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Author (down) Costa Filho, R.N.; Farias, G.A.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Graphene ribbons with a line of impurities: oOpening of a gap Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2007 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 76 Issue Pages 193409,1-4
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos 000251326800034 Publication Date 2007-11-28
  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 49 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2007 IF: 3.172
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:69661 Serial 1376
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Author (down) Cortes-Gil, R.; Parker, D.R.; Pitcher, M.J.; Hadermann, J.; Clarke, S.J.
  Title Indifference of superconductivity and magnetism to size-mismatched cations in the layered iron arsenides Ba1-xNaxFe2As2 Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Chemistry of materials Abbreviated Journal Chem Mater
  Volume 22 Issue 14 Pages 4304-4311
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract The evolution of the structure, magnetic ordering, and superconductivity in the series Ba(1-x)Na(x)Fe(2)As(2) is reported up to the limiting Na-rich composition with x = 0.6; the more Na-rich compositions are unstable at high temperatures with respect to competing phases. The magnetic and superconducting behaviors of the Bai,Na,Fe,As, members are similar to those of the betterinvestigated Ba(1-x)Na(x)Fe(2)As(2) analogues. This is evidently a consequence of the quantitatively similar evolution of the structure of the FeAs layers in the two series. In Ba(1-x)Na(x)Fe(2)As(2) antiferromagnetic order and an associated structural distortion are evident for x <= 0.35 and superconductivity is evident when x exceeds 0.2. For 0.4 <= x <= 0.6 bulk superconductivity is evident, and the long-range antiferromagnetically ordered state is completely suppressed. The maximum T(c) in the Ba(1-x)Na(x)Fe(2)As(2) series, as judged by the onset of diamagnetism, is 34K in Ba(0.6)Na(0.4)Fe(2)As(2). Despite the large mis-match in sizes between the two electropositive cations which separate the FeAs layers, there is no evidence for ordering of these cations on the length scale probed by electron diffraction.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Washington, D.C. Editor
  Language Wos 000280005300027 Publication Date 2010-07-02
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 0897-4756;1520-5002; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 9.466 Times cited 31 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 9.466; 2010 IF: 6.400
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:95594 Serial 1601
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Author (down) Cornelissens, Y.G.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Response function of a Hall magnetosensor in the diffusive regime Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2002 Publication Journal of applied physics Abbreviated Journal J Appl Phys
  Volume 92 Issue 4 Pages 2006-2012
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Two-dimensional electron gas systems patterned into micrometer Hall bars can be used as Hall magnetosensors. In this way, ballistic Hall probes have already been studied and used successfully. Here, the response function of a Hall sensor is determined in the diffusive regime, which allows this device to be used as a magnetosensor for the determination of inhomogeneous magnetic field distributions. Furthermore, the influence of the geometry of the Hall bar on this response function, such as circular corners and asymmetry in the probes, is also investigated and appears to be non-negligible. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.
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  Publisher American Institute of Physics Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Editor
  Language Wos 000177171700046 Publication Date 2002-09-18
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 0021-8979; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 2.068 Times cited 24 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.068; 2002 IF: 2.281
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:102826 Serial 2897
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Author (down) Cornelissens, Y.G.; Partoens, B.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Transition from two-dimensional to three-dimensional classical artificial atoms Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2000 Publication Physica. E: Low-dimensional systems and nanostructures Abbreviated Journal Physica E
  Volume 8 Issue Pages 314-322
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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  Publisher North-Holland Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor
  Language Wos 000165183000003 Publication Date 2002-07-25
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 1386-9477; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 2.221 Times cited 16 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.221; 2000 IF: 0.878
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:34349 Serial 3700
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Author (down) Cordoba, R.; Orus, P.; Jelić, Ž.L.; Sese, J.; Ricardo Ibarra, M.; Guillamon, I.; Vieira, S.; Jose Palacios, J.; Suderow, H.; Milošević, M.V.; Maria De Teresa, J.
  Title Long-range vortex transfer in superconducting nanowires Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Scientific reports Abbreviated Journal Sci Rep-Uk
  Volume 9 Issue 9 Pages 12386
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Under high-enough values of perpendicularly-applied magnetic field and current, a type-II superconductor presents a finite resistance caused by the vortex motion driven by the Lorentz force. To recover the dissipation-free conduction state, strategies for minimizing vortex motion have been intensely studied in the last decades. However, the non-local vortex motion, arising in areas depleted of current, has been scarcely investigated despite its potential application for logic devices. Here, we propose a route to transfer vortices carried by non-local motion through long distances (up to 10 micrometers) in 50 nm-wide superconducting WC nanowires grown by Ga+ Focused Ion Beam Induced Deposition. A giant non-local electrical resistance of 36 Omega has been measured at 2 K in 3 mu m-long nanowires, which is 40 times higher than signals reported for wider wires of other superconductors. This giant effect is accounted for by the existence of a strong edge confinement potential that hampers transversal vortex displacements, allowing the long-range coherent displacement of a single vortex row along the superconducting channel. Experimental results are in good agreement with numerical simulations of vortex dynamics based on the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations. Our results pave the way for future developments on information technologies built upon single vortex manipulation in nano-superconductors.
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  Language Wos 000482708800004 Publication Date 2019-08-27
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 2045-2322 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 4.259 Times cited 13 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was supported by the financial support from Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through the projects MAT2015-69725-REDT, MAT2017-82970-C2-1-R and MAT2017-82970-C2-2-R, PIE201760E027, including FEDER funding, FIS2017-84330-R, MDM-2014-0377, FIS2016-80434-P and the Fundacion Ramon Areces, EU ERC (Grant Agreement No. 679080), COST Grant No. CA16128 and STSM Grant from COST Action CA16218, and from regional Gobierno de Aragon (grants E1317R and E2817R) with European Social Fund (Construyendo Europa desde Aragon) and Comunidad de Madrid through project Nanofrontmag-CM (Grant No. S2013/MIT-2850). R.C. acknowledges Juan de la Cierva-Incorporacion 2014 program. Authors strongly acknowledge Laura Casado and Isabel Rivas for TEM sample preparation, Rodrigo Fernandez-Pacheco for TEM experiments and Ruben Valero for the UV lithography process. The microscopy works have been conducted in the “Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas” at “Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragon – Universidad de Zaragoza”. Authors acknowledge the LMA-INA for offering access to their instruments and expertise. Authors would like to acknowledge the use of Servicio General de Apoyo a la Investigacion-SAI, Universidad de Zaragoza, particularly the Servicio de Medidas Fisicas. We also acknowledge the computer resources and assistance provided by the Centro de Computacion Cientifica of the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. ; Approved Most recent IF: 4.259
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:162868 Serial 5420
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Author (down) Cordeiro, R.M.; Yusupov, M.; Razzokov, J.; Bogaerts, A.
  Title Parametrization and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nitrogen Oxyanions and Oxyacids for Applications in Atmospheric and Biomolecular Sciences Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2020 Publication Journal Of Physical Chemistry B Abbreviated Journal J Phys Chem B
  Volume 124 Issue 6 Pages 1082-1089
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
  Abstract Nitrogen oxyanions and oxyacids are important agents in atmospheric chemistry and medical biology. Although their chemical behavior in solution is relatively well understood, they may behave very differently at the water/air interface of atmospheric aerosols or at the membrane/water interface of cells. Here, we developed a fully classical model for molecular dynamics simulations of NO3−, NO2−, HNO3, and HNO2 in the framework of the GROMOS 53A6 and 54A7 force field versions. The model successfully accounted for the poorly structured solvation shell and ion pairing tendency of NO3−. Accurate pure-liquid properties and hydration free energies were obtained for the oxyacids. Simulations at the water/air interface showed a local enrichment of HNO3 and depletion of NO3−. The effect was discussed in light of earlier spectroscopic data and ab initio calculations, suggesting that HNO3 behaves as a weaker acid at the surface of water. Our model will hopefully allow for efficient and accurate simulations of nitrogen oxyanions and oxyacids in solution and at microheterogeneous interface environments.
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  Language Wos 000512222500015 Publication Date 2020-02-13
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  ISSN 1520-6106 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.3 Times cited Open Access
  Notes We thank Universidade Federal do ABC for providing the computational resources needed for completion of this work. This study was financed in part by the Coordenaçaõ de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nı ́vel Superior – Brasil (CAPES) – Finance Code 001. Approved Most recent IF: 3.3; 2020 IF: 3.177
  Call Number PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:166488 Serial 6340
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Author (down) Corbel, G.; Attfield, J.P.; Hadermann, J.; Abakumov, A.M.; Alekseeva, A.M.; Rozova, M.G.; Antipov, E.V.
  Title Anion rearrangements in fluorinated Nd2CuO3.5 Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2003 Publication Chemistry of materials Abbreviated Journal Chem Mater
  Volume 15 Issue Pages 189-195
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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  Publisher Place of Publication Washington, D.C. Editor
  Language Wos 000180368000029 Publication Date 2003-01-07
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 0897-4756;1520-5002; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 9.466 Times cited 9 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 9.466; 2003 IF: 4.374
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:40348 Serial 123
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Author (down) Coppens, J.; Lindeboom, R.; Muys, M.; Coessens, W.; Alloul, A.; Meerbergen, K.; Lievens, B.; Clauwaert, P.; Boon, N.; Vlaeminck, S.E.
  Title Nitrification and microalgae cultivation for two-stage biological nutrient valorization from source separated urine Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2016 Publication Bioresource technology Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 211 Issue Pages 41-50
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
  Abstract Urine contains the majority of nutrients in urban wastewaters and is an ideal nutrient recovery target. In this study, stabilization of real undiluted urine through nitrification and subsequent microalgae cultivation were explored as strategy for biological nutrient recovery. A nitrifying inoculum screening revealed a commercial aquaculture inoculum to have the highest halotolerance. This inoculum was compared with municipal activated sludge for the start-up of two nitrification membrane bioreactors. Complete nitrification of undiluted urine was achieved in both systems at a conductivity of 75 mS cm−1 and loading rate above 450 mg N L−1 d−1. The halotolerant inoculum shortened the start-up time with 54%. Nitrite oxidizers showed faster salt adaptation and Nitrobacter spp. became the dominant nitrite oxidizers. Nitrified urine as growth medium for Arthrospira platensis demonstrated superior growth compared to untreated urine and resulted in a high protein content of 62%. This two-stage strategy is therefore a promising approach for biological nutrient recovery.
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  Language Wos 000375186700006 Publication Date 2016-03-06
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  ISSN 0960-8524 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
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  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:139913 Serial 8307
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Author (down) Cooper, D.; Denneulin, T.; Barnes, J.-P.; Hartmann, J.-M.; Hutin, L.; Le Royer, C.; Béché, A.; Rouvière, J.-L.
  Title Strain mapping with nm-scale resolution for the silicon-on-insulator generation of semiconductor devices by advanced electron microscopy Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Applied Physics Letters Abbreviated Journal Appl Phys Lett
  Volume 112 Issue Pages 124505
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract Strain engineering in the conduction channel is a cost effective method of boosting the performance in state-of-the-art semiconductor devices. However, given the small dimensions of these devices, it is difficult to quantitatively measure the strain with the required spatial resolution. Three different transmission electron microscopy techniques, high-angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy, dark field electron holography, and nanobeam electron diffraction have been applied to measure the strain in simple bulk and SOI calibration specimens. These techniques are then applied to different gate length SiGe SOI pFET devices in order to measure the strain in the conduction channel. For these devices, improved spatial resolution is required, and strain maps with spatial resolutions as good as 1 nm have been achieved. Finally, we discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of using these three different techniques when used for strain measurement.
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  Publisher American Institute of Physics Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Editor
  Language Wos 000312829400128 Publication Date 2012-12-19
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 0003-6951; 1077-3118 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.411 Times cited 14 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.411; 2012 IF: 3.794
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:136433 Serial 4510
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Author (down) Conti, S.; Van der Donck, M.; Perali, A.; Peeters, F.M.; Neilson, D.
  Title Doping-dependent switch from one- to two-component superfluidity in coupled electron-hole van der Waals heterostructures Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2020 Publication Physical Review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 101 Issue 22 Pages 220504-220506
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract The hunt for high-temperature superfluidity has received new impetus from the discovery of atomically thin stable materials. Electron-hole superfluidity in coupled MoSe2-WSe2 monolayers is investigated using a mean-field multiband model that includes band splitting caused by strong spin-orbit coupling. This splitting leads to a large energy misalignment of the electron and hole bands which is strongly modified by interchanging the doping of the monolayers. The choice of doping determines if the superfluidity is tunable from one to two components.
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  Language Wos 000538941900002 Publication Date 2020-06-09
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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 12 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was partially supported by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO-Vl), the Methusalem Foundation, and the FLAG-ERA project TRANS2DTMD. We thank A. R. Hamilton and A. Vargas-Paredes for useful discussions. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.7; 2020 IF: 3.836
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:170201 Serial 6489
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Author (down) Conti, S.; Saberi-Pouya, S.; Perali, A.; Virgilio, M.; Peeters, F.M.; Hamilton, A.R.; Scappucci, G.; Neilson, D.
  Title Electron-hole superfluidity in strained Si/Ge type II heterojunctions Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2021 Publication npj Quantum Materials Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 6 Issue 1 Pages 41
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Excitons are promising candidates for generating superfluidity and Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in solid-state devices, but an enabling material platform with in-built band structure advantages and scaling compatibility with industrial semiconductor technology is lacking. Here we predict that spatially indirect excitons in a lattice-matched strained Si/Ge bilayer embedded into a germanium-rich SiGe crystal would lead to observable mass-imbalanced electron-hole superfluidity and BEC. Holes would be confined in a compressively strained Ge quantum well and electrons in a lattice-matched tensile strained Si quantum well. We envision a device architecture that does not require an insulating barrier at the Si/Ge interface, since this interface offers a type II band alignment. Thus the electrons and holes can be kept very close but strictly separate, strengthening the electron-hole pairing attraction while preventing fast electron-hole recombination. The band alignment also allows a one-step procedure for making independent contacts to the electron and hole layers, overcoming a significant obstacle to device fabrication. We predict superfluidity at experimentally accessible temperatures of a few Kelvin and carrier densities up to similar to 6 x 10(10) cm(-2), while the large imbalance of the electron and hole effective masses can lead to exotic superfluid phases.
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  Language Wos 000642904200001 Publication Date 2021-04-23
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 2397-4648 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited 9 Open Access OpenAccess
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:178226 Serial 6984
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Author (down) Conti, S.; Perali, A.; Peeters, F.M.; Neilson, D.
  Title Multicomponent electron-hole superfluidity and the BCS-BEC crossover in double bilayer graphene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2017 Publication Physical review letters Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev Lett
  Volume 119 Issue 25 Pages 257002
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract <script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('Superfluidity in coupled electron-hole sheets of bilayer graphene is predicted here to be multicomponent because of the conduction and valence bands. We investigate the superfluid crossover properties as functions of the tunable carrier densities and the tunable energy band gap Eg. For small band gaps there is a significant boost in the two superfluid gaps, but the interaction-driven excitations from the valence to the conduction band can weaken the superfluidity, even blocking the system from entering the Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) regime at low densities. At a given larger density, a band gap E-g similar to 80-120 meV can carry the system into the strong-pairing multiband BCS-BEC crossover regime, the optimal range for realization of high-Tc superfluidity.'));
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  Publisher Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Editor
  Language Wos 000418619100017 Publication Date 2017-12-22
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  ISSN 0031-9007 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 8.462 Times cited 18 Open Access
  Notes ; We thank Mohammad Zarenia for useful discussions. Part of this work was supported by FWO-VI (Flemish Science Foundation) and the Methusalem program. ; Approved Most recent IF: 8.462
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148509 Serial 4885
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Author (down) Conti, S.; Perali, A.; Peeters, F.M.; Neilson, D.
  Title Multicomponent screening and superfluidity in gapped electron-hole double bilayer graphene with realistic bands Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Physical review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 99 Issue 14 Pages 144517
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Superfluidity has recently been reported in double electron-hole bilayer graphene. The multiband nature of the bilayers is important because of the very small band gaps between conduction and valence bands. The long-range nature of the superfluid pairing interaction means that screening must be fully taken into account. We have carried out a systematic mean-field investigation that includes (i) contributions to screening from both intraband and interband excitations, (ii) the low-energy band structure of bilayer graphene with its small band gap and flattened Mexican-hat-like low-energy bands, (iii) the large density of states at the bottom of the bands, (iv) electron-hole pairing in the multibands, and (v) electron-hole pair transfers between the conduction and valence band condensates. We find that the superfluidity strongly modifies the intraband contributions to the screening, but that the interband contributions are unaffected. Unexpectedly, a net effect of the screening is to suppress Josephson-like pair transfers and to confine the superfluid pairing entirely to the conduction-band condensate even for very small band gaps, making the system behave similarly to a one-band superfluid.
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  Language Wos 000465160000004 Publication Date 2019-04-18
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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 15 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was partially supported by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem Foundation. We thank Mohammad Zarenia and Alfredo VargasParedes for useful discussions. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836
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Author (down) Conti, S.; Perali, A.; Peeters, F.M.; Neilson, D.
  Title Effect of mismatched electron-hole effective masses on superfluidity in double layer solid-state systems Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2021 Publication Condensed Matter Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 6 Issue 2 Pages 14
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Superfluidity has been predicted and now observed in a number of different electron-hole double-layer semiconductor heterostructures. In some of the heterostructures, such as GaAs and Ge-Si electron-hole double quantum wells, there is a strong mismatch between the electron and hole effective masses. We systematically investigate the sensitivity to unequal masses of the superfluid properties and the self-consistent screening of the electron-hole pairing interaction. We find that the superfluid properties are insensitive to mass imbalance in the low density BEC regime of strongly-coupled boson-like electron-hole pairs. At higher densities, in the BEC-BCS crossover regime of fermionic pairs, we find that mass imbalance between electrons and holes weakens the superfluidity and expands the density range for the BEC-BCS crossover regime. This permits screening to kill the superfluid at a lower density than for equal masses.
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  Language Wos 000665155800001 Publication Date 2021-04-07
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  ISSN 2410-3896 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited 1 Open Access OpenAccess
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:179635 Serial 6982
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Author (down) Conti, S.; Perali, A.; Hamilton, A.R.; Milošević, M.V.; Peeters, F.M.; Neilson, D.
  Title Chester supersolid of spatially indirect excitons in double-layer semiconductor heterostructures Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2023 Publication Physical review letters Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 130 Issue 5 Pages 057001-57006
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract A supersolid, a counterintuitive quantum state in which a rigid lattice of particles flows without resistance, has to date not been unambiguously realized. Here we reveal a supersolid ground state of excitons in a double-layer semiconductor heterostructure over a wide range of layer separations outside the focus of recent experiments. This supersolid conforms to the original Chester supersolid with one exciton per supersolid site, as distinct from the alternative version reported in cold-atom systems of a periodic density modulation or clustering of the superfluid. We provide the phase diagram augmented by the supersolid. This new phase appears at layer separations much smaller than the predicted exciton normal solid, and it persists up to a solid-solid transition where the quantum phase coherence collapses. The ranges of layer separations and exciton densities in our phase diagram are well within reach of the current experimental capabilities.
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  Language Wos 000968650900001 Publication Date 2023-02-01
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  ISSN 0031-9007; 1079-7114 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 8.6 Times cited 7 Open Access Not_Open_Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 8.6; 2023 IF: 8.462
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:196742 Serial 8817
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Author (down) Conti, S.; Neilson, D.; Peeters, F.M.; Perali, A.
  Title Transition metal dichalcogenides as strategy for high temperature electron-hole superfluidity Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2020 Publication Condensed Matter Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 5 Issue 1 Pages 22-12
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Condensation of spatially indirect excitons, with the electrons and holes confined in two separate layers, has recently been observed in two different double layer heterostructures. High transition temperatures were reported in a double Transition Metal Dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayer system. We briefly review electron-hole double layer systems that have been proposed as candidates for this interesting phenomenon. We investigate the double TMD system WSe2/hBN/MoSe2, using a mean-field approach that includes multiband effects due to the spin-orbit coupling and self-consistent screening of the electron-hole Coulomb interaction. We demonstrate that the transition temperature observed in the double TMD monolayers, which is remarkably high relative to the other systems, is the result of (i) the large electron and hole effective masses in TMDs, (ii) the large TMD band gaps, and (iii) the presence of multiple superfluid condensates in the TMD system. The net effect is that the superfluidity is strong across a wide range of densities, which leads to high transition temperatures that extend as high as TBKT=150 K.
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  Language Wos 000523711200017 Publication Date 2020-03-23
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  ISSN 2410-3896 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited 13 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was partially supported by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO-Vl), the Methusalem Foundation and the FLAG-ERA project TRANS-2D-TMD. ; Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:168658 Serial 6636
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Author (down) Conti, S.; Chaves, A.; Pandey, T.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.; Neilson, D.; Milošević, M.V.
  Title Flattening conduction and valence bands for interlayer excitons in a moire MoS₂/WSe₂ heterobilayer Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2023 Publication Nanoscale Abbreviated Journal
  Volume Issue Pages 1-11
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract We explore the flatness of conduction and valence bands of interlayer excitons in MoS2/WSe2 van der Waals heterobilayers, tuned by interlayer twist angle, pressure, and external electric field. We employ an efficient continuum model where the moire pattern from lattice mismatch and/or twisting is represented by an equivalent mesoscopic periodic potential. We demonstrate that the mismatch moire potential is too weak to produce significant flattening. Moreover, we draw attention to the fact that the quasi-particle effective masses around the Gamma-point and the band flattening are reduced with twisting. As an alternative approach, we show (i) that reducing the interlayer distance by uniform vertical pressure can significantly increase the effective mass of the moire hole, and (ii) that the moire depth and its band flattening effects are strongly enhanced by accessible electric gating fields perpendicular to the heterobilayer, with resulting electron and hole effective masses increased by more than an order of magnitude – leading to record-flat bands. These findings impose boundaries on the commonly generalized benefits of moire twistronics, while also revealing alternative feasible routes to achieve truly flat electron and hole bands to carry us to strongly correlated excitonic phenomena on demand.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Editor
  Language Wos 001047512300001 Publication Date 2023-07-25
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 2040-3364; 2040-3372 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 6.7 Times cited 1 Open Access Not_Open_Access: Available from 25.01.2024
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 6.7; 2023 IF: 7.367
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:198290 Serial 8819
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Author (down) Connolly, M.R.; Milošević, M.V.; Bending, S.J.; Tamegai, T.
  Title Magneto-optical imaging of flux penetration into arrays of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 microdisks Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2008 Publication Physical review : B : solid state Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 78 Issue 13 Pages 132501,1-132501,4
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract We have used differential magneto-optical (MO) imaging to investigate the mixed state of superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+ (BSCCO) microdisks fabricated on a single-crystal sample. MO difference images of the stray field distribution over a range of out-of-plane fields allow us to distinguish between flux that is penetrating the disks and that entering the underlying BSCCO platelet. We find that flux preferentially flows along linear defects into the interstitial platelet regions up to a characteristic field Hp, above which flux enters the disks. We identify this as the field of first penetration of pancake vortices over the Bean-Livingston barrier around the disks, where Hp(T) at intermediate temperatures is well described by an exponentially decaying function with a characteristic temperature T0=19 K. At a given temperature, a minority of the disks exhibit a lower penetration field and we correlate the location of these disks with the linear defects in the BSCCO crystal.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos 000260574200018 Publication Date 2008-10-01
  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 Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2008 IF: 3.322
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:75658 Serial 1901
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Author (down) Connolly, M.R.; Milošević, M.V.; Bending, S.J.; Clem, J.R.; Tamegai, T.
  Title Continuum vs. discrete flux behaviour in large mesoscopic Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+\delta disks Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Europhysics letters Abbreviated Journal Epl-Europhys Lett
  Volume 85 Issue 1 Pages 17008,1-17008,6
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Scanning Hall probe and local Hall magnetometry measurements have been used to investigate flux distributions in large mesoscopic superconducting disks with sizes that lie near the crossover between the bulk and mesoscopic vortex regimes. Results obtained by directly mapping the magnetic induction profiles of the disks at different applied fields can be quite successfully fitted to analytic models which assume a continuous distribution of flux in the sample. At low fields, however, we do observe clear signatures of the underlying discrete vortex structure and can resolve the characteristic mesoscopic compression of vortex clusters in increasing magnetic fields. Even at higher fields, where single-vortex resolution is lost, we are still able to track configurational changes in the vortex patterns, since competing vortex orders impose unmistakable signatures on “local” magnetisation curves as a function of the applied field. Our observations are in excellent agreement with molecular-dynamics numerical simulations which lead us to a natural definition of the lengthscale for the crossover between discrete and continuum behaviours in our system.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Paris Editor
  Language Wos 000263692500029 Publication Date 2009-01-20
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 0295-5075;1286-4854; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 1.957 Times cited 17 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 1.957; 2009 IF: 2.893
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:76306 Serial 495
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Author (down) Connolly, M.R.; Milošević, M.V.; Bending, S.J.; Clem, J.R.; Tamegai, T.
  Title Vortex 'puddles' and magic vortex numbers in mesoscopic superconducting disks Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Journal of physics : conference series Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 150 Issue 5 Pages 052039
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract The magnetic properties of a superconducting disk change dramatically when its dimensions become mesoscopic. Unlike large disks, where the screening currents induced by an applied magnetic field are strong enough to force vortices to accumulate in a 'puddle' at the centre, in a mesoscopic disk the interaction between one of these vortices and the edge currents can be comparable to the intervortex repulsion, resulting in a destruction of the ordered triangular vortex lattice structure at the centre. Vortices instead form clusters which adopt polygonal and shell-like structures which exhibit magic number states similar to those of charged particles in a confining potential, and electrons in artificial atoms. We have fabricated mesoscopic high temperature superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ disks and investigated their magnetic properties using magneto-optical imaging (MOI) and high resolution scanning Hall probe microscopy (SHPM). The temperature dependence of the vortex penetration field measured using MOI is in excellent agreement with models of the thermal excitation of pancake vortices over edge barriers. The growth of the central vortex puddle has been directly imaged using SHPM and magic vortex numbers showing higher stability have been correlated with abrupt jumps in the measured local magnetisation curves.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos Publication Date 2009-04-01
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 1742-6588;1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record
  Impact Factor Times cited Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:106137 Serial 3881
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Author (down) Connolly, M.R.; Bemding, S.J.; Milošević, M.V.; Clem, J.R.; Tamegai, T.
  Title Continuum versus discrete flux behaviour in large mesoscopic Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+\delta disks Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Physica: C : superconductivity Abbreviated Journal Physica C
  Volume 470 Issue S:1 Pages S896-S897
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract We have used scanning Hall probe and local Hall magnetometry measurements to map flux profiles in superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ disks whose diameters span the crossover between the bulk and mesoscopic vortex regimes. The behaviour of large disks (greater-or-equal, slanted20 μm diameter) is well described by analytic models that assume a continuous distribution of flux in the sample. Small disks (less-than-or-equals, slant10 μm diameter), on the other hand, exhibit clear signatures of the underlying discrete vortex structure as well as competition between triangular Abrikosov ordering and the formation of shell structures driven by interactions with circulating edge currents. At low fields we are able to directly observe the characteristic mesoscopic compression of vortex clusters which is linked to oscillations in the diameter of the vortex dome in increasing magnetic fields. At higher fields, where single vortex resolution is lost, we are still able to track configurational changes in the vortex patterns, since competing vortex orders impose unmistakable signatures on local magnetisation curves. Our observations are in excellent agreement with molecular-dynamics numerical simulations which lead us to a natural definition of the lengthscale for the crossover between discrete and continuum behaviour in our system.
  Address
  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor
  Language Wos 000286075700384 Publication Date 2009-11-20
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 0921-4534; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record
  Impact Factor 1.404 Times cited Open Access
  Notes ; ; Approved Most recent IF: 1.404; 2010 IF: 1.415
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:88069 Serial 494
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Author (down) Conings, B.; Babayigit, A.; Klug, M.; Bai, S.; Gauquelin, N.; Sakai, N.; Wang, J.T.-W.; Verbeeck, J.; Boyen, H.-G.; Snaith, H.
  Title Getting rid of anti-solvents: gas quenching for high performance perovskite solar cells Type P1 Proceeding
  Year 2018 Publication 2018 Ieee 7th World Conference On Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (wcpec)(a Joint Conference Of 45th Ieee Pvsc, 28th Pvsec & 34th Eu Pvsec) Abbreviated Journal
  Volume Issue Pages
  Keywords P1 Proceeding; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract As the field of perovskite optoelectronics developed, a plethora of strategies has arisen to control their electronic and morphological characteristics for the purpose of producing high efficiency devices. Unfortunately, despite this wealth of deposition approaches, the community experiences a great deal of irreproducibility between different laboratories, batches and preparation methods. Aiming to address this issue, we developed a simple deposition method based on gas quenching that yields smooth films for a wide range of perovskite compositions, in single, double, triple and quadruple cation varieties, and produces planar heterojunction devices with competitive efficiencies, so far up to 20%.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Editor
  Language Wos 000469200401163 Publication Date 2018-12-08
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 978-1-5386-8529-7 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:160468 Serial 5365
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Author (down) Conings, B.; Babayigit, A.; Klug, M. T.; Bai, S.; Gauquelin, N.; Sakai, N.; Wang, J. T.-W.; Verbeeck, J.; Boyen, H.-G.
  Title A Universal Deposition Protocol for Planar Heterojunction Solar Cells with High Efficiency Based on Hybrid Lead Halide Perovskite Families Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2016 Publication Advanced materials Abbreviated Journal Adv Mater
  Volume 28 Issue 28 Pages 10701-10709
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract A robust and expedient gas quenching method is developed for the solution deposition of hybrid perovskite thin films. The method offers a reliable standard practice for the fabrication of a non-exhaustive variety of perovskites exhibiting excellent film morphology and commensurate high performance in both regular and inverted structured solar cell architectures.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Editor
  Language Wos 000392728200014 Publication Date 2016-10-17
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 1521-4095 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 19.791 Times cited 95 Open Access
  Notes This work was financially supported by BOF (Hasselt University) and the Research Fund Flanders (FWO). B.C. is a postdoctoral research fellow of the FWO. A.B. is financially supported by Imec and FWO. M.T.K. acknowledges funding from the EPSRC project EP/M024881/1 “Organic-inorganic Perovskite Hybrid Tandem Solar Cells”. S.B. is a VINNMER Fellow and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow. J.V. and N.G. acknowledge funding from GOA project “Solarpaint” of the University of Antwerp and FWO project G.0044.13N “Charge ordering”. The Qu-Ant-EM microscope used for this study was partly funded by the Hercules fund from the Flemish Government. N.G. acknowledges funding from the European Research Council under the 7th Framework Program (FP7), ERC Starting Grant 278510 VORTEX. The authors thank Johnny Baccus and Jan Mertens for technical support.; ECASJO_; Approved Most recent IF: 19.791; 2016 IF: NA
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @ c:irua:138597 Serial 4318
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Author (down) Conard, T.; de Witte, H.; Loo, R.; Verheyen, P.; Vandervorst, W.; Caymax, M.; Gijbels, R.
  Title XPS and TOFSIMS studies of shallow Si/Si1-xGex/Si layers Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1999 Publication Thin solid films : an international journal on the science and technology of thin and thick films Abbreviated Journal Thin Solid Films
  Volume 343/344 Issue Pages 583-586
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
  Abstract
  Address
  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam : Elsevier Editor
  Language Wos 000081103100149 Publication Date 2002-07-26
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 0040-6090; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 1.879 Times cited 1 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 1.879; 1999 IF: 1.101
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:24934 Serial 3926
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Author (down) Comrie, C.M.; Ahmed, A.; Smeets, D.; Demeulemeester, J.; Turner, S.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Detavernier, C.; Vantomme, A.
  Title Effect of high temperature deposition on CoSi2 phase formation Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Journal of applied physics Abbreviated Journal J Appl Phys
  Volume 113 Issue 23 Pages 234902-234908
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract This paper discusses the nucleation behaviour of the CoSi to CoSi2 transformation from cobalt silicide thin films grown by deposition at elevated substrate temperatures ranging from 375 °C to 600 °C. A combination of channelling, real-time Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, real-time x-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy was used to investigate the effect of the deposition temperature on the subsequent formation temperature of CoSi2, its growth behaviour, and the epitaxial quality of the CoSi2 thus formed. The temperature at which deposition took place was observed to exert a significant and systematic influence on both the formation temperature of CoSi2 and its growth mechanism. CoSi films grown at the lowest temperatures were found to increase the CoSi2 nucleation temperature above that of CoSi2 grown by conventional solid phase reaction, whereas the higher deposition temperatures reduced the nucleation temperature significantly. In addition, a systematic change in growth mechanism of the subsequent CoSi2 growth occurs as a function of deposition temperature. First, the CoSi2 growth rate from films grown at the lower reactive deposition temperatures is substantially lower than that grown at higher reactive deposition temperatures, even though the onset of growth occurs at a higher temperature, Second, for deposition temperatures below 450 °C, the growth appears columnar, indicating nucleation controlled growth. Elevated deposition temperatures, on the other hand, render the CoSi2 formation process layer-by-layer which indicates enhanced nucleation of the CoSi2 and diffusion controlled growth. Our results further indicate that this observed trend is most likely related to stress and changes in microstructure introduced during reactive deposition of the CoSi film. The deposition temperature therefore provides a handle to tune the CoSi2 growth mechanism.
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  Publisher American Institute of Physics Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Editor
  Language Wos 000321011700077 Publication Date 2013-06-17
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 0021-8979; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 2.068 Times cited 2 Open Access
  Notes Fwo; Countatoms Approved Most recent IF: 2.068; 2013 IF: 2.185
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:109266 Serial 815
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Author (down) Colomer, J.-F.; Marega, R.; Traboulsi, H.; Meneghetti, M.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Bonifazi, D.
  Title Microwave-assisted bromination of double-walled carbon nanotubes Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Chemistry of materials Abbreviated Journal Chem Mater
  Volume 21 Issue 20 Pages 4747-4749
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract
  Address
  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Washington, D.C. Editor
  Language Wos 000270807800001 Publication Date 2009-09-28
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 0897-4756;1520-5002; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 9.466 Times cited 46 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 9.466; 2009 IF: 5.368
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:94504 Serial 2080
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Author (down) Colomer, J.-F.; Benoit, J.-M.; Stephan, C.; Lefrant, S.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Nagy, J.B.
  Title Characterization of single-wall carbon nanotubes produced by CCVD method Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2001 Publication Chemical physics letters Abbreviated Journal Chem Phys Lett
  Volume 345 Issue Pages 11-17
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract
  Address
  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor
  Language Wos 000171066300003 Publication Date 2002-07-25
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 0009-2614; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 1.815 Times cited 45 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 1.815; 2001 IF: 2.364
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:54775 Serial 332
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Author (down) Colla, M.-S.; Wang, B.; Idrissi, H.; Schryvers, D.; Raskin, J.-P.; Pardoen, T.
  Title High strength-ductility of thin nanocrystalline palladium films with nanoscale twins : on-chip testing and grain aggregate model Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Acta materialia Abbreviated Journal Acta Mater
  Volume 60 Issue 4 Pages 1795-1806
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract The mechanical behaviour of thin nanocrystalline palladium films with an ∼30 nm in plane grain size has been characterized on chip under uniaxial tension. The films exhibit a large strain hardening capacity and a significant increase in the strength with decreasing thickness. Transmission electron microscopy has revealed the presence of a moderate density of growth nanotwins interacting with dislocations. A semi-analytical grain aggregate model is proposed to investigate the impact of different contributions to the flow behaviour, involving the effect of twins, of grain size and of the presence of a thin surface layer. This model provides guidelines to optimizing the strength/ductility ratio of the films.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Oxford Editor
  Language Wos 000301989500035 Publication Date 2012-02-02
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 1359-6454; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 5.301 Times cited 38 Open Access
  Notes Iap Approved Most recent IF: 5.301; 2012 IF: 3.941
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:94213 Serial 1465
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Author (down) Colla, M.-S.; Amin-Ahmadi, B.; Idrissi, H.; Malet, L.; Godet, S.; Raskin, J.-P.; Schryvers, D.; Pardoen, T.
  Title Dislocation-mediated relaxation in nanograined columnar ​palladium films revealed by on-chip time-resolved HRTEM testing Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2015 Publication Nature communications Abbreviated Journal Nat Commun
  Volume 6 Issue 6 Pages 5922
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract The high-rate sensitivity of nanostructured metallic materials demonstrated in the recent literature is related to the predominance of thermally activated deformation mechanisms favoured by a large density of internal interfaces. Here we report time-resolved high-resolution electron transmission microscopy creep tests on thin nanograined films using on-chip nanomechanical testing. Tests are performed on ​palladium, which exhibited unexpectedly large creep rates at room temperature. Despite the small 30-nm grain size, relaxation is found to be mediated by dislocation mechanisms. The dislocations interact with the growth nanotwins present in the grains, leading to a loss of coherency of twin boundaries. The density of stored dislocations first increases with applied deformation, and then decreases with time to drive additional deformation while no grain boundary mechanism is observed. This fast relaxation constitutes a key issue in the development of various micro- and nanotechnologies such as ​palladium membranes for hydrogen applications.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Editor
  Language Wos 000348742300002 Publication Date 2015-01-05
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 2041-1723; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 12.124 Times cited 34 Open Access
  Notes Iap7/21; Fwo G012012n Approved Most recent IF: 12.124; 2015 IF: 11.470
  Call Number c:irua:122045 Serial 731
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Author (down) Cole, B.E.; Peeters, F.M.; Ardavan, A.; Hill, S.O.; Singleton, J.; Batty, W.; Chamberlain, J.M.; Polisskii, A.; Henini, M.; Cheng, T.
  Title Collective cyclotron modes in high mobility two-dimensional hole systems in GaAs-(Ga,Al)As heterojunctions: 1: experiments at low magnetic fields and theory Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1997 Publication Journal of physics : condensed matter Abbreviated Journal J Phys-Condens Mat
  Volume 9 Issue Pages 3163-3179
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract
  Address
  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication London Editor
  Language Wos A1997WV06600009 Publication Date 0000-00-00
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 0953-8984 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 2.649 Times cited 20 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.649; 1997 IF: 1.479
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:19293 Serial 384
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