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Author Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Superconducting proximity effect in graphene under inhomogeneous strain Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2011 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 84 Issue 24 Pages 241401-241401,4
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract (down) The interplay between quantum Hall states and Cooper pairs is usually hindered by the suppression of the superconducting state due to the strong magnetic fields needed to observe the quantum Hall effect. From this point of view, graphene is special since it allows the creation of strong pseudomagnetic fields due to strain. We show that in a Josephson junction made of strained graphene, Cooper pairs will diffuse into the strained region. The pair correlation function will be sublattice polarized due to the polarization of the local density of states in the zero pseudo-Landau level. We uncover two regimes: (1) one in which the cyclotron radius is larger than the junction length, in which case the supercurrent will be enhanced, and (2) the long junction regime where the supercurrent is strongly suppressed because the junction becomes an insulator. In the latter case quantized Hall states form and Andreev scattering at the normal/superconducting interface will induce edge states. Our numerical calculation has become possible due to an extension of the Chebyshev-Bogoliubovde Gennes method to computations on video cards (GPUs).
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  Language Wos 000297766600003 Publication Date 2011-12-06
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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 27 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Euro GRAPHENE project CONGRAN. Discussions with Andrey Chaves are gratefully acknowledged. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2011 IF: 3.691
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:93962 Serial 3364
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Author Wang, J.; Zhao, W.-S.; Hu, Y.; Filho, R.N.C.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Charged vacancy in graphene : interplay between Landau levels and atomic collapse resonances Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2024 Publication Physical review B Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 109 Issue 10 Pages 104103-104106
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract (down) The interplay between a magnetic field and the Coulomb potential from a charged vacancy on the electron states in graphene is investigated within the tight-binding model. The Coulomb potential removes locally Landau level degeneracy, while the vacancy introduces a satellite level next to the normal Landau level. These satellite levels are found throughout the positive-energy region, but in the negative-energy region, they turn into atomic collapse resonances. Crossings between Landau levels with different angular quantum number m are found. Unlike the point impurity system in which an anticrossing occurs between Landau levels of the same m, in this work anticrossing is found between the normal Landau level and the vacancy-induced level. The atomic collapse resonance hybridizes with the Landau levels. The charge at which the lowest Landau level m = -1, N = 1 crosses E = 0 increases with enhancing magnetic field. A Landau level scaling anomaly occurs when the charge is larger than the critical charge beta 0.6 and this critical charge is independent of the magnetic field.
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  Language Wos 001199561900008 Publication Date 2024-03-04
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 2469-9969; 2469-9950 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record
  Impact Factor 3.7 Times cited Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.7; 2024 IF: 3.836
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:205508 Serial 9137
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Author N. Gauquelin, E. Benckiser, M. K. Kinyanjui, M. Wu, Y. Lu, G. Christiani, G. Logvenov, H.-U. Habermeier, U. Kaiser, B. Keimer, and G. A. Botton
  Title Atomically resolved EELS mapping of the interfacial structure of epitaxially strained LaNiO3/LaAlO3 superlattices Type A1 Journal Article
  Year 2014 Publication Physical Review B Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 90 Issue Pages 195140
  Keywords A1 Journal Article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT) ;
  Abstract (down) The interfacial atomic structure of a metallic LaNiO3/LaAlO3 superlattice grown on a LaSrAlO4 substrate was

investigated using a combination of atomically resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) at the Al K,

Al L2,3, Sr L2,3, Ni L2,3, La M4,5, and O K edges as well as hybridization mapping of selected features of the O

K-edge fine structure.We observe an additional La1−xSrxAl1−yNiyO3 layer at the substrate-superlattice interface,

possibly linked to diffusion of Al and Sr into the growing film or a surface reconstruction due to Sr segregation.

The roughness of the LaNiO3/LaAlO3 interfaces is found to be on average around one pseudocubic unit cell. The

O K-edge EELS spectra revealed reduced spectral weight of the prepeak derived from Ni-O hybridized states in

the LaNiO3 layers. We rule out oxygen nonstoichiometry of the LaNiO3 layers and discuss changes in the Ni-O

hybridization due to heterostructuring as possible origin.
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  Language Wos 000345467000003 Publication Date 2014-11-20
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  Impact Factor Times cited 17 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @ Serial 4544
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Author Yagmurcukardes, M.; Sozen, Y.; Baskurt, M.; Peeters, F.M.; Sahin, H.
  Title Interface-dependent phononic and optical properties of GeO/MoSO heterostructures Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2021 Publication Nanoscale Abbreviated Journal Nanoscale
  Volume Issue Pages
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract (down) The interface-dependent electronic, vibrational, piezoelectric, and optical properties of van der Waals heterobilayers, formed by buckled GeO (b-GeO) and Janus MoSO structures, are investigated by means of first-principles calculations. The electronic band dispersions show that O/Ge and S/O interface formations result in a type-II band alignment with direct and indirect band gaps, respectively. In contrast, O/O and S/Ge interfaces give rise to the formation of a type-I band alignment with an indirect band gap. By considering the Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE) on top of G(0)W(0) approximation, it is shown that different interfaces can be distinguished from each other by means of the optical absorption spectra as a consequence of the band alignments. Additionally, the low- and high-frequency regimes of the Raman spectra are also different for each interface type. The alignment of the individual dipoles, which is interface-dependent, either weakens or strengthens the net dipole of the heterobilayers and results in tunable piezoelectric coefficients. The results indicate that the possible heterobilayers of b-GeO/MoSO asymmetric structures possess various electronic, optical, and piezoelectric properties arising from the different interface formations and can be distinguished by means of various spectroscopic techniques.
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  Language Wos 000738899600001 Publication Date 2021-12-09
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 2040-3364 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 7.367 Times cited 5 Open Access Not_Open_Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 7.367
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:184722 Serial 6998
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Author Dong, H.M.; Liang, H.P.; Tao, Z.H.; Duan, Y.F.; Milošević, M.V.; Chang, K.
  Title Interface thermal conductivities induced by van der Waals interactions Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2024 Publication Physical chemistry, chemical physics Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 26 Issue 5 Pages 4047-4051
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract (down) The interface heat transfer of two layers induced by van der Waals (vdW) contacts is theoretically investigated, based on first-principles calculations at low temperatures. The results suggest that out-of-plane acoustic phonons with low frequencies dominate the interface thermal transport due to the vdW interaction. The interface thermal conductivity is proportional to the cubic of temperature at very low temperatures, but becomes linearly proportional to temperature as temperature increases. We show that manipulating the strain alters vdW coupling, leading to increased interfacial thermal conductivity at the interface. Our findings provide valuable insights into the interface heat transport in vdW heterostructures and support further design and optimization of electronic and optoelectronic nanodevices based on vdW contacts. The heat transfer induced by van der Waals contacts is dominated by ZA phonons. The interface thermal conductivity is proportional to the cubic of temperature, but becomes linearly proportional to temperature as temperature increases.
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  Language Wos 001142323400001 Publication Date 2024-01-09
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 1463-9076; 1463-9084 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record
  Impact Factor 3.3 Times cited Open Access Not_Open_Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.3; 2024 IF: 4.123
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:202795 Serial 9050
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Author Kalesaki, E.; Boneschanscher, M.P.; Geuchies, J.J.; Delerue, C.; Morais Smith, C.; Evers, W.H.; Allan, G.; Altantzis, T.; Bals, S.; Vanmaekelbergh, D.
  Title Preparation and study of 2-D semiconductors with Dirac type bands due to the honeycomb nanogeometry Type P1 Proceeding
  Year 2014 Publication Proceedings of the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers T2 – Proceedings of SPIE Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 8981 Issue Pages 898107-898107
  Keywords P1 Proceeding; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract (down) The interest in 2-dimensional systems with a honeycomb lattice and related Dirac-­type electronic bands has exceeded the prototype graphene1. Currently, 2-­dimensional atomic2,3 and nanoscale4-­8 systems are extensively investigated in the search for materials with novel electronic properties that can be tailored by geometry. The immediate question that arises is how to fabricate 2-­D semiconductors that have a honeycomb nanogeometry, and as a consequence of that, display a Dirac-­type band structure? Here, we show that atomically coherent honeycomb superlattices of rocksalt (PbSe, PbTe) and zincblende (CdSe, CdTe) semiconductors can be obtained by nanocrystal self-­assembly and facet-­to-­facet atomic bonding, and subsequent cation exchange. We present a extended structural analysis of atomically coherent 2-­D honeycomb structures that were recently obtained with self-assembly and facet-­to-­facet bonding9. We show that this process may in principle lead to three different types of honeycomb structures, one with a graphene type-­, and two others with a silicene-­type structure. Using TEM, electron diffraction, STM and GISAXS it is convincingly shown that the structures are from the silicene-­type. In the second part of this work, we describe the electronic structure of graphene-­type and silicene type honeycomb semiconductors. We present the results of advanced electronic structure calculations using the sp3d5s* atomistic tight-­binding method10. For simplicity, we focus on semiconductors with a simple and single conduction band for the native bulk semiconductor. When the 3-­D geometry is changed into 2-­D honeycomb, a conduction band structure transformation to two types of Dirac cones, one for S-­ and one for P-­orbitals, is observed. The width of the bands depends on the honeycomb period and the coupling between the nanocrystals. Furthermore, there is a dispersionless P-­orbital band, which also forms a landmark of the honeycomb structure. The effects of considerable intrinsic spin-­orbit coupling are briefly considered. For heavy-­element compounds such as CdTe, strong intrinsic spin-­‐orbit coupling opens a non-­trivial gap at the P-­orbital Dirac point, leading to a quantum Spin Hall effect10-­12. Our work shows that well known semiconductor crystals, known for centuries, can lead to systems with entirely new electronic properties, by the simple action of nanogeometry. It can be foreseen that such structures will play a key role in future opto-­electronic applications, provided that they can be fabricated in a straightforward way.
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  Language Wos 000336040600004 Publication Date 2014-03-07
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  Impact Factor Times cited 2 Open Access OpenAccess
  Notes This work has been supported by funding of the French National Research Agency [ANR, (ANR-­‐09-­‐BLAN-­‐0421-­‐01)], NWO and the Dutch organization FOM [Programs “Control over Functional Nanoparticle Solids” (FNPS) and “Designing Dirac Carriers in Semiconductors” Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number c:irua:131912 Serial 4039
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Author Čukarić, N.A.; Tadić, M.Z.; Partoens, B.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title The interband optical absorption in silicon quantum wells : application of the 30-band k . p model Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2014 Publication Applied physics letters Abbreviated Journal Appl Phys Lett
  Volume 104 Issue 24 Pages 242103
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract (down) The interband optical absorption in Si/SiO2 quantum wells is calculated as function of the well width (W) and the evolution from an indirect to a direct gap material as function of the well width is investigated. In order to compute the electron states in the conduction band, the 30-band k . p model is employed, whereas the 6-band Luttinger-Kohn model is used for the hole states. We found that the effective direct band gap in the quantum well agrees very well with the W-2 scaling result of the single-band model. The interband matrix elements for linear polarized light oscillate with the quantum well width, which agrees qualitatively with a single band calculation. Our theoretical results indicate that the absorption can be maximized by a proper choice of the well width. However, the obtained absorption coefficients are at least an order of magnitude smaller than for a typical direct semiconductor even for a well width of 2 nm. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.
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  Publisher American Institute of Physics Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Editor
  Language Wos 000337915000033 Publication Date 2014-06-18
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 0003-6951;1077-3118; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.411 Times cited 1 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development of Serbia, the Flemish fund for Scientific Research (FWO-Vl), and the Methusalem programme of the Flemish government. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.411; 2014 IF: 3.302
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:118448 Serial 1689
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Author Houssa, M.; van den Broek, B.; Scalise, E.; Pourtois, G.; Afanas'ev, V.V.; Stesmans, A.
  Title An electric field tunable energy band gap at silicene/(0001) ZnS interfaces Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Physical chemistry, chemical physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Chem Chem Phys
  Volume 15 Issue 11 Pages 3702-3705
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
  Abstract (down) The interaction of silicene, the silicon counterpart of graphene, with (0001) ZnS surfaces is investigated theoretically, using first-principles simulations. The charge transfer occurring at the silicene/(0001) ZnS interface leads to the opening of an indirect energy band gap of about 0.7 eV in silicene. Remarkably, the nature (indirect or direct) and magnitude of the energy band gap of silicene can be controlled by an external electric field: the energy gap is predicted to become direct for electric fields larger than about 0.5 V angstrom(-1), and the direct energy gap decreases approximately linearly with the applied electric field. The predicted electric field tunable energy band gap of the silicene/(0001) ZnS interface is very promising for its potential use in nanoelectronic devices.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Cambridge Editor
  Language Wos 000315165100002 Publication Date 2013-01-29
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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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 74 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 4.123; 2013 IF: 4.198
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:107702 Serial 94
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Author da Costa, D.R.; Chaves, A.; Farias, G.A.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Valley filtering in graphene due to substrate-induced mass potential Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2017 Publication Journal of physics : condensed matter Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 29 Issue 21 Pages 215502
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract (down) The interaction of monolayer graphene with specific substrates may break its sublattice symmetry and results in unidirectional chiral states with opposite group velocities in the different Dirac cones (Zarenia et al 2012 Phys. Rev. B 86 085451). Taking advantage of this feature, we propose a valley filter based on a transversal mass kink for low energy electrons in graphene, which is obtained by assuming a defect region in the substrate that provides a change in the sign of the substrate-induced mass and thus creates a non-biased channel, perpendicular to the kink, for electron motion. By solving the time-dependent Schrodinger equation for the tight-binding Hamiltonian, we investigate the time evolution of a Gaussian wave packet propagating through such a system and obtain the transport properties of this graphene-based substrate-induced quantum point contact. Our results demonstrate that efficient valley filtering can be obtained, provided: (i) the electron energy is sufficiently low, i.e. with electrons belonging mostly to the lowest sub-band of the channel, and (ii) the channel length (width) is sufficiently long (narrow). Moreover, even though the transmission probabilities for each valley are significantly affected by impurities and defects in the channel region, the valley polarization in this system is shown to be robust against their presence.
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  Language Wos 000400092700002 Publication Date 2017-04-24
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  ISSN 0953-8984 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited 15 Open Access
  Notes Approved no
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:152636 Serial 8730
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Author de Sousa, J.S.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.; Farias, G.A.
  Title Time-dependent investigation of charge injection in a quantum dot containing one electron Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Journal of applied physics Abbreviated Journal J Appl Phys
  Volume 112 Issue 9 Pages 093705-93709
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract (down) The interaction of an injected electron towards a quantum dot (QD) containing a single confined electron is investigated using a flexible time-dependent quantum mechanics formalism, which allows both electrons to move and undergo quantum transitions. Different scenarios combining quantum dot dimensions, dielectric constant, injected wave packet energy, and width were explored, and our main results are: (i) due to the large characteristic transitions times between the confined state in the quantum dot and the delocalized state in the continuum, it is relatively difficult to ionize the occupied QD by Coulomb interaction solely and (ii) the charging state of the quantum dot can be sensed by direct injection of charges. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4759292]
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  Publisher American Institute of Physics Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Editor
  Language Wos 000311968400052 Publication Date 2012-11-06
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 0021-8979; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 2.068 Times cited 1 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was financially supported by the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq), under Contract No. NanoBioEstruturas 555183/2005-0, Fundao Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientfico e Tecnolgico (Funcap), CAPES, Pronex/CNPq/ Funcap, the Bilateral program between Flanders and Brazil, and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO). ; Approved Most recent IF: 2.068; 2012 IF: 2.210
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:106014 Serial 3664
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Author Matulis, A.; Masir, M.R.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Scattering of a Dirac electron on a mass barrier Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : A : atomic, molecular and optical physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev A
  Volume 86 Issue 2 Pages 022101
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract (down) The interaction of a wave packet (and in particular the wave front) with a mass barrier is investigated in one dimension. We discuss the main features of the wave packet that are inherent to two-dimensional wave packets, such as compression during reflection, penetration in the case when the energy is lower than the height of the barrier, waving tails, precursors, and the retardation of the reflected and penetrated wave packets. These features depend on the wave-packet envelope function which we demonstrate by considering the case of a rectangular wave packet with sharp front and trailing edges and a smooth Gaussian wave packet. The method of Fourier integral for obtaining the nonstationary solutions is used.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos 000306991200001 Publication Date 2012-08-01
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 1050-2947;1094-1622; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 2.925 Times cited 9 Open Access
  Notes ; This research was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and (in part) by the Lithuanian Science Council under Project No. MIP-79/2010. ; Approved Most recent IF: 2.925; 2012 IF: 3.042
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:100822 Serial 2948
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Author Bittencourt, C.; Hecq, M.; Felten, A.; Pireaux, J.J.; Ghijsen, J.; Felicissimo, M.P.; Rudolf, P.; Drube, W.; Ke, X.; Van Tendeloo, G.
  Title Platinumcarbon nanotube interaction Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2008 Publication Chemical physics letters Abbreviated Journal Chem Phys Lett
  Volume 462 Issue 4/6 Pages 260-264
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract (down) The interaction between evaporated Pt and pristine or oxygen-plasma-treated multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is investigated. Pt is found to nucleate at defect sites, whether initially present or introduced by oxygen plasma treatment. The plasma treatment induces a uniform dispersion of Pt nanoparticles at the CNT surface. The absence of additional features in the C 1s core level spectrum indicates that no mixed PtC phase is formed. The formation of COPt bonds at the cluster-CNT interface is suggested to reduce the electronic interaction between Pt nanoparticles and the CNT surface.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor
  Language Wos 000258830900025 Publication Date 2008-07-30
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 0009-2614; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 1.815 Times cited 62 Open Access
  Notes Pai Approved Most recent IF: 1.815; 2008 IF: 2.169
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:76489 Serial 2652
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Author Krstajić, P.M.; Van Duppen, B.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Plasmons and their interaction with electrons in trilayer graphene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 88 Issue 19 Pages 195423
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract (down) The interaction between electrons and plasmons in trilayer graphene is investigated within the Overhauser approach resulting in the “plasmaron” quasiparticle. This interaction is cast into a field theoretical problem, and its effect on the energy spectrum is calculated using improved Wigner-Brillouin perturbation theory. The plasmaron spectrum is shifted with respect to the bare electron spectrum by ΔE(k)∼150−200meV for ABC stacked trilayer graphene and for ABA trilayer graphene by ΔE(k)∼30−150 meV[ ΔE(k) ∼1 −5meV] for the hyperbolic (linear) part of the spectrum. The shift in general increases with the electron concentration and electron momentum. The dispersion of plasmarons is more pronounced in ABC stacked than in ABA stacked trilayer graphene, because of the different energy band structure and their different plasmon dispersion.
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  Language Wos 000327239200003 Publication Date 2013-11-21
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  ISSN 1098-0121 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 10 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), by the ESF-EuroGRAPHENE project CON-GRAN, and by the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science, within the Project No. TR 32008. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664
  Call Number CMT @ cmt @ c:irua:112702 Serial 4489
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Author Yang, M.; Orekhov, A.; Hu, Z.-Y.; Feng, M.; Jin, S.; Sha, G.; Li, K.; Samaee, V.; Song, M.; Du, Y.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Schryvers, D.
  Title Shearing and rotation of β'' and β' precipitates in an Al-Mg-Si alloy under tensile deformation : in-situ and ex-situ studies Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2021 Publication Acta Materialia Abbreviated Journal Acta Mater
  Volume 220 Issue Pages 117310
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract (down) The interaction between dislocations and nano-precipitates during deformation directly influences hardening response of precipitation-strengthening metals such as Al-Mg-Si alloys. However, how coherent and semi-coherent nano-precipitates accommodate external deformation applied to an Al alloy remains to be elucidated. In-situ tensile experiments in a transmission electron microscope (TEM) were conducted to study the dynamic process of dislocations cutting through coherent needle-like beta '' precipitates with diameters of 3 similar to 8 nm. Comprehensive investigations using in-situ, ex-situ TEM and atom probe tomography uncovered that beta '' precipitates were firstly sheared into small fragments, and then the rotation of the fragments, via sliding along precipitate/matrix interfaces, destroyed their initially coherent interface with the Al matrix. In contrast, semi-coherent beta' precipitates with sizes similar to beta '' were more difficult to be fragmented and accumulation of dislocations at the interface increased interface misfit between beta' and the Al matrix. Consequently, beta' precipitates could basically maintain their needle-like shape after the tensile deformation. This research gains new insights into the interaction between nano-precipitates and dislocations. (C) 2021 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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  Language Wos 000705535300005 Publication Date 2021-09-12
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  ISSN 1359-6454 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 5.301 Times cited Open Access OpenAccess
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 5.301
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:182528 Serial 6884
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Author Ke, X.; Turner, S.; Quintana, M.; Hadad, C.; Montellano-López, A.; Carraro, M.; Sartorel, A.; Bonchio, M.; Prato, M.; Bittencourt, C.; Van Tendeloo, G.;
  Title Dynamic motion of Ru-polyoxometalate ions (POMs) on functionalized few-layer graphene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Small Abbreviated Journal Small
  Volume 9 Issue 23 Pages 3922-3927
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract (down) The interaction and stability of Ru4POM on few layer graphene via functional groups is investigated by time-dependent imaging using aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy. The Ru4POM demonstrates dynamic motion on the graphene surface with its frequency and amplitude of rotation related to the nature of the functional group used. The stability of the Ru4POMgraphene hybrid corroborates its long-term robustness when applied to multielectronic catalytic processes.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Weinheim Editor
  Language Wos 000331282400003 Publication Date 2013-07-01
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  ISSN 1613-6810; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 8.643 Times cited 16 Open Access
  Notes IAP-7; Countatoms; Approved Most recent IF: 8.643; 2013 IF: 7.514
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:115768 Serial 763
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Author Heyne, M.H.; de Marneffe, J.-F.; Radu, I.; Neyts, E.C.; De Gendt, S.
  Title Thermal recrystallization of short-range ordered WS2 films Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2018 Publication Journal of vacuum science and technology: A: vacuum surfaces and films Abbreviated Journal J Vac Sci Technol A
  Volume 36 Issue 5 Pages 05g501
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
  Abstract (down) The integration of van der Waals materials in nanoelectronic devices requires the deposition of few-layered MX2 films with excellent quality crystals covering a large area. In recent years, astonishing progress in the monolayer growth of WS2 and MoS2 was demonstrated, but multilayer growth resulted often in separated triangular or hexagonal islands. These polycrystalline films cannot fully employ the specific MX2 properties since they are not connected in-plane to the other domains. To coalesce separated islands, ultrahigh-temperature postdeposition anneals in H2S are applied, which are not compatible with bare silicon substrates. Starting from the deposition of stoichiometric short-ordered films, the present work studies different options for subsequent high-temperature annealing in an inert atmosphere to form crystalline films with large grains from stoichiometric films with small grains. The rapid thermal annealing, performed over a few seconds, is compared to excimer laser annealing in the nanosecond range, which are both able to crystallize the thin WS2. The WS2 recrystallization temperature can be lowered using metallic crystallization promoters (Co and Ni). The best result is obtained using a Co cap, due to the circumvention of Co and S binary phase formation below the eutectic temperature. The recrystallization above a critical temperature is accompanied by sulfur loss and 3D regrowth. These undesired effects can be suppressed by the application of a dielectric capping layer prior to annealing. A SiO2 cap can suppress the sulfur loss successfully during annealing and reveals improved material quality in comparison to noncapped films Published by the AVS.
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  Publisher Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Editor
  Language Wos 000444033200002 Publication Date 2018-07-05
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 0734-2101 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 1.374 Times cited 2 Open Access Not_Open_Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 1.374
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:153671 Serial 5134
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Author Chen, B.; Gauquelin, N.; Reith, P.; Halisdemir, U.; Jannis, D.; Spreitzer, M.; Huijben, M.; Abel, S.; Fompeyrine, J.; Verbeeck, J.; Hilgenkamp, H.; Rijnders, G.; Koster, G.
  Title Thermal-strain-engineered ferromagnetism of LaMnO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures grown on silicon Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2020 Publication Physical review materials Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Materials
  Volume 4 Issue 2 Pages 024406
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract (down) The integration of oxides on Si remains challenging, which largely hampers the practical applications of oxide-based electronic devices with superior performance. Recently, LaMnO3/SrTiO3 (LMO/STO) heterostructures have gained renewed interest for the debating origin of the ferromagnetic-insulating ground state as well as for their spin-filter applications. Here we report on the structural and magnetic properties of high-quality LMO/STO heterostructures grown on silicon. The chemical abruptness across the interface was investigated by atomic-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy. The difference in the thermal expansion coefficients between LMO and Si imposed a large biaxial tensile strain to the LMO film, resulting in a tetragonal structure with c/a∼ 0.983. Consequently, we observed a significantly suppressed ferromagnetism along with an enhanced coercive field, as compared to the less distorted LMO film (c/a∼1.004) grown on STO single crystal. The results are discussed in terms of tensile-strain enhanced antiferromagnetic instabilities. Moreover, the ferromagnetism of LMO on Si sharply disappeared below a thickness of 5 unit cells, in agreement with the LMO/STO case, pointing to a robust critical behavior irrespective of the strain state. Our results demonstrate that the growth of oxide films on Si can be a promising way to study the tensile-strain effects in correlated oxides, and also pave the way towards the integration of multifunctional oxides on Si with atomic-layer control.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Editor
  Language Wos 000513552900003 Publication Date 2020-02-12
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 2475-9953 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.4 Times cited 6 Open Access Not_Open_Access
  Notes Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek; Universiteit Antwerpen; Vlaamse regering; Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, G093417N ; Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS, J2-9237 P2-0091 ; European Commission, H2020-ICT-2016-1-732642 ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.4; 2020 IF: NA
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @c:irua:167782 Serial 6375
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Author Neek-Amal, M.; Beheshtian, J.; Shayeganfar, F.; Singh, S.K.; Los, J.H.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Spiral graphone and one-sided fluorographene nanoribbons Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 87 Issue 7 Pages 075448-8
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract (down) The instability of a free-standing one-sided hydrogenated/fluorinated graphene nanoribbon, i.e., graphone/fluorographene, is studied using ab initio, semiempirical, and large-scale molecular dynamics simulations. Free-standing semi-infinite armchairlike hydrogenated/fluorinated graphene (AC-GH/AC-GF) and boatlike hydrogenated/fluorinated graphene (B-GH/B-GF) (nanoribbons which are periodic along the zigzag direction) are unstable and spontaneously transform into spiral structures. We find that rolled, spiral B-GH and B-GF are energetically more favorable than spiral AC-GH and AC-GF which is opposite to the double-sided flat hydrogenated/fluorinated graphene, i.e., graphane/fluorographene. We found that the packed, spiral structures exhibit an unexpected localized highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest occupied molecular orbital at the edges with increasing energy gap during rolling. These rolled hydrocarbon structures are stable beyond room temperature up to at least T = 1000 K within our simulation time of 1 ns. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.075448
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  Language Wos 000315481800005 Publication Date 2013-02-27
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 14 Open Access
  Notes ; We thank A. Sadeghi, M. R. Ejtehadi, and J. Amini for their useful comments. This work is supported by the ESF EuroGRAPHENE project CONGRAN and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). M.N.-A. is supported by a EU-Marie Curie IIF fellowship program Grant No. 299855. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:107654 Serial 3106
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Author Neek-Amal, M.; Beheshtian, J.; Sadeghi, A.; Michel, K.H.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Boron nitride mono layer : a strain-tunable nanosensor Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication The journal of physical chemistry: C : nanomaterials and interfaces Abbreviated Journal J Phys Chem C
  Volume 117 Issue 25 Pages 13261-13267
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract (down) The influence of triaxial in-plane strain on the electronic properties of a hexagonal boron-nitride sheet is investigated using density functional theory. Different from graphene, the triaxial strain localizes the molecular orbitals of the boron-nitride flake in its center depending on the direction of the applied strain. The proposed technique for localizing the molecular orbitals that are close to the Fermi level in the center of boron nitride flakes can be used to actualize engineered nanosensors, for instance, to selectively detect gas molecules. We show that the central part of the strained flake adsorbs polar molecules more strongly as compared with an unstrained sheet.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Washington, D.C. Editor
  Language Wos 000321236400041 Publication Date 2013-06-03
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 1932-7447;1932-7455; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 4.536 Times cited 38 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was supported by the EU-Marie Curie IIF postdoc Fellowship/299855 (for M.N.-A.), the ESF EuroGRAPHENE project CONGRAN, the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI), and the Methusalem Funding of the Flemish government. AS. would like to thank the Universiteit Antwerpen for its hospitality. ; Approved Most recent IF: 4.536; 2013 IF: 4.835
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:109829 Serial 249
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Author Filinov, A.V.; Peeters, F.M.; Riva, C.; Lozovik, Y.E.; Bonitz, M.
  Title Exciton molecules in quantum wells : influence of the well width fluctuations Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2004 Publication Few-body systems T2 – 3rd International Workshop on Dynamics and Structure of Critically, Stable Quantum Few-Body Systems, SEP 01-05, 2003, Trento, ITALY Abbreviated Journal Few-Body Syst
  Volume 34 Issue 1-3 Pages 149-154
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract (down) The influence of the well width fluctuations on the dependence of the binding energy of excitonic complexes in quantum wells is studied by using the path-integral Monte-Carlo technique. The results are compared with available experimental data and a good agreement is found.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Wien Editor
  Language Wos 000222009500025 Publication Date 2004-05-18
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 0177-7963;1432-5411; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 0.877 Times cited 2 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 0.877; 2004 IF: 1.948
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:103232 Serial 1113
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Author Baelus, B.J.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Dependence of the vortex configuration on the geometry of mesoscopic flat samples Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2002 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 65 Issue 10 Pages 104515-12
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract (down) The influence of the geometry of a thin superconducting sample on the penetration of the magnetic field lines and the arrangement of vortices are investigated theoretically. We compare the vortex state of superconducting disks, squares, and triangles with the same surface area having nonzero thickness. The coupled nonlinear Ginzburg-Landau equations are solved self-consistently and the important demagnetization effects are taken into account. We calculate and compare quantities such as the free energy, the magnetization, the Cooper-pair density, the magnetic field distribution, and the superconducting current density for the three geometries. For given vorticity the vortex lattice is different for the three geometries, i.e., it tries to adapt to the geometry of the sample. This also influences the stability range of the different vortex states. For certain magnetic field ranges we found a coexistence of a giant vortex placed in the center and single vortices towards the corners of the sample. The H-T phase diagram is obtained for the three investigated geometries and we found that the critical magnetic field is substantially enhanced for the triangle geometry.
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  Language Wos 000174548300111 Publication Date 2002-07-27
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 0163-1829;1095-3795; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 189 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2002 IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:102833 Serial 645
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Author Amin-Ahmadi, B.; Idrissi, H.; Galceran, M.; Colla, M.S.; Raskin, J.P.; Pardoen, T.; Godet, S.; Schryvers, D.
  Title Effect of deposition rate on the microstructure of electron beam evaporated nanocrystalline palladium thin films Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Thin solid films : an international journal on the science and technology of thin and thick films Abbreviated Journal Thin Solid Films
  Volume 539 Issue Pages 145-150
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract (down) The influence of the deposition rate on the formation of growth twins in nanocrystalline Pd films deposited by electron beam evaporation is investigated using transmission electron microscopy. Statistical measurements prove that twin boundary (TB) density and volume fraction of grains containing twins increase with increasing deposition rate. A clear increase of the dislocation density was observed for the highest deposition rate of 5 Å/s, caused by the increase of the internal stress building up during deposition. Based on crystallographic orientation indexation using transmission electron microscopy, it can be concluded that a {111} crystallographic texture increases with increasing deposition rate even though the {101} crystallographic texture remains dominant. Most of the TBs are fully coherent without any residual dislocations. However, for the highest deposition rate (5 Å/s), the coherency of the TBs decreases significantly as a result of the interaction of lattice dislocations emitted during deposition with the growth TBs. The analysis of the grain boundary character of different Pd films shows that an increasing fraction of high angle grain boundaries with misorientation angles around 5565° leads to a higher potential for twin formation.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Lausanne Editor
  Language Wos 000321111100025 Publication Date 2013-05-25
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 0040-6090; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 1.879 Times cited 13 Open Access
  Notes Fwo Approved Most recent IF: 1.879; 2013 IF: 1.867
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:109268 Serial 807
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Author Saraiva, M.; Georgieva, V.; Mahieu, S.; van Aeken, K.; Bogaerts, A.; Depla, D.
  Title Compositional effects on the growth of Mg(M)O films Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Journal of applied physics Abbreviated Journal J Appl Phys
  Volume 107 Issue 3 Pages 034902,1-034902,10
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
  Abstract (down) The influence of the composition on the crystallographic properties of deposited Mg(M)O (with M=Al, Cr, Ti, Y, and Zr) films is studied. For a flexible control of the composition, dual reactive magnetron sputtering was used as deposition technique. Two different approaches to predict the composition are discussed. The first is an experimental way based on the simple relationship between the deposition rate and the target-substrate distance. The second is a route using a Monte Carlo based particle trajectory code. Both methods require a minimal experimental input and enable the user to quickly predict the composition of complex thin films. Good control and flexibility allow us to study the compositional effects on the growth of Mg(M)O films. Pure MgO thin films were grown with a (111) preferential out-of-plane orientation. When adding M to MgO, two trends were noticed. The first trend is a change in the MgO lattice parameters compared to pure MgO. The second tendency is a decrease in the crystallinity of the MgO phase. The experimentally determined crystallographic properties are shown to be in correspondence with the predicted properties from molecular dynamics simulations.
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  Publisher American Institute of Physics Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Editor
  Language Wos 000274517300116 Publication Date 2010-02-03
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 0021-8979; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 2.068 Times cited Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.068; 2010 IF: 2.079
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:80346 Serial 447
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Author Barba-Ortega, J.; Sardella, E.; Aguiar, J.A.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Non-conventional vortex configurations in a mesoscopic flat disk Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Physica: C : superconductivity Abbreviated Journal Physica C
  Volume 487 Issue Pages 47-55
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract (down) The influence of superficial defects on the vortex configurations of a thin superconducting disk is investigated within the time dependent Ginzburg-Landau formalism. The free energy, magnetization, vorticity, and the Cooper pair density are calculated for both metastable and stable vortex configurations and different number of defects on its surface in the presence of an external magnetic field applied perpendicular to the disk area. We show that the competition between the confinement geometry and the geometric position of the defects leads to non-conventional vortex configurations which are not compatible with the symmetry of the sample geometry. Crown Copyright (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor
  Language Wos 000317743300009 Publication Date 2013-02-27
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 0921-4534; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 1.404 Times cited 17 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was partially supported by the Brazilian agencies CNPq, CAPES, FACEPE (APQ 0589-105/08), FAPESP, CNPq-FWO bilateral project, and Colombian Agencies Colciencias and DIB. ; Approved Most recent IF: 1.404; 2013 IF: 1.110
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:108486 Serial 2344
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Author Shakouri, K.; Vasilopoulos, P.; Vargiamidis, V.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Integer and half-integer quantum Hall effect in silicene: Influence of an external electric field and impurities Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2014 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 90 Issue 23 Pages 235423
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract (down) The influence of silicene's strong spin-orbit interaction and of an external electric field E-z on the transport coefficients are investigated in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field B. For finite E-z the spin and valley degeneracy of the Landau levels is lifted and leads to additional plateaus in the Hall conductivity, at half-integer values of 4e(2)/h, due to spin intra-Landau-level transitions that are absent in graphene. These plateaus are more sensitive to disorder and thermal broadening than the main plateaus, occurring at integral values of 4e(2)/h, when the Fermi level passes through the Landau levels. We also evaluate the Hall and longitudinal resistivities and critically contrast the results with those for graphene on a substrate.
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  Language Wos 000346377400004 Publication Date 2014-12-15
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 32 Open Access
  Notes ; Our work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI), the Methusalem Foundation of the Flemish Government, and the Canadian NSERC Grant No. OGP0121756. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2014 IF: 3.736
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:122771 Serial 1678
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Author Pogosov, W.V.; Zhao, H.J.; Misko, V.R.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Kink-antikink vortex transfer in periodic-plus-random pinning potential : theoretical analysis and numerical experiments Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 81 Issue 2 Pages
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract (down) The influence of random pinning on the vortex dynamics in a periodic square potential under an external drive is investigated. Using numerical experiments and theoretical approach, we found several dynamical regimes of vortex motion that are different from the ones for a regular pinning potential. Vortex transfer is controlled by kinks and antikinks, which either pre-exist in the system or appear spontaneously in pairs and then propagate. When kinks and antikinks collide, they annihilate. We provide clear physical interpretations of the observed features.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos 000274002100087 Publication Date 2010-01-19
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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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 10 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was supported by the “Odysseus” Program of the Flemish government, FWO-Vl, and IAP. W.V.P. acknowledges support from RFBR (Contract No. 09-02-00248). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2010 IF: 3.774
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:81251 Serial 1761
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Author Posokhova, S.M.M.; Morozov, V.A.; Deyneko, D.V.V.; Redkin, B.S.S.; Spassky, D.A.A.; Nagirnyi, V.; Belik, A.A.A.; Hadermann, J.; Pavlova, E.T.T.; Lazoryak, B.I.I.
  Title K₅Eu(MoO₄)₄ red phosphor for solid state lighting applications, prepared by different techniques Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2023 Publication CrystEngComm Abbreviated Journal Crystengcomm
  Volume 25 Issue 5 Pages 835-847
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract (down) The influence of preparation techniques on the structure and luminescent properties of K5Eu(MoO4)(4) (KEMO) was investigated. KEMO phosphors were synthesized by three different techniques: solid state and sol-gel (sg) methods as well as the Czochralski (CZ) crystal growth technique. Laboratory powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) studies revealed that all KEMO samples had a structure analogous to that of other high temperature alpha-K5R(MoO4)(4) palmierite-type phases (space group (SG) R3m). Contrary to laboratory PXRD data, electron diffraction revealed that the KEMO crystal grown by the CZ technique had a (3 + 1)D incommensurately modulated structure (super space group (SSG) C2/m(0 beta 0)00) with the modulation vector q = 0.689b*. A detailed analysis of electron diffraction patterns has shown formation of three twin domains rotated along the c axis of the R-subcell at 60 degrees with respect to each other. Synchrotron XRD patterns showed additional ultra-wide reflexes in addition to reflections of the R-subcell of the palmierite. However, the insufficient number of reflections, their low intensity and large width in the synchrotron X-ray diffraction patterns made it impossible to refine the structure as incommensurately modulated C2/m(0 beta 0)00. An average structure was refined in the C2/m space group with random distribution of K1 and Eu1 in [M1A(2)O(8)]-layers of the palmierite-type structure. The dependence of luminescent properties on utilized synthesis techniques was studied. The emission spectra of all samples exhibit intense red emission originating from the D-5(0) -> F-7(2) Eu3+ transition. The integrated intensity of the emission from the Eu3+ 5D0 term was found to be the highest in the crystal grown by the CZ technique. The quantum yield measured for KEMO crystals demonstrates a very high value of 66.5%. This fact confirms that KEMO crystals are exceptionally attractive for applications as a near-UV converting red phosphor for LEDs.
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  Language Wos 000912021300001 Publication Date 2023-01-06
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 1466-8033 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.1 Times cited Open Access Not_Open_Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.1; 2023 IF: 3.474
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:194320 Serial 7317
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Author Papageorgiou, D.G.; Filippousi, M.; Pavlidou, E.; Chrissafis, K.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Bikiaris, D.
  Title Effect of clay modification on structureproperty relationships and thermal degradation kinetics of \beta-polypropylene/clay composite materials Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2015 Publication Journal of thermal analysis and calorimetry Abbreviated Journal J Therm Anal Calorim
  Volume 122 Issue 122 Pages 393-406
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract (down) The influence of neat and organically modified montmorillonite on the structureproperty relationships of a β-nucleated polypropylene matrix has been thoroughly investigated. High-angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy revealed that the organic modification of clay facilitated the dispersion of the clay, while X-ray diffractograms showed the α-nucleating effect of the clays on the β-nucleated matrix. The results from tensile tests showed that the organic modification of MMT affected profoundly only the tensile strength at yield and at break. The effect of the organic modification of the clay on the thermal stability of the composites was finally evaluated by thermogravimetric analysis, where the samples filled with oMMT decomposed faster than the ones filled with neat MMT, due to the decomposition of the organic salts that were initially used for the modification of MMT. A kinetics study of the thermal degradation of the composites was also performed, in order to export additional conclusions on the activation energy of the samples.
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  Publisher Place of Publication S.l. Editor
  Language Wos 000361431200042 Publication Date 2015-04-29
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 1388-6150;1588-2926; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 1.953 Times cited 7 Open Access
  Notes 262348 Esmi Approved Most recent IF: 1.953; 2015 IF: 2.042
  Call Number c:irua:127492 Serial 805
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Author Milošević, M.M.; Tadić, M.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Effects of lateral asymmetry on electronic structure of strained semiconductor nanorings in a magnetic field Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2008 Publication Nanotechnology Abbreviated Journal Nanotechnology
  Volume 19 Issue 45 Pages
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract (down) The influence of lateral asymmetry on the electronic structure and optical transitions in elliptical strained InAs nanorings is analyzed in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field. Two-dimensional rings are assumed to have elliptical inner and outer boundaries oriented in mutually orthogonal directions. The influence of the eccentricity of the ring on the energy levels is analyzed. For large eccentricity of the ring, we do not find any AharonovBohm effect, in contrast to circular rings. Rather, the single-particle states of the electrons and the holes are localized as in two laterally coupled quantum dots formed in the lobes of the nanoring. Our work indicates that the control of shape is important for the existence of the AharonovBohm effect in semiconductor nanorings.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos 000259922000016 Publication Date 2008-10-09
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 0957-4484;1361-6528; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.44 Times cited 11 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.44; 2008 IF: 3.446
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:76874 Serial 865
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Author Wang, D.; Dasgupta, T.; van der Wee, E.B.; Zanaga, D.; Altantzis, T.; Wu, Y.; Coli, G.M.; Murray, C.B.; Bals, S.; Dijkstra, M.; van Blaaderen, A.
  Title Binary icosahedral clusters of hard spheres in spherical confinement Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2020 Publication Nature Physics Abbreviated Journal Nat Phys
  Volume Issue Pages 1-9
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT)
  Abstract (down) The influence of geometry on the local and global packing of particles is important to many fundamental and applied research themes, such as the structure and stability of liquids, crystals and glasses. Here we show by experiments and simulations that a binary mixture of hard-sphere-like nanoparticles crystallizing into a MgZn(2)Laves phase in bulk spontaneously forms icosahedral clusters in slowly drying droplets. Using advanced electron tomography, we are able to obtain the real-space coordinates of all the spheres in the icosahedral clusters of up to about 10,000 particles. The local structure of 70-80% of the particles became similar to that of the MgCu(2)Laves phase. These observations are important for photonic applications. In addition, we observed in simulations that the icosahedral clusters nucleated away from the spherical boundary, which is distinctly different from that of the single species clusters. Our findings open the way for particle-level studies of nucleation and growth of icosahedral clusters, and of binary crystallization. The authors investigate out-of-equilibrium crystallization of a binary mixture of sphere-like nanoparticles in small droplets. They observe the spontaneous formation of an icosahedral structure with stable MgCu(2)phases, which are promising for photonic applications.
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  Language Wos 000564497300002 Publication Date 2020-08-31
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 1745-2473; 1745-2481 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
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  Notes ; D.W., E.B.v.d.W. and A.v.B. acknowledge partial financial support from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP-2007-2013)/ERC Advanced Grant Agreement 291667 HierarSACol. T.D. and M. D. acknowledge financial support from the Industrial Partnership Programme, 'Computational Sciences for Energy Research' (grant number 13CSER025), of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), which was co-financed by Shell Global Solutions International BV G.M.C. was also financially supported by NWO. S.B. acknowledges financial support from ERC Consolidator Grant Number 815128 REALNANO. T.A. acknowledges a post-doctoral grant from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO, Belgium). C.B.M. and Y.W. acknowledge support for materials synthesis from the Office of Naval Research Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative Award ONR N00014-18-1-2497. G. A. Blab is gratefully acknowledged for 3D printing numerous truncated tetrahedra, which increased our understanding of the connection between the binary icosahedral cluster and Laves phase structures. N. Tasios is sincerely thanked for providing the code for the diffraction pattern calculation. M. Hermes is sincerely thanked for providing interactive views of the structures in this work. We thank G. van Tendeloo, M. Engel, J. Wang, S. Dussi, L. Filion, E. Boattini, S. Paliwal, N. Tasios, B. van der Meer, I. Lobato, J. Wu and L. Laurens for fruitful discussions. We acknowledge the EM Square centre at Utrecht University for the access to the microscopes. ; sygma Approved Most recent IF: 19.6; 2020 IF: 22.806
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