“Spectral current-voltage analysis of kesterite solar cells”. Buffière M, Brammertz G, Oueslati S, El Anzeery H, Bekaert J, Ben Messaoud K, Köble C, Khelifi S, Meuris M, Poortmans J, Journal Of Physics D-Applied Physics 47, 175101 (2014). http://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/47/17/175101
Abstract: Current-voltage analysis using different optical band pass filters has been performed on Cu2ZnSnSe4 and Cu2ZnSn(S, Se)(4) thin-film solar cells. When using red or orange light (i.e. wavelengths above 600 nm), a distortion appears in the I-V curve of the Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cell, indicating an additional potential barrier to the current flow in the device for these conditions of illumination. This barrier is reduced when using a Cu2ZnSn(S, Se)(4) absorber. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the barrier visible under red light could be explained by a positive conduction band offset at the front interface coupled with compensating defects in the buffer layer.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
Impact Factor: 2.588
Times cited: 25
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/47/17/175101
|
Aghaei M (2014) Computational study of inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS). Antwerpen
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
|
“Large bipolarons and high-Tc materials”. Devreese JT, Verbist G, Peeters FM Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, page 385 (1995).
Keywords: H3 Book chapter; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Theory of quantum systems and complex systems
|
“Oscillating spin-orbit interaction as a source of spin-polarized wavepackets in two-terminal nanoscale devices”. Szaszko-Bogar V, Foeldi P, Peeters FM, Journal of physics : condensed matter 26, 135302 (2014). http://doi.org/10.1088/953-8984/26/13/135302
Abstract: Ballistic transport through nanoscale devices with time-dependent Rashba-type spin- orbit interaction (SOI) can lead to spin-polarized wavepackets that appear even for completely unpolarized input. The SOI that oscillates in a finite domain generates density and spin polarization fluctuations that leave the region as propagating waves. In particular, spin polarization has space and time dependence even in regions without SOI. Our results are based on an analytical solution of the time-dependent Schrodinger equation. The relevant Floquet quasi-energies that are obtained appear in the energy spectrum of both the transmitted and the reflected waves.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 2.649
DOI: 10.1088/953-8984/26/13/135302
|
“Real-time atomic scale imaging of nanostructural evolution in aluminum alloys”. Malladi SK, Xu Q, van Huis MA, Tichelaar FD, Batenburg KJ, Yucelen E, Dubiel B, Czyrska-Filemonowicz A, Zandbergen HW, Nano Letters 14, 384 (2014). http://doi.org/10.1021/nl404565j
Abstract: We present a new approach to study the three-dimensional compositional and structural evolution of metal alloys during heat treatments such as commonly used for improving overall material properties. It relies on in situ heating in a high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM). The approach is demonstrated using a commercial Al alloy AA2024 at 100-240 degrees C, showing in unparalleled detail where and how precipitates nucleate, grow,or dissolve. The observed size evolution of individual precipitates enables a separation between nucleation and growth phenomena, necessary for the development of refined growth models. We conclude that the in situ heating STEM approach opens a route to a much faster determination of the interplay between local compositions, heat treatments, microstructure, and mechanical properties of new alloys.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Vision lab
Impact Factor: 12.712
Times cited: 12
DOI: 10.1021/nl404565j
|
Amini M (2014) First-principles study of defects in transparent conducting oxide materials. Antwerpen
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
|
“Effect of high-dose N-acetylcysteine on airway geometry, inflammation, and oxidative stress in COPD patients”. de Backer J, Vos W, Van Holsbeke C, Vinchurkar S, Claes R, Parizel PM, de Backer W, International Journal Of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 8, 569 (2013). http://doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S49307
Abstract: Background: Previous studies have demonstrated the potential beneficial effect of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the required dose and responder phenotype remain unclear. The current study investigated the effect of high-dose NAC on airway geometry, inflammation, and oxidative stress in COPD patients. Novel functional respiratory imaging methods combining multislice computed tomography images and computer-based flow simulations were used with high sensitivity for detecting changes induced by the therapy. Methods: Twelve patients with Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease stage II COPD were randomized to receive NAC 1800 mg or placebo daily for 3 months and were then crossed over to the alternative treatment for a further 3 months. Results: Significant correlations were found between image-based resistance values and glutathione levels after treatment with NAC (P = 0.011) and glutathione peroxidase at baseline (P = 0.036). Image-based resistance values appeared to be a good predictor for glutathione peroxidase levels after NAC (P = 0.02), changes in glutathione peroxidase levels (P = 0.035), and reduction in lobar functional residual capacity levels (P = 0.00084). In the limited set of responders to NAC therapy, the changes in airway resistance were in the same order as changes induced by budesonide/formoterol. Conclusion: A combination of glutathione, glutathione peroxidase, and imaging parameters could potentially be used to phenotype COPD patients who would benefit from addition of NAC to their current therapy. The findings of this small pilot study need to be confirmed in a larger pivotal trial.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Biophysics and Biomedical Physics; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC); Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP)
Impact Factor: 3.157
Times cited: 21
DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S49307
|
“Enamels in stained-glass windows : preparation, chemical composition, microstructure and causes of deterioration”. Caen J, Schalm O, van der Snickt G, van der Linden V, Frederickx P, Schryvers D, Janssens K, Cornelis E, van Dyck D, Schreiner M, , 121 (2005)
Keywords: P3 Proceeding; Art; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation); Vision lab
|
“Experimental weathering studies of igneous rocks (alkali-granite, granodiorite, gabbro and granite) and sedimentary gneiss under hydrothermal conditions”. Van 't dack L, Beusen J-M, Claesson T, Vandelannoote R, van Grieken R, Gijbels R, , 363 (1985)
Keywords: P3 Proceeding; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT); AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
|
“Interaction between rock-forming minerals and fluids under hydrothermal conditions : experiments with emphasis on the chemical composition of the minerals surface and on the trace element content of the aqueous phase”. Beusen J-M, Van 't dack L, Gijbels R, , 310 (1985)
Keywords: P3 Proceeding; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
|
“HREM study of short-range order in Cu-Pd alloys”. Rodewald M, Rodewald K, De Meulenaere P, Van Tendeloo G, (1996)
Keywords: P3 Proceeding; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
|
“Hard-spere model for hydrodynamic chromatography systems”. Tavernier SMF, Nies E, Gijbels R, Analytical proceedings 18, 31 (1981). http://doi.org/10.1039/AP9811800031
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
DOI: 10.1039/AP9811800031
|
“Cation ordering in Tl- and Hg-based superconducting materials”. Van Tendeloo G, De Meulenaere P, Hervieu M, Letouze F, Martin C, (1996)
Keywords: P3 Proceeding; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
|
Batuk M (2013) New perovskite-based homologous series : AnBnO3n-2 and An+1BnO3n-1Cl. Antwerpen
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
|
Zarenia M (2013) Confined states in mono- and bi-layer grapheme nanostructures. Antwerpen
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
|
“Oxidation and degradation of native wheat starch by acidic bromate in water at room temperature”. Komulainen S, Verlackt C, Pursiainen J, Lajunen M, Carbohydrate Polymers 93, 73 (2013). http://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.06.001
Abstract: Native wheat starch was oxidized by benign acidic bromate in water at room temperature. HPLC-ELSD study indicated that starch degraded in the course of oxidation but it still had a polymeric structure characterized by H-1, C-13, HSQC and HMBC NMR measurements. Products were generally water-soluble fragments but the use of a short reaction time and dilute reaction mixture yielded water-insoluble products. Titration of the products showed, that the increase of the starch content and reaction time increased the content of carbonyl and carboxyl groups in the range of 0.5-2.5% and 1.7-17.2%, respectively, in the product fragments. A mechanism for the oxidation reaction was proposed. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
Impact Factor: 4.811
Times cited: 32
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.06.001
|
“Modeling aspects of plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of carbon-based materials”. Neyts E, Mao M, Eckert M, Bogaerts A CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla, page 245 (2012).
Keywords: H1 Book chapter; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
|
“Polarity-dependent vortex pinning and spontaneous vortex-antivortex structures in superconductor/ferromagnet hybrids”. Bending SJ, Milošević MV, Moshchalkov VV Springer, Berlin, page 299 (2010).
Keywords: H1 Book chapter; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
|
“Stabilization of mercury-based superconductors by foreign cations”. Raveau B, Michel C, Hervieu M, Van Tendeloo G, Maignan A, Annales de chimie (1914)
T2 –, 4th North-African Materials Science Symposium (JMSM 94), NOV 23-24, 1994, CASABLANCA, MOROCCO 19, 487 (1994)
Abstract: The recently discovered superconducting mercury-based cuprates HgBa2Can-1CunO2n+2+delta have proved difficult to synthesize as single phases and are sensitive to environment (CO2, moisture). The present paper gives an overview of new series mercury based superconductors, whose stabilisation is based on the fact that a foreign cation with a higher valency than Hg(II) must be introduced in the mercury layers, in order to fill up partially the oxygen vacancies of these layers. By this method, several new series of superconductors involving strontium instead of barium with critical temperatures ranging from 27 K to 95 K have been isolated : Hg0.5Bi0.5Sr2-xLaxCuO4+delta, Hg(0.5)Bi(0.5)Sr(2)Ca(1-x)R(x)Cu(2)O(6+delta) (R Y, Nd, Pr), Pb0.7Hg0.3Sr2-xLaxCuO4+delta, Pb(0.7)Hg(0.3)Sr(2)Ca(1-x)R(x)Cu(2)O(6+delta) (R = Y, Nd) Hg(1-x)Pr(x)Sr(2)A(1-x')Pr(x') Cu2O6+delta (A = Sr, Ca), Pb0.7Hg0.3Sr2Cu2CO3O7 and Hg1-xCrxSr2CuO4+delta. The behaviour of the praseodymium cuprates that exhibit a rather sharp transition and reach a Tc of 85 K is especially discussed. A method to synthesize new ''Ba-Hg'' superconducting cuprates with the 1212 structure at normal pressure with a Tc up to 110 K is also presented.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Times cited: 2
|
“Microstructure of artificial [100] 45 degrees twist grain boundaries in YBa2Cu3O7-delta”. Verbist K, Tafuri F, Granozio FM, Di Chiara S, Van Tendeloo G, Electron Microscopy 1998, Vol 2: Materials Science 1 , 593 (1998)
Keywords: P1 Proceeding; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
|
“Determination of the silver sulphide cluster size distribution via computer simulations”. Charlier E, Gijbels R, Van Doorselaer M, De Keyzer R page 85 (2000).
Abstract: Addition of a labile sulphur donor to light sensitive silver halide microcrystals results in the formation of a distribution of silver sulphide clusters on the crystal surface. These silver sulphide clusters enhance the efficiency of image formation during the photographic process. Their activity towards the capturing of light photons, however, is very critical to their size (aggregation number) and concentration. By incorporating gold ions into silver sulphide clusters it was possible to monitor the size distribution by measuring the amount of gold reacted. From these experiments, no evidence was found for aggregation of the reacted sulphur entities on the surface. The uptake of gold ions at different sulphur concentrations could well be fitted with a simulated size distribution when a catalyzed deposition of sulphur was assumed, with a reactivity of the surface equal to 1.0 % for the microcrystals studied. From a simulation of the silver sulphide cluster size distribution a correlation could also be found between increasing aggregation numbers and the absorption at increasing wavelengths in diffuse reflectance spectroscopy.
Keywords: H1 Book chapter; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
|
“Electron microscopy and X-ray structural investigations of incommensurate spin-ladder Sr4.1Ca4.7Bi0.3Cu17O29 single crystals”. Dluzewski P, Pietraszko A, Kozlowski M, Szczepanska A, Gorecka J, Baran M, Leonyuk L, Babonas GJ, Lebedev OI, Szymczak R, Acta physica Polonica: A: general physics, solid state physics, applied physics 98, 729 (2000)
Abstract: Transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction proved chain/ladder incommensurate single crystal structure of investigated samples. The incommensurate ratio was determined from the X-ray and electron diffraction being equal to 0.704. Diffuse scattering intensities localised on the planes perpendicular to the c*-axis and passing through the spots originating from the periodicity of chain sublattice were detected. High-angle grain boundary or twinning formed by rotation of 33.3 degrees around [100] direction was observed. High-resolution electron microscopy images revealed the stacking faults in ac planes.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Impact Factor: 0.469
|
“The application of laser beam diffraction and scattering methods in the measurement of shape and determination of material parameters”. Sreckovic MZ, Tomic E, Ostojic SM, Ilic JT, Bundaleski N, Sekulic RS, Mlinar V, Lasers in Engineering (Old City Publishing) 17, 179 (2007)
Abstract: Lasers can be used for many applications including determination of size, in addition to the theory of diffraction and material dispersion phenomena. In this paper we calculated the corrections in angular intensity for the Gaussian and uniform particle distributions, the scattering intensity on cylindrical objects. We also evaluated the necessary mathematical summations. In addition, we analyse and Simulate the special positions of detectors using laser Doppler anemometric (LDA) methods, which can be used to determine the particle diameter. The dispersion measurements for actual fibres are given at the end. The geometric and material parameters of these fibres were taken before the evaluation of the angular scattering intensity.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 0.214
|
“Stability of vortex-antivortex “molecules&rdquo, in mesoscopic superconducting triangles”. Misko VR, Fomin VM, Devreese JT, Moshchalkov VV, 3rd International Symposium on Mesoscopic Superconductivity and, Spintronics, MAR 01-04, 2004, Atsug, 191 (2005). http://doi.org/10.1142/9789812701619_0030
Abstract: We have revealed thermodynamically stable vortex-antivortex configurations in mesoscopic type I superconducting equilateral triangles. The revealed effect is explained by two factors: (i) vortex confinement in mesoscopic triangles and (ii) appearance of the vortex-antivortex repulsion in mesoscopic type I superconductor triangles in the vicinity of the dual point. The stability of the obtained solutions is examined as a function of material and external parameters – the Ginzburg-Landau parameter K and temperature – as well as a function of a distortion of the sample's shape. The vortex-antivortex. “molecule” turns out to be stable in a wide range of the parameters that makes it possible its experimental visualization.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
DOI: 10.1142/9789812701619_0030
|
“Different temperature dependence of the phase boundary for multivortex and giant vortex states in mesoscopic superconductors”. Baelus BJ, Kanda A, Peeters FM, Ootuka Y, Kadowaki, AIP conference proceedings
T2 –, 24th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT24), AUG 10-17, 2005, Orlando, FL , 743 (2006)
Abstract: Within the framework of the nonlinear Ginzburg-Landau theory, we calculated the full phase diagram for a superconducting disk with radius R = 4 (T = 0) and we studied the behavior of the penetration and expulsion fields as a function of temperature for multivortex and giant vortex states.
Keywords: P1 Proceeding; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
|
“Experimental distinction between giant vortex and multivortex states in mesoscopic superconductors”. Kanda A, Baelus BJ, Peeters FM, Kadowaki K, Ootuka Y, AIP conference proceedings
T2 –, 24th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT24), AUG 10-17, 2005, Orlando, FL , 739 (2006)
Abstract: We describe an experimental distinction between giant vortex and multivortex states in mesoscopic superconducting disks by using two methods: the multiple-small-tunnel-junction method and the temperature dependence of vortex expulsion fields. The experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical simulations based on the non-linear Ginzburg-Landau theory.
Keywords: P1 Proceeding; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
|
“Graphene-based quantum wires”. Pereira JM Jr, Mlinar V, Peeters FM, Vasilopoulos P, AIP conference proceedings
T2 –, 28th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS-28), JUL 24-28, 2006, Vienna, AUSTRIA , 721 (2007)
Abstract: We investigate the properties of carriers in graphene-based quantum wires created by potential barriers, by means of analytical and numerical calculations. We obtain expressions for the energy spectrum as a function of barrier height, well width and linear momentum along the wire. The results demonstrate a direction-dependent resonant transmission across the potential well.
Keywords: P1 Proceeding; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
|
“Comparative study of structural properties and photoluminescence in InGaN layers with a high In content”. Vantomme A, Wu MF, Hogg S, van Landuyt J, et al, Internet journal of nitride semiconductor research
T2 –, Symposium on GaN and Related Alloys Held at the MRS Fall Meeting, NOV 29-DEC 03, 1999, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 5, art. no.-W11.38 (2000)
Abstract: Rutherford backscattering and channeling spectrometry (RBS), photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) have been used to investigate macroscopic and microscopic segregation in MOCVD grown InGaN layers. The PL peak energy and In content (measured by RES) were mapped at a large number of distinct points on the samples. An indium concentration of 40%, the highest measured in this work, corresponds to a PL peak of 710 nn strongly suggesting that the light-emitting regions of the sample me very indium-rich compared to the average measured by RES. Cross-sectional TEM observations show distinctive layering of the InGaN films. The TEM study further reveals that these layers consist of amorphous pyramidal contrast features with sizes of order 10 nm The composition of these specific contrast features is shown to be In-rich compared to the nitride matrix.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
|
“Characterization of complex silver halide photographic systems by means of analytical electron microscopy”. Oleshko V, Gijbels R, Jacob W, Alfimov M, Microbeam analysis 3, 1 (1994)
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
|
“Giant Pd clusters observed by high resolution electron microscopy”. Volkov VV, Van Tendeloo G, Vargaftik MN, Stolyarov IP, Moiseev II, Mendeleev communications , 187 (1993)
Abstract: The giant cationic palladium clusters, approximate formula Pd561L60(OAc)180 (L = Dipy, Phen), were characterized by electron diffraction and high resolution microscopy to contain an FCC metal core, most of the larger Pd particles (8 nm) exhibiting multiple twinning, evidence for a distorted icosahedral structure.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Impact Factor: 1.34
Times cited: 10
|