | Publication Date | 2016-04-04 |
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| ISSN | 1755-4330 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 25.87 | Times cited | 51 | Open Access | |
| Notes | S.V.O. acknowledges the financial support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under project OV-110/1-3. A.E.K. and V.V.S. acknowledge the support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project 14–02–00622a). H.G. acknowledges the support from the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51201148). A.M.A., R.E. and J.V. acknowledge financial support from the European Commission (EC) under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) under a contract for an Integrated Infrastructure Initiative, Reference No. 312483- ESTEEM2. R.E. acknowledges support from the EC under FP7 Grant No. 246102 IFOX. A.M.A. acknowledges funding from the Russian Science Foundation (Grant No. 14-13- 00680). A.A.T. acknowledges funding and from the Federal Ministry for Education and Research through the Sofja Kovalevkaya Award of the AvH Foundation. Funding from the Fund for Scientific Research Flanders under FWO Project G.0044.13N is acknowledged. M.B. and S.v.S. acknowledge support from the DFG under Project Sm55/15-2. We acknowledge the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility for the provision of synchrotron radiation facilities.; esteem2jra2; esteem2jra3 | Approved | Most recent IF: 25.87 | ||
| Call Number | c:irua:133593 c:irua:133593UA @ admin @ c:irua:133593 | Serial | 4068 | ||
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| Author | Privat-Maldonado, A.; Schmidt, A.; Lin, A.; Weltmann, K.-D.; Wende, K.; Bogaerts, A.; Bekeschus, S. | ||||
| Title | ROS from Physical Plasmas: Redox Chemistry for Biomedical Therapy | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2019 | Publication | Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity | Abbreviated Journal | Oxid Med Cell Longev |
| Volume | 2019 | Issue | Pages | 1-29 | |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) | ||||
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Physical plasmas generate unique mixes of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS or ROS). Only a bit more than a decade ago, these plasmas, operating at body temperature, started to be considered for medical therapy with considerably little mechanistic redox chemistry or biomedical research existing on that topic at that time. Today, a vast body of evidence is available on physical plasma-derived ROS, from their spatiotemporal resolution in the plasma gas phase to sophisticated chemical and biochemical analysis of these species once dissolved in liquids. Data from<italic>in silico</italic>analysis dissected potential reaction pathways of plasma-derived reactive species with biological membranes, and<italic>in vitro</italic>and<italic>in vivo</italic>experiments in cell and animal disease models identified molecular mechanisms and potential therapeutic benefits of physical plasmas. In 2013, the first medical plasma systems entered the European market as class IIa devices and have proven to be a valuable resource in dermatology, especially for supporting the healing of chronic wounds. The first results in cancer patients treated with plasma are promising, too. Due to the many potentials of this blooming new field ahead, there is a need to highlight the main concepts distilled from plasma research in chemistry and biology that serve as a mechanistic link between plasma physics (how and which plasma-derived ROS are produced) and therapy (what is the medical benefit). This inevitably puts cellular membranes in focus, as these are the natural interphase between ROS produced by plasmas and translation of their chemical reactivity into distinct biological responses. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000493001000003 | Publication Date | 2019-10-08 | |
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| ISSN | 1942-0900 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 4.593 | Times cited | Open Access | ||
| Notes | KW and SB acknowledge funding by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (grant numbers 03Z22DN11 and 03Z22DN12). The work of SB is further supported by the European Social Fund (grant number ESF/14-BM-A55-0006). APM and AB acknowledge funding by the Methusalem Project. AL acknowledges funding from the Research Foundation Flanders (grant number 12S9218N). APM thanks Yury Gorbanev for his assistance with the preparation of this review. | Approved | Most recent IF: 4.593 | ||
| Call Number | PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:163476 | Serial | 5373 | ||
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| Author | Shi, P.; Ratkowsky, D.A.; Li, Y.; Zhang, L.; Lin, S.; Gielis, J. | ||||
| Title | A general leaf area geometric formula exists for plants evidence from the simplified Gielis equation | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2018 | Publication | Forests (19994907) | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 9 | Issue | 11 | Pages | 714 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL) | ||||
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Plant leaves exhibit diverse shapes that enable them to utilize a light resource maximally. If there were a general parametric model that could be used to calculate leaf area for different leaf shapes, it would help to elucidate the adaptive evolutional link among plants with the same or similar leaf shapes. We propose a simplified version of the original Gielis equation (SGE), which was developed to describe a variety of object shapes ranging from a droplet to an arbitrary polygon. We used this equation to fit the leaf profiles of 53 species (among which, 48 bamboo plants, 5 woody plants, and 10 geographical populations of a woody plant), totaling 3310 leaves. A third parameter (namely, the floating ratio c in leaf length) was introduced to account for the case when the theoretical leaf length deviates from the observed leaf length. For most datasets, the estimates of c were greater than zero but less than 10%, indicating that the leaf length predicted by the SGE was usually smaller than the actual length. However, the predicted leaf areas approximated their actual values after considering the floating ratios in leaf length. For most datasets, the mean percent errors of leaf areas were lower than 6%, except for a pooled dataset with 42 bamboo species. For the elliptical, lanceolate, linear, obovate, and ovate shapes, although the SGE did not fit the leaf edge perfectly, after adjusting the parameter c, there were small deviations of the predicted leaf areas from the actual values. This illustrates that leaves with different shapes might have similar functional features for photosynthesis, since the leaf areas can be described by the same equation. The anisotropy expressed as a difference in leaf shape for some plants might be an adaptive response to enable them to adapt to different habitats. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000451310300054 | Publication Date | 2018-11-21 | |
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| ISSN | 1999-4907 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
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| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:156324 | Serial | 7389 | ||
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| Author | Fridman, A.; Lin, A.; Miller, V.; Bekeschus, S.; Wende, K.; Weltmann, K.-D. | ||||
| Title | The plasma treatment unit : an attempt to standardize cold plasma treatment for defined biological effects | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2018 | Publication | Plasma medicine | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 8 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 195-201 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) | ||||
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Plasma bioscience and medicine are both rapidly growing fields. Their aim is to utilize cold physical plasmas for desired biological outcomes in medicine, biotechnology, agriculture, and general hygienic purposes. Great success has been achieved in many applications with individually designed plasma sources and plasma parameters. Although lab and application-specific tuning of plasmas is a great advantage of this technology, standardized units to define plasma treatments are required to facilitate comparison of the effects found by different researchers who do not use the same plasma sources. By drawing conclusions from over a century of plasma biomedical research, we propose that all researchers adopt the use of a standardized value, the plasma treatment unit (PTU), to describe the biological effects of different cold plasma sources and treatment regimens. It quantifies a key plasma effector in biological systems as an indicator and may provide the foundation for an analogous and clinically relevant unit in the future. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | Publication Date | 2018-06-13 | ||
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| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: NA | |||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:155652 | Serial | 5123 | ||
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| Author | Shuhui Sun, Gaixia Zhang, Nicolas Gauquelin, Ning Chen, Jigang Zhou, Songlan Yang, Weifeng Chen, Xiangbo Meng, Dongsheng Geng, Mohammad N. Banis, Ruying Li, Siyu Ye, Shanna Knights, Gianluigi A. Botton, Tsun-Kong Sham & Xueliang Sun | ||||
| Title | Single-atom Catalysis Using Pt/Graphene Achieved through Atomic Layer Deposition | Type | A1 Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2013 | Publication | Scientific Reports | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 3 | Issue | Pages | 1775 | |
| Keywords | A1 Journal Article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT) ; | ||||
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Platinum-nanoparticle-based catalysts are widely used in many important chemical processes and automobile industries. Downsizing catalyst nanoparticles to single atoms is highly desirable to maximize their use efficiency, however, very challenging. Here we report a practical synthesis for isolated single Pt atoms anchored to graphene nanosheet using the atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique. ALD offers the capability of precise control of catalyst size span from single atom, subnanometer cluster to nanoparticle. The single-atom catalysts exhibit significantly improved catalytic activity (up to 10 times) over that of the state-of-the-art commercial Pt/C catalyst. X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) analyses reveal that the low-coordination and partially unoccupied densities of states of 5d orbital of Pt atoms are responsible for the excellent performance. This work is anticipated to form the basis for the exploration of a next generation of highly efficient single-atom catalysts for various applications. |
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| Language | Wos | 000318334300004 | Publication Date | 2013-05-03 | |
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| Author | Joy, R.M.; Pobedinskas, P.; Bourgeois, E.; Chakraborty, T.; Goerlitz, J.; Herrmann, D.; Noel, C.; Heupel, J.; Jannis, D.; Gauquelin, N.; D'Haen, J.; Verbeeck, J.; Popov, C.; Houssiau, L.; Becher, C.; Nesladek, M.; Haenen, K. | ||||
| Title | Photoluminescence of germanium-vacancy centers in nanocrystalline diamond films : implications for quantum sensing applications | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2024 | Publication | ACS applied nano materials | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 7 | Issue | 4 | Pages | 3873-3884 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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Point defects in diamond, promising candidates for nanoscale pressure- and temperature-sensing applications, are potentially scalable in polycrystalline diamond fabricated using the microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (MW PE CVD) technique. However, this approach introduces residual stress in the diamond films, leading to variations in the characteristic zero phonon line (ZPL) of the point defect in diamond. Here, we report the effect of residual stress on germanium-vacancy (GeV) centers in MW PE CVD nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) films fabricated using single crystal Ge as the substrate and solid dopant source. GeV ensemble formation indicated by the zero phonon line (ZPL) at similar to 602 nm is confirmed by room temperature (RT) photoluminescence (PL) measurements. PL mapping results show spatial nonuniformity in GeV formation along with other defects, including silicon-vacancy centers in the diamond films. The residual stress in NCD results in shifts in the PL peak positions. By estimating a stress shift coefficient of (2.9 +/- 0.9) nm/GPa, the GeV PL peak position in the NCD film is determined to be between 598.7 and 603.2 nm. A larger ground state splitting due to the strain on a GeV-incorporated NCD pillar at a low temperature (10 K) is also reported. We also report the observation of intense ZPLs at RT that in some cases could be related to low Ge concentration and the surrounding crystalline environment. In addition, we also observe thicker microcrystalline diamond (MCD) films delaminate from the Ge substrate due to film residual stress and graphitic phase at the diamond/Ge substrate interface (confirmed by electron energy loss spectroscopy). Using this approach, a free-standing color center incorporated MCD film with dimensions up to 1 x 1 cm(2) is fabricated. Qualitative analysis using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy reveals the presence of impurities, including Ge and silicon, in the MCD film. Our experimental results will provide insights into the scalability of GeV fabrication using the MW PE CVD technique and effectively implement NCD-based nanoscale-sensing applications. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 001164609600001 | Publication Date | 2024-02-15 | |
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| ISSN | 2574-0970 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record | |
| Impact Factor | 5.9 | Times cited | Open Access | ||
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 5.9; 2024 IF: NA | |||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:204826 | Serial | 9164 | ||
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| Author | Do, M.T.; Gauquelin, N.; Nguyen, M.D.; Blom, F.; Verbeeck, J.; Koster, G.; Houwman, E.P.; Rijnders, G. | ||||
| Title | Interface degradation and field screening mechanism behind bipolar-cycling fatigue in ferroelectric capacitors | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | Apl Materials | Abbreviated Journal | Apl Mater |
| Volume | 9 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 021113 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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Polarization fatigue, i.e., the loss of polarization of ferroelectric capacitors upon field cycling, has been widely discussed as an interface related effect. However, mechanism(s) behind the development of fatigue have not been fully identified. Here, we study the fatigue mechanisms in Pt/PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3/SrRuO3 (Pt/PZT/SRO) capacitors in which all layers are fabricated by pulsed laser deposition without breaking the vacuum. With scanning transmission electron microscopy, we observed that in the fatigued capacitor, the Pt/PZT interface becomes structurally degraded, forming a 5 nm-10 nm thick non-ferroelectric layer of crystalline ZrO2 and diffused Pt grains. We then found that the fatigued capacitors can regain the full initial polarization switching if the externally applied field is increased to at least 10 times the switching field of the pristine capacitor. These findings suggest that polarization fatigue is driven by a two-step mechanism. First, the transient depolarization field that repeatedly appears during the domain switching under field cycling causes decomposition of the metal/ferroelectric interface, resulting in a non-ferroelectric degraded layer. Second, this interfacial non-ferroelectric layer screens the external applied field causing an increase in the coercive field beyond the usually applied maximum field and consequently suppresses the polarization switching in the cycled capacitor. Our work clearly confirms the key role of the electrode/ferroelectric interface in the endurance of ferroelectric-based devices. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000630052100006 | Publication Date | 2021-02-09 | |
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| ISSN | 2166-532x | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 4.335 | Times cited | 5 | Open Access | OpenAccess |
| Notes | This work was supported by the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek through Grant No. F62.3.15559. The Qu-Ant-EM microscope and the direct electron detector were partly funded by the Hercules fund from the Flemish Government. N.G. and J.V. acknowledge funding from the GOA project “Solarpaint” of the University of Antwerp. This work has also received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant No. 823717-ESTEEM3. We acknowledge D. Chezganov for his useful insights. | Approved | Most recent IF: 4.335 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:177663 | Serial | 6783 | ||
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| Author | Lin, K.; Lebedev, O.I.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Jacobs, P.A.; Pescarmona, P.P. | ||||
| Title | Titanosilicate beads with hierarchical porosity : synthesis and application as epoxidation catalysts | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2011 | Publication | Chemistry: a European journal | Abbreviated Journal | Chem-Eur J |
| Volume | 16 | Issue | 45 | Pages | 13509-13518 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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Porous titanosilicate beads with a diameter of 0.51.5 mm (TiSil-HPB-60) were synthesized from a preformed titanosilicate solution with a porous anion-exchange resin as template. The bead format of this material enables its straightforward separation from the reaction mixture in its application as a liquid-phase heterogeneous catalyst. The material displays hierarchical porosity (micro/mesopores) and incipient TS-1 structure building units. The titanium species are predominantly located in tetrahedral framework positions. TiSil-HPB-60 is a highly active catalyst for the epoxidation of cyclohexene with t-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) and aqueous H2O2. With both oxidants, TiSil-HPB-60 gave higher epoxide yields than Ti-MCM-41 and TS-1. The improved catalytic performance of TiSil-HPB-60 is mainly ascribed to the large mesopores favoring the diffusion of reagents and products to and from the titanium active sites. The epoxide yield and selectivity could be further improved by silylation of the titanosilicate beads. Importantly, TiSil-HPB-60 is a stable catalyst immune to titanium leaching, and can be easily recovered and reused in successive catalytic cycles without significant loss of activity. Moreover, TiSil-HPB-60 is active and selective in the epoxidation of a wide range of bulky alkenes. | ||||
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| Publisher | Place of Publication | Weinheim | Editor | ||
| Language | Wos | 000285398400029 | Publication Date | 2010-10-07 | |
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| ISSN | 0947-6539; | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 5.317 | Times cited | 38 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Iap; Goa | Approved | Most recent IF: 5.317; 2011 IF: 5.925 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:88153 | Serial | 3668 | ||
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| Author | Kolchina, L. M.; Lyskov, N.V.; Kuznetsov, A.N.; Kazakov, S.M.; Galin, M.Z.; Meledin, A.; Abakumov, A.M.; Bredikhin, S.I.; Mazo, G.N.; Antipov, E.V. | ||||
| Title | Evaluation of Ce-doped Pr2CuO4for potential application as a cathode material for solid oxide fuel cells | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | RSC advances | Abbreviated Journal | Rsc Adv |
| Volume | 6 | Issue | 6 | Pages | 101029-101037 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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Pr2−xCexCuO4 (x = 0.05; 0.1; 0.15) samples were synthesized and systematically characterized towards application as a cathode material for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). High-temperature electrical conductivity, thermal expansion, and electrocatalytic activity in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) were examined. The electrical conductivity of Pr2−xCexCuO4 oxides demonstrates semiconducting behavior up to 900 °C. Small Ce-doping (2.5 at%) allows an increase in electrical conductivity from 100 to 130 S cm−1 in air at 500–800 °C. DFT calculations revealed that the density of states directly below the Fermi level, comprised mainly of Cu 3d and O 2p states, is significantly affected by atoms in rare earth positions, which might give an indication of a correlation between calculated electronic structures and measured conducting properties. Ce-doping in Pr2−xCexCuO4 slightly increases TEC from 11.9 × 10−6 K−1 for x = 0 to 14.2 × 10−6 K−1 for x = 0.15. Substitution of 2.5% of Pr atoms in Pr2CuO4 by Ce is effective to enhance the electrochemical performance of the material as a SOFC cathode in the ORR (ASR of Pr1.95Ce0.05CuO4 electrode applied on Ce0.9Gd0.1O1.95 electrolyte is 0.39 Ω cm2 at 750 °C in air). The peak power density achieved for the electrolyte-supported fuel cell with the Pr1.95Ce0.05CuO4 cathode is 150 mW cm−2 at 800 °C | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000387427700044 | Publication Date | 2016-10-19 | |
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| ISSN | 2046-2069 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 3.108 | Times cited | 7 | Open Access | |
| Notes | his work was partially supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant no. 153820247), Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Center of electrochemical energy), and MSUdevelopment Program up to 2020. K.L.M. is grateful to Haldor Topsøe A/S for the financial support. | Approved | Most recent IF: 3.108 | ||
| Call Number | EMAT @ emat @ c:irua:136441 | Serial | 4296 | ||
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| Author | Truong, B.; Siegert, K.; Lin, A.; Miller, V.; Krebs, F.C. | ||||
| Title | Apical application of nanosecond-pulsed dielectric barrier discharge plasma causes the basolateral release of adenosine triphosphate as a damage-associated molecular pattern from polarized HaCaT cells | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | Plasma medicine | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 7 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 117-131 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) | ||||
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Promising biomedical uses for nonthermal plasma (NTP) in the fields of regenerative medicine, cancer therapy, and vaccine delivery involve the noninvasive application of uniform nonequilibrium plasma (including dielectric barrier discharge plasma) to living skin. Whereas most investigations have focused on achieving desired therapeutic outcomes, fewer studies have examined the mechanisms and pathways by which epithelial cells respond to NTP exposure. Using a transwell apical-basolateral-chambered system to culture the human keratinocyte HaCaT cell line, in vitro experiments were performed to demonstrate the effects of nanosecond-pulsed dielectric barrier discharge (nsDBD) plasma on polarized epithelial cell viability, monolayer permeability, intracellular oxidative stress, and the release of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Application of nsDBD plasma at 60 Hz or below had minimal or no effect on HaCaT monolayer viability or permeability. nsDBD plasma exposure did, however, result in frequency-dependent reductions in intracellular glutathione (indicating direct induction of oxidative stress by nsDBD plasma) and increased extracellular ATP concentrations in the ba-solateral (subepithelial) media, which are indicators of cellular stress and an NTP-induced inflammatory response. These studies provide new insights into nsDBD plasma-induced inflammation and local innate immune responses initiated by polarized epithelial tissues. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | Publication Date | 2017-02-24 | ||
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| ISSN | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record | ||
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| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:155656 | Serial | 7465 | ||
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| Author | Hasanli, N.; Gauquelin, N.; Verbeeck, J.; Hadermann, J.; Hayward, M.A. | ||||
| Title | Small-moment paramagnetism and extensive twinning in the topochemically reduced phase Sr2ReLiO5.5 | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2018 | Publication | Journal of the Chemical Society : Dalton transactions | Abbreviated Journal | Dalton T |
| Volume | 47 | Issue | 44 | Pages | 15783-15790 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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Reaction of the cation-ordered double perovskite Sr2ReLiO6 with dilute hydrogen at 475 degrees C leads to the topochemical deintercalation of oxide ions from the host lattice and the formation of a phase of composition Sr2ReLiO5.5, as confirmed by thermogravimetric and EELS data. A combination of neutron and electron diffraction data reveals the reduction process converts the -Sr2O2-ReLiO4-Sr2O2-ReLiO4- stacking sequence of the parent phase into a -Sr2O2-ReLiO3-Sr2O2-ReLiO4-, partially anion-vacant ordered sequence. Furthermore a combination of electron diffraction and imaging reveals Sr2ReLiO5.5 exhibits extensive twinning – a feature which can be attributed to the large, anisotropic volume expansion of the material on reduction. Magnetisation data reveal a strongly reduced moment of (eff) = 0.505(B) for the d(1) Re6+ centres in the phase, suggesting there remains a large orbital component to the magnetism of the rhenium centres, despite their location in low symmetry coordination environments. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000450208000019 | Publication Date | 2018-10-18 | |
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| ISSN | 1477-9226 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record | |
| Impact Factor | 4.029 | Times cited | Open Access | Not_Open_Access | |
| Notes | Experiments at the Diamond Light Source were performed as part of the Block Allocation Group award “Oxford Solid State Chemistry BAG to probe composition-structure-property relationships in solids” (EE13284). Experiments at the ISIS pulsed neutron facility were supported by a beam time allocation from the STFC. NH acknowledges funding from the “State Programme on Education of Azerbaijani Youth Abroad in 2007-2015” by the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan. J. V. and N. G. acknowledge funding through the GOA project “Solarpaint” of the University of Antwerp. The microscope used in this work was partly funded by the Hercules Fund from the Flemish Government. | Approved | Most recent IF: 4.029 | ||
| Call Number | EMAT @ emat @c:irua:155771 | Serial | 5137 | ||
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| Author | Khalili, M.; Daniels, L.; Lin, A.; Krebs, F.C.; Snook, A.E.; Bekeschus, S.; Bownel, W.B.; Miller, V. | ||||
| Title | Non-thermal plasma-induced immunogenic cell death in cancer | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2019 | Publication | Journal of physics: D: applied physics | Abbreviated Journal | J Phys D Appl Phys |
| Volume | 52 | Issue | 42 | Pages | 423001 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) | ||||
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Recent advances in biomedical research in cancer immunotherapy have identified the use of an oxidative stress-based approach to treat cancers, which works by inducing immunogenic cell death (ICD) in cancer cells. Since the anti-cancer effects of non-thermal plasma (NTP) are largely attributed to the reactive oxygen and nitrogen species that are delivered to and generated inside the target cancer cells, it is reasonable to postulate that NTP would be an effective modality for ICD induction. NTP treatment of tumors has been shown to destroy cancer cells rapidly and, under specific treatment regimens, this leads to systemic tumorspecific immunity. The translational benefit of NTP for treatment of cancer relies on its ability to enhance the interactions between NTP-exposed minor cells and local immune cells which initiates subsequent protective immune responses. This review discusses results from recent investigations of NTP application to induce ICD in cancer cells. With further optimization of clinical devices and treatment protocols, NTP can become an essential part of the therapeutic armament against cancer. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000479103100001 | Publication Date | 2019-07-13 | |
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| ISSN | 0022-3727 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.588 | Times cited | 6 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.588 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:161774 | Serial | 6313 | ||
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| Author | Mordvinova, N.; Emelin, P.; Vinokurov, A.; Dorofeev, S.; Abakumov, A.; Kuznetsova, T. | ||||
| Title | Surface processes during purification of InP quantum dots | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2014 | Publication | Beilstein journal of nanotechnology | Abbreviated Journal | Beilstein J Nanotech |
| Volume | 5 | Issue | Pages | 1220-1225 | |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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Recently, a new simple and fast method for the synthesis of InP quantum dots by using phosphine as phosphorous precursor and myristic acid as surface stabilizer was reported. Purification after synthesis is necessary to obtain samples with good optical properties. Two methods of purification were compared and the surface processes which occur during purification were studied. Traditional precipitation with acetone is accompanied by a small increase in photoluminescence. It occurs that during the purification the hydrolysis of the indium precursor takes place, which leads to a better surface passivation. The electrophoretic purification technique does not increase luminescence efficiency but yields very pure quantum dots in only a few minutes. Additionally, the formation of In(OH)(3) during the low temperature synthesis was explained. Purification of quantum dots is a very significant part of post-synthetical treatment that determines the properties of the material. But this subject is not sufficiently discussed in the literature. The paper is devoted to the processes that occur at the surface of quantum dots during purification. A new method of purification, electrophoresis, is investigated and described in particular. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000339912400002 | Publication Date | 2014-08-06 | |
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| ISSN | 2190-4286; | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 3.127 | Times cited | 5 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 3.127; 2014 IF: 2.670 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:118748 | Serial | 3397 | ||
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| Author | Wang, J.; Shin, Y.; Gauquelin, N.; Yang, Y.; Lee, C.; Jannis, D.; Verbeeck, J.; Rondinelli, J.M.; May, S.J. | ||||
| Title | Physical properties of epitaxial SrMnO2.5−δFγoxyfluoride films | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2019 | Publication | Journal of physics : condensed matter | Abbreviated Journal | J Phys-Condens Mat |
| Volume | 31 | Issue | 36 | Pages | 365602 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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Recently, topotactic fluorination has become an alternative way of doping epitaxial perovskite oxides through anion substitution to engineer their electronic properties instead of the more commonly used cation substitution. In this work, epitaxial oxyfluoride SrMnO2.5−δ F γ films were synthesized via topotactic fluorination of SrMnO2.5 films using polytetrafluoroethylene as the fluorine source. Oxidized SrMnO3 films were also prepared for comparison with the fluorinated samples. The F content, probed by x-ray photoemission spectroscopy, was systematically controlled by adjusting fluorination conditions. Electronic transport measurements reveal that increased F content (up to γ = 0.14) systematically increases the electrical resistivity, despite the nominal electron-doping induced by F substitution for O in these films. In contrast, oxidized SrMnO3 exhibits a decreased resistivity and conduction activation energy. A blue-shift of optical absorption features occurs with increasing F content. Density functional theory calculations indicate that F acts as a scattering center for electronic transport, controls the observed weak ferromagnetic behavior of the films, and reduces the inter-band optical transitions in the manganite films. These results stand in contrast to bulk electron-doped La1−x Ce x MnO3, illustrating how aliovalent anionic substitutions can yield physical behavior distinct from A-site substituted perovskites with the same nominal B-site oxidation states. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000472232000002 | Publication Date | 2019-09-11 | |
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| ISSN | 0953-8984 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.649 | Times cited | 5 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Work at Drexel was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), grant number CMMI-1562223. Thin film synthesis utilized deposition instrumentation acquired through an Army Research Office DURIP grant (W911NF-14-1-0493). Y.S and J.M.R. were supported by NSF (Grant No. DMR-1454688). Calculations were performed using the QUEST HPC Facility at Northwestern, the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), which is supported by NSF Grant No. ACI-1053575, and the Center for Nanoscale Materials (Carbon Cluster). Use of the Center for Nanoscale Materials, an Office of Science user facility, was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. J.V. and N. G. acknowledge funding from a GOA project “Solarpaint” of the University of Antwerp. D.J. acknowledges funding from FWO project G093417N from the Flemish fund for scientific research. | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.649 | ||
| Call Number | EMAT @ emat @UA @ admin @ c:irua:161174 | Serial | 5293 | ||
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| Author | Zeng, Y.I.; Menghini, M.; Li, D.Y.; Lin, S.S.; Ye, Z.Z.; Hadermann, J.; Moorkens, T.; Seo, J.W.; Locquet, J.-P.; van Haesendonck, C. | ||||
| Title | Unexpected optical response of single ZnO nanowires probed using controllable electrical contacts | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2011 | Publication | Physical chemistry, chemical physics | Abbreviated Journal | Phys Chem Chem Phys |
| Volume | 13 | Issue | 15 | Pages | 6931-6935 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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Relying on combined electron-beam lithography and lift-off methods Au/Ti bilayer electrical contacts were attached to individual ZnO nanowires (NWs) that were grown by a vapor phase deposition method. Reliable Schottky-type as well as ohmic contacts were obtained depending on whether or not an ion milling process was used. The response of the ZnO NWs to ultraviolet light was found to be sensitive to the type of contacts. The intrinsic electronic properties of the ZnO NWs were studied in a field-effect transistor configuration. The transfer characteristics, including gate threshold voltage, hysteresis and operational mode, were demonstrated to unexpectedly respond to visible light. The origin of this effect could be accounted for by the presence of point defects in the ZnO NWs. | ||||
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| Publisher | Place of Publication | Cambridge | Editor | ||
| Language | Wos | 000288951000019 | Publication Date | 2011-03-14 | |
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| ISSN | 1463-9076;1463-9084; | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 4.123 | Times cited | 7 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 4.123; 2011 IF: 3.573 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:89378 | Serial | 3807 | ||
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| Author | Wu, S.; Luo, X.; Turner, S.; Peng, H.; Lin, W.; Ding, J.; David, A.; Wang, B.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Wang, J.; Wu, T.; | ||||
| Title | Nonvolatile resistive switching in Pt/LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2013 | Publication | Physical review X | Abbreviated Journal | Phys Rev X |
| Volume | 3 | Issue | 4 | Pages | 041027-14 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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Resistive switching heterojunctions, which are promising for nonvolatile memory applications, usually share a capacitorlike metal-oxide-metal configuration. Here, we report on the nonvolatile resistive switching in Pt/LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures, where the conducting layer near the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface serves as the unconventional bottom electrode although both oxides are band insulators. Interestingly, the switching between low-resistance and high-resistance states is accompanied by reversible transitions between tunneling and Ohmic characteristics in the current transport perpendicular to the planes of the heterojunctions. We propose that the observed resistive switching is likely caused by the electric-field-induced drift of charged oxygen vacancies across the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface and the creation of defect-induced gap states within the ultrathin LaAlO3 layer. These metal-oxide-oxide heterojunctions with atomically smooth interfaces and defect-controlled transport provide a platform for the development of nonvolatile oxide nanoelectronics that integrate logic and memory devices. | ||||
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| Publisher | Place of Publication | College Park, Md | Editor | ||
| Language | Wos | 000328862400001 | Publication Date | 2013-12-17 | |
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| ISSN | 2160-3308; | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 12.789 | Times cited | 77 | Open Access | |
| Notes | FWO;FP7;IFOX; Countatoms; Hercules | Approved | Most recent IF: 12.789; 2013 IF: 8.463 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:112524 | Serial | 2365 | ||
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| Author | Pogosov, W.V.; Lin, N.; Misko, V.R. | ||||
| Title | Electron-hole symmetry and solutions of Richardson pairing model | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2013 | Publication | European physical journal : B : condensed matter and complex systems | Abbreviated Journal | Eur Phys J B |
| Volume | 86 | Issue | 5 | Pages | 235-236 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
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Richardson approach provides an exact solution of the pairing Hamiltonian. This Hamiltonian is characterized by the electron-hole pairing symmetry, which is however hidden in Richardson equations. By analyzing this symmetry and using an additional conjecture, fulfilled in solvable limits, we suggest a simple expression of the ground state energy for an equally-spaced energy-level model, which is applicable along the whole crossover from the superconducting state to the pairing fluctuation regime. Solving Richardson equations numerically, we demonstrate a good accuracy of our expression. | ||||
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| Publisher | Place of Publication | Berlin | Editor | ||
| Language | Wos | 000320286200044 | Publication Date | 2013-05-28 | |
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| ISSN | 1434-6028;1434-6036; | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 1.461 | Times cited | 6 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; This work was supported by the “Odysseus” Program of the Flemish Government and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). W.V.P. acknowledges useful discussions with Monique Combescot and the support from the Dynasty Foundation, the RFBR (project No. 12-02-00339), and RFBR-CNRS programme (project No. 12-02-91055). ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 1.461; 2013 IF: 1.463 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:109657 | Serial | 935 | ||
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| Author | Morozov, V.A.; Lazoryak, B.I.; Shmurak, S.Z.; Kiselev, A.P.; Lebedev, O.I.; Gauquelin, N.; Verbeeck, J.; Hadermann, J.; Van Tendeloo, G. | ||||
| Title | Influence of the structure on the properties of NaxEuy(MoO4)z red phosphors | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2014 | Publication | Chemistry of materials | Abbreviated Journal | Chem Mater |
| Volume | 26 | Issue | 10 | Pages | 3238-3248 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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Scheelite related compounds (A',A '')(n)[(B',B '')O-4](m) with B', B '' = W and/or Mo are promising new materials for red phosphors in pc-WLEDs (phosphor-converted white-light-emitting-diode) and solid-state lasers. Cation substitution in CaMoO4 of Ca2+ by the combination of Na+ and Eu3+, with the creation of A cation vacancies, has been investigated as a factor for controlling the scheelite-type structure and the luminescent properties. Na5Eu(MoO4)(4) and NaxEu(2-x)/33+square(2-x)/3MoO4 (0.138 <= x <= 0.5) phases with a scheelite-type structure were synthesized by the solid state method; their structural characteristics were investigated using transmission electron microscopy. Contrary to powder synchrotron X-ray diffraction before, the study by electron diffraction and high resolution transmission electron microscopy in this paper revealed that Na0.286Eu0.571MoO4 has a (3 + 2)D incommensurately modulated structure and that (3 + 2)D incommensurately modulated domains are present in Na0.200Eu0.600MoO4. It also confirmed the (3 + 1)D incommensurately modulated character of Na(0.138)Eu(0.621)Mo04. The luminescent properties of all phases under near-ultraviolet (n-UV) light have been investigated. The excitation spectra of these phosphors show the strongest absorption at about 395 nm, which matches well with the commercially available n-UV-emitting GaN-based LED chip. The emission spectra indicate an intense red emission due to the D-5(0) -> F-7(2) transition of Eu3+, with local minima in the intensity at Na0.286Eu0.571MoO4 and Na0.200Eu0.600MoO4 for similar to 613 nm and similar to 616 nm bands. The phosphor Na5Eu(MoO4)(4) shows the brightest red light emission among the phosphors in the Na2MoO4-Eu2/3MoO4 system and the maximum luminescence intensity of Na5Eu(MoO4)(4) (lambda(ex) = 395 nm) in the D-5(0) -> F-7(2) transition region is close to that of the commercially used red phosphor YVO4:Eu3+ (lambda(ex) = 326 nm). Electron energy loss spectroscopy measurements revealed the influence of the structure and Na/Eu cation distribution on the number and positions of bands in the UV-optical-infrared regions of the EELS spectrum. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000336637000028 | Publication Date | 2014-05-01 | |
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| ISSN | 0897-4756;1520-5002; | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 9.466 | Times cited | 53 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Fwo G039211n; Fwo G004413n; 278510 Vortex ECASJO_; | Approved | Most recent IF: 9.466; 2014 IF: 8.354 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:117765UA @ admin @ c:irua:117765 | Serial | 1652 | ||
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| Author | Denneulin, T.; Rouvière, J.L.; Béché, A.; Py, M.; Barnes, J.P.; Rochat, N.; Hartmann, J.M.; Cooper, D. | ||||
| Title | The reduction of the substitutional C content in annealed Si/SiGeC superlattices studied by dark-field electron holography | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2011 | Publication | Semiconductor science and technology | Abbreviated Journal | Semicond Sci Tech |
| Volume | 26 | Issue | 12 | Pages | 1-10 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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Si/Si(1 − x − y)GexCy superlattices are used in the construction of new microelectronic architectures such as multichannel transistors. The introduction of carbon in SiGe allows for compensation of the strain and to avoid plastic relaxation. However, the formation of incoherent β-SiC clusters during annealing limits the processability of SiGeC. This precipitation leads to a modification of the strain in the alloy due to the reduction of the substitutional carbon content. Here, we investigated the strain in annealed Si/Si0.744Ge0.244C0.012 superlattices grown by reduced pressure chemical vapour deposition using dark-field electron holography. The variation of the substitutional C content was calculated by correlating the results with finite-element simulations. The obtained values were then compared with Fourier-transformed infrared spectrometry measurements. It was shown that after annealing for 2 min at 1050 °C carbon no longer has any influence on strain in the superlattice, which behaves like pure SiGe. However, a significant proportion of substitutional C atoms remain in a third-nearest neighbour (3nn) configuration. It was deduced that the influence of 3nn C on strain is negligible and that only isolated atoms have a significant contribution. It was also proposed that the 3nn configuration is an intermediary step during the formation of SiC clusters. | ||||
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| Publisher | Place of Publication | London | Editor | ||
| Language | Wos | 000300151300010 | Publication Date | 2011-11-07 | |
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| ISSN | 0268-1242 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.305 | Times cited | Open Access | ||
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.305; 2011 IF: 1.723 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:136427 | Serial | 4508 | ||
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| Author | Gou, H.; Dubrovinskaia, N.; Bykova, E.; Tsirlin, A.A.; Kasinathan, D.; Schnelle, W.; Richter, A.; Merlini, M.; Hanfland, M.; Abakumov, A.M.; Batuk, D.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Nakajima, Y.; Kolmogorov, A.N.; Dubrovinsky, L.; | ||||
| Title | Discovery of a superhard iron tetraboride superconductor | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2013 | Publication | Physical review letters | Abbreviated Journal | Phys Rev Lett |
| Volume | 111 | Issue | 15 | Pages | 157002-157005 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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Single crystals of novel orthorhombic (space group Pnnm) iron tetraboride FeB4 were synthesized at pressures above 8 GPa and high temperatures. Magnetic susceptibility and heat capacity measurements demonstrate bulk superconductivity below 2.9 K. The putative isotope effect on the superconducting critical temperature and the analysis of specific heat data indicate that the superconductivity in FeB4 is likely phonon mediated, which is rare for Fe-based superconductors. The discovered iron tetraboride is highly incompressible and has the nanoindentation hardness of 62(5) GPa; thus, it opens a new class of highly desirable materials combining advanced mechanical properties and superconductivity. | ||||
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| Publisher | Place of Publication | New York, N.Y. | Editor | ||
| Language | Wos | 000325371500011 | Publication Date | 2013-10-09 | |
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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 | 127 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Countatoms | Approved | Most recent IF: 8.462; 2013 IF: 7.728 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:110820 | Serial | 729 | ||
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| Author | Clemen, R.; Heirman, P.; Lin, A.; Bogaerts, A.; Bekeschus, S. | ||||
| Title | Physical Plasma-Treated Skin Cancer Cells Amplify Tumor Cytotoxicity of Human Natural Killer (NK) Cells | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2020 | Publication | Cancers | Abbreviated Journal | Cancers |
| Volume | 12 | Issue | 12 | Pages | 3575 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) | ||||
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Skin cancers have the highest prevalence of all human cancers, with the most lethal forms being squamous cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma. Besides the conventional local treatment approaches like surgery and radiotherapy, cold physical plasmas are emerging anticancer tools. Plasma technology is used as a therapeutic agent by generating reactive oxygen species (ROS). Evidence shows that inflammation and adaptive immunity are involved in cancer-reducing effects of plasma treatment, but the role of innate immune cells is still unclear. Natural killer (NK)-cells interact with target cells via activating and inhibiting surface receptors and kill in case of dominating activating signals. In this study, we investigated the effect of cold physical plasma (kINPen) on two skin cancer cell lines (A375 and A431), with non-malignant HaCaT keratinocytes as control, and identified a plasma treatment time-dependent toxicity that was more pronounced in the cancer cells. Plasma treatment also modulated the expression of activating and inhibiting receptors more profoundly in skin cancer cells compared to HaCaT cells, leading to significantly higher NK-cell killing rates in the tumor cells. Together with increased pro-inflammatory mediators such as IL-6 and IL-8, we conclude that plasma treatment spurs stress responses in skin cancer cells, eventually augmenting NK-cell activity. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000601901900001 | Publication Date | 2020-11-30 | |
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| ISSN | 2072-6694 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
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| Notes | This work was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), grant numbers 03Z22DN11 and 03Z22Di1; The authors acknowledge the technical assistance of Eric Freund, Julia Berner, Sanjeev Kumar Sagwal, Christina Wolff, Felix Niessner, Walison Brito, and Lea Miebach. | Approved | Most recent IF: NA | ||
| Call Number | PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:173863 | Serial | 6442 | ||
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| Author | Belik, A.A.; Abakumov, A.M.; Tsirlin, A.A.; Hadermann, J.; Kim, J.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Takayama-Muromachi, E. | ||||
| Title | Article Structure and magnetic properties of BiFe0.75Mn0.25O3 perovskite prepared at ambient and high pressure | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2011 | Publication | Chemistry of materials | Abbreviated Journal | Chem Mater |
| Volume | 23 | Issue | 20 | Pages | 4505-4514 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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Solid solutions of BiFe1xMnxO3 (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4) were prepared at ambient pressure and at 6 GPa. The ambient-pressure (AP) phases crystallize in space group R3c similarly to BiFeO3. The high-pressure (HP) phases crystallize in space group R3c for x = 0.05 and in space group Pnma for 0.15 ≤ x ≤ 0.4. The structure of HP-BiFe0.75Mn0.25O3 was investigated using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction, electron diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy. HP-BiFe0.75Mn0.25O3 has a PbZrO3-related √2ap × 4ap × 2√2ap (ap is the parameter of the cubic perovskite subcell) superstructure with a = 5.60125(9) Å, b = 15.6610(2) Å, and c = 11.2515(2) Å similar to that of Bi0.82La0.18FeO3. A remarkable feature of this structure is the unconventional octahedral tilt system, with the primary ab0a tilt superimposed on pairwise clockwise and counterclockwise rotations around the b-axis according to the oioi sequence (o stands for out-of-phase tilt, and i stands for in-phase tilt). The (FeMn)O6 octahedra are distorted, with one longer metaloxygen bond (2.222.23 Å) that can be attributed to a compensation for covalent BiO bonding. Such bonding results in the localization of the lone electron pair on Bi3+ cations, as confirmed by electron localization function analysis. The relationship between HP-BiFe0.75Mn0.25O3 and antiferroelectric structures of PbZrO3 and NaNbO3 is discussed. On heating in air, HP-BiFe0.75Mn0.25O3 irreversibly transforms to AP-BiFe0.75Mn0.25O3 starting from about 600 K. Both AP and HP phases undergo an antiferromagnetic ordering at TN ≈ 485 and 520 K, respectively, and develop a weak net magnetic moment at low temperatures. Additionally, ceramic samples of AP-BiFe0.75Mn0.25O3 show a peculiar phenomenon of magnetization reversal. | ||||
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| Publisher | Place of Publication | Washington, D.C. | Editor | ||
| Language | Wos | 000295897400015 | Publication Date | 2011-09-29 | |
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| ISSN | 0897-4756;1520-5002; | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 9.466 | Times cited | 57 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 9.466; 2011 IF: 7.286 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:93581 | Serial | 151 | ||
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| Author | Saeumel, I.; Ramirez, L.R.; Santolin, J.; Pintado, K. | ||||
| Title | A step to disentangle diversity patterns in Uruguayan grasslands : climatic seasonality, novel land-uses, and landscape context drive diversity of ground flora | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2023 | Publication | Conservation Science and Practice | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 5 | Issue | 9 | Pages | 1-20 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL) | ||||
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South American grasslands contain extraordinary biodiversity and play a central role in the subsistence of regional agroecosystems. In recent decades, afforestation, followed by the soybean planting boom, have led to drastic land-use changes at the expense of grasslands. Impacts on local biodiversity have remained understudied. We explored the taxonomic richness and ss-diversity of plants of ground layer (excluding trees and shrubs) at different land uses, its interplay at regional scale with environmental heterogeneity, and at local scale with novel land cover types and landscape configurations. We conducted correlation, principal component, NDMS, and SDR analysis to explore variation of taxonomic richness, richness difference, replacement, and similarity of ground flora as response to environmental filters and land use change across Uruguay. We surveyed 160 plots distributed in 10 land cover types, that is, closed and open native forests, different grasslands, crops, orchards, and timber plantations. We observed overlaying regional patterns driven by seasonality of temperature and precipitation, and land cover shaping taxonomic richness at local scale. Landscape configuration affects diversity patterns of native ground flora, which seems to be sustained mainly by the “old growth grassland” species pool. Taxonomic richness of native species decreases with an increase of distance to grassland. Crops and grasslands harbor a higher number of native species in the ground flora than native forests and timber plantations. The introduction of exotics is driven mostly by crops or highly modified pastures. Diversity patterns only partially reflect the ecoregion concept. Expanding the perspective from conservation in purely natural ecosystems to measures conserving species richness in human-modified landscapes is a powerful tool against species loss in the Anthropocene. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 001034673500001 | Publication Date | 2023-07-24 | |
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| ISSN | 2578-4854 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record | |
| Impact Factor | Times cited | Open Access | OpenAccess | ||
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: NA | |||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:198300 | Serial | 8828 | ||
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| Author | Xu, X.; Vereecke, G.; Chen, C.; Pourtois, G.; Armini, S.; Verellen, N.; Tsai, W.K.; Kim, D.W.; Lee, E.; Lin, C.Y.; Van Dorpe, P.; Struyf, H.; Holsteyns, F.; Moshchalkov, V.; Indekeu, J.; De Gendt, S.; | ||||
| Title | Capturing wetting states in nanopatterned silicon | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2014 | Publication | ACS nano | Abbreviated Journal | Acs Nano |
| Volume | 8 | Issue | 1 | Pages | 885-893 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) | ||||
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Spectacular progress in developing advanced Si circuits with reduced size, along the track of Moore's law, has been relying on necessary developments in wet cleaning of nanopatterned Si wafers to provide contaminant free surfaces. The most efficient cleaning is achieved when complete wetting can be realized. In this work, ordered arrays of silicon nanopillars on a hitherto unexplored small scale have been used to study the wetting behavior on nanomodulated surfaces in a substantial range of surface treatments and geometrical parameters. With the use of optical reflectance measurements, the nanoscale water imbibition depths have been measured and the transition to the superhydrophobic Cassie-Baxter state has been accurately determined. For pillars of high aspect ratio (about 15), the transition occurs even when the surface is grafted with a hydrophilic functional group. We have found a striking consistent deviation between the contact angle measurements and the straightforward application of the classical wetting models. Molecular dynamics simulations show that these deviations can be attributed to the long overlooked atomic-scale surface perturbations that are introduced during the nanofabrication process. When the transition condition is approached, transient states of partial imbibition that characterize intermediate states between the Wenzel and Cassie-Baxter states are revealed in our experiments. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000330542900092 | Publication Date | 2013-12-31 | |
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| ISSN | 1936-0851;1936-086X; | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 13.942 | Times cited | 39 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 13.942; 2014 IF: 12.881 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:114871 | Serial | 276 | ||
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| Author | Lander, L.; Rousse, G.; Batuk, D.; Colin, C.V.; Dalla Corte, D.A.; Tarascon, J.-M. | ||||
| Title | Synthesis, structure, and electrochemical properties of k-based sulfates K2M2(SO4)3) with M = Fe and Cu | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | Inorganic chemistry | Abbreviated Journal | Inorg Chem |
| Volume | 56 | Issue | 4 | Pages | 2013-2021 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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Stabilizing new host structures through potassium extraction from K-based polyanionic materials has been proven to be an interesting approach to develop new Li+/Na+ insertion materials. Pursuing the same trend, we here report the feasibility of preparing langbeinite “Fe-2(SO4)(3)” via electrochemical and chemical oxidation of K2Fe2(SO4)(3). Additionally, we succeeded in stabilizing a new K2Cu2(SO4)(3) phase via a solid-state synthesis approach. This novel compound crystallizes in a complex orthorhombic structure that differs from that of langbeinite as deduced from synchrotron X-ray and neutron powder diffraction. Electrochemically, the performance of this new phase is limited, which we explain in terms of sluggish diffusion kinetics. We further show that K2Cu2(SO4)(3) decomposes into K2Cu3O(SO4)(3) on heating, and we report for the first time the synthesis of fedotovite K2Cu3O(SO4)(3). Finally, the fundamental attractiveness of these S = 1/2 systems for physicists is examined by neutron magnetic diffraction, which reveals the absence of a long-range ordering of Cu2+ magnetic moments down to 1.5 K. | ||||
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| Publisher | Place of Publication | Easton, Pa | Editor | ||
| Language | Wos | 000394736600027 | Publication Date | 2017-01-27 | |
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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 | 13 | Open Access | Not_Open_Access |
| Notes | ; We thank Matthieu Courty for performing TGA/DSC measurements. Use of the 11-BM mail service of the APS at Argonne National Laboratory was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC02-06CH11357 and is acknowledged. The French CRG D1B is acknowledged for allocating neutron beamtime. L.L. thanks the ANR “Hipolite” for the Ph.D. funding. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 4.857 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:142531 | Serial | 4692 | ||
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