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Author Rabani, I.; Tahir, M.S.; Nisar, S.; Parrilla, M.; Truong, H.B.; Kim, M.; Seo, Y.-S. pdf  doi
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  Title Fabrication of larger surface area of ZIF8@ZIF67 reverse core-shell nanostructures for energy storage applications Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2024 Publication Electrochimica acta Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 475 Issue Pages 143532-11  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Antwerp Electrochemical and Analytical Sciences Lab (A-Sense Lab)  
  Abstract (down) The construction of uniform nanostructure with larger surface area electrodes is a huge challenge for the highvalue added energy storage application. Herein, we demonstrates ZIF67@ZIF8 (core-shell) and ZIF8@ZIF67 (reverse core-shell) nanostructures using a low-cost wet chemical route and used them as supercapacitors. Pristine ZIF-67 and ZIF-8 was used as reference electrodes. Benefiting from the synergistic effect between the ZIF8 and ZIF67, the ZIF8@ZIF67 exhibited the outstanding electrochemical consequences owing to its larger surface area with uniform hexagonal morphology. As optimized ZIF8@ZIF67 nanostructure displayed the highcapacity of 1521 F/g at 1 A/g of current density in a three-electrode assembly in 1 M KOH electrolyte compared with other as-fabricated electrodes. In addition, the ZIF8@ZIF67 nanostructure employed into the symmetric supercapacitors (SSCs) with 1 M KOH electrolyte in two-electrode setup and it exhibited still superior output including capacity (249.8 F/g at 1 A/g), remarkable repeatability (87 % over 10,000 GCD cycles) along with high energy and power density (61.2 Wh/kg & 1260 W/kg). The present study uncovers the relationship between the larger surface area and electrocatalyst performance, supporting an effective approach to prepare favorable materials for enhanced capacity, extended lifespan, and energy density.  
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  Language Wos 001134022100001 Publication Date 2023-12-01  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0013-4686 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record  
  Impact Factor 6.6 Times cited Open Access Not_Open_Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 6.6; 2024 IF: 4.798  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:202082 Serial 9036  
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Author Bal, K.M.; Cautereels, J.; Blockhuys, F. pdf  url
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  Title Structures and spectroscopic properties of sulfur-nitrogen-pnictogen chains : R2P-N=S=N-PR2 and R2P-N=S=N-AsR2 Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2017 Publication Journal of molecular structure Abbreviated Journal J Mol Struct  
  Volume 1132 Issue Pages 102-108  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)  
  Abstract (down) The conformational and configurational preferences of Me2PNSNPMe2 (3) and Me2PNSNAsMe2 (4) have been identified using quantum chemical calculations at the DFT/B3LYP/6-311+G* level of theory. An approach in which energetic, structural (geometries and bond orders), electronic (analysis of the electron density) and spectroscopic properties are combined leads to the conclusion that these sulfur-nitrogen-pnictogen chains share many of the properties of their chalcogen-nitrogen analogues but that the through-space intramolecular interactions favouring the Z,Z configuration are even weaker than in these latter compounds. The results of this analysis also lead to an unambiguous assignment of the variable-temperature 31P and 15N NMR spectra of these compounds and their structures both in solution and in the solid state.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000393254400015 Publication Date 2016-08-07  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0022-2860 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record  
  Impact Factor 1.753 Times cited Open Access Not_Open_Access: Available from 03.10.2019  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 1.753  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:145533 Serial 4726  
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Author Michel, K.H.; Verberck, B.; Nikolaev, A.V. url  doi
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  Title Anisotropic packing and one-dimensional fluctuations of C60 molecules in carbon nanotubes Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2005 Publication Physical review letters Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev Lett  
  Volume 95 Issue 18 Pages 185506-185506,4  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) The confinement of a C-60 molecule encapsulated in a cylindrical nanotube depends on the tube radius. In small tubes with radius R-T less than or similar to 7 A, a fivefold axis of the molecule coincides with the tube axis. The interaction between C-60 molecules in the nanotube is then described by a O-2-rotor model on a 1D liquid chain with coupling between orientational and displacive correlations. This coupling leads to chain contraction. The structure factor of the 1D liquid is derived. In tubes with a larger radius the molecular centers of mass are displaced off the tube axis. The distinction of two groups of peapods with on- and off-axis molecules suggests an explanation of the apparent splitting of A(g) modes of C-60 in nanotubes measured by resonant Raman scattering.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Editor  
  Language Wos 000232887400041 Publication Date 2005-10-28  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0031-9007;1079-7114; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 8.462 Times cited 40 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 8.462; 2005 IF: 7.489  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:94717 Serial 127  
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Author Nga, T.T.N.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Influence of electron-electron interaction on the cyclotron resonance spectrum of magnetic quantum dots containing few electrons Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2011 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 83 Issue 7 Pages 075419-075419,6  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) The configuration interaction method is used to obtain the magneto-optical absorption spectrum of a few-electron (Ne=1,2,,5) quantum dot containing a single magnetic ion. We find that the IR spectrum (the position, the number, and the oscillator strength of the cyclotron resonance peaks) depends on the strength of the Coulomb interaction, the number of electrons, and the position of the magnetic ion. We find that the Kohn theorem is no longer valid as a consequence of the electron-spin-magnetic-ion-spin-exchange interaction.  
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  Language Wos 000287584600011 Publication Date 2011-02-23  
  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 8 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by FWO-Vl (Flemish Science Foundation), the Brazilian science foundation CNPq, and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2011 IF: 3.691  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:88912 Serial 1620  
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Author Neilson, D.; Perali, A.; Zarenia, M. url  doi
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  Title Many-body electron correlations in graphene Type P1 Proceeding
  Year 2016 Publication (mbt18) Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 702 Issue 702 Pages 012008  
  Keywords P1 Proceeding; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) The conduction electrons in graphene promise new opportunities to access the region of strong many-body electron-electron correlations. Extremely high quality, atomically flat two-dimensional electron sheets and quasi-one-dimensional electron nanoribbons with tuneable band gaps that can be switched on by gates, should exhibit new many-body phenomena that have long been predicted for the regions of phase space where the average Coulomb repulsions between electrons dominate over their Fermi energies. In electron nanoribbons a few nanometres wide etched in monolayers of graphene, the quantum size effects and the van Hove singularities in their density of states further act to enhance electron correlations. For graphene multilayers or nanoribbons in a double unit electron-hole geometry, it is possible for the many-body electron-hole correlations to be made strong enough to stabilise high-temperature electron- hole superfluidity.  
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  Publisher Iop publishing ltd Place of Publication Bristol Editor  
  Language Wos 000389756000008 Publication Date 2016-04-29  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume 702 Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1742-6588; 1742-6596 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor Times cited 3 Open Access  
  Notes ; ; Approved Most recent IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:140268 Serial 4455  
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Author Van Duppen, B.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Four-band tunneling in bilayer graphene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 87 Issue 20 Pages 205427-10  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) The conductance, the transmission, and the reflection probabilities through rectangular potential barriers and p-n junctions are obtained for bilayer graphene taking into account the four bands of the energy spectrum. We have evaluated the importance of the skew hopping parameters gamma(3) and gamma(4) to these properties and show that for energies E > gamma(1)/100 their effect is negligible. For high energies two modes of propagation exist and we investigate scattering between these modes. For perpendicular incidence both propagation modes are decoupled, and scattering between them is forbidden. This extends the concept of pseudospin as defined within the two-band approximation to a four-band model and corresponds to the (anti) symmetry of the wave functions under in-plane mirroring. New transmission resonances are found that appear as sharp peaks in the conductance which are absent in the two-band approximation. The application of an interlayer bias to the system (1) breaks the pseudospin structure, (2) opens a band gap that results in a distinct feature of suppressed transmission in the conductance, and (3) breaks the angular symmetry with respect to normal incidence in the transmission and reflection.  
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  Language Wos 000319282000002 Publication Date 2013-05-21  
  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 37 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the European Science Foundation (ESF) under the EUROCORES Program Euro-GRAPHENE within the project CONGRAN, the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) by an aspirant research grant to B. Van Duppen and the Methusalem Programme of the Flemish Government. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:109001 Serial 1269  
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Author Costamagna, S.; Schulz, A.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F. doi  openurl
  Title Partially unzipped carbon nanotubes as magnetic field sensors Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Applied physics letters Abbreviated Journal Appl Phys Lett  
  Volume 100 Issue 23 Pages 232104-232104,3  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) The conductance through graphene nanoribbons (GNR) connected to a partially unzipped carbon nanotube (CNT) is studied in the presence of an external magnetic field applied parallel to the long axis of the tube by means of non-equilibrium Green's function technique. We consider CNTs that are partially unzipped to form armchair-GNR/zigzag-CNT/armchair-GNR or zigzag-GNR/armchair-CNT/zigzag-GNR junctions. We find that the inclusion of a longitudinal magnetic field affects the electronic states only in the CNT region, leading to the suppression of the conductance at low energies. We demonstrate that both types of junctions can be used as magnetic field sensors. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4726039]  
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  Publisher American Institute of Physics Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Editor  
  Language Wos 000305089900038 Publication Date 2012-06-07  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 0003-6951; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.411 Times cited 10 Open Access  
  Notes ; L.C. acknowledges support from the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and S.C. from the Belgian Science Foundation (BELSPO). This work is supported by the ESF-EuroGRAPHENE Project CONGRAN. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.411; 2012 IF: 3.794  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:99083 Serial 2556  
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Author Yang, Z.; Altantzis, T.; Zanaga, D.; Bals, S.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Pileni, M.-P. pdf  url
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  Title Supracrystalline Colloidal Eggs: Epitaxial Growth and Freestanding Three-Dimensional Supracrystals in Nanoscaled Colloidosomes Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2016 Publication Journal of the American Chemical Society Abbreviated Journal J Am Chem Soc  
  Volume 138 Issue 138 Pages 3493-3500  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract (down) The concept of template-confined chemical reactions allows the synthesis of complex molecules that would hardly be producible through conventional method. This idea was developed to produce high quality nanocrystals more than 20 years ago. However, template-mediated assembly of colloidal nanocrystals is still at an elementary level, not only because of the limited templates suitable for colloidal assemblies, but also because of the poor control over the assembly of nanocrystals within a confined space. Here, we report the design of a new system called “supracrystalline colloidal eggs” formed by controlled assembly of nanocrystals into complex colloidal supracrystals through superlattice-matched epitaxial overgrowth along the existing colloidosomes. Then, with this concept, we extend the supracrystalline growth to lattice-mismatched binary nanocrystal superlattices, in order to reach anisotropic superlattice growths, yielding freestanding binary nanocrystal supracrystals that could not be produced previously.  
  Address CEA/IRAMIS , CEA Saclay F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France  
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  Language English Wos 000372477700034 Publication Date 2016-02-24  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 0002-7863 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 13.858 Times cited 57 Open Access OpenAccess  
  Notes The research leading to these results has been supported by an Advanced Grant of the European Research Council under Grant 267129. The authors appreciate financial support by the European Union under the Framework 7 program under a contract for an Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (Reference No. 312483 ESTEEM2). The authors thank Dr. P. A. Albouy for the SAXS measurement.; esteem2_ta Approved Most recent IF: 13.858  
  Call Number c:irua:131923 c:irua:131923 Serial 4018  
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Author Wang, A.; Turner, S.; Van Aert, S.; van Dyck, D. pdf  url
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  Title An alternative approach to determine attainable resolution directly from HREM images Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 133 Issue Pages 50-61  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Vision lab  
  Abstract (down) The concept of resolution in high-resolution electron microscopy (HREM) is the power to resolve neighboring atoms. Since the resolution is related to the width of the point spread function of the microscope, it could in principle be determined from the image of a point object. However, in electron microscopy there are no ideal point objects. The smallest object is an individual atom. If the width of an atom is much smaller than the resolution of the microscope, this atom can still be considered as a point object. As the resolution of the microscope enters the sub-Å regime, information about the microscope is strongly entangled with the information about the atoms in HREM images. Therefore, we need to find an alternative method to determine the resolution in an object-independent way. In this work we propose to use the image wave of a crystalline object in zone axis orientation. Under this condition, the atoms of a column act as small lenses so that the electron beam channels through the atom column periodically. Because of this focusing, the image wave of the column can be much more peaked than the constituting atoms and can thus be a much more sensitive probe to measure the resolution. Our approach is to use the peakiness of the image wave of the atom column to determine the resolution. We will show that the resolution can be directly linked to the total curvature of the atom column wave. Moreover, we can then directly obtain the resolution of the microscope given that the contribution from the object is known, which is related to the bounding energy of the atom. The method is applied on an experimental CaTiO3 image wave.  
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  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000324471800007 Publication Date 2013-05-23  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited Open Access  
  Notes FWO; Hercules; Esteem2; esteem2_jra2 Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2013 IF: 2.745  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:109919 Serial 90  
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Author Rodríguez-Fernández, D.; Altantzis, T.; Heidari, H.; Bals, S.; Liz-Marzan, L.M. pdf  url
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  Title A protecting group approach toward synthesis of Au-silica Janus nanostars Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2014 Publication Chemical communications Abbreviated Journal Chem Commun  
  Volume 50 Issue 1 Pages 79-81  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract (down) The concept of protecting groups, widely used in organic chemistry, has been applied for the synthesis of Au-silica Janus stars, in which gold branches protrude from one half of Au-silica Janus spheres. This configuration opens up new possibilities to apply the plasmonic properties of gold nanostars, as well as a variety of chemical functionalizations on the silica component.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication London Editor  
  Language Wos 000327606000017 Publication Date 2013-10-22  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1359-7345;1364-548X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 6.319 Times cited 26 Open Access OpenAccess  
  Notes 262348 Esmi; 335078 Colouratom; 267867 Plasmaquo; ECAS_Sara; (ROMEO:yellow; preprint:; postprint:restricted ; pdfversion:cannot); Approved Most recent IF: 6.319; 2014 IF: 6.834  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:112774 Serial 2732  
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Author Paul, S.; Bladt, E.; Richter, A.F.; Döblinger, M.; Tong, Y.; Huang, H.; Dey, A.; Bals, S.; Debnath, T.; Polavarapu, L.; Feldmann, J. url  doi
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  Title Manganese‐Doping‐Induced Quantum Confinement within Host Perovskite Nanocrystals through Ruddlesden–Popper Defects Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2020 Publication Angewandte Chemie-International Edition Abbreviated Journal Angew Chem Int Edit  
  Volume 59 Issue 17 Pages 6794-6799  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract (down) The concept of doping Mn2+ ions into II–VI semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) was recently extended to perovskite NCs. To date, most studies on Mn2+ doped NCs focus on enhancing the emission related to the Mn2+ dopant via an energy transfer mechanism. Herein, we found that the doping of Mn2+ ions into CsPbCl3 NCs not only results in a Mn2+‐related orange emission, but also strongly influences the excitonic properties of the host NCs. We observe for the first time that Mn2+ doping leads to the formation of Ruddlesden–Popper (R.P.) defects and thus induces quantum confinement within the host NCs. We find that a slight doping with Mn2+ ions improves the size distribution of the NCs, which results in a prominent excitonic peak. However, with increasing the Mn2+ concentration, the number of R.P. planes increases leading to smaller single‐crystal domains. The thus enhanced confinement and crystal inhomogeneity cause a gradual blue shift and broadening of the excitonic transition, respectively.  
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  Language Wos 000525279800024 Publication Date 2020-04-20  
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  ISSN 1433-7851 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 16.6 Times cited 64 Open Access OpenAccess  
  Notes Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, EXC 2089/1-390776260 ; H2020 European Research Council, 815128-REALNANO ; Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, 839042 731019 ; Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung; We acknowledge financial support by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science, Research, and Arts through the grant “Solar Technologies go Hybrid (SolTech)”, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germanys Excellence Strategy—EXC 2089/1‐390776260 (“e‐conversion”), the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (A.D. and T.D.), the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska‐Curie grant agreement No. 839042 (H.H.). E.B. acknowledges a postdoctoral grant 12T2719N from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO, Belgium). E.B. and S.B. acknowledge the financial support from the European Research Council ERC Consolidator Grants #815128‐REALNANO. L.P. thanks the EU Infrastructure Project EUSMI (European Union's Horizon 2020, grant No 731019). We thank local research center “Center for NanoScience (CeNS)” for providing communicative networking structure. We acknowledge the funding of Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM) for color figures.; sygma Approved Most recent IF: 16.6; 2020 IF: 11.994  
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @c:irua:168535 Serial 6399  
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Author Béché, A.; Goris, B.; Freitag, B.; Verbeeck, J. pdf  url
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  Title Development of a fast electromagnetic beam blanker for compressed sensing in scanning transmission electron microscopy Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2016 Publication Applied physics letters Abbreviated Journal Appl Phys Lett  
  Volume 108 Issue 108 Pages 093103  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract (down) The concept of compressed sensing was recently proposed to significantly reduce the electron dose in scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) while still maintaining the main features in the image. Here, an experimental setup based on an electromagnetic beam blanker placed in the condenser plane of a STEM is proposed. The beam blanker deflects the beam with a random pattern, while the scanning coils are moving the beam in the usual scan pattern. Experimental images at both the medium scale and high resolution are acquired and reconstructed based on a discrete cosine algorithm. The obtained results confirm that compressed sensing is highly attractive to limit beam damage in experimental STEM even though some remaining artifacts need to be resolved.  
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  Language Wos 000375329200043 Publication Date 2016-03-01  
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  ISSN 0003-6951 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.411 Times cited 40 Open Access  
  Notes A.B and J.V. acknowledge funding from the European Research Council under the 7th Framework Program (FP7), ERC Starting Grant No. 278510 VORTEX and under a contract for an Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (Reference No. 312483 ESTEEM2), from the GOA project SOLARPAINT and the POC project I13/009 from the University of Antwerp. B.G. acknowledges the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO Vlaanderen) for a postdoctoral research grant. The QuAnTem microscope was partially funded by the Hercules Foundation. We thank Zhaoliang Liao from the Mesa+ laboratory at the University of Twente for the perovskite test sample.; esteem2jra3 ECASJO; Approved Most recent IF: 3.411  
  Call Number c:irua:131895 c:irua:131895UA @ admin @ c:irua:131895 Serial 4023  
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Author Verbruggen, S.W.; Van Hal, M.; Bosserez, T.; Rongé, J.; Hauchecorne, B.; Martens, J.A.; Lenaerts, S. pdf  url
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  Title Harvesting hydrogen gas from air pollutants with an un-biased gas phase photo-electrochemical cell Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2017 Publication Chemsuschem Abbreviated Journal Chemsuschem  
  Volume 10 Issue 7 Pages 1413-1418  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)  
  Abstract (down) The concept of an all-gas-phase photo-electrochemical cell (PEC) producing hydrogen gas from volatile organic contaminated gas and light is presented. Without applying any external bias, organic contaminants are degraded and hydrogen gas is produced in separate electrode compartments. The system works most efficiently with organic pollutants in inert carrier gas. In the presence of oxygen gas, the cell performs less efficiently but still significant photocurrents are generated, showing the cell can be run on organic contaminated air. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate new application opportunities of PEC technology and to encourage further advancement toward photo-electrochemical remediation of air pollution with the attractive feature of simultaneous energy recovery and pollution abatement.  
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  Language Wos 000398838600017 Publication Date 2017-02-08  
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  ISSN 1864-5631 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 7.226 Times cited 6 Open Access  
  Notes ; S.W.V. and J.R. acknowledge the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO) for a postdoctoral fellowship. T.B. and J.A.M. acknowledge the Flemish government for long-term structural funding (Methusalem). Nicolaas Schewyck is greatly thanked for his experimental work during his master thesis. ; Approved Most recent IF: 7.226  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:140922 Serial 5955  
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Author Jehanathan, N.; Georgieva, V.; Saraiva, M.; Depla, D.; Bogaerts, A.; Van Tendeloo, G. pdf  doi
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  Title The influence of Cr and Y on the micro structural evolution of Mg―Cr―O and Mg―Y―O thin films Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2011 Publication Thin solid films : an international journal on the science and technology of thin and thick films Abbreviated Journal Thin Solid Films  
  Volume 519 Issue 16 Pages 5388-5396  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT); Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract (down) The compositional influence of Cr and Y on the microstructure of Mg―Cr―O, and Mg―Y―O films synthesized by reactive magnetron sputtering has been investigated by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and molecular dynamics simulations. A decrease in crystallinity is observed in these films as the M (Cr or Y) content is increased. It is found that M forms a solid solution with MgO for metal ratios up to ~ 70% and ~ 50% for Cr and Y respectively. Above ~ 70% Cr metal ratio the Mg―Cr―O films are found to be completely amorphous. The Mg―Y―O films are composed of Mg(Y)O and Y2O3 nano crystallites, up to ~ 50% Y metal ratio. Above this ratio, only Y2O3 nano crystallites are found. The preferential < 111> MgO grain alignment is strongly affected by the increase in M content. For M metal ratios up to ~ 50%, there is a selective promotion of the < 100> MgO grain alignments and a decline in the < 111> grain alignments.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lausanne Editor  
  Language Wos 000292573500013 Publication Date 2011-02-26  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 0040-6090; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 1.879 Times cited 4 Open Access  
  Notes Iwt Approved Most recent IF: 1.879; 2011 IF: 1.890  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:89516 Serial 1618  
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Author Darchuk, L.; Gatto Rotondo, G.; Swaenen, M.; Worobiec, A.; Tsybrii, Z.; Makarovska, Y.; Van Grieken, R. pdf  doi
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  Title Composition of prehistoric rock-painting pigments from Egypt (Gilf Kébir area) Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2011 Publication Spectrochimica acta: part A: molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 83 Issue 1 Pages 34-38  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation); Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP)  
  Abstract (down) The composition of rock-painting pigments from Egypt (Gilf Kebia area) has been analyzed by means of molecular spectroscopy such as Fourier transform infrared and micro-Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy coupled to an energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer and X-ray fluorescence analysis. Red and yellow pigments were recognized as red and yellow ochre with additional rutile.  
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  Language Wos 000296827600005 Publication Date 2011-07-26  
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  ISSN 1386-1425 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
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  Notes Approved no  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:92015 Serial 7713  
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Author Kalyuzhnaya, A.S.; Abakumov, A.M.; Rozova, M.G.; d' Hondt, H.; Hadermann, J.; Antipov, E.V. doi  openurl
  Title Synthesis and crystal structure of the new complex oxide Ca7Mn2.14Ga5.86O17.93 Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Russian chemical bulletin Abbreviated Journal Russ Chem B+  
  Volume 59 Issue 4 Pages 706-711  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract (down) The complex oxide Ca7Mn2.14Ga5.86O17.93 was synthesized by the solid-state reaction in a sealed evacuated quartz tube at 1000 °C. Its crystal structure was determined by electron diffraction and X-ray powder diffraction. The structure can be represented as a tetrahedral framework, viz., the polyanion [(Mn0.285Ga0.715)15O29.86]19- stabilized by the incorporated cation [Ca14GaO6]19+. The polycation consists of the GaO6 octahedra surrounded by the Ca atoms, which are arranged to form a cube capped at all places. The tetrahedral framework is partially disordered due to the presence of tetrahedra with two possible orientations in the positions (0, 0, 0) and (x, x, x) with x ≈ 0.15 and 0.17. The relationship between the Ca7Mn2.14Ga5.86O17.93 structures and related ordered phases with the symmetry F23, as well as the influence of the oxygen content on the ordering in the tetrahedral framework, are discussed.  
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  Language Wos 000283302000006 Publication Date 2010-10-20  
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  ISSN 1066-5285;1573-9171; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 0.529 Times cited 1 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 0.529; 2010 IF: 0.629  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:85675 Serial 3427  
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Author Singh, K.; Maignan, A.; Simon, C.; Kumar, S.; Martin, C.; Lebedev, O.; Turner, S.; Van Tendeloo, G. pdf  doi
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  Title Magnetodielectric CuCr0.5V0.5O2 : an example of a magnetic and dielectric multiglass Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Journal of physics : condensed matter Abbreviated Journal J Phys-Condens Mat  
  Volume 24 Issue 22 Pages 226002-226002,4  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract (down) The complex dielectric susceptibility and spin glass properties of polycrystalline CuCr0.5V 0.5O2 delafossite have been investigated. Electron diffraction, high resolution electron microscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy show that the Cr3+ and V 3+ magnetic cations are randomly distributed on the triangular network of CdI2-type layers. In contrast to CuCrO2, CuCr0.5V 0.5O2 exhibits two distinctive (magnetic and electric) glassy states evidenced by memory effects in electric and magnetic susceptibilities. A large magnetodielectric coupling is observed at low temperature.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication London Editor  
  Language Wos 000304873300027 Publication Date 2012-05-02  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0953-8984;1361-648X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.649 Times cited 19 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.649; 2012 IF: 2.355  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98380 Serial 1916  
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Author De Schepper, E.; Van Passel, S.; Lizin, S. doi  openurl
  Title Economic benefits of combining clean energy technologies : the case of solar photovoltaics and battery electric vehicles Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2015 Publication International Journal Of Energy Research Abbreviated Journal Int J Energ Res  
  Volume 39 Issue 8 Pages 1109-1119  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Economics; Engineering sciences. Technology; Engineering Management (ENM)  
  Abstract (down) The combined use of clean technologies can lead amongst other benefits to reduced environmental impacts, improved system efficiencies, better management of land scarcity, and diminishment of the effect of power variability of intermittent clean energy sources. Nonetheless, private investors facing budgetary constraints will only opt to invest in the combination of technologies if the latter is more profitable than the investment in a single technology. The aim of the paper is to provide a systematic model for decision makers that allows them to evaluate the profitability of any random combination of technologies under budgetary constraints, and to compare this profitability with that of the individual projects in isolation. This research goes beyond the state of art in the field of financial management and more specifically in the field of the rationing of capital amongst interdependent projects, by developing a method to calculate the payoff of interdependent projects undertaken together. Moreover, this paper develops a computational model from the investor's point of view, of which the purpose is threefold: First, the model allows to directly compare the economic payoff of individual complementary technologies with the economic payoff of their integrated combination, under budgetary constraints. Second, the model calculates economic synergies labeled benefits of combined technologies' (BOCT) when combining complementary technologies. Third, the model explains the rationalization behind the presence of BOCT. The model exemplifies an ex ante cost benefit analysis developed for business and non-governmental use. A four step methodology is proposed and illustrated by means of a case study of PV solar power and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) for a small Belgian enterprise. Results show that at low electricity prices (<Euro0.112/kWh) it is most profitable to invest in BEVs. When the price of electricity rises (>Euro0.134/kWh), investment in exclusively PV becomes most attractive. In all other cases, it is more profitable to invest in the combination of both technologies. Copyright (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  
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  Language Wos 000355732200006 Publication Date 2015-03-21  
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  ISSN 0363-907x ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.598 Times cited 14 Open Access  
  Notes ; Sebastien Lizin would like to thank the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), grant number 12G5415N, for their funding without which it would have been impossible to review this work. ; Approved Most recent IF: 2.598; 2015 IF: 2.418  
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Author Lachmann, T.; van der Snickt, G.; Haschke, M.; Mantouvalou, I. doi  openurl
  Title Combined 1D, 2D and 3D micro-XRF techniques for the analysis of illuminated manuscripts Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2016 Publication Journal of analytical atomic spectrometry Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 31 Issue 10 Pages 1989-1997  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)  
  Abstract (down) The combination of several micro-XRF analysis modes is presented for the investigation of an illuminated parchment manuscript. With a commercial instrument, conventional micro-XRF spot analysis (0D) and mapping (2D) are performed, yielding detailed lateral elemental information. Depth resolution becomes accessible by mounting an additional polycapillary lens in front of an SDD detector. Quantitative confocal depth profiles (1D) are presented as well as the full separation of the front and the backside decorations with the help of fast 3D mappings of specific areas. Only through the use of these multidimensional modes can elemental information be assigned both to lateral and depth positions, making the analysis of such heterogeneous samples feasible.  
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  Language Wos 000385362200004 Publication Date 2016-08-25  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0267-9477 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
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  Notes Approved no  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:144755 Serial 7679  
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Author Gorbanev, Y.; Fedirchyk, I.; Bogaerts, A. pdf  url
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  Title Plasma catalysis in ammonia production and decomposition: Use it, or lose it? Type A1 Journal Article
  Year 2024 Publication Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry Abbreviated Journal Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry  
  Volume 47 Issue Pages 100916  
  Keywords A1 Journal Article; Plasma Nitrogen fixation Ammonia Plasma catalysis Production and decomposition; Plasma, laser ablation and surface modeling Antwerp (PLASMANT) ;  
  Abstract (down) The combination of plasma with catalysis for the synthesis and decomposition of NH3 is an attractive route to the production of carbon-neutral fertiliser and energy carriers and its conversion into H2. Recent years have seen fast developments in the field of plasma-catalytic NH3 life cycle. This work summarises the most recent advances in plasma-catalytic and related NH3-focussed processes, identifies some of the most important discoveries, and addresses plausible strategies for future developments in plasma-based NH3 technology.  
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  Language Wos Publication Date 2024-03-29  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 2452-2236 ISBN Additional Links  
  Impact Factor 9.3 Times cited Open Access  
  Notes The work was supported by the Fund for Scientific Research (FWO) Flanders Bioeconomy project (grant G0G2322N) funded by the European Union-NextGe- nerationEU, the HyPACT project funded by the Belgian Energy Transition Fund, and the MSCA4Ukraine project 1233629 funded by the European Union. Approved Most recent IF: 9.3; 2024 IF: NA  
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Author Skorikov, A.; Heyvaert, W.; Albecht, W.; Pelt, D.M.; Bals, S. pdf  url
doi  openurl
  Title Deep learning-based denoising for improved dose efficiency in EDX tomography of nanoparticles Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2021 Publication Nanoscale Abbreviated Journal Nanoscale  
  Volume 13 Issue Pages 12242-12249  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract (down) The combination of energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and electron tomography is a powerful approach to retrieve the 3D elemental distribution in nanomaterials, providing an unprecedented level of information for complex, multi-component systems, such as semiconductor devices, as well as catalytic and plasmonic nanoparticles. Unfortunately, the applicability of EDX tomography is severely limited because of extremely long acquisition times and high electron irradiation doses required to obtain 3D EDX reconstructions with an adequate signal-to-noise ratio. One possibility to address this limitation is intelligent denoising of experimental data using prior expectations about the objects of interest. Herein, this approach is followed using the deep learning methodology, which currently demonstrates state-of-the-art performance for an increasing number of data processing problems. Design choices for the denoising approach and training data are discussed with a focus on nanoparticle-like objects and extremely noisy signals typical for EDX experiments. Quantitative analysis of the proposed method demonstrates its significantly enhanced performance in comparison to classical denoising approaches. This allows for improving the tradeoff between the reconstruction quality, acquisition time and radiation dose for EDX tomography. The proposed method is therefore especially beneficial for the 3D EDX investigation of electron beam-sensitive materials and studies of nanoparticle transformations.  
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  Language Wos 000671395800001 Publication Date 2021-07-08  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 2040-3364 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 7.367 Times cited 11 Open Access OpenAccess  
  Notes Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, 016.Veni.192.235 ; H2020 European Research Council, 815128 ; H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, 797153 ; H2020 Research Infrastructures, 731019; realnano; sygmaSB Approved Most recent IF: 7.367  
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @c:irua:179756 Serial 6799  
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Author Andersen, Ja.; Christensen, Jm.; Østberg, M.; Bogaerts, A.; Jensen, Ad. pdf  url
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  Title Plasma-catalytic dry reforming of methane: Screening of catalytic materials in a coaxial packed-bed DBD reactor Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2020 Publication Chemical Engineering Journal Abbreviated Journal Chem Eng J  
  Volume 397 Issue Pages 125519  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)  
  Abstract (down) The combination of catalysis with non-thermal plasma is a promising alternative to thermal catalysis. A dielectric-barrier discharge reactor was used to study plasma-catalytic dry reforming of methane at ambient pressure and temperature and a fixed plasma power of 45 W. The effect of different catalytic packing materials was evaluated in terms of conversion, product selectivity, and energy efficiency. The conversion of CO2 (~22%) and CH4 (~33%) were found to be similar in plasma-only and when introducing packing materials in plasma. The main reason is the shorter residence time of the gas due to packing geometry, when compared at identical flow rates. H2, CO, C2-C4 hydrocarbons, and oxygenates were identified in the product gas. High selectivity towards H2 and CO were found for all catalysts and plasma-only, with a H2/CO molar ratio of ~0.9. The lowest syngas selectivity was obtained with Cu/Al2O3 (~66%), which instead, had the highest alcohol selectivity (~3.6%).  
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  Language Wos 000542296100011 Publication Date 2020-05-17  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 1385-8947 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 15.1 Times cited Open Access  
  Notes Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark; We thank Haldor Topsoe A/S for providing all the catalytic materials used and the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, for funding this project. Approved Most recent IF: 15.1; 2020 IF: 6.216  
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Author Engelmann, Y.; Mehta, P.; Neyts, E.C.; Schneider, W.F.; Bogaerts, A. pdf  url
doi  openurl
  Title Predicted Influence of Plasma Activation on Nonoxidative Coupling of Methane on Transition Metal Catalysts Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2020 Publication Acs Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Abbreviated Journal Acs Sustain Chem Eng  
  Volume 8 Issue 15 Pages 6043-6054  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT); Movement Antwerp (MOVANT)  
  Abstract (down) The combination of catalysis and nonthermal plasma holds promise for enabling difficult chemical conversions. The possible synergy between both depends strongly on the nature of the reactive plasma species and the catalyst material. In this paper, we show how vibrationally excited species and plasma-generated radicals interact with transition metal catalysts and how changing the catalyst material can improve the conversion rates and product selectivity. We developed a microkinetic model to investigate the impact of vibrational excitations and plasma-generated radicals on the nonoxidative coupling of methane over transition metal surfaces. We predict a significant increase in ethylene formation for vibrationally excited methane. Plasma-generated radicals have a stronger impact on the turnover frequencies with high selectivity toward ethylene on noble catalysts and mixed selectivity on non-noble catalysts. In general, we show how the optimal catalyst material depends on the desired products as well as the plasma conditions.  
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  Language Wos 000526884000025 Publication Date 2020-04-20  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 2168-0485 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 8.4 Times cited Open Access  
  Notes Herculesstichting; University of Notre Dame; Universiteit Antwerpen; Division of Engineering Education and Centers, EEC-1647722 ; We would like to thank Tom Butterworth for his work on methane vibrational distribution functions (VDF) and for sharing his thoughts and experiences on this matter, specifically regarding the VDF of the degenerate modes of methane. We ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering pubs.acs.org/journal/ascecg Research Article https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c00906 ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8, 6043−6054 6052 also acknowledge financial support from the DOC-PRO3 and the TOP-BOF projects of the University of Antwerp. This work was carried out in part using the Turing HPC infrastructure at the CalcUA core facility of the Universiteit Antwerpen, a division of the Flemish Supercomputer Center VSC, funded by the Hercules Foundation, the Flemish Government (Department EWI), and the University of Antwerp. Support for W.F.S. was provided by the National Science Foundation under cooperative agreement no. EEC-1647722, an Engineering Research Center for the Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources (CISTAR). P.M. acknowledges support through the Eilers Graduate Fellowship of the University of Notre Dame. Approved Most recent IF: 8.4; 2020 IF: 5.951  
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Author Geukens, I.; Vermoortele, F.; Meledina, M.; Turner, S.; Van Tendeloo, G.; De Vos, D.E. pdf  doi
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  Title Ag nanoparticles on mixed Al2O3-Ga2O3 supports as catalysts for the N-alkylation of amines with alcohols Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2014 Publication Applied catalysis : A : general Abbreviated Journal Appl Catal A-Gen  
  Volume 469 Issue Pages 373-379  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract (down) The combination of AgNO3 with NaH results in Ag nanoparticles that can selectively perform alcohol aminations under mild reaction conditions (110 °C). NaH not only serves as a reducing agent for the Ag salt, but also activates the alcohol for dehydrogenation to the corresponding ketone/aldehyde. The stability of the particles can be improved by immobilizing them onto mixed Al2O3Ga2O3 supports; the combination of Ga and Al provides materials with stronger Lewis acidic sites compared to pure alumina or gallium oxide supports. This leads to catalysts with enhanced activities, without the necessity of adding external Lewis acids. Detailed TEM characterization also reveals a close interaction between the Ag NPs and the gallium oxide phase. The obtained catalysts are recyclable and show activity for the alcohol amination using a variety of aliphatic and aromatic amines under mild conditions.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000329266500045 Publication Date 2013-10-10  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0926-860X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 4.339 Times cited 24 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 4.339; 2014 IF: 3.942  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:111095 Serial 83  
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Author Van Wesenbeeck, K.; Hauchecorne, B.; Lenaerts, S. pdf  openurl
  Title Integration of a photocatalytic coating in a corona discharge unit for plasma assisted catalysis Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Journal of environmental solutions Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 2 Issue 1 Pages 16-24  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)  
  Abstract (down) The combination of a non-thermal plasma with catalysis is considered as a sustainable indoor air purification technology to achieve complete oxidation at reduced energy cost with a longer electrode lifetime. An optimal window of operation for plasma assisted catalysis is found by varying the polarity, the applied voltage, the relative humidity of the gas phase and the configuration of the plasma reactor. The results show that, in general, negative corona discharge can obtain higher nitric oxide (NO) conversion efficiencies compared to positive corona. It is also clear that at higher applied voltages, higher conversion efficiency can be reached. The effect of relative humidity, however, is not found to be significant in the range (0 20.3 %) tested in this work. Additionally, the configuration of the plasma reactor is changed by varying the amount of pins that are attached at the collector electrode. The results show that there is an optimum at 10 pairs of pins to obtain a high conversion efficiency of NO. By applying a coating on the collector electrode of the plasma reactor, it is possible to see the influence of the coating on the performance of the plasma system, which was operating in the previously found optimal window. It stands clear that the use of a plasma assisted catalysis system has high potential as an integrated and sustainable indoor air purification technology.  
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  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:108646 Serial 5966  
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Author Borah, R.; Ag, K.R.; Minja, A.C.; Verbruggen, S.W. pdf  url
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  Title A review on self‐assembly of colloidal nanoparticles into clusters, patterns, and films : emerging synthesis techniques and applications Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2023 Publication Small methods Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 1-32  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology  
  Abstract (down) The colloidal synthesis of functional nanoparticles has gained tremendous scientific attention in the last decades. In parallel to these advancements, another rapidly growing area is the self-assembly or self-organization of these colloidal nanoparticles. First, the organization of nanoparticles into ordered structures is important for obtaining functional interfaces that extend or even amplify the intrinsic properties of the constituting nanoparticles at a larger scale. The synthesis of large-scale interfaces using complex or intricately designed nanostructures as building blocks, requires highly controllable self-assembly techniques down to the nanoscale. In certain cases, for example, when dealing with plasmonic nanoparticles, the assembly of the nanoparticles further enhances their properties by coupling phenomena. In other cases, the process of self-assembly itself is useful in the final application such as in sensing and drug delivery, amongst others. In view of the growing importance of this field, this review provides a comprehensive overview of the recent developments in the field of nanoparticle self-assembly and their applications. For clarity, the self-assembled nanostructures are classified into two broad categories: finite clusters/patterns, and infinite films. Different state-of-the-art techniques to obtain these nanostructures are discussed in detail, before discussing the applications where the self-assembly significantly enhances the performance of the process.  
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  Language Wos 000940393200001 Publication Date 2023-03-01  
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  ISSN 2366-9608 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 12.4 Times cited Open Access OpenAccess  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 12.4; 2023 IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:194597 Serial 7336  
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Author Quintero-Coronel, D.A.; Lenis-Rodas, Y.A.; Corredor, L.; Perreault, P.; Bula, A.; Gonzalez-Quiroga, A. pdf  url
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  Title Co-gasification of biomass and coal in a top-lit updraft fixed bed gasifier : syngas composition and its interchangeability with natural gas for combustion applications Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2022 Publication Fuel Abbreviated Journal Fuel  
  Volume 316 Issue Pages 123394-11  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)  
  Abstract (down) The co-gasification of biomass and coal is a promising approach for efficiently integrating the unique advantages of different gasification feedstock with syngas production. Additionally, syngas from the co-gasification of locally available biomass and coal could supplement the natural gas used in household and industrial burners. The top-lit updraft gasifier features a moving ignition front that starts at the top and propagates downward through the solids bed, while air enters from the bottom and the gas product flows upwards. This study assesses the co-gasification performance of palm kernel shell and high-volatile bituminous coal in a top-lit updraft fixed bed gasifier using 70, 85, and 100 vol% biomass and equivalence ratios ranging from 0.26 to 0.34. The results indicate that the ignition front propagates faster and is more uniform as the biomass volume increases. Micro GC analysis revealed that the H2/CO ratio remained in the range of 0.57–0.59, 0.49–0.51, and 0.42–0.46 for experiments with 70, 85, and 100 vol% biomass, respectively. A gas interchangeability analysis showed that syngas-natural gas blends with up to 15 vol% of syngas could combust in atmospheric natural gas burners without modifications. Thus, the top-lit updraft gasifier shows excellent potential for the co-gasification of coal and biomass. Further research on this technology should explore steam as a gasification agent to enhance the syngas energy content and continuous solids feeding.  
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  Language Wos 000783173000003 Publication Date 2022-01-29  
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  ISSN 0016-2361 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 7.4 Times cited Open Access OpenAccess  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 7.4  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:187752 Serial 7136  
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Author Belov, I.; Paulussen, S.; Bogaerts, A. pdf  openurl
  Title Analysis and comparison of the co2 and co dielectric barrier discharge solid products Type P1 Proceeding
  Year 2016 Publication Hakone Xv: International Symposium On High Pressure Low Temperature Plasma Chemistry: With Joint Cost Td1208 Workshop: Non-equilibrium Plasmas With Liquids For Water And Surface Treatment Abbreviated Journal  
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  Keywords P1 Proceeding; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)  
  Abstract (down) The CO and CO2 Dielectric Barrier Discharges (DBD) and their solid products were analyzed keeping similar energy input regimes. Gas chromatography analysis revealed the presence of CO2, CO and O-2 mixture in the exhaust of the CO2 DBD, while no O-2 was found when CO was used as a feed gas. It was shown that the C-2 Swan lines observed with optical emission spectroscopy were distinct in the CO plasma while they were not observed in the CO2 emission spectrum. Also the solid products of the plasmas exhibited remarkable differences. Nanoparticles with a diameter between10 and 300 nm, composed of Fe, O and C (Fe: O: C similar to 13: 50: 30) were produced by the CO2 DBD, while microscopic dendrite-like carbon structure (C: O similar to 73: 27) were formed in the CO plasma. The growth rate in the CO2 and CO DBDs was evaluated to be on the level of 0.15 mg/min and 15 mg/min, respectively. The difference of the CO and CO2 discharges and their products might be attributed to the oxygen content in the latter (6.4 mol.% O-2 in the exhaust) and subsequent etching of the carbonaceous film.  
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  ISSN 978-80-210-8318-9 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record  
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  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:141554 Serial 4516  
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Author Marinov, D.; de Marneffe, J.-F.; Smets, Q.; Arutchelvan, G.; Bal, K.M.; Voronina, E.; Rakhimova, T.; Mankelevich, Y.; El Kazzi, S.; Nalin Mehta, A.; Wyndaele, P.-J.; Heyne, M.H.; Zhang, J.; With, P.C.; Banerjee, S.; Neyts, E.C.; Asselberghs, I.; Lin, D.; De Gendt, S. url  doi
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  Title Reactive plasma cleaning and restoration of transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2021 Publication npj 2D Materials and Applications Abbreviated Journal npj 2D Mater Appl  
  Volume 5 Issue 1 Pages 17  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)  
  Abstract (down) The cleaning of two-dimensional (2D) materials is an essential step in the fabrication of future devices, leveraging their unique physical, optical, and chemical properties. Part of these emerging 2D materials are transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). So far there is limited understanding of the cleaning of “monolayer” TMD materials. In this study, we report on the use of downstream H<sub>2</sub>plasma to clean the surface of monolayer WS<sub>2</sub>grown by MOCVD. We demonstrate that high-temperature processing is essential, allowing to maximize the removal rate of polymers and to mitigate damage caused to the WS<sub>2</sub>in the form of sulfur vacancies. We show that low temperature in situ carbonyl sulfide (OCS) soak is an efficient way to resulfurize the material, besides high-temperature H<sub>2</sub>S annealing. The cleaning processes and mechanisms elucidated in this work are tested on back-gated field-effect transistors, confirming that transport properties of WS<sub>2</sub>devices can be maintained by the combination of H<sub>2</sub>plasma cleaning and OCS restoration. The low-damage plasma cleaning based on H<sub>2</sub>and OCS is very reproducible, fast (completed in a few minutes) and uses a 300 mm industrial plasma etch system qualified for standard semiconductor pilot production. This process is, therefore, expected to enable the industrial scale-up of 2D-based devices, co-integrated with silicon technology.  
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  Language Wos 000613258900001 Publication Date 2021-01-28  
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  ISSN 2397-7132 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
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  Notes Daniil Marinov has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 752164. Ekaterina Voronina, Yuri Mankelevitch, and Tatyana Rakhimova are thankful to the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) for financial support (Grant No. 16-12-10361). This study was carried out using the equipment of the shared research facilities of high-performance computing resources at Lomonosov Moscow State University and the computational resources and services of the HPC core facility CalcUA of the University of Antwerp, and VSC (Flemish Supercomputer Center), funded by the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO) and the Flemish Government. Patrick With gratefully acknowledges imec’s CTO office for financial support during his stay at imec. The authors thank Mr. Surajit Sutar (imec) for his help during sample electrical characterization, and Patrick Verdonck for lab processing. Jean-François de Marneffe thank Prof. Simone Napolitano from the Free University of Brussels for useful discussions on irreversibly adsorbed polymer layers, and Cédric Huyghebaert (imec) for his continuous support in the framework of the Graphene FET Flagship core project. All authors acknowledge the support of imec’s pilot line and materials characterization and analysis (MCA) group, namely Jonathan Ludwig, Stefanie Sergeant, Thomas Nuytten, Olivier Richard, and Thierry Conard. Finally, Daniil Marinov thank Mikhail Krishtab (imec/KU Leuven) for his help in selecting the optimal plasma etch system for this work. Part of this project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 649953. Approved Most recent IF: NA  
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Author Dharma-Wardana, M.W.C.; Neilson, D.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Correlation functions in electron-electron and electron-hole double quantum wells : temperature, density, and barrier-width dependence Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Physical review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 99 Issue 3 Pages 035303  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) The classical-map hypernetted-chain (CHNC) scheme, developed for treating fermion fluids at strong coupling and at finite temperatures, is applied to electron-electron and electron-hole double quantum wells. The pair-distribution functions and the local field factors needed in linear-response theory are determined for a range of temperatures, carrier densities, and barrier widths typical for experimental double-quantum-well systems in GaAs-GaAlAs. For electron-hole double quantum wells, a large enhancement in the pair-distribution functions is found for small carrier separations. The CHNC equations for electron-hole systems no longer hold at low densities where bound-state formation occurs.  
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  Language Wos 000455163800004 Publication Date 2019-01-08  
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  ISSN 2469-9969; 2469-9950 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 6 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was partially supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). M.W.C.D.-W. acknowledges with thanks the hospitality and stimulating atmosphere of the Condensed Matter Theory group at the University of Antwerp. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836  
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