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De Sloovere, D.; Safari, M.; Elen, K.; D'Haen, J.; Drozhzhin, O.A.; Abakumov, A.M.; Simenas, M.; Banys, J.; Bekaert, J.; Partoens, B.; Van Bael, M.K.; Hardy, A. |
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Reduced Na2+xTi4O9 composite : a durable anode for sodium-ion batteries |
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A1 Journal article |
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2018 |
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Chemistry of materials |
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Chem Mater |
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30 |
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23 |
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8521-8527 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are potential cost-effective solutions for stationary energy storage applications. Unavailability of suitable anode materials, however, is one of the important barriers to the maturity of SIBs. Here, we report a Na2+xTi4O9/C composite as a promising anode candidate for SIBs with high capacity and cycling stability. This anode is characterized by a capacity of 124 mAh g(-1) (plus 11 mAh g(-1) contributed by carbon black), an average discharge potential of 0.9 V vs Na/Na+, a good rate capability and a high stability (89% capacity retention after 250 cycles at a rate of 1 degrees C). The mechanisms of sodium insertion/deinsertion and of the formation of Na2+xTi4O9/C are investigated with the aid of various ex/in situ characterization techniques. The in situ formed carbon is necessary for the formation of the reduced sodium titanate. This synthesis method may enable the convenient synthesis of other composites of crystalline phases with amorphous carbon. |
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2018-11-29 |
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0897-4756 |
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9.466 |
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7 |
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; This work was supported by the FWO (Research Foundation Flanders, project G040116). O.A.D. and A.M.A. are grateful to the Russian Science Foundation for financial support (Grant 17-73-30006). The authors acknowledge Pieter Samyn for Raman spectroscopy, Fulya Ulu Okudur for preliminary TEM, Bart Ruttens for XRD, Hilde Pellaers for SEM, Tom Haeldermans for elemental analysis, and Karen Leyssen and Vera Meynen for physisorption measurements. ; |
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Most recent IF: 9.466 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:156235 |
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5227 |
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De Beule, C.; Saniz, R.; Partoens, B. |
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Crystalline topological states at a topological insulator junction |
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A1 Journal article |
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2019 |
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The journal of physics and chemistry of solids |
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J Phys Chem Solids |
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128 |
Issue |
128 |
Pages |
144-151 |
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A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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We consider an interface between two strong time-reversal invariant topological insulators having surface states with opposite spin chirality, or equivalently, opposite mirror Chern number. We show that such an interface supports gapless modes that are protected by mirror symmetry. The interface states are investigated with a continuum model for the Bi2Se3 class of topological insulators that takes into account terms up to third order in the crystal momentum, which ensures that the model has the correct symmetry. The model parameters are obtained from ab initio calculations. Finally, we consider the effect of rotational mismatch at the interface, which breaks the mirror symmetry and opens a gap in the interface spectrum. |
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000472693100013 |
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2018-01-31 |
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0022-3697 |
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2.059 |
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Most recent IF: 2.059 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:161391 |
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5385 |
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Sabzalipour, A.; Partoens, B. |
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Anomalous Hall effect in magnetic topological insulators : semiclassical framework |
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A1 Journal article |
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2019 |
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Physical review B |
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Phys Rev B |
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100 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
035419 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The anomalous Hall effect (AHE) is studied on the surface of a 3D magnetic topological insulator. By applying a modified semiclassical framework, all three contributions to the AHE, the Berry curvature effect, the side jump effect and the skew scattering effects are systematically treated, and analytical expressions for the conductivities are obtained in terms of the Fermi level, the spatial orientation of the surface magnetization and the concentration of magnetic and nonmagnetic impurities. We demonstrate that the AHE can change sign by altering the orientation of the surface magnetization, the concentration of the impurities and also the position of the Fermi level, in agreement with recent experimental observations. We show how each contribution to the AHE, or even the whole AHE, can be turned off by properly adjusting the given parameters. For example, one can turn off the anomalous hall conductivity in a system with in-plane magnetization by pushing the system into the fully metallic regime. |
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2019-07-15 |
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2469-9969; 2469-9950 |
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3.836 |
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2 |
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Most recent IF: 3.836 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:161219 |
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5406 |
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Houben, K.; Jochum, J.K.; Lozano, D.P.; Bisht, M.; Menendez, E.; Merkel, D.G.; Ruffer, R.; Chumakov, A., I; Roelants, S.; Partoens, B.; Milošević, M.V.; Peeters, F.M.; Couet, S.; Vantomme, A.; Temst, K.; Van Bael, M.J. |
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In situ study of the \alpha-Sn to \beta-Sn phase transition in low-dimensional systems : phonon behavior and thermodynamic properties |
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A1 Journal article |
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2019 |
Publication |
Physical review B |
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Phys Rev B |
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100 |
Issue |
7 |
Pages |
075408 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The densities of phonon states of thin Sn films on InSb substrates are determined during different stages of the alpha-Sn to beta-Sn phase transition using nuclear inelastic x-ray scattering. The vibrational entropy and internal energy per atom as a function of temperature are obtained by numerical integration of the phonon density of states. The free energy as a function of temperature for the nanoscale samples is compared to the free energy obtained from ab initio calculations of bulk tin in the alpha-Sn and beta-Sn phase. In thin films this phase transition is governed by the interplay between the vibrational behavior of the film (the phase transition is driven by the vibrational entropy) and the stabilizing influence of the substrate (which depends on the film thickness). This brings a deeper understanding of the role of lattice vibrations in the phase transition of nanoscale Sn. |
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2019-08-08 |
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2469-9969; 2469-9950 |
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3.836 |
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9 |
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; This work was supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) and the Concerted Research Action (Grant No. GOA14/007). K.H., S.C., D.P.L., and E.M. wish to thank the FWO for financial support. The authors gratefully acknowledge the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) for the granted beam time and the use of the in situ UHV preparation chamber. The authors thank B. Opperdoes for technical support and T. Peissker and R. Lieten for fruitful discussions. ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:161836 |
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5416 |
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Bekaert, J.; Khestanova, E.; Hopkinson, D.G.; Birkbeck, J.; Clark, N.; Zhu, M.; Bandurin, D.A.; Gorbachev, R.; Fairclough, S.; Zou, Y.; Hamer, M.; Terry, D.J.; Peters, J.J.P.; Sanchez, A.M.; Partoens, B.; Haigh, S.J.; Milošević, M.V.; Grigorieva, I., V |
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Enhanced superconductivity in few-layer TaS₂ due to healing by oxygenation |
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A1 Journal article |
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2020 |
Publication |
Nano Letters |
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Nano Lett |
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20 |
Issue |
5 |
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3808-3818 |
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A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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When approaching the atomically thin limit, defects and disorder play an increasingly important role in the properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials. While defects are generally thought to negatively affect superconductivity in 2D materials, here we demonstrate the contrary in the case of oxygenation of ultrathin tantalum disulfide (TaS2). Our first-principles calculations show that incorporation of oxygen into the TaS2 crystal lattice is energetically favorable and effectively heals sulfur vacancies typically present in these crystals, thus restoring the electronic band structure and the carrier density to the intrinsic characteristics of TaS2. Strikingly, this leads to a strong enhancement of the electron-phonon coupling, by up to 80% in the highly oxygenated limit. Using transport measurements on fresh and aged (oxygenated) few-layer TaS2, we found a marked increase of the superconducting critical temperature (T-c) upon aging, in agreement with our theory, while concurrent electron microscopy and electron-energy loss spectroscopy confirmed the presence of sulfur vacancies in freshly prepared TaS2 and incorporation of oxygen into the crystal lattice with time. Our work thus reveals the mechanism by which certain atomic-scale defects can be beneficial to superconductivity and opens a new route to engineer T-c in ultrathin materials. |
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2020-04-20 |
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1530-6984 |
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10.8 |
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16 |
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; This work was supported by Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO). J.Be. acknowledges support of a postdoctoral fellowship of the FWO. The computational resources and services used for the first-principles calculations in this work were provided by the VSC (Flemish Supercomputer Center), funded by the FWO and the Flemish Government-department EWI. S.J.H., D.H., and S.F. would like to thank the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) U.K (grants EP/R031711/1, EP/P009050/1 and the Graphene NOWNANO CDT) and the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement ERC-2016-STG-EvoluTEM-715502, the Hetero2D Synergy grant and EC-FET Graphene Flagship) for funding. We thank Diamond Light Source for access and support in use of the electron Physical Science Imaging Centre (Instrument E02 and proposal numbers EM19315 and MG21597) that contributed to the results presented here. ; |
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Most recent IF: 10.8; 2020 IF: 12.712 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:170264 |
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Reijniers, J.; Partoens, B.; Steckel, J.; Peremans, H. |
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HRTF measurement by means of unsupervised head movements with respect to a single fixed speaker |
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A1 Journal article |
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2020 |
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Ieee Access |
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Ieee Access |
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8 |
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92287-92300 |
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A1 Journal article; Mass communications; Engineering Management (ENM); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Co-Design of Cyber-Physical Systems (Cosys-Lab) |
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In a standard state-of-the-art measurement the head-related transfer function (HRTF) is obtained in an anechoic room with an elaborate setup involving multiple calibrated loudspeakers. In search for a simplified method that would open up the possibility for an HRTF measurement in a home environment, it has been suggested that this setup could be replaced with one with a single, fixed loudspeaker. In such a setup, the subject samples different directions by moving the head with respect to this loudspeaker, while the head movements are tracked in some way. In this paper, the feasibility of such an approach is studied. To this end, the HRTF is measured in an unmodified (non-anechoic) room by means of a single external speaker and a high resolution head tracking system. The differences between the dynamically obtained HRTF and the standard static HRTF are investigated, and are shown to be mostly due to variable torso reflections. |
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2020-05-15 |
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2169-3536 |
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3.9 |
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4 |
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; This work was supported in part by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) under Grant G023619N, and in part by the Agency for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (VLAIO). ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.9; 2020 IF: 3.244 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:170318 |
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6539 |
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Van der Donck, M.; Conti, S.; Perali, A.; Hamilton, A.R.; Partoens, B.; Peeters, F.M.; Neilson, D. |
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Three-dimensional electron-hole superfluidity in a superlattice close to room temperature |
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A1 Journal article |
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2020 |
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Physical Review B |
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Phys Rev B |
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102 |
Issue |
6 |
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060503 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Although there is strong theoretical and experimental evidence for electron-hole superfluidity in separated sheets of electrons and holes at low T, extending superfluidity to high T is limited by strong two-dimensional fluctuations and Kosterlitz-Thouless effects. We show this limitation can be overcome using a superlattice of alternating electron- and hole-doped semiconductor monolayers. The superfluid transition in a three-dimensional superlattice is not topological, and for strong electron-hole pair coupling, the transition temperature T-c can be at room temperature. As a quantitative illustration, we show T-c can reach 270 K for a superfluid in a realistic superlattice of transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers. |
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2020-08-25 |
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2469-9969; 2469-9950 |
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3.7 |
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8 |
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; This work was supported by the Research Foundation of Flanders (FWO-Vl) through an aspirant research grant for M.V.d.D., by the FLAG-ERA project TRANS-2D-TMD, and by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics (Project No. CE170100039). We thank Milorad V. Milossevi ' c, Pierbiagio Pieri, and Jacques Tempere for helpful discussions. ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.7; 2020 IF: 3.836 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:172064 |
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6628 |
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Sabzalipour, A.; Mir, M.; Zarenia, M.; Partoens, B. |
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Two distinctive regimes in the charge transport of a magnetic topological ultra thin film |
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2020 |
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New Journal Of Physics |
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New J Phys |
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22 |
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12 |
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123004 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The effect of the magnetic impurities on the charge transport in a magnetic topological ultra-thin film (MTF) is analytically investigated by applying the semi-classical Boltzmann framework through a modified relaxation-time approximation. Our results for the relaxation time of electrons as well as the charge conductivity of the system exhibit two distinct regimes of transport. We show that the generated charge current in a MTF is always dissipative and anisotropic when both conduction bands are involved in the charge transport. The magnetic impurities induce a chirality selection rule for the transitions of electrons which can be altered by changing the orientation of the magnetic impurities. On the other hand, when a single conduction band participates in the charge transport, the resistivity is isotropic and can be entirely suppressed due to the corresponding chirality selection rule. Our findings propose a method to determine an onset thickness at which a crossover from a three-dimensional magnetic topological insulator to a (two-dimensional) MTF occurs. |
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2020-11-11 |
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1367-2630 |
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3.3 |
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2 |
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; MZ acknowledges support from the U.S. Department of Energy (Office of Science) under Grant No. DE-FG02- 05ER46203. ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.3; 2020 IF: 3.786 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:174387 |
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Leenaerts, O.; Partoens, B.; Peeters, F.M.; Volodin, A.; van Haesendonck, C. |
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The work function of few-layer graphene |
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2017 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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A theoretical and experimental study of the work function of few-layer graphene is reported. The influence of the number of layers on the work function is investigated in the presence of a substrate, a molecular dipole layer, and combinations of the two. The work function of few-layer graphene is almost independent of the number of layers with only a difference between monolayer and multilayer graphene of about 60 meV. In the presence of a charge-donating substrate the charge distribution is found to decay exponentially away from the substrate and this is directly reflected in the work function of few-layer graphene. A dipole layer changes the work function only when placed in between the substrate and few-layer graphene through a change of the charge transfer between the two. |
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2016-11-16 |
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0953-8984 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:164938 |
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Mayda, S.; Monico, L.; Krishnan, D.; De Meyer, S.; Cotte, M.; Garrevoet, J.; Falkenberg, G.; Sandu, I.C.A.; Partoens, B.; Lamoen, D.; Romani, A.; Miliani, C.; Verbeeck, J.; Janssens, K. |
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A combined experimental and computational approach to understanding CdS pigment oxidation in a renowned early 20th century painting |
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2023 |
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Chemistry of materials |
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24 |
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10403-10415 |
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A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy (AXIS) |
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Cadmium sulfide (CdS)-based yellow pigments have been used in a number of early 20th century artworks, including The Scream series painted by Edvard Munch. Some of these unique paintings are threatened by the discoloration of these CdS-based yellow oil paints because of the oxidation of the original sulfides to sulfates. The experimental data obtained here prove that moisture and cadmium chloride compounds play a key role in promoting such oxidation. To clarify how these two factors effectively prompt the process, we studied the band alignment between CdS, CdCl2, and Cd-(OH)Cl as well as the radicals center dot OH and H3O center dot by density functional theory (DFT) methods. Our results show that a stack of several layers of Cd-(OH)Cl creates a pocket of positive holes at the Cl-terminated surface and a pocket of electrons at the OH-terminated surface by leading in a difference in ionization energy at both surfaces. The resulting band alignment indicates that Cd-(OH)Cl can indeed play the role of an oxidative catalyst for CdS in a moist environment, thus providing an explanation for the experimental evidence. |
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2023-12-08 |
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0897-4756; 1520-5002 |
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The experimental research on the cadmium yellow powders/paint mock-ups and The Scream (ca. 1910) was financially supported by the European Union, research projects IPERION-CH (H2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015, GA no. 654028) and IPERION-HS (H2020-INFRAIA-2019-1, GA no. 871034) and the project AMIS within the program Dipartimenti di Eccellenza 2018-2022 (funded by MUR and the University of Perugia). For the beamtime grants received, the authors thank the ESRF-ID21 beamline (experiments HG64 and HG95), the DESY-P06 beamline, a member of the Helmholtz Association HGF (experiments I-20130221 EC and I-20160126 EC), and the project CALIPSOplus under the GA no. 730872 from the E.U. Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020. All of the staff of the MUNCH Museum (Conservation Department) is acknowledged for their collaboration. The computational resources and services used in this work were provided by the VSC (Flemish Supercomputer Center) and the HPC infrastructure of the University of Antwerp (CalcUA), both funded by the FWO – Vlaanderen and the Flemish Government, Department EWI. |
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Most recent IF: 8.6; 2023 IF: 9.466 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:202836 |
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Reijniers, J.; Partoens, B.; Peremans, H. |
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Noise-resistant correlation-based alignment of head-related transfer functions for high-fidelity spherical harmonics representation |
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P3 Proceeding |
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2023 |
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P3 Proceeding; Engineering sciences. Technology; Engineering Management (ENM); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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It is standard practice in virtual reality applications to synthesize binaural audio based on a discrete set of directionally-dependent head-related impulse responses (HRIRs). This set of HRIRs is often time-aligned in a pre-processing step, to allow for high-fidelity interpolation between HRIRs corresponding with neighbouring directions. The fidelity of this operation depends on the similarity of neighbouring aligned HRIRs. The pairwise quality of similarity makes it a difficult criterion to optimize globally and consequently one often resorts to alignment methods based on a specific feature that can be extracted for each HRIR separately, e.g., the first-onset of the peak or the group delay. However, such proxies for similarity are very sensitive to noise and therefore require a high signal-to-noise ratio, which makes them less suitable for processing HRIRs acquired outside an anechoic room. In this paper, we advance a novel alignment method, which maximizes the similarity – defined as the correlation between the full-length HRIRs – between neighbouring aligned HRIRs for all directions at once. We show that this correlation-based alignment procedure outperforms the first-onset alignment with regards to the fidelity of the spherical harmonics representation of both the spectral and interaural time difference (ITD) information, when tested on the KEMAR HRIR and six human HRIRs. Finally, we show that the correlation-based alignment is more robust to noise. |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:199714 |
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