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“Magnetoresistance oscillations in superconducting strips : a Ginzburg-Landau study”. Berdiyorov GR, Chao XH, Peeters FM, Wang HB, Moshchalkov VV, Zhu BY, Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics 86, 224504 (2012). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.224504
Abstract: Within the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory we study the dynamic properties of current-carrying superconducting strips in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field. We found pronounced voltage peaks as a function of the magnetic field, the amplitude of which depends both on sample dimensions and external parameters. These voltage oscillations are a consequence of moving vortices, which undergo alternating static and dynamic phases. At higher fields or for high currents, the continuous motion of vortices is responsible for the monotonic background on which the resistance oscillations due to the entry of additional vortices are superimposed. Mechanisms for such vortex-assisted resistance oscillations are discussed. Qualitative changes in the magnetoresistance curves are observed in the presence of random defects, which affect the dynamics of vortices in the system.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 31
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.224504
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“Controlling flux flow dissipation by changing flux pinning in superconducting films”. Grimaldi G, Leo A, Nigro A, Silhanek AV, Verellen N, Moshchalkov VV, Milošević, MV, Casaburi A, Cristiano R, Pace S, Applied physics letters 100, 202601 (2012). http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4718309
Abstract: We study the flux flow state in superconducting materials characterized by rather strong intrinsic pinning, such as Nb, NbN, and nanostructured Al thin films, in which we drag the superconducting dissipative state into the normal state by current biasing. We modify the vortex pinning strength either by ion irradiation, by tuning the measuring temperature or by including artificial pinning centers. We measure critical flux flow voltages for all materials and the same effect is observed: switching to low flux flow dissipations at low fields for an intermediate pinning regime. This mechanism offers a way to additionally promote the stability of the superconducting state. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4718309]
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.411
Times cited: 33
DOI: 10.1063/1.4718309
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“Exciton confinement in InAs/InP quantum wires and quantum wells in the presence of a magnetic field”. Sidor Y, Partoens B, Peeters FM, Maes J, Hayne M, Fuster D, González Y, González L, Moshchalkov VV, Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics 76, 195320 (2007). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.76.195320
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 21
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.195320
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“Influence of magnet size on magnetically engineered field-induced superconductivity”. Gillijns W, Milošević, MV, Silhanek AV, Moshchalkov VV, Peeters FM, Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics 76, 184516 (2007). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.76.184516
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 21
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.184516
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“Masking effect of heat dissipation on the current-voltage characteristics of a mesoscopic superconducting sample with leads”. Vodolazov DY, Peeters FM, Morelle M, Moshchalkov VV, Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics 71, 184502 (2005). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.71.184502
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 43
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.184502
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“Magnetically induced splitting of a giant vortex state in a mesoscopic superconducting disk”. Golubović, DS, Milošević, MV, Peeters FM, Moshchalkov VV, Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics 71, 180502 (2005). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.71.180502
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 42
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.180502
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“High-field magnetoexcitons in unstrained GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs quantum dots”. Sidor Y, Partoens B, Peeters FM, Schildermans N, Hayne M, Moshchalkov VV, Rastelli A, Schmidt OG, Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics 73, 155334 (2006). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.73.155334
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 50
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.155334
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“Electron wave-function spillover in self-assembled InAs/InP quantum wires”. Maes J, Hayne M, Sidor Y, Partoens B, Peeters FM, González Y, González L, Fuster D, Garcia JM, Moshchalkov VV, Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics 70, 155311 (2004). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.70.155311
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 43
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.155311
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“Stable vortex-antivortex molecules in mesoscopic superconducting triangles”. Misko VR, Fomin VM, Devreese JT, Moshchalkov VV, Physical Review Letters 90, 147003 (2003). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.147003
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
Impact Factor: 8.462
Times cited: 103
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.147003
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“Onset, evolution, and magnetic braking of vortex lattice instabilities in nanostructured superconducting films”. Adami O-A, Jelić, ŽL, Xue C, Abdel-Hafiez M, Hackens B, Moshchalkov VV, Milošević, MV, Van de Vondel J, Silhanek AV, Physical review: B: condensed matter and materials physics 92, 134506 (2015). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.134506
Abstract: In 1976, Larkin and Ovchinnikov [Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 68, 1915 (1975) [Sov. Phys.–JETP 41, 960 (1976)]] predicted that vortex matter in superconductors driven by an electrical current can undergo an abrupt dynamic transition from a flux-flow regime to a more dissipative state at sufficiently high vortex velocities. Typically, this transition manifests itself as a large voltage jump at a particular current density, so-called instability current density J∗, which is smaller than the depairing current. By tuning the effective pinning strength in Al films, using an artificial periodic pinning array of triangular holes, we show that a unique and well-defined instability current density exists if the pinning is strong, whereas a series of multiple voltage transitions appear in the relatively weaker pinning regime. This behavior is consistent with time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau simulations, where the multiple-step transition can be unambiguously attributed to the progressive development of vortex chains and subsequently phase-slip lines. In addition, we explore experimentally the magnetic braking effects, caused by a thick Cu layer deposited on top of the superconductor, on the instabilities and the vortex ratchet effect.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 21
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.134506
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“Enhancement and decrease of critical current due to suppression of superconductivity by a magnetic field”. Vodolazov DY, Golubovic DS, Peeters FM, Moshchalkov VV, Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics 76, 134505 (2007). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.76.134505
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 13
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.134505
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“Optimization of superconducting critical parameters by tuning the size and magnetization of arrays of magnetic dots”. Silhanek AV, Gillijns W, Milošević, MV, Volodin A, Moshchalkov VV, Peeters F, Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics 76, 100502 (2007). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.76.100502
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 27
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.100502
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“Luminescence of fixed site Ag nanoclusters in a simple oxyfluoride glass host and plasmon absorption of amorphous Ag nanoparticles in a complex oxyfluoride glass host”. Shestakov MV, Meledina M, Turner S, Baekelant W, Verellen N, Chen X, Hofkens J, Van Tendeloo G, Moshchalkov VV, Proceedings of the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
T2 –, 8th International Conference on Photonics, Devices, and System VI, AUG 27-29, 2014, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC , Unsp 94501n (2015). http://doi.org/10.1117/12.2068198
Abstract: Ag nanocluster-doped glasses have been prepared by a conventional melt-quenching method. The effect of melt temperature and dwell time on the formation of Ag nanoclusters and Ag nanoparticles in simple host oxyfluoride glasses has been studied. The increase of melt temperature and dwell time results in the dissolution of Ag nanoparticles and substantial red-shift of absorption and photoluminescence spectra of the prepared glasses. The quantum yield of the glasses is similar to 5% and does not depend on melt temperature and dwell time. The prepared glasses may be used as red phosphors or down-conversion layers for solar-cells.
Keywords: P1 Proceeding; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
DOI: 10.1117/12.2068198
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“Ultralow blocking temperature and breakdown of the giant spin model in Er3+-doped nanoparticles”. van den Heuvel W, Tikhomirov VK, Kirilenko D, Schildermans N, Chibotaru LF, Vanacken J, Gredin P, Mortier M, Van Tendeloo G, Moshchalkov VV, Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics 82, 094421 (2010). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.094421
Abstract: The magnetization of luminescent Er3+-doped PbF2 nanoparticles (formula Er0.3Pb0.7F2.3) has been studied. Despite the high concentration of the doping Er3+ ions and relatively large size (8 nm) of these nanoparticles we have found no deviation between field-cooled and zero-field-cooled magnetization curves down to T=0.35 K, which points out an ultralow blocking temperature for the reversal of magnetization. We also have found strongly deviating magnetization curves M(H/T) for different temperatures T. These results altogether show that the investigated nanoparticles are not superparamagnetic, but rather each Er3+ ion in these nanoparticles is found in a paramagnetic state down to very low temperatures, which implies the breakdown of the Néel-Brown giant spin model in the case of these nanoparticles. Calculations of magnetization within a paramagnetic model of noninteracting Er3+ ions completely support this conclusion. Due to the ultralow blocking temperature, these nanoparticles have a potential for magnetic field-induced nanoscale refrigeration with an option of their optical localization and temperature control.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 11
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.094421
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“Preparing polymer films doped with magnetic nanoparticles by spin-coating and melt-processing can induce an in-plane magnetic anisotropy”. Wouters J, Lebedev OI, Van Tendeloo G, Yamada H, Sato N, Vanacken J, Moshchalkov VV, Verbiest T, Valev VK, Journal of applied physics 109, 076105 (2011). http://doi.org/10.1063/1.3572048
Abstract: Faraday rotation has been used to investigate a series of polymer films doped with magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles. The films have been prepared by spin-coating and melt-processing. In each case, upon varying the angle of optical incidence on the films, an in-plane magnetic anisotropy is observed. The effect of such an anisotropy on the Faraday rotation as a function of the angle of optical incidence is verified by comparison with magnetically poled films. These results demonstrate that care should be taken upon analyzing the magnetic behavior of such films on account of the sample preparation techniques themselves being able to affect the magnetization.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Impact Factor: 2.068
Times cited: 10
DOI: 10.1063/1.3572048
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“The size and structure of Ag particles responsible for surface plasmon effects and luminescence in Ag homogeneously doped bulk glass”. Shestakov MV, Meledina M, Turner S, Tikhomirov VK, Verellen N, Rodríguez VD, Velázquez JJ, Van Tendeloo G, Moshchalkov VV, Journal of applied physics 114, 073102 (2013). http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4818830
Abstract: As-prepared and heat-treated oxyfluoride glasses, co-doped with Ag nanoclusters/nanoparticles, are prepared at 0.15 at. % Ag concentration. The as-prepared glass shows an absorption band in the UV/violet attributed to the presence of amorphous Ag nanoclusters with an average size of 1.1 nm. The luminescence spectra of the untreated glass can also be ascribed to these Ag nanoclusters. Upon heat-treatment, the clusters coalesce into Ag nanoparticles with an average size of 2.3 nm, and the glasses show an extra surface plasmon absorption band in the visible. These particles, however, cease to emit due to ascribing plasmonic properties of bulk silver.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Impact Factor: 2.068
Times cited: 19
DOI: 10.1063/1.4818830
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“Influence of artificial pinning on vortex lattice instability in superconducting films”. Silhanek AV, Leo A, Grimaldi G, Berdiyorov GR, Milošević, MV, Nigro A, Pace S, Verellen N, Gillijns W, Metlushko V, Ilić, B, Zhu X, Moshchalkov VV;, New journal of physics 14, 053006 (2012). http://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/14/5/053006
Abstract: In superconducting films under an applied dc current, we analyze experimentally and theoretically the influence of engineered pinning on the vortex velocity at which the flux-flow dissipation undergoes an abrupt transition from low to high resistance. We argue, based on a nonuniform distribution of vortex velocity in the sample, that in strongly disordered systems the mean critical vortex velocity for flux-flow instability (i) has a nonmonotonic dependence on magnetic field and (ii) decreases as the pinning strength is increased. These findings challenge the generally accepted microscopic model of Larkin and Ovchinnikov (1979 J. Low. Temp. Phys. 34 409) and all subsequent refinements of this model which ignore the presence of pinning centers.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.786
Times cited: 40
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/14/5/053006
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“Symmetry and electronic states of Mn2+ in ZnS nanowires with mixed hexagonal and cubic stacking”. Chen L, Kirilenko D, Stesmans A, Nguyen XS, Binnemans K, Goderis B, Vanacken J, Lebedev O, Van Tendeloo G, Moshchalkov VV, Applied physics letters 97, 041918 (2010). http://doi.org/10.1063/1.3475017
Abstract: Electron spin resonance and electronic spectroscopy techniques were used to study the symmetry and electronic structure of Mn2+ dopants in solvothermally synthesized ZnS nanowires. The average diameter of ∼ 5 nm leads to the observable quantum confinement effects in the photoluminescence excitation spectra. The results clearly demonstrate the three symmetry locations of Mn2+ incorporation. Together with the inferred Mn2+ center densities, these data indicate a much higher efficiency of Mn2+ substitution in the nanowire sample with about two times larger diameter.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Impact Factor: 3.411
Times cited: 5
DOI: 10.1063/1.3475017
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“Superconductor-insulator transition driven by pressure-tuned intergrain coupling in nanodiamond films”. Zhang G, Zhou Y, Korneychuk S, Samuely T, Liu L, May PW, Xu Z, Onufriienko O, Zhang X, Verbeeck J, Samuely P, Moshchalkov VV, Yang Z, Rubahn H-G, Physical review materials 3, 034801 (2019). http://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVMATERIALS.3.034801
Abstract: We report on the pressure-driven superconductor-insulator transition in heavily boron-doped nanodiamond films. By systematically increasing the pressure, we suppress the Josephson coupling between the superconducting nanodiamond grains. The diminished intergrain coupling gives rise to an overall insulating state in the films, which is interpreted in the framework of a parallel-series circuit model to be the result of bosonic insulators with preserved localized intragrain superconducting order parameters. Our investigation opens up perspectives for the application of high pressure in research on quantum confinement and coherence. Our data unveil the percolative nature of the electrical transport in nanodiamond films, and highlight the essential role of grain boundaries in determining the electronic properties of this material.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Impact Factor: 2.926
Times cited: 5
DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVMATERIALS.3.034801
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“Guided nucleation of superconductivity on a graded magnetic substrate”. Milošević, MV, Gillijns W, Silhanek AV, Libál A, Peeters FM, Moshchalkov VV, Applied physics letters 96, 032503 (2010). http://doi.org/10.1063/1.3293300
Abstract: We demonstrate the controlled spatial nucleation of superconductivity in a thin film deposited on periodic arrays of ferromagnetic dots with gradually increasing diameter. The perpendicular magnetization of the dots induces vortex-antivortex molecules in the sample, with the number of (anti)vortices increasing with magnet size. The resulting gradient of antivortex density between the dots predetermines local nucleation of superconductivity in the sample as a function of the applied external field and temperature. In addition, the compensation between the applied magnetic field and the antivortices results in an unprecedented enhancement of the critical temperature.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.411
Times cited: 15
DOI: 10.1063/1.3293300
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“Preparation and luminescence of bulk oxyfluoride glasses doped with Ag nanoclusters”. Tikhomirov VK, Rodriguez VD, Kutznetsov D, Kirilenko D, Van Tendeloo G, Moshchalkov VV, Optics express 18, 22032 (2010). http://doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.022032
Abstract: Bulk oxyfluoride glasses doped with Ag nanoclusters have been prepared using the melt quenching technique. When pumped in the absorption band of Ag nanoclusters between 300 to 500 nm, these glasses emit a very broad luminescence band covering all the visible range with a weak tail extending into the near infrared. The maximum of the luminescence band and its color shifts to the blue with a shortening of the excitation wavelength and an increasing ratio of oxide to fluoride components, resulting in white color luminescence at a particular ratio of oxide to fluoride; with a quantum yield above 20%.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Impact Factor: 3.307
Times cited: 74
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.022032
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“0 and &pi, phase Josephson coupling through an insulating barrier with magnetic impurities”. Vávra O, Gaži S, Golubović, DS, Vávra I, Dérer J, Verbeeck J, Van Tendeloo G, Moshchalkov VV, Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics 74, 020502 (2006). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.74.020502
Abstract: We have studied the temperature and field dependencies of the critical current I(C) in the Nb-Fe(0.1)Si(0.9)-Nb Josephson junction with a tunneling barrier formed by a paramagnetic insulator. We demonstrate that in these junctions coexistence of both the 0 and the pi states within one tunnel junction occurs, and leads to the appearance of a sharp cusp in the temperature dependence I(C)(T), similar to the I(C)(T) cusp found for the 0-pi transition in metallic pi junctions. This cusp is not related to the 0-pi temperature-induced transition itself, but is caused by the different temperature dependencies of the opposing 0 and pi supercurrents through the barrier.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 27
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.020502
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“Nonlinear optical properties of Ag nanoclusters and nanoparticles dispersed in a glass host”. Mai HH, Kaydashev VE, Tikhomirov VK, Janssens E, Shestakov MV, Meledina M, Turner S, Van Tendeloo G, Moshchalkov VV, Lievens P, The journal of physical chemistry: C : nanomaterials and interfaces 118, 15995 (2014). http://doi.org/10.1021/jp502294u
Abstract: The nonlinear absorption of Ag atomic clusters and nanoparticles dispersed in a transparent oxyfluoride glass host has been studied. The as-prepared glass, containing 0.15 atom % Ag, shows an absorption band in the UV/violet attributed to the presence of amorphous Ag atomic nanoclusters with an average size of 1.2 nm. Upon heat treatment the Ag nanoclusters coalesce into larger nanoparticles that show a surface plasmon absorption band in the visible. Open aperture z-scan experiments using 480 nm nanosecond laser pulses demonstrated nonsaturated and saturated nonlinear absorption with large nonlinear absorption indices for the Ag nanoclusters and nanoparticles, respectively. These properties are promising, e.g., for applications in optical limiting and objects contrast enhancement.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Impact Factor: 4.536
Times cited: 43
DOI: 10.1021/jp502294u
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“Quantum cutting in Li (770 nm) and Yb (1000 nm) co-dopant emission bands by energy transfer from the ZnO nano-crystalline host”. Shestakov MV, Tikhomirov VK, Kirilenko D, Kuznetsov AS, Chibotaru LF, Baranov AN, Van Tendeloo G, Moshchalkov VV, Optics express 19, 15955 (2011). http://doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.015955
Abstract: Li-Yb co-doped nano-crystalline ZnO has been synthesized by a method of thermal growth from the salt mixtures. X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, atomic absorption spectroscopy and optical spectroscopy confirm the doping and indicate that the dopants may form Li-Li and Yb3+-Li based nanoclusters. When pumped into the conduction and exciton absorption bands of ZnO between 250 to 425 nm, broad emission bands of about 100 nm half-height-width are excited around 770 and 1000 nm, due to Li and Yb dopants, respectively. These emission bands are activated by energy transfer from the ZnO host mostly by quantum cutting processes, which generate pairs of quanta in Li (770 nm) and Yb (1000 nm) emission bands, respectively, out of one quantum absorbed by the ZnO host. These quantum cutting phenomena have great potential for application in the down-conversion layers coupled to the Si solar cells.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Impact Factor: 3.307
Times cited: 19
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.015955
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“Superconducting mesoscopic square loop”. Fomin VM, Misko VR, Devreese JT, Moshchalkov VV, Physical Review B 58, 11703 (1998). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.58.11703
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 43
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.11703
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“Comparative Hall studies in the electron- and hole-doped manganites La0.33Ca0.67MnO3 and La0.70Ca0.30MnO3”. Gordon I, Wagner P, Das A, Vanacken J, Moshchalkov VV, Bruynseraede Y, Schuddinck W, Van Tendeloo G, Ziese M, Borghs G, Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics 62, 11633 (2000). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.62.11633
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 18
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.62.11633
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“Local destruction of superconductivity by non-magnetic impurities in mesoscopic iron-based superconductors”. Li J, Ji M, Schwarz T, Ke X, Van Tendeloo G, Yuan J, Pereira PJ, Huang Y, Zhang G, Feng HL, Yuan YH, Hatano T, Kleiner R, Koelle D, Chibotaru LF, Yamaura K, Wang HB, Wu PH, Takayama-Muromachi E, Vanacken J, Moshchalkov VV;, Nature communications 6, 7614 (2015). http://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8614
Abstract: The determination of the pairing symmetry is one of the most crucial issues for the iron-based superconductors, for which various scenarios are discussed controversially. Non-magnetic impurity substitution is one of the most promising approaches to address the issue, because the pair-breaking mechanism from the non-magnetic impurities should be different for various models. Previous substitution experiments demonstrated that the non-magnetic zinc can suppress the superconductivity of various iron-based superconductors. Here we demonstrate the local destruction of superconductivity by non-magnetic zinc impurities in Ba0.5K0.5Fe2As2 by exploring phase-slip phenomena in a mesoscopic structure with 119 × 102 nm2 cross-section. The impurities suppress superconductivity in a three-dimensional Swiss cheese-like pattern with in-plane and out-of-plane characteristic lengths slightly below ~1.34 nm. This causes the superconducting order parameter to vary along abundant narrow channels with effective cross-section of a few square nanometres. The local destruction of superconductivity can be related to Cooper pair breaking by non-magnetic impurities.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Impact Factor: 12.124
Times cited: 12
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8614
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“Photoluminescence of negatively charged excitons in high magnetic fields”. Hayne M, Jones CL, Bogaerts R, Riva C, Usher A, Peeters FM, Herlach F, Moshchalkov VV, Henini M, Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics 59, 2927 (1999). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.59.2927
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 86
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.2927
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“Global and local superconductivity in boron-doped granular diamond”. Zhang G, Turner S, Ekimov EA, Vanacken J, Timmermans M, Samuely T, Sidorov VA, Stishov SM, Lu Y, Deloof B, Goderis B, Van Tendeloo G, Van de Vondel J, Moshchalkov VV;, Advanced materials 26, 2034 (2014). http://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201304667
Abstract: Strong granularity-correlated and intragrain modulations of the superconducting order parameter are demonstrated in heavily boron-doped diamond situated not yet in the vicinity of the metal-insulator transition. These modulations at the superconducting state (SC) and at the global normal state (NS) above the resistive superconducting transition, reveal that local Cooper pairing sets in prior to the global phase coherence.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Impact Factor: 19.791
Times cited: 34
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201304667
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“In situ tailoring of superconducting junctions via electro-annealing”. Lombardo J, Jelić, ŽL, Baumans XDA, Scheerder JE, Nacenta JP, Moshchalkov VV, Van de Vondel J, Kramer RBG, Milošević, MV, Silhanek AV, Nanoscale 10, 1987 (2018). http://doi.org/10.1039/C7NR08571K
Abstract: We demonstrate the in situ engineering of superconducting nanocircuitry by targeted modulation of material properties through high applied current densities. We show that the sequential repetition of such customized electro-annealing in a niobium (Nb) nanoconstriction can broadly tune the superconducting critical temperature T-c and the normal-state resistance R-n in the targeted area. Once a sizable R-n is reached, clear magneto-resistance oscillations are detected along with a Fraunhofer-like field dependence of the critical current, indicating the formation of a weak link but with further adjustable characteristics. Advanced Ginzburg-Landau simulations fully corroborate this picture, employing the detailed parametrization from the electrical characterization and high resolution electron microscope images of the region within the constriction where the material has undergone amorphization by electro-annealing.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 7.367
Times cited: 23
DOI: 10.1039/C7NR08571K
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