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Author Yagmurcukardes, M.; Torun, E.; Senger, R.T.; Peeters, F.M.; Sahin, H. url  doi
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  Title Mg(OH)2-WS2 van der Waals heterobilayer : electric field tunable band-gap crossover Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2016 Publication Physical review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 94 Issue 94 Pages 195403  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) Magnesium hydroxide [Mg(OH)(2)] has a layered brucitelike structure in its bulk form and was recently isolated as a new member of two-dimensional monolayer materials. We investigated the electronic and optical properties of monolayer crystals of Mg(OH)(2) and WS2 and their possible heterobilayer structure by means of first-principles calculations. It was found that both monolayers of Mg(OH)(2) and WS2 are direct-gap semiconductors and these two monolayers form a typical van der Waals heterostructure with a weak interlayer interaction and a type-II band alignment with a staggered gap that spatially separates electrons and holes. We also showed that an out-of-plane electric field induces a transition from a staggered to a straddling-type heterojunction. Moreover, by solving the Bethe-Salpeter equation on top of single-shot G(0)W(0) calculations, we show that the low-energy spectrum of the heterobilayer is dominated by the intralyer excitons of the WS2 monolayer. Because of the staggered interfacial gap and the field-tunable energy-band structure, the Mg(OH)(2)-WS2 heterobilayer can become an important candidate for various optoelectronic device applications in nanoscale.  
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  Language Wos 000386769400007 Publication Date 2016-11-03  
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  ISSN 2469-9950;2469-9969; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 38 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem foundation of the Flemish government. Computational resources were provided by TUBITAK ULAKBIM, High Performance and Grid Computing Center (TR-Grid e-Infrastructure). H.S. is supported by a FWOPegasus Long Marie Curie Fellowship. H.S. and R.T.S. acknowledge support from TUBITAK through Project No. 114F397. H.S. acknowledges support from Bilim Akademisi – The Science Academy, Turkey, under the BAGEP program. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:138205 Serial 4364  
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Author Branchaud, S.; Kam, A.; Zawadzki, P.; Peeters, F.M.; Sachrajda, A.S. url  doi
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  Title Transport detection of quantum Hall fluctuations in graphene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 81 Issue 12 Pages 121406,1-121406,4  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) Low-temperature magnetoconductance measurements were made in the vicinity of the charge neutrality point (CNP). Two origins for the fluctuations were identified close to the CNP. At very low magnetic fields there exist only mesoscopic magnetoconductance quantum interference features which develop rapidly as a function of density. At slightly higher fields (>0.5 T), close to the CNP, additional fluctuations track the quantum Hall (QH) sequence expected for monolayer graphene. These additional features are attributed to effects of locally charging individual QH localized states. These effects reveal a precursor to the quantum Hall effect since, unlike previous transport observations of QH dot charging effects, they occur in the absence of quantum Hall plateaus or Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations. From our transport data we are able to extract parameters that characterize the inhomogeneities in our device.  
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  Language Wos 000276248900026 Publication Date 2010-03-09  
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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 25 Open Access  
  Notes ; We would like to acknowledge important motivating discussions with Louis Gaudreau, Ghislain Granger, Pawel Hawrylak, Devrim Guclu, Josh Folk, and Mark Lundeberg. A. S. S. and F. M. P. acknowledge funding from CIFAR. A. S. S. and S. B. acknowledge assistance from NSERC. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2010 IF: 3.774  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:82275 Serial 3723  
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Author Khoeini, F.; Shakouri; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Peculiar half-metallic state in zigzag nanoribbons of MoS2 : spin filtering Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2016 Publication Physical review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 94 Issue 94 Pages 125412  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) Layered structures of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) belong to a new class of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor materials in which monolayers exhibit a direct band gap in their electronic spectrum. This band gap has recently been shown to vanish due to the presence of metallic edge modes when MoS2 monolayers are terminated by zigzag edges on both sides. Here, we demonstrate that a zigzag nanoribbon of MoS2, when exposed to an external exchange field in combination with a transverse electric field, has the potential to exhibit a peculiar half-metallic nature and thereby allows electrons of only one spin direction to move. The peculiarity of such spin-selective conductors originates from a spin switch near the gap-closing region, so the allowed spin orientation can be controlled by means of an external gate voltage. It is shown that the induced half-metallic phase is resistant to random fluctuations of the exchange field as well as the presence of edge vacancies.  
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  Language Wos 000383238800009 Publication Date 2016-09-09  
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  ISSN 2469-9950;2469-9969; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 38 Open Access  
  Notes ; ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:137130 Serial 4360  
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Author Savchenko, T.M.; Buzzi, M.; Howald, L.; Ruta, S.; Vijayakumar, J.; Timm, M.; Bracher, D.; Saha, S.; Derlet, P.M.; Béché, A.; Verbeeck, J.; Chantrell, R.W.; Vaz, C.A.F.; Nolting, F.; Kleibert, A. pdf  url
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  Title Single femtosecond laser pulse excitation of individual cobalt nanoparticles Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2020 Publication Physical Review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 102 Issue 20 Pages 205418  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract (down) Laser-induced manipulation of magnetism at the nanoscale is a rapidly growing research topic with potential for applications in spintronics. In this work, we address the role of the scattering cross section, thermal effects, and laser fluence on the magnetic, structural, and chemical stability of individual magnetic nanoparticles excited by single femtosecond laser pulses. We find that the energy transfer from the fs laser pulse to the nanoparticles is limited by the Rayleigh scattering cross section, which in combination with the light absorption of the supporting substrate and protective layers determines the increase in the nanoparticle temperature. We investigate individual Co nanoparticles (8 to 20 nm in size) as a prototypical model system, using x-ray photoemission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy upon excitation with single femtosecond laser pulses of varying intensity and polarization. In agreement with calculations, we find no deterministic or stochastic reversal of the magnetization in the nanoparticles up to intensities where ultrafast demagnetization or all-optical switching is typically reported in thin films. Instead, at higher fluences, the laser pulse excitation leads to photo-chemical reactions of the nanoparticles with the protective layer, which results in an irreversible change in the magnetic properties. Based on our findings, we discuss the conditions required for achieving laser-induced switching in isolated nanomagnets.  
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  Language Wos 000589602000005 Publication Date 2020-11-16  
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  ISSN 2469-9950 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record  
  Impact Factor 3.7 Times cited 1 Open Access OpenAccess  
  Notes This work received funding by the Swiss National Foundation (SNF) (Grants No. 200021160186 and No. 2002153540), the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) (Grant No. SNI P1502), the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 737093 (FEMTOTERABYTE), and the COST Action CA17123 (MAGNETOFON). Part of this work was performed at the SIM beamline of the Swiss Light Source (SLS), Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland. Part of the simulations were undertaken on the VIKING cluster, which is a high-performance compute facility provided by the University of York. We kindly acknowledge Anja Weber from PSI for preparation of substrates with marker structures. A.B. and Jo Verbeeck acknowledge funding through FWO Project No. G093417N (“Compressed sensing enabling low dose imaging in transmission electron microscopy”) from the Flanders Research Fund. Jo Verbeeck acknowledges funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant Agreement No. 823717 – ESTEEM3. S.S. acknowledges ETH Zurich Post-Doctoral fellowship and Marie Curie actions for people COFUND program.; esteem3JRA; esteem3reported Approved Most recent IF: 3.7; 2020 IF: 3.836  
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @c:irua:174273 Serial 6669  
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Author Singh, S.K.; Srinivasan, S.G.; Neek-Amal, M.; Costamagna, S.; van Duin, A.C.T.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Thermal properties of fluorinated graphene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 87 Issue 10 Pages 104114-104116  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) Large-scale atomistic simulations using the reactive force field approach are implemented to investigate the thermomechanical properties of fluorinated graphene (FG). A set of parameters for the reactive force field potential optimized to reproduce key quantum mechanical properties of relevant carbon-fluorine cluster systems are presented. Molecular dynamics simulations are used to investigate the thermal rippling behavior of FG and its mechanical properties and compare them with graphene, graphane and a sheet of boron nitride. The mean square value of the height fluctuations < h(2)> and the height-height correlation function H(q) for different system sizes and temperatures show that FG is an unrippled system in contrast to the thermal rippling behavior of graphene. The effective Young's modulus of a flake of fluorinated graphene is obtained to be 273 N/m and 250 N/m for a flake of FG under uniaxial strain along armchair and zigzag directions, respectively. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.104114  
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  Language Wos 000316933500002 Publication Date 2013-03-29  
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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 80 Open Access  
  Notes ; M.N.-A. is supported by the EU-Marie Curie IIF postdoc Fellowship/299855. This work is supported by the ESF-Eurographene project CONGRAN, the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), and the Methusalem Foundation of the Flemish Government. S. G. S. and A.C.T.vD. acknowledge support by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) under Grant No. FA9550-10-1-0563. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:108495 Serial 3629  
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Author Singh, S.K.; Neek-Amal, M.; Costamagna, S.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Rippling, buckling, and melting of single- and multilayer MoS2 Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2015 Publication Physical Review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 91 Issue 91 Pages 014101  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) Large-scale atomistic simulations using the reactive empirical bond order force field approach is implemented to investigate thermal and mechanical properties of single-layer (SL) and multilayer (ML) molybdenum disulfide (MoS2). The amplitude of the intrinsic ripples of SL MoS2 are found to be smaller than those exhibited by graphene (GE). Furthermore, because of the van der Waals interaction between layers, the out-of-plane thermal fluctuations of ML MoS2 decreases rapidly with increasing number of layers. This trend is confirmed by the buckling transition due to uniaxial stress which occurs for a significantly larger applied tension as compared to graphene. For SL MoS2, the melting temperature is estimated to be 3700 K which occurs through dimerization followed by the formation of small molecules consisting of two to five atoms. When different types of vacancies are inserted in the SL MoS2 it results in a decrease of both the melting temperature as well as the stiffness.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor  
  Language Wos 000347921300001 Publication Date 2015-01-05  
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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 40 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work is supported by the ESF-Eurographene project CONGRAN, the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI), and the Methusalem Foundation of the Flemish Government. We acknowledge funding from the FWO (Belgium)-MINCyT (Argentina) collaborative research project. We would like to thanks Prof. Douglas E. Spearot [26] for giving us the implemented parameters of Mo-S in LAMMPS. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2015 IF: 3.736  
  Call Number c:irua:123834 Serial 2909  
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Author Croitoru, M.D.; Shanenko, A.A.; Kaun, C.C.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Metallic nanograins : spatially nonuniform pairing induced by quantum confinement Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2011 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 83 Issue 21 Pages 214509-214509,12  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) It is well known that the formation of discrete electron levels strongly influences the pairing in metallic nanograins. Here, we focus on another effect of quantum confinement in superconducting grains that was not studied previously, i.e., spatially nonuniform pairing. This effect is very significant when single-electron levels form bunches and/or a kind of shell structure. We find that, in highly symmetric grains, the order parameter can exhibit variations with position by an order of magnitude. Nonuniform pairing is closely related to a quantum-confinement-induced modification of the pairing-interaction matrix elements and size-dependent pinning of the chemical potential to groups of degenerate or nearly degenerate levels. For illustrative purposes, we consider spherical metallic nanograins and also rectangular shapes. We show that the relevant matrix elements are, as a rule, enhanced in the presence of quantum confinement, which favors spatial variations of the order parameter, compensating the corresponding energy cost. The size-dependent pinning of the chemical potential further increases the spatial variation of the pair condensate. The role of nonuniform pairing is smaller in less symmetric confining geometries and/or in the presence of disorder. However, it always remains of importance when the energy spacing between discrete electron levels δ is approaching the scale of the bulk gap ΔB, i.e., δ>0.10.2 ΔB.  
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  Language Wos 000291310000006 Publication Date 2011-06-06  
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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 23 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI), and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). M. D. C. acknowledges support of the European Community under a Marie Curie IEF Action (Grant Agreement No. PIEF-GA-2009-235486-ScQSR). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2011 IF: 3.691  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:90081 Serial 2010  
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Author Avetisyan, A.A.; Partoens, B.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Electric-field control of the band gap and Fermi energy in graphene multilayers by top and back gates Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Physical review : B : solid state Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 80 Issue 19 Pages 195401,1-195401,11  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) It is known that a perpendicular electric field applied to multilayers of graphene modifies the electronic structure near the K point and may induce an energy gap in the electronic spectrum which is tunable by the gate voltage. Here we consider a system of graphene multilayers in the presence of a positively charged top and a negatively charged back gate to control independently the density of electrons on the graphene layers and the Fermi energy of the system. The band structure of three- and four-layer graphene systems in the presence of the top and back gates is obtained using a tight-binding approach. A self-consistent Hartree approximation is used to calculate the induced charges on the different graphene layers. We predict that for opposite and equal charges on the top and bottom layers an energy gap is opened at the Fermi level. For an even number of layers this gap is larger than in the case of an odd number of graphene layers. We find that the circular asymmetry of the spectrum, which is a consequence of the trigonal warping, changes the size of the induced electronic gap, even when the total density of the induced electrons on the graphene layers is low.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor  
  Language Wos 000272311000087 Publication Date 2009-11-10  
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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 106 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2009 IF: 3.475  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:80315 Serial 883  
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Author Fang, C.M.; van Huis, M.A.; Thijsse, B.J.; Zandbergen, H.W. url  doi
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  Title Stability and crystal structures of iron carbides : a comparison between the semi-empirical modified embedded atom method and quantum-mechanical DFT calculations Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 85 Issue 5 Pages 054116-054116,7  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract (down) Iron carbides play a crucial role in steel manufacturing and processing and to a large extent determine the physical properties of steel products. The modified embedded atom method (MEAM) in combination with Lee's Fe-C potential is a good candidate for molecular dynamics simulations on larger Fe-C systems. Here, we investigate the stability and crystal structures of pure iron and binary iron carbides using MEAM and compare them with the experimental data and quantum-mechanical density functional theory calculations. The analysis shows that the Fe-C potential gives reasonable results for the relative stability of iron and iron carbides. The performance of MEAM for the prediction of the potential energy and the calculated lattice parameters at elevated temperature for pure iron phases and cementite are investigated as well. The conclusion is that Lee's MEAM Fe-C potential provides a promising basis for further molecular dynamics simulations of Fe-C alloys and steels at lower temperatures (up to 800 K).  
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  Language Wos 000300931900004 Publication Date 2012-02-29  
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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 18 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:97201 Serial 3117  
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Author Nguten, N.T.T.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Many-body effects in the cyclotron resonance of a magnetic dot Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Physical review : B : solid state Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 80 Issue 11 Pages 115335,1-115335,9  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) Intraband cyclotron resonance (CR) transitions of a two-electron quantum dot containing a single magnetic ion is investigated for different Coulomb interaction strengths and different positions of the magnetic ion. In contrast to the usual parabolic quantum dots where CR is independent of the number of electrons, we found here that due to the presence of the magnetic ion Kohn's theorem no longer holds and CR is different for systems with different number of electrons and different effective electron-electron Coulomb interaction strength. Many-body effects result in shifts in the transition energies and change the number of CR lines. The position of the magnetic ion inside the quantum dot affects the structure of the CR spectrum by changing the position and the number of crossings and anticrossings in the transition energies and oscillator strengths.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor  
  Language Wos 000270383200110 Publication Date 2009-09-30  
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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 6 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2009 IF: 3.475  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:79228 Serial 1941  
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Author Das, S.; Rata, A.D.; Maznichenko, I., V; Agrestini, I.S.; Pippel, E.; Gauquelin, N.; Verbeeck, J.; Chen, K.; Valvidares, S.M.; Vasili, H.B.; Herrero-Martin, J.; Pellegrin, E.; Nenkov, K.; Herklotz, A.; Ernst, A.; Mertig, I.; Hu, Z.; Doerr, K. url  doi
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  Title Low-field switching of noncollinear spin texture at La0.7Sr0.3MnO3-SrRuO3interfaces Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Physical review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 99 Issue 2 Pages 024416  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract (down) Interfaces of ferroic oxides can show complex magnetic textures which have strong impact on spintronics devices. This has been demonstrated recently for interfaces with insulating antiferromagnets such as BiFeO3. Here, noncollinear spin textures which can be switched in very low magnetic field are reported for conducting ferromagnetic bilayers of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3-SrRuO3 (LSMO-SRO). The magnetic order and switching are fundamentally different for bilayers coherently grown in reversed stacking sequence. The SRO top layer forms a persistent exchange spring which is antiferromagnetically coupled to LSMO and drives switching in low fields of a few milliteslas. Density functional theory reveals the crucial impact of the interface termination on the strength of Mn-Ru exchange coupling across the interface. The observation of an exchange spring agrees with ultrastrong coupling for the MnO2/SrO termination. Our results demonstrate low-field switching of noncollinear spin textures at an interface between conducting oxides, opening a pathway for manipulating and utilizing electron transport phenomena in controlled spin textures at oxide interfaces.  
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  Language Wos 000455821400005 Publication Date 2019-01-15  
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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 19 Open Access OpenAccess  
  Notes ; The research in Halle was supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), SFB 762 Functional Oxide Interfaces (Projects No. A9 and No. B1). K.C. benefited from support of the DFG (Project 600575). Discussions with M. Trassin, M. Ziese, H. M. Christen, E.-J. Guo, F. Grcondciel, M. Bibes, and H. N. Lee are gratefully acknowledged. N. G. and J. V. acknowledge funding under the GOA project “Solarpaint” of the University of Antwerp. The Qu-Ant-EM microscope was partly funded by the Hercules fund from the Flemish Government. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836  
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Author Behera, B.C.; Jana, S.; Bhat, S.G.; Gauquelin, N.; Tripathy, G.; Kumar, P.S.A.; Samal, D. url  doi
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  Title Evidence for exchange bias coupling at the perovskite/brownmillerite interface in spontaneously stabilized SrCoO3-\delta/SrCoO2.5 bilayers Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Physical review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 99 Issue 2 Pages 024425  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract (down) Interface effect in complex oxide thin-film heterostructures lies at the vanguard of current research to design technologically relevant functionality and explore emergent physical phenomena. While most of the previous works focus on the perovskite/perovskite heterostructures, the study of perovskite/brownmillerite interfaces remains in its infancy. Here, we investigate spontaneously stabilized perovskite-ferromagnet (SrCoO3-delta)/brownmillerite-antiferromagnet (SrCoO2.5) bilayer with T-N > T-C and discover an unconventional interfacial magnetic exchange bias effect. From magnetometry investigations, it is rationalized that the observed effect stems from the interfacial ferromagnet/antiferromagnet coupling. The possibility for coupled ferromagnet/spin-glass interface engendering such effect is ruled out. Strikingly, a finite coercive field persists in the paramagnetic state of SrCoO3-delta,whereas the exchange bias field vanishes at T-C . We conjecture the observed effect to be due to the effective external quenched staggered field provided by the antiferromagnetic layer for the ferromagnetic spins at the interface. Our results not only unveil a paradigm to tailor the interfacial magnetic properties in oxide heterostructures without altering the cations at the interface, but also provide a purview to delve into the fundamental aspects of exchange bias in such unusual systems, paving a big step forward in thin-film magnetism.  
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  Language Wos 000456481900003 Publication Date 2019-01-23  
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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 2 Open Access OpenAccess  
  Notes ; We are grateful to Sachin Sarangi for his superb technical support during magnetic measurements. We thank Gopal Pradhan for fruitful discussion. We thank Zhicheng Zhong for reading the manuscript and for suggestions. We thank T. Som for extending laboratory facility. D.S. and B.C.B. acknowledge the financial support from Max-Planck Society through Max Planck Partner Group. S.G.B. acknowledges the INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship Programme (DSTO1899) for the financial support. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:157562 Serial 5248  
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Author Bafekry, A.; Neek-Amal, M. url  doi
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  Title Tuning the electronic properties of graphene-graphitic carbon nitride heterostructures and heterojunctions by using an electric field Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2020 Publication Physical Review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 101 Issue 8 Pages 085417-10  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) Integration of graphene-based two-dimensional materials is essential for nanoelectronics applications. Using density-functional theory, we systematically investigate the electronic properties of vertically stacked graphene-graphitic carbon nitrides (GE/GCN). We also studied the covalently lateral stitched graphene-graphitic carbon nitrides (GE-GCN heterojunctions). The effects of perpendicular electric field on the electronic properties of six different heterostructures, i.e., (i) one layer of GE on top of a layer of CnNm with (n, m) = (3,1), (3,4), and (4,3) and (ii) three heterostructures CnNm/Cn'Nm', where (n, m) not equal (n', m') are elucidated. The most important calculated features are (i) the systems GE/C3N4, C3N/C3N4, GE-C3N, GE-C4N3, and C3N-C3N4 exhibit semiconducting characteristics having small band gaps of Delta(0)=20, 250, 100, 100, 80 meV, respectively while (ii) the systems GE/C4N3, C3N/C4N3, and C3N-C4N3 show ferromagnetic-metallic properties. In particular, we found that, in semiconducting heterostructures, the band gap increases nontrivially with increasing the absolute value of the applied perpendicular electric field. This work is useful for designing heterojunctions and heterostructures made of graphene and other two-dimensional materials such as those proposed in recent experiments [X. Liu and M. C. Hersam Sci. Adv. 5, 6444 (2019)].  
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  Language Wos 000515659700007 Publication Date 2020-02-26  
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  ISSN 2469-9969; 2469-9950 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.7 Times cited 24 Open Access  
  Notes ; ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.7; 2020 IF: 3.836  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:167760 Serial 6640  
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Author Juchtmans, R.; Verbeeck, J. url  doi
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  Title Orbital angular momentum in electron diffraction and its use to determine chiral crystal symmetries Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2015 Publication Physical review: B: condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 92 Issue 92 Pages 134108  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract (down) In this work we present an alternative way to look at electron diffraction in a transmission electron microscope.

Instead of writing the scattering amplitude in Fourier space as a set of plane waves,we use the cylindrical Fourier transform to describe the scattering amplitude in a basis of orbital angular momentum (OAM) eigenstates. We show how working in this framework can be very convenient when investigating, e.g., rotation and screw-axis symmetries. For the latter we find selection rules on the OAM coefficients that unambiguously reveal the handedness of the screw axis. Detecting the OAM coefficients of the scattering amplitude thus offers the possibility to detect the handedness of crystals without the need for dynamical simulations, the thickness of the sample, nor the exact crystal structure. We propose an experimental setup to measure the OAM components where an image of the crystal is taken after inserting a spiral phase plate in the diffraction plane and perform multislice simulations on α quartz to demonstrate how the method indeed reveals the chirality. The experimental feasibility of the technique is discussed together with its main advantages with respect to chirality determination of screw axes. The method shows how the use of a spiral phase plate can be extended from a simple phase imaging technique to a tool to measure the local OAM decomposition of an electron wave, widening the field of interest well beyond chiral space group determination.
 
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  Language Wos 000362893100002 Publication Date 2015-10-14  
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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 16 Open Access  
  Notes The authors acknowledge support from the FWO (As- pirant Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek–Vlaanderen), the EU under the Seventh Framework Program (FP7) under a contract for an Integrated Infrastructure Initiative, Reference No. 312483-ESTEEM2, and ERC Starting Grant No. 278510 VORTEX; esteem2jra1; ECASJO; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2015 IF: 3.736  
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Author Govaerts, K.; Saniz, R.; Partoens, B.; Lamoen, D. url  doi
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  Title van der Waals bonding and the quasiparticle band structure of SnO from first principles Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 87 Issue 23 Pages 235210-235217  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) In this work we have investigated the structural and electronic properties of SnO, which is built up from layers kept together by van der Waals (vdW) forces. The combination of a vdW functional within density functional theory (DFT) and quasiparticle band structure calculations within the GW approximation provides accurate values for the lattice parameters, atomic positions, and the electronic band structure including the fundamental (indirect) and the optical (direct) band gap without the need of experimental or empirical input. A systematic comparison is made between different levels of self-consistency within the GW approach {following the scheme of Shishkin et al. [Phys. Rev. B 75, 235102 (2007)]} and the results are compared with DFT and hybrid functional results. Furthermore, the effect of the vdW-corrected functional as a starting point for the GW calculation of the band gap has been investigated. Finally, we studied the effect of the vdW functional on the electron charge density.  
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  Language Wos 000321061000003 Publication Date 2013-07-01  
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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 50 Open Access  
  Notes IWT; FWO; Hercules Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:109596 Serial 3835  
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Author Osca, J.; Sorée, B. doi  openurl
  Title Skyrmion spin transfer torque due to current confined in a nanowire Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2020 Publication Physical Review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 102 Issue 12 Pages 125436  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) In this work we compute the torque field present in a ferromagnet in contact with a metallic nanowire when a skyrmion is present. If the nanowire is narrow enough, then the current is carried by a single conduction band. In this regime the classical torque model breaks down and we show that a skyrmion driven by spin transfer torque moves in a different direction than predicted by the classical model. However, the amount of charge current required to move a skyrmion with a certain velocity in the single-band regime is similar to a classical model of torque where it is implicitly assumed current transport by many conduction bands. The single-band regime is more efficient creating spin current from charge current because of the perfect polarization of the single band but is less efficient creating torque from spin current. Nevertheless, it is possible to take profit of the single-band regime to move skyrmions even with no net charge or spin current flowing between the device contacts. We have also been able to recover the classical limit considering an ensemble of only a few electronic states. In this limit we have discovered that electron diffusion needs to be considered even in ballistic nanowires due the effect of the skyrmion structure on the electron current.  
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  Language Wos 000573775300004 Publication Date 2020-09-30  
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  ISSN 2469-9969; 2469-9950 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.7 Times cited Open Access  
  Notes ; The authors thanks Llorenc Serra for useful discussion on the conduction electron quantum model. We also want to show gratitude to Dimitrios Andrikopoulos for sharing his knowledge about the available bibliography and to F. J. P. van Duijn for his comments on earlier versions of this manuscript. We acknowledge the Horizon 2020 project SKYTOP “Skyrmion-Topological Insulator and Weyl Semimetal Technology” (FETPROACT-2018-01, No. 824123). Finally, J.O. also acknowledges the postdoctoral fellowship provided by KU Leuven. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.7; 2020 IF: 3.836  
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Author Pourghaderi, M.A.; Magnus, W.; Sorée, B.; Meuris, M.; de Meyer, K.; Heyns, M. url  doi
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  Title Tunneling-lifetime model for metal-oxide-semiconductor structures Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Physical review : B : solid state Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 80 Issue 8 Pages 085315,1-085315,10  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) In this paper we investigate the basic physics of charge carriers (electrons) leaking out of the inversion layer of a metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor with a biased gate. In particular, we treat the gate leakage current as resulting from two combined processes: (1) the time-dependent decay of electron wave packets representing the inversion-layer charge and (2) the local generation of new electrons replacing those that have leaked away. As a result, the gate current simply emerges as the ratio of the total charge in the inversion layer to the tunneling lifetime. The latter is extracted from the quantum dynamics of the decaying wave packets, while the generation rate is incorporated as a phenomenological source term in the continuity equation. Not only do the gate currents calculated with this model agree very well with experiment, the model also provides an onset to solve the paradox of the current-free bound states representing the resonances of the Schrödinger equation that governs the fully coupled metal-oxide-semiconductor system.  
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  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor  
  Language Wos 000269639300076 Publication Date 2009-08-21  
  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 2 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2009 IF: 3.475  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:78294 Serial 3763  
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Author Szumniak, P.; Bednarek, S.; Pawlowski, J.; Partoens, B. url  doi
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  Title All-electrical control of quantum gates for single heavy-hole spin qubits Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 87 Issue 19 Pages 195307-195312  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) In this paper several nanodevices which realize basic single heavy-hole qubit operations are proposed and supported by time-dependent self-consistent Poisson-Schrodinger calculations using a four band heavy-hole-light-hole model. In particular we propose a set of nanodevices which can act as Pauli X, Y, Z quantum gates and as a gate that acts similar to a Hadamard gate (i.e., it creates a balanced superposition of basis states but with an additional phase factor) on the heavy-hole spin qubit. We also present the design and simulation of a gated semiconductor nanodevice which can realize an arbitrary sequence of all these proposed single quantum logic gates. The proposed devices exploit the self-focusing effect of the hole wave function which allows for guiding the hole along a given path in the form of a stable solitonlike wave packet. Thanks to the presence of the Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling, the motion of the hole along a certain direction is equivalent to the application of an effective magnetic field which induces in turn a coherent rotation of the heavy-hole spin. The hole motion and consequently the quantum logic operation is initialized only by weak static voltages applied to the electrodes which cover the nanodevice. The proposed gates allow for an all electric and ultrafast (tens of picoseconds) heavy-hole spin manipulation and give the possibility to implement a scalable architecture of heavy-hole spin qubits for quantum computation applications.  
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  Language Wos 000319252200003 Publication Date 2013-05-21  
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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 14 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Polish National Science Center (Grant No. DEC-2011/03/N/ST3/02963), as well as by the “Krakow Interdisciplinary PhD-Project in Nanoscience and Advanced Nanostructures” operated within the Foundation for Polish Science MPD Programme, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund. This research was supported in part by PL-Grid Infrastructure. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664  
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Author Rønnow, T.F.; Pedersen, T.G.; Partoens, B.; Berthelsen, K.K. url  doi
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  Title Variational quantum Monte Carlo study of charged excitons in fractional dimensional space Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2011 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 84 Issue 3 Pages 035316-035316,13  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) In this article we study excitons and trions in fractional dimensional spaces using the model suggested by C. Palmer [ J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 37 6987 (2004)] through variational quantum Monte Carlo. We present a direct approach for estimating the exciton binding energy and discuss the von Neumann rejection- and Metropolis sampling methods. A simple variational estimate of trions is presented which shows good agreement with previous calculations done within the fractional dimensional model presented by D. R. Herrick and F. H. Stillinger [ Phys. Rev. A 11 42 (1975) and J. Math. Phys. 18 1224 (1977)]. We explain the spatial physics of the positive and negative trions by investigating angular and inter-atomic distances. We then examine the wave function and explain the differences between the positive and negative trions with heavy holes. As applications of the fractional dimensional model we study three systems: First we apply the model to estimate the energy of the hydrogen molecular ion H2+. Then we estimate trion binding energies in GaAs-based quantum wells and we demonstrate a good agreement with other theoretical work as well as experimentally observed binding energies. Finally, we apply the results to carbon nanotubes. We find good agreement with recently observed binding energies of the positively charged trion.  
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  Language Wos 000293129200012 Publication Date 2011-07-26  
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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 15 Open Access  
  Notes ; ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2011 IF: 3.691  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:91741 Serial 3837  
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Author Mulkers, J.; Hals, K.M.D.; Leliaert, J.; Milošević, M.V.; Van Waeyenberge, B.; Everschor-Sitte, K. url  doi
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  Title Effect of boundary-induced chirality on magnetic textures in thin films Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2018 Publication Physical review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 98 Issue 6 Pages 064429  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) In the quest for miniaturizing magnetic devices, the effects of boundaries and surfaces become increasingly important. Here we show how the recently predicted boundary-induced Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) affects the magnetization of ferromagnetic films with a C-infinity v symmetry and a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. For an otherwise uniformly magnetized film, we find a surface twist when the magnetization in the bulk is canted by an in-plane external field. This twist at the surfaces caused by the boundary-induced DMI differs from the common canting caused by internal DMI observed at the edges of a chiral magnet. Furthermore, we find that the surface twist due to the boundary-induced DMI strongly affects the width of the domain wall at the surfaces. We also find that the skyrmion radius increases in the depth of the film, with the average size of the skyrmion increasing with boundary-induced DMI. This increase suggests that the boundary-induced DMI contributes to the stability of the skyrmion.  
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  Publisher American Physical Society Place of Publication New York, N.Y Editor  
  Language Wos 000443394600004 Publication Date 2018-08-31  
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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 9 Open Access  
  Notes ; The authors thank Matthias Sitte and Andre Thiaville for fruitful discussions. This work was supported by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO-Vlaanderen) through Project No. G098917N and the German Research Foundation (DFG) under the Project No. EV 196/2-1. J.L. is supported by the Ghent University Special Research Fund with a BOF postdoctoral fellowship. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:153706UA @ admin @ c:irua:153706 Serial 5093  
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Author Verbist, G.; Smondyrev, M.A.; Peeters, F.M.; Devreese, J.T. url  doi
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  Title Strong-coupling analysis of large bipolarons in 2 and 3 dimensions Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1992 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 45 Issue 10 Pages 5262-5269  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Theory of quantum systems and complex systems  
  Abstract (down) In the limit of strong electron-phonon coupling, we use either a Pekar-type or an oscillator wave function for the center-of-mass coordinate and either a Coulomb or an oscillator wave function for the relative coordinate, and are able to reproduce all the results from the literature for the large-bipolaron binding energy. Lower bounds are constructed for the critical ratio eta(c) of dielectric constants below which bipolarons can exist. It is found that, in the strong-coupling limit, the stability region for bipolaron formation is much larger in two dimensions (2D) than in 3D. We introduce a model that combines the averaging of the relative coordinate over the asymptotically best wave function with a path-integral treatment of the center-of-mass motion. The stability region for bipolaron formation is increased compared with the full path-integral treatment at large values of the coupling constant alpha. The critical values are alpha(c) almost-equal-to 9.3 in 3D and alpha(c) almost-equal-to 4.5 in 2D. Phase diagrams for the presented models are also obtained in both 2D and 3D.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor  
  Language Wos A1992HJ68900016 Publication Date 2002-07-27  
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  ISSN 0163-1829;1095-3795; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.736 Times cited 68 Open Access  
  Notes Approved PHYSICS, APPLIED 28/145 Q1 #  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:103051 Serial 3178  
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Author Berdiyorov, G.R.; Milošević, M.V.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Kinematic vortex-antivortex lines in strongly driven superconducting stripes Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Physical review : B : solid state Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 19 Issue 18 Pages 184506,1-184506,8  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) In the framework of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau formalism, we study the resistive state of a submicron superconducting stripe in the presence of a longitudinal current. Sufficiently strong current leads to phase slippage between the leads, which is manifested as oppositely charged kinematic vortices moving in opposite directions perpendicular to applied drive. Depending on the distribution of superconducting current density the vortex-antivortex either nucleate in the middle of the stripe and are expelled laterally or enter on opposite sides of the sample and are driven together to annihilation. We distinguish between the two scenarios as a function of relevant parameters and show how the creation/annihilation point of the vortex-antivortex and their individual velocity can be manipulated by applied magnetic field and current.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor  
  Language Wos 000266501200091 Publication Date 2009-05-06  
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  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 75 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2009 IF: 3.475  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:77400 Serial 1756  
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Author Van der Donck, M.; Zarenia, M.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Reply to “Comment on `Excitons, trions, and biexcitons in transition-metal dichalcogenides: Magnetic-field dependence'” Type Editorial
  Year 2020 Publication Physical Review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 101 Issue 12 Pages 127402  
  Keywords Editorial; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) In the Comment, the authors state that the separation of the relative and center of mass variables in our work is not correct. Here we point out that there is a typographical error, i.e., qi instead of -e, in two of our equations which, when corrected, makes the Comment redundant. Within the ansatzes mentioned in our paper all our results are correct, in contrast to the claims of the Comment.  
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  Language Wos 000519990800011 Publication Date 2020-03-18  
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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; 2020 IF: 3.836  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:167680 Serial 6594  
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Author Brito, B.G.A.; Candido, L.; Hai, G.-Q.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Quantum effects in a free-standing graphene lattice : path-integral against classical Monte Carlo simulations Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2015 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 92 Issue 92 Pages 195416  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) In order to study quantum effects in a two-dimensional crystal lattice of a free-standing monolayer graphene, we have performed both path-integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) and classical Monte Carlo (MC) simulations for temperatures up to 2000 K. The REBO potential is used for the interatomic interaction. The total energy, interatomic distance, root-mean-square displacement of the atom vibrations, and the free energy of the graphene layer are calculated. The obtained lattice vibrational energy per atom from the classical MC simulation is very close to the energy of a three-dimensional harmonic oscillator 3k(B)T. The PIMC simulation shows that quantum effects due to zero-point vibrations are significant for temperatures T < 1000 K. The quantum contribution to the lattice vibrational energy becomes larger than that of the classical lattice for T < 400 K. The lattice expansion due to the zero-point motion causes an increase of 0.53% in the lattice parameter. A minimum in the lattice parameter appears at T similar or equal to 500 K. Quantum effects on the atomic vibration amplitude of the graphene lattice and its free energy are investigated.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor  
  Language Wos 000368095400004 Publication Date 2015-11-13  
  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 22 Open Access  
  Notes ; This research was supported by the Brazilian agencies FAPESP, FAPEG, and CNPq, the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem Foundation of the Flemish Government. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2015 IF: 3.736  
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Author Govaerts, K.; Sluiter, M.H.F.; Partoens, B.; Lamoen, D. url  doi
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  Title Homologous series of layered structures in binary and ternary Bi-Sb-Te-Se systems : ab initio study Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2014 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 89 Issue 5 Pages 054106-54109  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) In order to account explicitly for the existence of long-periodic layered structures and the strong structural relaxations in the most common binary and ternary alloys of the Bi-Sb-Te-Se system, we have developed a one-dimensional cluster expansion (CE) based on first-principles electronic structure calculations, which accounts for the Bi and Sb bilayer formation. Excellent interlayer distances are obtained with a van der Waals density functional. It is shown that a CE solely based on pair interactions is sufficient to provide an accurate description of the ground-state energies of Bi-Sb-Te-Se binary and ternary systems without making the data set of ab initio calculated structures unreasonably large. For the binary alloys A1−xQx (A=Sb, Bi; Q=Te, Se), a ternary CE yields an almost continuous series of (meta)stable structures consisting of consecutive A bilayers next to consecutive A2Q3 for 0<x<0.6. For x>0.6, the binary alloy segregates into pure Q and A2Q3. The Bi-Sb system is described by a quaternary CE and is found to be an ideal solid solution stabilized by entropic effects at T≠0 K but with an ordered structure of alternating Bi and Sb layers for x=0.5 at T=0 K. A quintuple CE is used for the ternary Bi-Sb-Te system, where stable ternary layered compounds with an arbitrary stacking of Sb2Te3, Bi2Te3, and Te-Bi-Te-Sb-Te quintuple units are found, optionally separated by mixed Bi/Sb bilayers. Electronic properties of the stable compounds were studied taking spin-orbit coupling into account.  
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  Language Wos 000332420900001 Publication Date 2014-03-05  
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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 5 Open Access  
  Notes Fwo; Hercules Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2014 IF: 3.736  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:114910 Serial 1487  
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Author Grujić, M.M.; Tadić, M.Z.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Orbital magnetic moments in insulating Dirac systems : impact on magnetotransport in graphene van der Waals heterostructures Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2014 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 90 Issue 20 Pages 205408  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) In honeycomb Dirac systems with broken inversion symmetry, orbital magnetic moments coupled to the valley degree of freedom arise due to the topology of the band structure, leading to valley-selective optical dichroism. On the other hand, in Dirac systems with prominent spin-orbit coupling, similar orbital magnetic moments emerge as well. These moments are coupled to spin, but otherwise have the same functional form as the moments stemming from spatial inversion breaking. After reviewing the basic properties of these moments, which are relevant for a whole set of newly discovered materials, such as silicene and germanene, we study the particular impact that these moments have on graphene nanoengineered barriers with artificially enhanced spin-orbit coupling. We examine transmission properties of such barriers in the presence of a magnetic field. The orbital moments are found to manifest in transport characteristics through spin-dependent transmission and conductance, making them directly accessible in experiments. Moreover, the Zeeman-type effects appear without explicitly incorporating the Zeeman term in the models, i.e., by using minimal coupling and Peierls substitution in continuum and the tight-binding methods, respectively. We find that a quasiclassical view is able to explain all the observed phenomena.  
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  Language Wos 000344915800009 Publication Date 2014-11-10  
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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 5 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (Serbia), and the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Belgium). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2014 IF: 3.736  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:122141 Serial 2497  
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Author Shafiei, M.; Fazileh, F.; Peeters, F.M.; Milošević, M.V. doi  openurl
  Title Controlling the hybridization gap and transport in a thin-film topological insulator : effect of strain, and electric and magnetic field Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2022 Publication Physical review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 106 Issue 3 Pages 035119-7  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) In a thin-film topological insulator (TI), the edge states on two surfaces may couple by quantum tunneling, opening a gap known as the hybridization gap. Controlling the hybridization gap and transport has a variety of potential uses in photodetection and energy-harvesting applications. In this paper, we report the effect of strain, and electric and magnetic field, on the hybridization gap and transport in a thin Bi2Se3 film, investigated within the tight-binding theoretical framework. We demonstrate that vertical compression decreases the hybridization gap, as does tensile in-plane strain. Applying an electric field breaks the inversion symmetry and leads to a Rashba-like spin splitting proportional to the electric field, hence closing and reopening the gap. The influence of a magnetic field on thin-film TI is also discussed, starting from the role of an out-of-plane magnetic field on quantum Hall states. We further demonstrate that the hybridization gap can be controlled by an in-plane magnetic field, and that by applying a sufficiently strong field a quantum phase transition from an insulator to a semimetal can be achieved.  
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  Language Wos 000832277500001 Publication Date 2022-07-13  
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  ISSN 2469-9969; 2469-9950 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.7 Times cited 7 Open Access Not_Open_Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.7  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:189515 Serial 7140  
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Author Van Pottelberge, R. url  doi
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  Title Comment on “Electron states for gapped pseudospin-1 fermions in the field of a charged impurity” Type Editorial
  Year 2020 Publication Physical Review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 101 Issue 19 Pages 197102-197103  
  Keywords Editorial; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) In a recent paper [Phys. Rev. B 99, 155124 (2019)], the spectrum of a regularized Coulomb charge was studied in gapped pseudospin-1 systems generated by an alpha – T-3 lattice. The electronic spectrum was studied as a function of the impurity strength Z alpha. However, the results and conclusions on the behavior of the flatband states as a function of the impurity strength are incomplete. In this Comment, I argue that because of the dispersionless nature of the flatband, the states spread out under the influence of a charged impurity forming a continuous band of states. I support my arguments with explicit numerical calculations which show the emergence of a continuum of states.  
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  Language Wos 000533793600004 Publication Date 2020-05-20  
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  ISSN 2469-9969; 2469-9950 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.7 Times cited Open Access  
  Notes ; I would like to acknowledge very insightful discussions with the authors of the commented paper (V. P. Gusynin, E. V. Gorbar, and D. O. Oriekhov). F. M. Peeters is acknowledged for interesting discussions and proofreading. This research was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation through an aspirant research grant for R.V.P. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.7; 2020 IF: 3.836  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:169476 Serial 6472  
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Author Van Pottelberge, R.; Zarenia, M.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Comment on “Impurity spectra of graphene under electric and magnetic fields” Type Editorial
  Year 2018 Publication Physical review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 97 Issue 20 Pages 207403  
  Keywords Editorial; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) In a recent paper [Phys. Rev. B 89, 155403 (2014)], the authors investigated the spectrum of a Coulomb impurity in graphene in the presence of magnetic and electric fields using the coupled series expansion approach. In the first part of their paper, they investigated how Coulomb impurity states collapse in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field. We argue that the obtained spectrum does not give information about the atomic collapse and that their interpretation of the spectrum regarding atomic collapse is not correct. We also argue that the obtained results are only valid up to the dimensionless charge vertical bar alpha vertical bar = 0.5 and, to obtain correct results for alpha > 0.5, a proper regularization of the Coulomb interaction is required. Here we present the correct numerical results for the spectrum for arbitrary values of alpha.  
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  Publisher Amer physical soc Place of Publication College pk Editor  
  Language Wos 000433288800015 Publication Date 2018-05-29  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 5 Open Access  
  Notes ; We thank Matthias Van der Donck for fruitful discussions. This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem funding of the Flemish Government. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:152042UA @ admin @ c:irua:152042 Serial 5017  
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Author Van der Donck, M.; Peeters, F.M.; Van Duppen, B. url  doi
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  Title Comment on “Creating in-plane pseudomagnetic fields in excess of 1000 T by misoriented stacking in a graphene bilayer” Type Editorial
  Year 2016 Publication Physical review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 93 Issue 93 Pages 247401  
  Keywords Editorial; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract (down) In a recent paper [Phys. Rev. B 89, 125418 (2014)], the authors argue that it is possible to map the electronic properties of twisted bilayer graphene to those of bilayer graphene in an in-plane magnetic field. However, their description of the low-energy dynamics of twisted bilayer graphene is restricted to the extended zone scheme and therefore neglects the effects of the superperiodic structure. If the energy spectrum is studied in the supercell Brillouin zone, we find that the comparison with an in-plane magnetic field fails because (i) the energy spectra of the two situations exhibit different symmetries and (ii) the low-energy spectra are very different.  
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  Language Wos 000377802200009 Publication Date 2016-06-14  
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  ISSN 2469-9950;2469-9969; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 6 Open Access  
  Notes ; ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:134601 Serial 4151  
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