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Badalyan, S.M.; Matos-Abiague, A.; Fabian, J.; Vignale, G.; Peeters, F.M. |
Title |
Spin-orbit-interaction induced singularity of the charge density relaxation propagator |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2013 |
Publication |
Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
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Phys Rev B |
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88 |
Issue |
19 |
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195402-195405 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The charge density relaxation propagator of a two-dimensional electron system, which is the slope of the imaginary part of the polarization function, exhibits singularities for bosonic momenta having the order of the spin-orbit momentum and depending on the momentum orientation. We have provided an intuitive understanding for this nonanalytic behavior in terms of the interchirality subband electronic transitions, induced by the combined action of Bychkov-Rashba (BR) and Dresselhaus (D) spin-orbit coupling. It is shown that the regular behavior of the relaxation propagator is recovered in the presence of only one BR or D spin-orbit field or for spin-orbit interaction with equal BR and D coupling strengths. This creates a new possibility to influence carrier relaxation properties by means of an applied electric field. |
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000326820200005 |
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2013-11-07 |
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1098-0121;1550-235X; |
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3.836 |
Times cited |
2 |
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; We acknowledge support from the Methusalem program of the Flemish government and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), DFG SFB Grant 689, and NSF Grant DMR-1104788 (G.V.). ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:112711 |
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3093 |
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Park, K.; De Beule, C.; Partoens, B. |
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The ageing effect in topological insulators : evolution of the surface electronic structure of Bi2Se3 upon K adsorption |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
Publication |
New journal of physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
New J Phys |
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15 |
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113031-16 |
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Topological insulators (TIs) have attracted a lot of interest in recent years due to their topologically protected surface states, as well as exotic proximity-induced phenomena and device applications for TI heterostructures. Since the first experimental studies of TIs, angle-resolved photoemission spectra (ARPES) showed that the electronic structure of the topological surface states significantly changes as a function of time after cleavage. The origin and underlying mechanism of this ageing effect are still under debate, despite its importance. Here we investigate the evolution of the surface Dirac cone for Bi2Se3 films upon asymmetric potassium (K) adsorption, using density-functional theory and a tight-binding model. We find that the K adatoms induce short-ranged downward band bending within 2-3 nm from the surface, due to charge transfer from the adatoms to the TI. These findings are in contrast to earlier proposals in the literature, that propose a long-ranged downward band bending up to 15 nm from the surface. Furthermore, as the charge transfer increases, we find that a new Dirac cone, localized slightly deeper into the TI than the original one, appears at the K-adsorbed surface, originating from strong Rashba-split conduction-band states. Our results suggest possible reinterpretations of experiments because the new Dirac cone might have been observed in ARPES measurements instead of the original one that appears immediately after cleavage. Our findings are consistent with ARPES data and provide insight into building TI-heterostructure devices by varying the band-bending potential or film thickness. |
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Bristol |
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000326876100006 |
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2013-11-13 |
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1367-2630; |
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Impact Factor |
3.786 |
Times cited |
45 |
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; KP was supported by National Science Foundation grant numbers DMR-0804665 and DMR-1206354 and SDSC Trestles under DMR060009N. CDB was supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO). ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.786; 2013 IF: 3.671 |
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:112707 |
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84 |
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Čukarić, N.A.; Tadić, M.Z.; Partoens, B.; Peeters, F.M. |
Title |
30-band k\cdot p model of electron and hole states in silicon quantum wells |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2013 |
Publication |
Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Rev B |
Volume |
88 |
Issue |
20 |
Pages |
205306 |
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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We modeled the electron and hole states in Si/SiO2 quantum wells within a basis of standing waves using the 30-band k . p theory. The hard-wall confinement potential is assumed, and the influence of the peculiar band structure of bulk silicon on the quantum-well sub-bands is explored. Numerous spurious solutions in the conduction-band and valence-band energy spectra are found and are identified to be of two types: (1) spurious states which have large contributions of the bulk solutions with large wave vectors (the high-k spurious solutions) and (2) states which originate mainly from the spurious valley outside the Brillouin zone (the extravalley spurious solutions). An algorithm to remove all those nonphysical solutions from the electron and hole energy spectra is proposed. Furthermore, slow and oscillatory convergence of the hole energy levels with the number of basis functions is found and is explained by the peculiar band mixing and the confinement in the considered quantum well. We discovered that assuming the hard-wall potential leads to numerical instability of the hole states computation. Nonetheless, allowing the envelope functions to exponentially decay in a barrier of finite height is found to improve the accuracy of the computed hole states. |
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000327161500007 |
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2013-11-20 |
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1098-0121;1550-235X; |
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UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
Impact Factor |
3.836 |
Times cited |
10 |
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; This work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development of Serbia, the Belgian Science Policy (IAP), the Flemish fund for Scientific Research (FWO-Vl), and the Methusalem programme of the Flemish government. ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:112704 |
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18 |
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Petrovic, M.D.; Peeters, F.M.; Chaves, A.; Farias, G.A. |
Title |
Conductance maps of quantum rings due to a local potential perturbation |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2013 |
Publication |
Journal of physics : condensed matter |
Abbreviated Journal |
J Phys-Condens Mat |
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25 |
Issue |
49 |
Pages |
495301-495309 |
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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We performed a numerical simulation of the dynamics of a Gaussian shaped wavepacket inside a small sized quantum ring, smoothly connected to two leads and exposed to a perturbing potential of a biased atomic force microscope tip. Using the Landauer formalism, we calculated conductance maps of this system in the case of single and two subband transport. We explain the main features in the conductance maps as due to the AFM tip influence on the wavepacket phase and amplitude. In the presence of an external magnetic field, the tip modifies the phi(0) periodic Aharonov-Bohm oscillation pattern into a phi(0)/2 periodic Al'tshuler-Aronov-Spivak oscillation pattern. Our results in the case of multiband transport suggest tip selectivity to higher subbands, making them more observable in the total |
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London |
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000327181400002 |
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2013-11-01 |
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0953-8984;1361-648X; |
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Impact Factor |
2.649 |
Times cited |
12 |
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; This work was supported by the Methusalem programme of the Flemish government, the CNPq-FWO bilateral programme and PNPD and FUNCAP/PRONEX grants. ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2013 IF: 2.223 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:112694 |
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478 |
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Krstajie, P.M.; Peeters, F.M. |
Title |
Energy-momentum dispersion relation of plasmarons in bilayer graphene |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2013 |
Publication |
Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Rev B |
Volume |
88 |
Issue |
16 |
Pages |
165420-165424 |
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The relation between the energy and momentum of plasmarons in bilayer graphene is investigated within the Overhauser approach, where the electron-plasmon interaction is described as a field theoretical problem. We find that the Dirac-like spectrum is shifted by Delta E(k) similar to 100 divided by 150 meV depending on the electron concentration n(e) and electron momentum. The shift increases with electron concentration as the energy of plasmons becomes larger. The dispersion of plasmarons is more pronounced than in the case of single layer graphene, which is explained by the fact that the energy dispersion of electrons is quadratic and not linear. We expect that these predictions can be verified using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). |
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2013-10-22 |
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1098-0121;1550-235X; |
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UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
Impact Factor |
3.836 |
Times cited |
3 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the ESF-EuroGRAPHENE project CON-GRAN, and by the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science, within the Project No. TR 32008. ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:112224 |
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1042 |
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Ghosh, S.; Tongay, S.; Hebard, A.F.; Sahin, H.; Peeters, F.M. |
Title |
Ferromagnetism in stacked bilayers of Pd/C60 |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2014 |
Publication |
Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials |
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J Magn Magn Mater |
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349 |
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128-134 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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We provide experimental evidence for the existence of ferromagnetism in bilayers of Pd/C-60 which is supported by theoretical calculations based on density functional theory (DFT). The observed ferromagnetism is surprising as C-60 and Pd films are both non-ferromagnetic in the non-interacting limit. Magnetization (M) versus applied field (H) data acquired at different temperatures (T) show magnetic hysteresis with typical coercive fields (H-c) on the order of 50 Oe. From the temperature-dependent magnetization M(T) we extract a Curie temperature (T-c >= 550 K) using Bloch-like power law extrapolations to high temperatures. Using DFT calculations we investigated all plausible scenarios for the interaction between the C-60 molecules and the Pd slabs, Pd single atoms and Pd clusters. DFT shows that while the C-60 molecules are nonmagnetic, Pd films have a degenerate ground state that subject to a weak perturbation, can become ferromagnetic. Calculations also show that the interaction of C-60 molecules with excess Pd atoms and with sharp edges of a Pd slab is the most likely configuration that render the system ferromagnetic Interestingly, the calculated charge transfer (0.016 e per surface Pd atom, 0.064 e per Pd for intimate contact region) between C-60 and Pd does not appear to play an important role. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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Amsterdam |
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000326037600022 |
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2013-08-02 |
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0304-8853; |
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Impact Factor |
2.63 |
Times cited |
8 |
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; We thank Prof. Amlan Biswas and Daniel Grant for Atomic Force Microscopy measurements. This work is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Contract Number 1005301 (AFH). The authors also thank S. Ciraci for fruitful discussions. All the computational resources have been provided by TUBITAK ULAKBIM, High Performance and Grid Computing Center (TR-Grid e-Infrastructure). H. Sahin is also supported by a FWO Pegasus Marie Curie Long Fellowship during the study. ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.63; 2014 IF: 1.970 |
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:112214 |
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1184 |
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Verberck, B.; Okazaki, T.; Tarakina, N.V. |
Title |
Ordered and disordered packing of coronene molecules in carbon nanotubes |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2013 |
Publication |
Physical chemistry, chemical physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Chem Chem Phys |
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15 |
Issue |
41 |
Pages |
18108-18114 |
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Monte Carlo simulations of coronene molecules in single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and dicoronylene molecules in SWCNTs are performed. Depending on the diameter D of the encapsulating SWCNT, regimes favoring the formation of ordered, one-dimensional (1D) stacks of tilted molecules (D <= 1.7 nm for coronene@SWCNT, 1.5 nm <= D <= 1.7 nm for dicoronylene@SWCNT) and regimes with disordered molecular arrangements and increased translational mobilities enabling the thermally induced polymerization of neighboring molecules resulting in the formation of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are observed. The results show that the diameter of the encapsulating nanotube is a crucial parameter for the controlled synthesis of either highly ordered 1D structures or GNR precursors. |
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Cambridge |
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2013-09-05 |
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1463-9076;1463-9084; |
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Impact Factor |
4.123 |
Times cited |
9 |
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; B.V. is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-VI). N.V.T. acknowledges funding by the Bavarian Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts. ; |
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Most recent IF: 4.123; 2013 IF: 4.198 |
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:112212 |
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2502 |
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Seyed-Talebi, S.M.; Beheshtian, J.; Neek-Amal, M. |
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Doping effect on the adsorption of NH3 molecule onto graphene quantum dot : from the physisorption to the chemisorption |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2013 |
Publication |
Journal of applied physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J Appl Phys |
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114 |
Issue |
12 |
Pages |
124307-7 |
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The adsorption of ammonia molecule onto a graphene hexagonal flake, aluminum (Al) and boron (B) doped graphene flakes (graphene quantum dots, GQDs) are investigated using density functional theory. We found that NH3 molecule is absorbed to the hollow site through the physisorption mechanism without altering the electronic properties of GQD. However, the adsorption energy of NH3 molecule onto the Al- and B-doped GQDs increases with respect GQD resulting chemisorption. The adsorption of NH3 onto the Al-doped and B-doped GQDs makes graphene locally buckled, i.e., B-doped and Al-doped GQDs are not planar. The adsorption mechanism onto a GQD is different than that of graphene. This study reveals important features of the edge passivation and doping effects of the adsorption mechanism of external molecules onto the graphene quantum dots. (C) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC. |
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American Institute of Physics |
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New York, N.Y. |
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000325391100057 |
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2013-09-26 |
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0021-8979; |
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Impact Factor |
2.068 |
Times cited |
10 |
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; This work was supported by the EU-Marie Curie IIF Fellowship/299855 for M.-N.A. ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.068; 2013 IF: 2.185 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:112201 |
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750 |
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Komendová, L. |
Title |
Characteristic length scales and vortex interactions in two-component superconducting systems |
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Doctoral thesis |
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2013 |
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Antwerpen |
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0000-00-00 |
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Most recent IF: NA |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:112085 |
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312 |
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Becker, T.; Nelissen, K.; Cleuren, B.; Partoens, B.; van den Broeck, C. |
Title |
Diffusion of interacting particles in discrete geometries |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
Publication |
Physical review letters |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Rev Lett |
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111 |
Issue |
11 |
Pages |
110601 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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We evaluate the self-diffusion and transport diffusion of interacting particles in a discrete geometry consisting of a linear chain of cavities, with interactions within a cavity described by a free-energy function. Exact analytical expressions are obtained in the absence of correlations, showing that the self-diffusion can exceed the transport diffusion if the free-energy function is concave. The effect of correlations is elucidated by comparison with numerical results. Quantitative agreement is obtained with recent experimental data for diffusion in a nanoporous zeolitic imidazolate framework material, ZIF-8. |
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2013-09-11 |
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0031-9007;1079-7114; |
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Impact Factor |
8.462 |
Times cited |
22 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vlaanderen). ; |
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Most recent IF: 8.462; 2013 IF: 7.728 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:111176 |
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699 |
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Milovanovic, S.P.; Masir, M.R.; Peeters, F.M. |
Title |
Bilayer graphene Hall bar with a pn-junction |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
Publication |
Journal of applied physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J Appl Phys |
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114 |
Issue |
11 |
Pages |
113706 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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We investigate the magnetic field dependence of the Hall and the bend resistances for a ballistic Hall bar structure containing a pn-junction sculptured from a bilayer of graphene. The electric response is obtained using the billiard model, and we investigate the cases of bilayer graphene with and without a band gap. Two different conduction regimes are possible: (i) both sides of the junction have the same carrier type and (ii) one side of the junction is n-type while the other one is p-type. The first case shows Hall plateau-like features in the Hall resistance that fade away as the band gap opens. The second case exhibits a bend resistance that is asymmetric in magnetic field as a consequence of snake states along the pn-interface, where the maximum is shifted away from zero magnetic field. |
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American Institute of Physics |
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New York, N.Y. |
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000324827200031 |
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2013-09-17 |
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0021-8979; |
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UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
Impact Factor |
2.068 |
Times cited |
3 |
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This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the European Science Foundation (ESF) under the EUROCORES Program EuroGRAPHENE within the project CONGRAN, and the Methusalem Foundation of the Flemish government. |
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Most recent IF: 2.068; 2013 IF: 2.185 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:111169 |
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234 |
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Neek-Amal, M.; Covaci, L.; Shakouri, K.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Electronic structure of a hexagonal graphene flake subjected to triaxial stress |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
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Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
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Phys Rev B |
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88 |
Issue |
11 |
Pages |
115428 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The electronic properties of a triaxially strained hexagonal graphene flake with either armchair or zigzag edges are investigated using molecular dynamics simulations and tight-binding calculations. We found that (i) the pseudomagnetic field in strained graphene flakes is not uniform neither in the center nor at the edge of zigzag terminated flakes, (ii) the pseudomagnetic field is almost zero in the center of armchair terminated flakes but increases dramatically near the edges, (iii) the pseudomagnetic field increases linearly with strain, for strains lower than 15% but increases nonlinearly beyond it, (iv) the local density of states in the center of the zigzag hexagon exhibits pseudo-Landau levels with broken sublattice symmetry in the zeroth pseudo-Landau level, and in addition there is a shift in the Dirac cone due to strain induced scalar potentials, and (v) there is size effect in pseudomagnetic field. This study provides a realistic model of the electronic properties of inhomogeneously strained graphene where the relaxation of the atomic positions is correctly included together with strain induced modifications of the hopping terms up to next-nearest neighbors. |
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2013-09-24 |
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1098-0121;1550-235X; |
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UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
Impact Factor |
3.836 |
Times cited |
46 |
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; This work was supported by the EU-Marie Curie IIF postdoctoral Fellowship/ 299855 (for M.N.-A.), the ESF EuroGRAPHENE project CONGRAN, the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem Funding of the Flemish government. ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:111168 |
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1011 |
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Komendová, L.; Milošević, M.V.; Peeters, F.M. |
Title |
Soft vortex matter in a type-I/type-II superconducting bilayer |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2013 |
Publication |
Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Rev B |
Volume |
88 |
Issue |
9 |
Pages |
094515 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Magnetic flux patterns are known to strongly differ in the intermediate state of type-I and type-II superconductors. Using a type-I/type-II bilayer we demonstrate hybridization of these flux phases into a plethora of unique new ones. Owing to a complicated multibody interaction between individual fluxoids, many different intriguing patterns are possible under applied magnetic field, such as few-vortex clusters, vortex chains, mazes, or labyrinthal structures resembling the phenomena readily encountered in soft-matter physics. However, in our system the patterns are tunable by sample parameters, magnetic field, current, and temperature, which reveals transitions from short-range clustering to long-range ordered phases such as parallel chains, gels, glasses, and crystalline vortex lattices, or phases where lamellar type-I flux domains in one layer serve as a bedding potential for type-II vortices in the other, configurations clearly beyond the soft-matter analogy. |
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2013-09-24 |
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1098-0121;1550-235X; |
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3.836 |
Times cited |
27 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). Insightful discussions with Arkady Shanenko and Edith Cristina Euan Diaz are gratefully acknowledged. ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:111167 |
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3050 |
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Zhang, L.-F.; Covaci, L.; Milošević, M.V.; Berdiyorov, G.R.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Vortex states in nanoscale superconducting squares : the influence of quantum confinement |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
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Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
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Phys Rev B |
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88 |
Issue |
14 |
Pages |
144501 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Bogoliubov-de Gennes theory is used to investigate the effect of the size of a superconducting square on the vortex states in the quantum confinement regime. When the superconducting coherence length is comparable to the Fermi wavelength, the shape resonances of the superconducting order parameter have strong influence on the vortex configuration. Several unconventional vortex states, including asymmetric ones, giant-multivortex combinations, and states comprising giant antivortices, were found as ground states and their stability was found to be very sensitive on the value of k(F)xi(0), the size of the sample W, and the magnetic flux Phi. By increasing the temperature and/or enlarging the size of the sample, quantum confinement is suppressed and the conventional mesoscopic vortex states as predicted by the Ginzburg-Laudau (GL) theory are recovered. However, contrary to the GL results we found that the states containing symmetry-induced vortex-antivortex pairs are stable over the whole temperature range. It turns out that the inhomogeneous order parameter induced by quantum confinement favors vortex-antivortex molecules, as well as giant vortices with a rich structure in the vortex core-unattainable in the GL domain. |
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2013-10-09 |
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1098-0121;1550-235X; |
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Impact Factor |
3.836 |
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19 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vlaanderen) and Methusalem Funding of the Flemish government. ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:111145 |
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3891 |
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Dantas, D.S.; Chaves, A.; Farias, G.A.; Ramos, A.C.A.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Low-dimensional confining structures on the surface of helium films suspended on designed cavities |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
Publication |
Journal of low temperature physics |
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J Low Temp Phys |
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173 |
Issue |
3-4 |
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207-226 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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We investigate the formation of quantum confined structures on the surface of a liquid helium film suspended on a nanostructured substrate. We show theoretically that, by nanostructuring the substrate, it is possible to change the geometry of the liquid helium surface, opening the possibility of designing and controlling the formation of valleys with different shapes. By applying an external electric field perpendicular to the substrate plane, surface electrons can be trapped into these valleys, as in a quantum dot. We investigate how the external parameters, such as the electric field strength and the height of the liquid helium bath, can be tuned to control the energy spectrum of the trapped surface electrons. |
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New York |
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2013-08-22 |
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0022-2291;1573-7357; |
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Impact Factor |
1.3 |
Times cited |
1 |
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; This work has received financial support from the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq), Fundacao Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (Funcap), CAPES and Pronex/CNPq/Funcap. This work was partially supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the bilateral project between CNPq and FWO-Vl. ; |
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Most recent IF: 1.3; 2013 IF: 1.036 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:111140 |
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1845 |
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Schoeters, B.; Neyts, E.C.; Khalilov, U.; Pourtois, G.; Partoens, B. |
Title |
Stability of Si epoxide defects in Si nanowires : a mixed reactive force field/DFT study |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
Publication |
Physical chemistry, chemical physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Chem Chem Phys |
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15 |
Issue |
36 |
Pages |
15091-15097 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) |
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Modeling the oxidation process of silicon nanowires through reactive force field based molecular dynamics simulations suggests that the formation of Si epoxide defects occurs both at the Si/SiOx interface and at the nanowire surface, whereas for flat surfaces, this defect is experimentally observed to occur only at the interface as a result of stress. In this paper, we argue that the increasing curvature stabilizes the defect at the nanowire surface, as suggested by our density functional theory calculations. The latter can have important consequences for the opto-electronic properties of thin silicon nanowires, since the epoxide induces an electronic state within the band gap. Removing the epoxide defect by hydrogenation is expected to be possible but becomes increasingly difficult with a reduction of the diameter of the nanowires. |
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Cambridge |
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2013-07-16 |
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1463-9076;1463-9084; |
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Impact Factor |
4.123 |
Times cited |
3 |
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; BS gratefully acknowledges financial support of the IWT, Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders, via the SBO project “SilaSol”. This work was carried out using the Turing HPC infrastructure at the CalcUA core facility of the Universiteit Antwerpen, a division of the Flemish Supercomputer Center VSC, funded by the Hercules Foundation, the Flemish government and the Universiteit Antwerpen. ; |
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Most recent IF: 4.123; 2013 IF: 4.198 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:110793 |
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3130 |
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Latimer, M.L.; Berdiyorov, G.R.; Xiao, Z.L.; Peeters, F.M.; Kwok, W.K. |
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Realization of artificial ice systems for magnetic vortices in a superconducting MoGe thin film with patterned nanostructures |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
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Physical review letters |
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Phys Rev Lett |
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111 |
Issue |
6 |
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067001-67005 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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We report an anomalous matching effect in MoGe thin films containing pairs of circular holes arranged in such a way that four of those pairs meet at each vertex point of a square lattice. A remarkably pronounced fractional matching was observed in the magnetic field dependences of both the resistance and the critical current. At the half matching field the critical current can be even higher than that at zero field. This has never been observed before for vortices in superconductors with pinning arrays. Numerical simulations within the nonlinear Ginzburg-Landau theory reveal a square vortex ice configuration in the ground state at the half matching field and demonstrate similar characteristic features in the field dependence of the critical current, confirming the experimental realization of an artificial ice system for vortices for the first time. |
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2013-08-05 |
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0031-9007;1079-7114; |
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8.462 |
Times cited |
63 |
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; This work was supported by the US Department of Energy DOE BES under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357 (transport measurements), the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem Foundation of the Flemish Government (numerical simulations). G. R. B. acknowledges an individual grant from FWO-Vl. The nanopatterning and morphological analysis were performed at Argonne's Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) which is funded by DOE BES under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. We are grateful to Dr. Charles Reichhardt in Los Alamos National Laboratory for stimulating discussions and critical comments. Z. L. X. acknowledges DOE BES Grant No. DE-FG02-06ER46334 (sample fabrication and imaging). M. L. L. was a recipient of the NIU/ANL Distinguished Graduate Fellowship grant. ; |
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Most recent IF: 8.462; 2013 IF: 7.728 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:110750 |
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2836 |
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Zhao, H.J.; Misko, V.R.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Dynamics of self-organized driven particles with competing range interaction |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
Publication |
Physical review : E : statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics |
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Phys Rev E |
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88 |
Issue |
2 |
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022914-22917 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Nonequilibrium self-organized patterns formed by particles interacting through competing range interaction are driven over a substrate by an external force. We show that, with increasing driving force, the preexisted static patterns evolve into dynamic patterns either via disordered phase or depinned patterns or via the formation of nonequilibrium stripes. Strikingly, the stripes are formed either in the direction of the driving force or in the transverse direction, depending on the pinning strength. The revealed dynamical patterns are summarized in a dynamical phase diagram. |
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American Institute of Physics |
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Woodbury (NY) |
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2013-08-19 |
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1539-3755;1550-2376; |
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Impact Factor |
2.366 |
Times cited |
23 |
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; This work was supported by the “Odysseus” Program of the Flemish Government and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.366; 2013 IF: 2.326 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:110743 |
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783 |
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Kapra, A.V.; Vodolazov, D.Y.; Misko, V.R. |
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Vortex transport in a channel with periodic constrictions |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
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Superconductor science and technology |
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Supercond Sci Tech |
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26 |
Issue |
9 |
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095010-95011 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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By numerically solving the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations in a type-II superconductor, characterized by a critical temperature T-c1, and the coherence length xi(1), with a channel formed by overlapping rhombuses (diamond-like channel) made of another type-II superconductor, characterized, in general, by different T-c2 and xi(2), we investigate the dynamics of driven vortex matter for varying parameters of the channel: the width of the neck connecting the diamond cells, the cell geometry, and the ratio between the coherence lengths in the bank and the channel. We analyzed samples with periodic boundary conditions (which we call 'infinite' samples) and finite-size samples (with boundaries for vortex entry/exit), and we found that by tuning the channel parameters, one can manipulate the vortex dynamics, e.g., change the transition from flux-pinned to flux-flow regime and tune the slope of the IV-curves. In addition, we analyzed the effect of interstitial vortices on these characteristics. The critical current of this device was studied as a function of the applied magnetic field, j(c)(H). The function j(c)(H) reveals a striking commensurability peak, in agreement with recent experimental observations. The obtained results suggest that the diamond channel, which combines the properties of pinning arrays and flux-guiding channels, can be a promising candidate for potential use in devices controlling magnetic flux motion. |
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Bristol |
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2013-07-30 |
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0953-2048;1361-6668; |
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Impact Factor |
2.878 |
Times cited |
2 |
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; This work was supported by the 'Odysseus' Program of the Flemish Government and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.878; 2013 IF: 2.796 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:110737 |
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3898 |
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Shakouri, K.; Masir, M.R.; Jellal, A.; Choubabi, E.B.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Effect of spin-orbit couplings in graphene with and without potential modulation |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
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Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
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Phys Rev B |
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88 |
Issue |
11 |
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115408-115409 |
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We investigate the effect of Rashba and intrinsic spin-orbit couplings on the electronic properties and spin configurations of Dirac fermions confined in: (i) a flat graphene sheet, (ii) a graphene wire with p-n-p structure, and (iii) a superlattice of graphene wires. The interplay between the spin-orbit interaction mechanisms breaks the electron-hole symmetry and the spin configuration induced by Rashba spin-orbit coupling lacks inversion symmetry in k space. We show that the Rashba spin-orbit interaction doubles the Fabry-Perot resonant modes in the transmission spectrum of a graphene wire and opens new channels for the electron transmission. Moreover, it leads to the appearance of spin split extra Dirac cones in the energy spectrum of a graphene superlattice. It is shown that the spin of the electrons and holes confined in a flat graphene sheet is always perpendicular to their motion while this is not the case for the other nanostructures. |
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2013-09-05 |
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1098-0121;1550-235X; |
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Impact Factor |
3.836 |
Times cited |
36 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the European Science Foundation (ESF) under the EUROCORES Program EuroGRAPHENE within the project CONGRAN. The generous support provided by the Saudi Center for Theoretical Physics (SCTP) is highly appreciated by A.J. and E.B.C. They also thank the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Faisal University for funding this work under the Project No. 130193. ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:110716 |
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836 |
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Dabaghmanesh, S.; Saniz, R.; Amini, M.N.; Lamoen, D.; Partoens, B. |
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Perovskite transparent conducting oxides : an ab initio study |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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25 |
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41 |
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415503 |
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A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) |
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We present an ab initio study of the electronic structure and of the formation energies of various point defects in BaSnO3 and SrGeO3. We show that La and Y impurities substituting Ba or Sr are shallow donors with a preferred 1 + charge state. These defects have a low formation energy within all the suitable equilibrium growth conditions considered. Oxygen vacancies behave as shallow donors as well, preferring the 2 + charge state. Their formation energies, however, are higher in most growth conditions, indicating a limited contribution to conductivity. The calculated electron effective mass in BaSnO3, with a value of 0.21 me, and the very high mobility reported recently in La-doped BaSnO3 single-crystals, suggest that remarkably low scattering rates can be achieved in the latter. In the case of SrGeO3, our results point to carrier density and mobility values in the low range for typical polycrystalline TCOs, in line with experiment. |
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London |
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2013-09-24 |
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0953-8984;1361-648X; |
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Impact Factor |
2.649 |
Times cited |
17 |
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FWO;Hercules |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2013 IF: 2.223 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:110495 |
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2574 |
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Xiao, Y.M.; Xu, W.; Zhang, Y.Y.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Optoelectronic properties of ABC-stacked trilayer graphene |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
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Physica status solidi: B: basic research |
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Phys Status Solidi B |
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250 |
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1 |
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86-94 |
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We present a theoretical study on the optoelectronic properties of ABC-stacked trilayer graphene (TLG). The optical conductance and light transmittance are evaluated through using the energy-balance equation derived from the Boltzmann equation for an air/graphene/dielectric-wafer system in the presence of linearly polarized radiation field. The results obtained from two band structure models are examined and compared. For short wavelength radiation, the universal optical conductance sigma(0) = 3e(2)/(4h) can be obtained. Importantly, there exists an optical absorption window in the radiation wavelength range 10-200 mu m, which is induced by different transition energies required for inter- and intra-band optical absorption channels. As a result, we find that the position and width of this window depend sensitively on temperature and carrier density of the system, especially the lower frequency edge. There is a small characteristic absorption peak at about 82 mu m where the largest interband transition states exist in the ABC-stacked TLG model, in contrast to the relatively smooth curves in a simplified model. These theoretical results indicate that TLG has some interesting and important physical properties which can be utilized to realize infrared or THz optoelectronic devices. |
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2012-08-08 |
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0370-1972; |
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Impact Factor |
1.674 |
Times cited |
6 |
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; This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 10974206), Department of Science and Technology of Yunnan Province, and by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. One of us (F.M.P.) was a Specially Appointed Foreign Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. ; |
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Most recent IF: 1.674; 2013 IF: 1.605 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:110109 |
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2495 |
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Carrillo-Nunez, H.; Magnus, W.; Vandenberghe, W.G.; Sorée, B.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Phonon-assisted Zener tunneling in a p-n diode silicon nanowire |
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2013 |
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Solid state electronics |
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Solid State Electron |
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79 |
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196-200 |
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The Zener tunneling current flowing through a biased, abrupt p-n junction embedded in a cylindrical silicon nanowire is calculated. As the band gap becomes indirect for sufficiently thick wires, Zener tunneling and its related transitions between the valence and conduction bands are mediated by short-wavelength phonons interacting with mobile electrons. Therefore, not only the high electric field governing the electrons in the space-charge region but also the transverse acoustic (TA) and transverse optical (TO) phonons have to be incorporated in the expression for the tunneling current. The latter is also affected by carrier confinement in the radial direction and therefore we have solved the Schrodinger and Poisson equations self-consistently within the effective mass approximation for both conduction and valence band electrons. We predict that the tunneling current exhibits a pronounced dependence on the wire radius, particularly in the high-bias regime. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Oxford |
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2012-09-29 |
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0038-1101; |
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Impact Factor |
1.58 |
Times cited |
2 |
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; This work is supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI), and the Interuniversity Attraction Poles, Belgium State, Belgium Science Policy, and IMEC. One of the authors (W. Vandenberghe) gratefully acknowledges the support of a Ph.D. stipend from the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation through Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT-Vlaanderen). ; |
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Most recent IF: 1.58; 2013 IF: 1.514 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:110104 |
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2600 |
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Lucena, D.; Ferreira, W.P.; Munarin, F.F.; Farias, G.A.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Tunable diffusion of magnetic particles in a quasi-one-dimensional channel |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
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Physical review : E : statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics |
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Phys Rev E |
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87 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
012307-12309 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The diffusion of a system of ferromagnetic dipoles confined in a quasi-one-dimensional parabolic trap is studied using Brownian dynamics simulations. We show that the dynamics of the system is tunable by an in-plane external homogeneous magnetic field. For a strong applied magnetic field, we find that the mobility of the system, the exponent of diffusion, and the crossover time among different diffusion regimes can be tuned by the orientation of the magnetic field. For weak magnetic fields, the exponent of diffusion in the subdiffusive regime is independent of the orientation of the external field. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.012307 |
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American Institute of Physics |
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Woodbury (NY) |
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2013-01-15 |
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1539-3755;1550-2376; |
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2.366 |
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11 |
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; This work was supported by CNPq, CAPES, FUNCAP (Pronex grant), the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the bilateral program between Flanders and Brazil, the collaborative program CNPq – FWO-Vl, and the Brazilian program Science Without Borders (CsF). Discussions with V. R. Misko are gratefully acknowledged. ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.366; 2013 IF: 2.326 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:110089 |
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3739 |
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Zarenia, M.; Pereira, J.M., Jr.; Peeters, F.M.; Farias, G.A. |
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Snake states in graphene quantum dots in the presence of a p-n junction |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
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Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
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Phys Rev B |
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87 |
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3 |
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035426 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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We investigate the magnetic interface states of graphene quantum dots that contain p-n junctions. Within a tight-binding approach, we consider rectangular quantum dots in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field containing p-n as well as p-n-p and n-p-n junctions. The results show the interplay between the edge states associated with the zigzag terminations of the sample and the snake states that arise at the p-n junction due to the overlap between electron and hole states at the potential interface. Remarkable localized states are found at the crossing of the p-n junction with the zigzag edge having a dumb-bell-shaped electron distribution. The results are presented as a function of the junction parameters and the applied magnetic flux. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.035426 |
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2013-01-29 |
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1098-0121;1550-235X; |
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UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
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3.836 |
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16 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI), the European Science Foundation (ESF) under the EUROCORES program EuroGRAPHENE (project CONGRAN), the Brazilian agency CNPq (Pronex), and the bilateral projects between Flanders and Brazil and the collaboration project FWO-CNPq. ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:110087 |
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3048 |
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Esfahani, D.N.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Field effect on surface states in a doped Mott-insulator thin film |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
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Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
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Phys Rev B |
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87 |
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3 |
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035131-35136 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Surface effects of a doped thin film made of a strongly correlated material are investigated both in the absence and presence of a perpendicular electric field. We use an inhomogeneous Gutzwiller approximation for a single-band Hubbard model in order to describe correlation effects. For low doping, the bulk value of the quasiparticle weight is recovered exponentially deep into the slab, but with increasing doping, additional Friedel oscillations appear near the surface. We show that the inverse correlation length has a power-law dependence on the doping level. In the presence of an electrical field, considerable changes in the quasiparticle weight can be realized throughout the system. We observe a large difference (as large as five orders of magnitude) in the quasiparticle weight near the opposite sides of the slab. This effect can be significant in switching devices that use the surface states for transport. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.035131 |
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2013-01-29 |
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1098-0121;1550-235X; |
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UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
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3.836 |
Times cited |
4 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI). ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:110086 |
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1190 |
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Kapra, A.V.; Misko, V.R.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Controlling magnetic flux motion by arrays of zigzag-arranged magnetic bars |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
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Superconductor science and technology |
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Supercond Sci Tech |
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26 |
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2 |
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025011-10 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Recent advances in manufacturing arrays of artificial pinning sites, i.e., antidots, blind holes and magnetic dots, allowed an effective control of magnetic flux in superconductors. An array of magnetic bars deposited on top of a superconducting film was shown to display different pinning regimes depending on the direction of the in-plane magnetization of the bars. Changing the sign of their magnetization results in changes in the induced magnetic pinning potentials. By numerically solving the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations in a superconducting film with periodic arrays of zigzag-arranged magnetic bars, we revealed various flux dynamics regimes. In particular, we demonstrate flux pinning and flux flow, depending on the direction of the magnetization of the magnetic bars. Remarkably, the revealed different flux-motion regimes are associated with different mechanisms of vortex-antivortex dynamics. For example, we found that for an 'antiparallel' configuration of magnetic bars this dynamics involves a repeating vortex-antivortex generation and annihilation. We show that the depinning transition and the onset of flux flow can be manipulated by the magnetization of the bars and the geometry of the array. This provides an effective control of the depinning critical current that can be useful for possible fluxonics applications. |
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2012-12-20 |
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0953-2048;1361-6668; |
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Impact Factor |
2.878 |
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5 |
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; We acknowledge useful discussions with Denis Vodolazov and Alejandro Silhanek. This work was supported by the 'Odysseus' Program of the Flemish Government and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.878; 2013 IF: 2.796 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:110080 |
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505 |
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Dixit, H.; Tandon, N.; Cottenier, S.; Saniz, R.; Lamoen, D.; Partoens, B. |
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Erratum : First-principles study of possible shallow donors in ZnAl2O4 spinel [Phys. Rev. B 87, 174101 (2013)] |
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2013 |
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Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
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Phys Rev B |
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88 |
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5 |
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059905-2 |
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A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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2013-08-27 |
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1098-0121;1550-235X; |
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3.836 |
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1 |
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Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:110015 |
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1080 |
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Shanenko, A.A.; Orlova, N.V.; Vagov, A.; Milošević, M.V.; Axt, V.M.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Nanofilms as quantum-engineered multiband superconductors : the Ginzburg-Landau theory |
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2013 |
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Europhysics letters |
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Epl-Europhys Lett |
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102 |
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2 |
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27003-27006 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Recently fabricated single-crystalline atomically flat metallic nanofilms are in fact quantum-engineered multiband superconductors. Here the multiband structure is dictated by the nanofilm thickness through the size quantization of the electron motion perpendicular to the nanofilm. This opens the unique possibility to explore superconductivity in well-controlled multi-band systems. However, a serious obstacle is the absence of a convenient and manageable theoretical tool to access new physical phenomena in such quasi-two-dimensional systems, including interplay of quantum confinement and fluctuations. Here we cover this gap and construct the appropriate multiband Ginzburg-Landau functional for nano-thin superconductors. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2013 |
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2013-05-03 |
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0295-5075;1286-4854; |
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1.957 |
Times cited |
8 |
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; This work was supported by the “Odysseus” Program of the Flemish Government and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ; |
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Most recent IF: 1.957; 2013 IF: 2.269 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:109859 |
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2257 |
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Van Boxem, R.; Verbeeck, J.; Partoens, B. |
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Spin effects in electron vortex states |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
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Europhysics letters |
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Epl-Europhys Lett |
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102 |
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4 |
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40010-40016 |
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A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The recent experimental realization of electron vortex beams opens up a wide research domain previously unexplored. The present paper explores the relativistic properties of these electron vortex beams, and quantifies deviations from the scalar wave theory. It is common in electron optics to use the Schrodinger equation neglecting spin. The present paper investigates the role of spin and the total angular momentum J(z) and how it pertains to the vortex states. As an application, we also investigate if it is possible to use holographic reconstruction to create novel total angular momentum eigenstates in a transmission electron microscope. It is demonstrated that relativistic spin coupling effects disappear in the paraxial limit, and spin effects in holographically created electron vortex beams can only be exploited by using specialized magnetic apertures. |
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2013-06-11 |
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0295-5075;1286-4854; |
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1.957 |
Times cited |
11 |
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312483 Esteem2; N246791 Countatoms; 278510 Vortex; esteem2jra1; esteem2jra3 ECASJO_; |
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Most recent IF: 1.957; 2013 IF: 2.269 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:109852 |
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3087 |
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