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	Author	Moldovan, D.; Masir, M.R.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Resonant valley filtering of massive Dirac electrons			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	86	Issue	11	Pages	115431
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Electrons in graphene, in addition to their spin, have two pseudospin degrees of freedom: sublattice and valley pseudospin. Valleytronics uses the valley degree of freedom as a carrier of information similarly to the way spintronics uses electron spin. We show how a double-barrier structure consisting of electric and vector potentials can be used to filter massive Dirac electrons based on their valley index. We study the resonant transmission through a finite number of barriers and we obtain the energy spectrum of a superlattice consisting of electric and vector potentials. When a mass term is included, the energy bands and energy gaps at the K and K′ points are different and they can be tuned by changing the potential.
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	Language		Wos	000309173300004	Publication Date	2012-09-21
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	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	55	Open Access
	Notes	This work was supported by the European Science Foundation (ESF) under the EUROCORES Program Euro- GRAPHENE within the project CONGRAN, and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl).			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:101835			Serial	2896
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	Author	Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Superconducting proximity effect in graphene under inhomogeneous strain			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2011	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	84	Issue	24	Pages	241401-241401,4
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The interplay between quantum Hall states and Cooper pairs is usually hindered by the suppression of the superconducting state due to the strong magnetic fields needed to observe the quantum Hall effect. From this point of view, graphene is special since it allows the creation of strong pseudomagnetic fields due to strain. We show that in a Josephson junction made of strained graphene, Cooper pairs will diffuse into the strained region. The pair correlation function will be sublattice polarized due to the polarization of the local density of states in the zero pseudo-Landau level. We uncover two regimes: (1) one in which the cyclotron radius is larger than the junction length, in which case the supercurrent will be enhanced, and (2) the long junction regime where the supercurrent is strongly suppressed because the junction becomes an insulator. In the latter case quantized Hall states form and Andreev scattering at the normal/superconducting interface will induce edge states. Our numerical calculation has become possible due to an extension of the Chebyshev-Bogoliubovde Gennes method to computations on video cards (GPUs).
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	Language		Wos	000297766600003	Publication Date	2011-12-06
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	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	27	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Euro GRAPHENE project CONGRAN. Discussions with Andrey Chaves are gratefully acknowledged. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2011 IF: 3.691
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:93962			Serial	3364
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	Author	Muñoz, W.A.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Tight-binding description of intrinsic superconducting correlations in multilayer graphene			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2013	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	87	Issue	13	Pages	134509-7
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Using highly efficient GPU-based simulations of the tight-binding Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations we solve self-consistently for the pair correlation in rhombohedral (ABC) and Bernal (ABA) multilayer graphene by considering a finite intrinsic s-wave pairing potential. We find that the two different stacking configurations have opposite bulk/surface behavior for the order parameter. Surface superconductivity is robust for ABC stacked multilayer graphene even at very low pairing potentials for which the bulk order parameter vanishes, in agreement with a recent analytical approach. In contrast, for Bernal stacked multilayer graphene, we find that the order parameter is always suppressed at the surface and that there exists a critical value for the pairing potential below which no superconducting order is achieved. We considered different doping scenarios and find that homogeneous doping strongly suppresses surface superconductivity while nonhomogeneous field-induced doping has a much weaker effect on the superconducting order parameter. For multilayer structures with hybrid stacking (ABC and ABA) we find that when the thickness of each region is small (few layers), high-temperature surface superconductivity survives throughout the bulk due to the proximity effect between ABC/ABA interfaces where the order parameter is enhanced. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.134509
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	Language		Wos	000317390000006	Publication Date	2013-04-11
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	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	37	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem funding of the Flemish Government. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:108469			Serial	3660
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	Author	Muñoz, W.A.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Tight-binding study of bilayer graphene Josephson junctions			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	86	Issue	18	Pages	184505-184507
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Using highly efficient simulations of the tight-binding Bogoliubov-de-Gennes model, we solved self-consistently for the pair correlation and the Josephson current in a superconducting-bilayer graphene-superconducting Josephson junction. Different doping levels for the non-superconducting link are considered in the short- and long-junction regimes. Self-consistent results for the pair correlation and superconducting current resemble those reported previously for single-layer graphene except at the Dirac point, where remarkable differences in the proximity effect are found, as well as a suppression of the superconducting current in the long-junction regime. Inversion symmetry is broken by considering a potential difference between the layers and we found that the supercurrent can be switched if the junction length is larger than the Fermi length.
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	Language		Wos	000310840400005	Publication Date	2012-11-07
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	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	13	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:105149			Serial	3661
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	Author	Zhang, L.-F.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Tomasch effect in nanoscale superconductors			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	91	Issue	91	Pages	024508
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The Tomasch effect (TE) is due to quasiparticle interference (QPI) as induced by a nonuniform superconducting order parameter, which results in oscillations in the density of states (DOS) at energies above the superconducting gap. Quantum confinement in nanoscale superconductors leads to an inhomogenerous distribution of the Cooperpair condensate, which, as we found, triggers the manifestation of a new TE. We investigate the electronic structure of nanoscale superconductors by solving the Bogoliubov-de Gennes (BdG) equations self-consistently and describe the TE determined by two types of processes, involving two-or three-subband QPIs. Both types of QPIs result in additional BCS-like Bogoliubov-quasiparticles and BCS-like energy gaps leading to oscillations in the DOS and modulated wave patterns in the local density of states. These effects are strongly related to the symmetries of the system. A reduced 4 x 4 inter-subband BdG Hamiltonian is established in order to describe analytically the TE of two-subband QPIs. Our study is relevant to nanoscale superconductors, either nanowires or thin films, Bose-Einsten condensates, and confined systems such as two-dimensional electron gas interface superconductivity.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Lancaster, Pa	Editor
	Language		Wos	000348473700003	Publication Date	2015-01-16
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	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	6	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vlaanderen) and the Methusalem funding of the Flemish Government. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2015 IF: 3.736
	Call Number	c:irua:123864			Serial	3670
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	Author	Richardson, C.L.; Edkins, S.D.; Berdiyorov, G.R.; Chua, C.J.; Griffiths, J.P.; Jones, G.A.C.; Buitelaar, M.R.; Narayan, V.; Sfigakis, F.; Smith, C.G.; Covaci, L.; Connolly, M.R.;
	Title	Vortex detection and quantum transport in mesoscopic graphene Josephson-junction arrays			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	91	Issue	91	Pages	245418
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	We investigate mesoscopic Josephson-junction arrays created by patterning superconducting disks on monolayer graphene, concentrating on the high-T/T-c regime of these devices and the phenomena which contribute to the superconducting glass state in diffusive arrays. We observe features in the magnetoconductance at rational fractions of flux quanta per array unit cell, which we attribute to the formation of flux-quantized vortices. The applied fields at which the features occur are well described by Ginzburg-Landau simulations that take into account the number of unit cells in the array. We find that the mean conductance and universal conductance fluctuations are both enhanced below the critical temperature and field of the superconductor, with greater enhancement away from the graphene Dirac point.
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	Language		Wos	000356129800012	Publication Date	2015-06-15
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	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	2	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was financially supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and an NPL/EPSRC Joint Postdoctoral Partnership. Supporting data for this paper is available at the DSpace@Cambridge data repository (https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/248242). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2015 IF: 3.736
	Call Number	c:irua:126982			Serial	3865
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	Author	Zhang, L.-F.; Covaci, L.; Milošević, M.V.; Berdiyorov, G.R.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Vortex states in nanoscale superconducting squares : the influence of quantum confinement			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2013	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	88	Issue	14	Pages	144501
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	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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	Language		Wos	000325498300004	Publication Date	2013-10-09
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	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	19	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vlaanderen) and Methusalem Funding of the Flemish government. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:111145			Serial	3891
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	Author	Chaves, A.; Covaci, L.; Rakhimov, K.Y.; Farias, G.A.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Wave-packet dynamics and valley filter in strained graphene			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2010	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	82	Issue	20	Pages	205430
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The time evolution of a wave packet in strained graphene is studied within the tight-binding model and continuum model. The effect of an external magnetic field, as well as a strain-induced pseudomagnetic field, on the wave-packet trajectories and zitterbewegung are analyzed. Combining the effects of strain with those of an external magnetic field produces an effective magnetic field which is large in one of the Dirac cones, but can be practically zero in the other. We construct an efficient valley filter, where for a propagating incoming wave packet consisting of momenta around the K and K' Dirac points, the outgoing wave packet exhibits momenta in only one of these Dirac points while the components of the packet that belong to the other Dirac point are reflected due to the Lorentz force. We also found that the zitterbewegung is permanent in time in the presence of either external or strain-induced magnetic fields, but when both the external and strain-induced magnetic fields are present, the zitterbewegung is transient in one of the Dirac cones, whereas in the other cone the wave packet exhibits permanent spatial oscillations.
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	Language		Wos	000284401600007	Publication Date	2010-11-19
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	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	95	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was financially supported by CNPq under NanoBioEstruturas Contract No. 555183/2005-0, PRONEX/CNPq/FUNCAP, CAPES, the Bilateral program between Flanders and Brazil, the Belgian Science Policy (IAP), and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-V1) ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2010 IF: 3.774
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:95542			Serial	3905
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	Author	da Costa, D.R.; Chaves, A.; Farias, G.A.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Wave-packet scattering on graphene edges in the presence of a pseudomagnetic field			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	86	Issue	11	Pages	115434
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The scattering of a Gaussian wave packet in armchair and zigzag graphene edges is theoretically investigated by numerically solving the time-dependent Schrodinger equation for the tight-binding model Hamiltonian. Our theory allows us to investigate scattering in reciprocal space, and depending on the type of graphene edge we observe scattering within the same valley, or between different valleys. In the presence of an external magnetic field, the well-known skipping orbits are observed. However, our results demonstrate that in the case of a pseudomagnetic field, induced by nonuniform strain, the scattering by an armchair edge results in a nonpropagating edge state.
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	Language		Wos	000309174100005	Publication Date	2012-09-21
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	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	28	Open Access
	Notes	; Discussions with E. B. Barros are gratefully acknowledged. This work was supported by the Brazilian Council for Research (CNPq), the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the ESF-EuroGRAPHENE (project CONGRAN), and the bilateral program between Flanders and Brazil. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:101833			Serial	3907
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	Author	Covaci, L.; Marsiglio, F.
	Title	Proximity effect and Josephson current in clean strong/weak/strong superconducting trilayers			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2006	Publication	Physical Review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	73	Issue	1	Pages	014503
	Keywords	A1 Journal article
	Abstract	Recent measurements of the Josephson critical current through LSCO/LCO/LSCO thin films showed an unusually large proximity effect. Using the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations for a tight-binding Hamiltonian we describe the proximity effect in weak links between a superconductor with critical temperature T-c and one with critical temperature T-c('), where T-c > T-c('). The weak link (N-') is therefore a superconductor above its own critical temperature and the superconducting regions are considered to have either s-wave or d-wave symmetry. We note that the proximity effect is enhanced due to the presence of superconducting correlations in the weak link. The dc Josephson current is calculated, and we obtain a nonzero value for temperatures greater than T-c(') for sizes of the weak links that can be almost an order of magnitude greater than the conventional coherence length. Considering pockets of superconductivity in the N-' layer, we show that this can lead to an even larger effect on the Josephson critical current by effectively shortening the weak link.
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	Language		Wos	000235009000103	Publication Date	2006-01-03
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	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	31	Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2006 IF: 3.107
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @			Serial	4427
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	Author	Dell'Anna, L.; Perali, A.; Covaci, L.; Neilson, D.
	Title	Using magnetic stripes to stabilize superfluidity in electron-hole double monolayer graphene			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	92	Issue	92	Pages	220502
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Experiments have confirmed that double monolayer graphene does not generate finite-temperature electron-hole superfluidity, because of very strong screening of the pairing attraction. The linear dispersing energy bands in monolayer graphene block any attempt to reduce the strength of the screening. We propose a hybrid device with two sheets of monolayer graphene in a modulated periodic perpendicular magnetic field. The field preserves the isotropic Dirac cones of the original monolayers but reduces the slope of the cones, making the monolayer Fermi velocity v(F) smaller. We demonstrate that with current experimental techniques, the reduction in vF can weaken the screening sufficiently to allow electron-hole superfluidity at measurable temperatures.
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	Language		Wos	000366500100004	Publication Date	2015-12-14
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	ISSN	1098-0121	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	7	Open Access
	Notes	; We thank M. Zarenia for useful discussions. L.D. acknowledges financial support from MIUR: FIRB 2012, Grant No. RBFR12NLNA_002, and PRIN, Grant No. 2010LLKJBX. A.P. and D.N. acknowledge financial support from University of Camerino FAR project CESEMN. L.C. acknowledges financial support from Flemish Science Foundation (FWO). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2015 IF: 3.736
	Call Number	c:irua:130211			Serial	4069
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	Author	Bakalov, P.; Esfahani, D.N.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.; Tempere, J.; Locquet, J.-P.
	Title	Electric-field-driven Mott metal-insulator transition in correlated thin films : an inhomogeneous dynamical mean-field theory approach			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2016	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	93	Issue	93	Pages	165112
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Theory of quantum systems and complex systems; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Simulations are carried out based on the dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) in order to investigate the properties of correlated thin films for various values of the chemical potential, temperature, interaction strength, and applied transverse electric field. Application of a sufficiently strong field to a thin film at half filling leads to the appearance of conducting regions near the surfaces of the film, whereas in doped slabs the application of a field leads to a conductivity enhancement on one side of the film and a gradual transition to the insulating state on the opposite side. In addition to the inhomogeneous DMFT, a local density approximation (LDA) is considered in which the particle density n, quasiparticle residue Z, and spectral weight at the Fermi level A(ω=0) of each layer are approximated by a homogeneous bulk environment. A systematic comparison between the two approaches reveals that the less expensive LDA results are in good agreement with the DMFT approach, except close to the metal-to-insulator transition points and in the layers immediately at the film surfaces. LDA values for n are overall more reliable than those for Z and A(ω=0). The hysteretic behavior (memory effect) characteristic of the bulk doping driven Mott transition persists in the slab.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Lancaster, Pa	Editor
	Language		Wos	000373572700002	Publication Date	2016-04-09
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	ISSN	1098-0121; 1550-235x	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	5	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was partially funded by the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research (FWO Belgium) under FWO Grant No. G.0520.10 and the joint FWF (Austria)-FWO Grant No. GOG6616N, and by the SITOGA FP7 project. Most of the calculations were performed on KU Leuven's ThinKing HPC cluster provided by the VSC (Flemish Supercomputer Center), funded by the FWO and the Flemish Government-department EWI. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:132872			Serial	4167
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	Author	Zha, G.-Q.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.; Zhou, S.-P.
	Title	Majorana zero-energy modes and spin current evolution in mesoscopic superconducting loop systems with spin-orbit interaction			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	92	Issue	92	Pages	094516
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The Majorana zero modes and persistent spin current in mesoscopic d-wave-superconducting loops with spin-orbit (SO) interaction are investigated by numerically solving the spin-generalized Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations self-consistently. For some appropriate strength of the SO coupling, Majorana zero-energy states and sharp jumps of the spin-polarized currents can be observed when the highest energy levels cross the Fermi energy in the spectrum, leading to spin currents with opposite chirality flowing near the inner and outer edges of the sample. When the threaded magnetic flux turns on, four flux-dependent patterns of the persistent spin current with step-like features show up, accompanied by Majorana edge modes at flux values where the energy gap closes. Moreover, the Majorana zero mode is highly influenced by the direction of the Zeeman field. A finite in-plane field can lead to the gap opening since the inversion symmetry is broken. Remarkably, multiple Majorana zero-energy states occur in the presence of an out-of-plane field h(z), and the number of steps in the spin current evolution can be effectively tuned by the field strength due to the shift of Majorana zero modes. Finally, when the loop sample contains surface indentation defects, zero-energy modes can always show up in the presence of an appropriate h(z). Interestingly, multiple Majorana states may be present in the system with a corner defect even if h(z) = 0.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Lancaster, Pa	Editor
	Language		Wos	000362081000002	Publication Date	2015-09-30
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	ISSN	1098-0121; 1550-235x	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	11	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants No. 61371020, No. 61271163, and No. 61571277, by the Visiting Scholar Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, and by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2015 IF: 3.736
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:132467			Serial	4203
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	Author	Zhang, L.; Fernández Becerra, V.; Covaci, L.; Milošević, M.V.
	Title	Electronic properties of emergent topological defects in chiral p-wave superconductivity			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2016	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	94	Issue	94	Pages	024520
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Chiral p-wave superconductors in applied magnetic field can exhibit more complex topological defects than just conventional superconducting vortices, due to the two-component order parameter (OP) and the broken time-reversal symmetry. We investigate the electronic properties of those exotic states, some of which contain clusters of one-component vortices in chiral components of the OP and/or exhibit skyrmionic character in the relative OP space, all obtained as a self-consistent solution of the microscopic Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations. We reveal the link between the local density of states (LDOS) of the novel topological states and the behavior of the chiral domain wall between the OP components, enabling direct identification of those states in scanning tunneling microscopy. For example, a skyrmion always contains a closed chiral domain wall, which is found to be mapped exactly by zero-bias peaks in LDOS. Moreover, the LDOS exhibits electron-hole asymmetry, which is different from the LDOS of conventional vortex states with same vorticity. Finally, we present the magnetic field and temperature dependence of the properties of a skyrmion, indicating that this topological defect can be surprisingly large in size, and can be pinned by an artificially indented nonsuperconducting closed path in the sample. These features are expected to facilitate the experimental observation of skyrmionic states, thereby enabling experimental verification of chirality in emerging superconducting materials.
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	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000381479500002	Publication Date	2016-07-26
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	ISSN	2469-9969	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	27	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:135742			Serial	4303
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	Author	Doğan, F.; Covaci, L.; Kim, W.; Marsiglio, F.
	Title	Emerging nonequilibrium bound state in spin-current–local-spin scattering			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2009	Publication	Physical Review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	80	Issue	10	Pages	104434
	Keywords	A1 Journal article
	Abstract	Magnetization reversal is a well-studied problem with obvious applicability in computer hard drives. One can accomplish a magnetization reversal in at least one of two ways: application of a magnetic field or through a spin current. The latter is more amenable to a fully quantum-mechanical analysis. We formulate and solve the problem whereby a spin current interacts with a ferromagnetic Heisenberg spin chain, to eventually reverse the magnetization of the chain. Spin flips are accomplished through both elastic and inelastic scattering. A consequence of the inelastic-scattering channel, when it is no longer energetically possible, is the occurrence of a nonequilibrium bound state, which is an emergent property of the coupled local plus itinerant spin system. For certain definite parameter values the itinerant spin lingers near the local spins for some time, before eventually leaking out as an outwardly diffusing state. This phenomenon results in spin-flip dynamics and filtering properties for this type of system.
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	Language		Wos	000270383100077	Publication Date	2009-09-25
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1098-0121	ISBN		Additional Links
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2009 IF: 3.475
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @			Serial	4436
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	Author	Kim, W.; Covaci, L.; Marsiglio, F.
	Title	Impurity scattering of wave packets on a lattice			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2006	Publication	Physical Review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	74	Issue	20	Pages	205120
	Keywords	A1 Journal article
	Abstract	Quantum transport in a lattice is distinct from its counterpart in continuum media. Even a free wave packet travels differently in a lattice than in the continuum. We describe quantum scattering in a one-dimensional lattice and illustrate characteristics of quantum transport such as resonant transmission. In particular we examine the transport characteristics of a random trimer model. We demonstrate the real-time propagation of a wave packet and its phase shift due to impurity configurations. Spin-flip scattering is also taken into account in a spin-chain system. We show how individual spins in the chain evolve as a result of a spin-flip interaction between an incoming electron and a spin chain.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication		Editor
	Language		Wos	000242409400030	Publication Date	2006-11-27
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1098-0121	ISBN		Additional Links
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	14	Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2006 IF: 3.107
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @			Serial	4428
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	Author	Kim, W.; Covaci, L.; Marsiglio, F.
	Title	Hidden symmetries of electronic transport in a disordered one-dimensional lattice			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2006	Publication	Physical Review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	73	Issue	19	Pages	195109
	Keywords	A1 Journal article
	Abstract	Correlated, or extended, impurities play an important role in the transport properties of dirty metals. Here, we examine, in the framework of a tight-binding lattice, the transmission of a single electron through an array of correlated impurities. In particular we show that particles transmit through an impurity array in identical fashion, regardless of the direction of traversal. The demonstration of this fact is straightforward in the continuum limit, but requires a detailed proof for the discrete lattice. We also briefly demonstrate and discuss the time evolution of these scattering states, to delineate regions (in time and space) where the aforementioned symmetry is violated.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication		Editor
	Language		Wos	000237950400042	Publication Date	2006-05-11
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1098-0121	ISBN		Additional Links
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	5	Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2006 IF: 3.107
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @			Serial	4429
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	Author	Zhang, L.-F.; Flammia, L.; Covaci, L.; Perali, A.; Milošević, M.V.
	Title	Multifaceted impact of a surface step on superconductivity in atomically thin films			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	96	Issue	10	Pages	104509
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Recent experiments show that an atomic step on the surface of atomically thin metallic films can strongly affect electronic transport. Here we reveal multiple and versatile effects that such a surface step can have on superconductivity in ultrathin films. By solving the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations self-consistently in this regime, where quantum confinement dominates the emergent physics, we show that the electronic structure is profoundly modified on the two sides of the step, as is the spatial distribution of the superconducting order parameter and its dependence on temperature and electronic gating. Furthermore, the surface step changes nontrivially the transport properties both in the proximity-induced superconducting pair correlations and the Josephson effect, depending on the step height. These results offer a new route to tailor superconducting circuits and design atomically thin heterojunctions made of one same material.
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	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000411076000012	Publication Date	2017-09-18
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	7	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen), the Special Research Funds of the University of Antwerp (TOPBOF project) and the Italian MIUR through the PRIN 2015 program (Contract No. 2015C5SEJJ001). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:146750			Serial	4790
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	Author	Lane, T.L.M.; Andelkovic, M.; Wallbank, J.R.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.; Fal'ko, V.I.
	Title	Ballistic electron channels including weakly protected topological states in delaminated bilayer graphene			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2018	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	97	Issue	4	Pages	045301
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('We show that delaminations in bilayer graphene (BLG) with electrostatically induced interlayer symmetry can provide one with ballistic channels for electrons with energies inside the electrostatically induced BLG gap. These channels are formed by a combination of valley-polarized evanescent states propagating along the delamination edges (which persist in the presence of a strong magnetic field) and standing waves bouncing between them inside the delaminated region (in a strong magnetic field, these transform into Landau levels in the monolayers). For inverted stackings in BLGs on the left and right of the delamination (AB-2ML-BA or BA-2ML-AB, where 2ML indicates two decoupled monolayers of graphene), the lowest-energy ballistic channels are gapless, have linear dispersion, and appear to be weakly topologically protected. When BLG stackings on both sides of the delamination are the same (AB-2ML-AB or BA-2ML-BA), the lowest-energy ballistic channels are gapped, with a gap epsilon(g) scaling as epsilon(g) alpha W-1 with delamination width and epsilon(g) alpha delta(-1) with the on-layer energy difference in the delaminated part of the structure. Depending on the width, delaminations may also support several \u0022higher-energy\u0022 waveguide modes. Our results are based on both the analytical study of the wave matching of Dirac states and tight-binding model calculations, and we analyze in detail the dependence of the delamination spectrum on the electrostatic conditions in the structure, such as the vertical displacement field.'));
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	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000419772200005	Publication Date	2018-01-11
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	11	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was funded by EPSRC via EPSRC Grand Engineering Chellenges Grant No. EP/N010345, the Manchester NOWNANO CDT EP/L-1548X, the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI), the European Graphene Flagship project, ERC Synergy grant Hetero2D, and FLAG-ERA project TRANS2DTMD. The authors would like to acknowledge useful discussions with M. Zarenia, S. Slizovskiy, E. McCann, and K. Novesolov. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148441UA @ admin @ c:irua:148441			Serial	4868
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	Author	Zhang, L.-F.; Covaci, L.; Milošević, M.V.
	Title	Topological phase transitions in small mesoscopic chiral p-wave superconductors			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	96	Issue	22	Pages	224512
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('Spin-triplet chiral p-wave superconductivity is typically described by a two-component order parameter, and as such is prone to unique emergent effects when compared to the standard single-component superconductors. Here we present the equilibrium phase diagram for small mesoscopic chiral p-wave superconducting disks in the presence of magnetic field, obtained by solving the microscopic Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations self-consistently. In the ultrasmall limit, the cylindrically symmetric giant-vortex states form the ground state of the system. However, with increasing sample size, the cylindrical symmetry is broken as the two components of the order parameter segregate into domains, and the number of fragmented domain walls between them characterizes the resulting states. Such domain walls are topological defects unique for the p-wave order, and constitute a dominant phase in the mesoscopic regime. Moreover, we find two possible types of domain walls, identified by their chirality-dependent interaction with the edge states.'));
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	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000418653500012	Publication Date	2017-12-26
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	18	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen) and the Special Research Funds of the University of Antwerp. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148504			Serial	4901
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	Author	Flammia, L.; Zhang, L.-F.; Covaci, L.; Perali, A.; Milošević, M.V.
	Title	Superconducting nanoribbon with a constriction : a quantum-confined Josephson junction			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2018	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	97	Issue	13	Pages	134514
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Extended defects are known to strongly affect nanoscale superconductors. Here, we report the properties of superconducting nanoribbons with a constriction formed between two adjacent step edges by solving the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations self-consistently in the regime where quantum confinement is important. Since the quantum resonances of the superconducting gap in the constricted area are different from the rest of the nanoribbon, such constriction forms a quantum-confined S-S'-S Josephson junction, with a broadly tunable performance depending on the length and width of the constriction with respect to the nanoribbon, and possible gating. These findings provide an intriguing approach to further tailor superconducting quantum devices where Josephson effect is of use.
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	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000430161500004	Publication Date	2018-04-17
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	7	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen), the Special Research Funds of the University of Antwerp (TOPBOF), the Italian MIUR through the PRIN 2015 program (Contract No. 2015C5SEJJ001), the MultiSuper network, and the EU-COST NANOCOHYBRI action CA16218. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:150754UA @ admin @ c:irua:150754			Serial	4980
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	Author	Pandey, T.; Covaci, L.; Milošević, M.V.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Flexoelectricity and transport properties of phosphorene nanoribbons under mechanical bending			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2021	Publication	Physical Review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	103	Issue	23	Pages	235406
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	We examine from first principles the flexoelectric properties of phosphorene nanoribbons under mechanical bending along armchair and zigzag directions. In both cases we find that the radial polarization depends linearly on the strain gradient. The flexoelectricity along the armchair direction is over 40% larger than along the zigzag direction. The obtained flexoelectric coefficients of phosphorene are four orders of magnitude larger than those of graphene and comparable to transition metal dichalcogenides. Analysis of charge density shows that the flexoelectricity mainly arises from the pz orbitals of phosphorus atoms. The electron mobilities in bent phosphorene can be enhanced by over 60% along the armchair direction, which is significantly higher than previous reports of mobility tuned by uniaxial strain. Our results indicate phosphorene is a candidate for a two-dimensional material applicable in flexible-electronic devices.
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	Language		Wos	000657129800006	Publication Date	2021-06-02
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	8	Open Access	Not_Open_Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:179109			Serial	6996
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	Author	Kourmoulakis, G.; Michail, A.; Paradisanos, I.; Marie, X.; Glazov, M.M.; Jorissen, B.; Covaci, L.; Stratakis, E.; Papagelis, K.; Parthenios, J.; Kioseoglou, G.
	Title	Biaxial strain tuning of exciton energy and polarization in monolayer WS2			Type	A1 Journal Article
	Year	2023	Publication	Applied Physics Letters	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	123	Issue	22	Pages
	Keywords	A1 Journal Article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) ;
	Abstract	We perform micro-photoluminescence and Raman experiments to examine the impact of biaxial tensile strain on the optical properties of WS2 monolayers. A strong shift on the order of −130 meV per % of strain is observed in the neutral exciton emission at room temperature. Under near-resonant excitation, we measure a monotonic decrease in the circular polarization degree under the applied strain. We experimentally separate the effect of the strain-induced energy detuning and evaluate the pure effect coming from the biaxial strain. The analysis shows that the suppression of the circular polarization degree under the biaxial strain is related to an interplay of energy and polarization relaxation channels as well as to variations in the exciton oscillator strength affecting the long-range exchange interaction.
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	Language		Wos	001124156400003	Publication Date	2023-11-27
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0003-6951	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record
	Impact Factor	4	Times cited		Open Access
	Notes	Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation, HFRI-FM17-3034 ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 4; 2023 IF: 3.411
	Call Number	CMT @ cmt @c:irua:202178			Serial	8991
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	Author	Lin, S.-H.; Milošević, M.V.; Covaci, L.; Janko, B.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Quantum rotor in nanostructured superconductors			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2014	Publication	Scientific reports	Abbreviated Journal	Sci Rep-Uk
	Volume	4	Issue		Pages	4542-4546
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Despite its apparent simplicity, the idealized model of a particle constrained to move on a circle has intriguing dynamic properties and immediate experimental relevance. While a rotor is rather easy to set up classically, the quantum regime is harder to realize and investigate. Here we demonstrate that the quantum dynamics of quasiparticles in certain classes of nanostructured superconductors can be mapped onto a quantum rotor. Furthermore, we provide a straightforward experimental procedure to convert this nanoscale superconducting rotor into a regular or inverted quantum pendulum with tunable gravitational field, inertia, and drive. We detail how these novel states can be detected via scanning tunneling spectroscopy. The proposed experiments will provide insights into quantum dynamics and quantum chaos.
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	Publisher	Nature Publishing Group	Place of Publication	London	Editor
	Language		Wos	000333555300007	Publication Date	2014-04-01
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2045-2322;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	4.259	Times cited	4	Open Access
	Notes	; The work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under contract W-31-109-Eng-38, and the US National Science Foundation via NSF-NIRT ECS-0609249. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 4.259; 2014 IF: 5.578
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:116848			Serial	2785
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	Author	Chaves, A.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.; Milošević, M.V.
	Title	Topologically protected moiré exciton at a twist-boundary in a van der Waals heterostructure			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2022	Publication	2D materials	Abbreviated Journal	2D Mater
	Volume	9	Issue	2	Pages	025012
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	A twin boundary in one of the layers of a twisted van der Waals heterostructure separates regions with near opposite inter-layer twist angles. In a MoS<sub>2</sub>/WSe<sub>2</sub>bilayer, the regions with<inline-formula><tex-math><?CDATA $Rh^h$?></tex-math><math overflow=“scroll”><msubsup><mi>R</mi><mi>h</mi><mi>h</mi></msubsup></math><inline-graphic href=“tdmac529dieqn1.gif” type=“simple” /></inline-formula>and<inline-formula><tex-math><?CDATA $Rh^X$?></tex-math><math overflow=“scroll”><msubsup><mi>R</mi><mi>h</mi><mi>X</mi></msubsup></math><inline-graphic href=“tdmac529dieqn2.gif” type=“simple” /></inline-formula>stacking registry that defined the sub-lattices of the moiré honeycomb pattern would be mirror-reflected across such a twist boundary. In that case, we demonstrate that topologically protected chiral moiré exciton states are confined at the twist boundary. These are one-dimensional and uni-directional excitons with opposite velocities for excitons composed by electronic states with opposite valley/spin character, enabling intrinsic, guided, and far reaching valley-polarized exciton currents.
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	Language		Wos	000760518100001	Publication Date	2022-04-01
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2053-1583	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	5.5	Times cited		Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, PQ ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 5.5
	Call Number	CMT @ cmt @c:irua:187124			Serial	7046
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	Author	Pandey, T.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Tuning flexoelectricty and electronic properties of zig-zag graphene nanoribbons by functionalization			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2021	Publication	Carbon	Abbreviated Journal	Carbon
	Volume	171	Issue		Pages	551-559
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The flexoelectric and electronic properties of zig-zag graphene nanoribbons are explored under mechanical bending using state of the art first principles calculations. A linear dependence of the bending induced out of plane polarization on the applied strain gradient is found. The inferior flexoelectric properties of graphene nanoribbons can be improved by more than two orders of magnitude by hydrogen and fluorine functionalization (CH and CF nanoribbons). A large out of plane flexoelectric effect is predicted for CF nanoribbons. The origin of this enhancement lies in the electro-negativity difference between carbon and fluorine atoms, which breaks the out of plane charge symmetry even for a small strain gradient. The flexoelectric effect can be further improved by co-functionalization with hydrogen and fluorine (CHF Janus-type nanoribbon), where a spontaneous out of plane dipole moment is formed even for flat nanoribbons. We also find that bending can control the charge localization of valence band maxima and therefore enables the tuning of the hole effective masses and band gaps. These results present an important advance towards the understanding of flexoelectric and electronic properties of hydrogen and fluorine functionalized graphene nanoribbons, which can have important implications for flexible electronic applications. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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	Language		Wos	000598371500058	Publication Date	2020-09-17
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0008-6223	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	6.337	Times cited	11	Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	; 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 Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI). T. P. is supported by a postdoctoral research fellowship from BOF-UAntwerpen. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 6.337
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:175014			Serial	6700
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	Author	Smeyers, R.; Milošević, M.V.; Covaci, L.
	Title	Strong gate-tunability of flat bands in bilayer graphene due to moiré encapsulation between hBN monolayers			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2023	Publication	Nanoscale	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	15	Issue	9	Pages	4561-4569
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	When using hexagonal boron-nitride (hBN) as a substrate for graphene, the resulting moire pattern creates secondary Dirac points. By encapsulating a multilayer graphene within aligned hBN sheets the controlled moire stacking may offer even richer benefits. Using advanced tight-binding simulations on atomistically-relaxed heterostructures, here we show that the gap at the secondary Dirac point can be opened in selected moire-stacking configurations, and is independent of any additional vertical gating of the heterostructure. On the other hand, gating can broadly tune the gap at the principal Dirac point, and may thereby strongly compress the first moire mini-band in width against the moire-induced gap at the secondary Dirac point. We reveal that in hBN-encapsulated bilayer graphene this novel mechanism can lead to isolated bands flatter than 10 meV under moderate gating, hence presenting a convenient pathway towards electronically-controlled strongly-correlated states on demand.
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	Language		Wos	000933052600001	Publication Date	2023-02-07
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2040-3364; 2040-3372	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	6.7	Times cited		Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: 6.7; 2023 IF: 7.367
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:195249			Serial	7340
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	Author	Conti, S.; Chaves, A.; Pandey, T.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.; Neilson, D.; Milošević, M.V.
	Title	Flattening conduction and valence bands for interlayer excitons in a moire MoS₂/WSe₂ heterobilayer			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2023	Publication	Nanoscale	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages	1-11
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	We explore the flatness of conduction and valence bands of interlayer excitons in MoS2/WSe2 van der Waals heterobilayers, tuned by interlayer twist angle, pressure, and external electric field. We employ an efficient continuum model where the moire pattern from lattice mismatch and/or twisting is represented by an equivalent mesoscopic periodic potential. We demonstrate that the mismatch moire potential is too weak to produce significant flattening. Moreover, we draw attention to the fact that the quasi-particle effective masses around the Gamma-point and the band flattening are reduced with twisting. As an alternative approach, we show (i) that reducing the interlayer distance by uniform vertical pressure can significantly increase the effective mass of the moire hole, and (ii) that the moire depth and its band flattening effects are strongly enhanced by accessible electric gating fields perpendicular to the heterobilayer, with resulting electron and hole effective masses increased by more than an order of magnitude – leading to record-flat bands. These findings impose boundaries on the commonly generalized benefits of moire twistronics, while also revealing alternative feasible routes to achieve truly flat electron and hole bands to carry us to strongly correlated excitonic phenomena on demand.
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	Language		Wos	001047512300001	Publication Date	2023-07-25
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2040-3364; 2040-3372	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	6.7	Times cited		Open Access	Not_Open_Access: Available from 25.01.2024
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: 6.7; 2023 IF: 7.367
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:198290			Serial	8819
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	Author	Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.; Berciu, M.
	Title	Efficient numerical approach to inhomogeneous superconductivity: the Chebyshev-Bogoliubov-de Gennes method			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2010	Publication	Physical review letters	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev Lett
	Volume	105	Issue	16	Pages	167006,1-167006,4
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	We propose a highly efficient numerical method to describe inhomogeneous superconductivity by using the kernel polynomial method in order to calculate the Greens functions of a superconductor. Broken translational invariance of any type (impurities, surfaces, or magnetic fields) can be easily incorporated. We show that limitations due to system size can be easily circumvented and therefore this method opens the way for the study of scenarios and/or geometries that were unaccessible before. The proposed method is highly efficient and amenable to large scale parallel computation. Although we only use it in the context of superconductivity, it is applicable to other inhomogeneous mean-field theories.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	New York, N.Y.	Editor
	Language		Wos	000282816300018	Publication Date	2010-10-12
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	ISSN	0031-9007;1079-7114;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	8.462	Times cited	80	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), CIfAR, and NSERC. Discussions with Frank Marsiglio are gratefully acknowledged. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 8.462; 2010 IF: 7.622
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:84899			Serial	875
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	Author	Garcia, J.H.; Covaci, L.; Rappoport, T.G.
	Title	Real-space calculation of the conductivity tensor for disordered topological matter			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	Physical review letters	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev Lett
	Volume	114	Issue	114	Pages	116602
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	We describe an efficient numerical approach to calculate the longitudinal and transverse Kubo conductivities of large systems using Bastin's formulation. We expand the Green's functions in terms of Chebyshev polynomials and compute the conductivity tensor for any temperature and chemical potential in a single step. To illustrate the power and generality of the approach, we calculate the conductivity tensor for the quantum Hall effect in disordered graphene and analyze the effect of the disorder in a Chern insulator in Haldane's model on a honeycomb lattice.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	New York, N.Y.	Editor
	Language		Wos	000351430600010	Publication Date	2015-03-20
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	ISSN	0031-9007;1079-7114;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	8.462	Times cited	69	Open Access
	Notes	; We acknowledge A. R. Hernandez, A. Ferreira, and E. Mucciolo for discussions. T. G. R and J. H. G acknowledge the Brazilian agencies CNPq, FAPERJ, and INCT de Nanoestruturas de Carbono for financial support. L. C. acknowledges the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vlaanderen) for financial support. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 8.462; 2015 IF: 7.512
	Call Number	c:irua:125467			Serial	2827
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