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Author Roditchev, D.; Brun, C.; Serrier-Garcia, L.; Cuevas, J.C.; Bessa, V.H.L.; Milošević, M.V.; Debontridder, F.; Stolyarov, V.; Cren, T.
  Title Direct observation of Josephson vortex cores Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2015 Publication Nature physics Abbreviated Journal Nat Phys
  Volume 11 Issue 11 Pages 332-337
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Superconducting correlations may propagate between two superconductors separated by a tiny insulating or metallic barrier, allowing a dissipationless electric current to flow(1,2). In the presence of a magnetic field, the maximum supercurrent oscillates(3) and each oscillation corresponding to the entry of one Josephson vortex into the barrier(4). Josephson vortices are conceptual blocks of advanced quantum devices such as coherent terahertz generators(5) or qubits for quantum computing(6), in which on-demand generation and control is crucial. Here, we map superconducting correlations inside proximity Josephson junctions(7) using scanning tunnelling microscopy. Unexpectedly, we find that such Josephson vortices have real cores, in which the proximity gap is locally suppressed and the normal state recovered. By following the Josephson vortex formation and evolution we demonstrate that they originate from quantum interference of Andreev quasiparticles(8), and that the phase portraits of the two superconducting quantum condensates at edges of the junction decide their generation, shape, spatial extent and arrangement. Our observation opens a pathway towards the generation and control of Josephson vortices by applying supercurrents through the superconducting leads of the junctions, that is, by purely electrical means without any need for a magnetic field, which is a crucial step towards high-density on-chip integration of superconducting quantum devices.
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  Language Wos 000352163100016 Publication Date 2015-02-23
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  ISSN (down) 1745-2473;1745-2481; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 22.806 Times cited 102 Open Access
  Notes T.C., C.B., F.D., V.S. and D.R. acknowledge financial support from the French ANR project and the French-Russian program PICS-CNRS/RAS. The authors also thank V. Cherkez for assistance during experiments and V. Vinokur (Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois USA) and A. Buzdin (University of Bordeaux 1, France) for stimulating discussions. J.C.C. acknowledges financial support from the Spanish MICINN (Contract No. FIS2011-28851-C1). V.H.L.B. acknowledges support from CNPq Brazil and productive discussions with Prof. A. Chaves (UFC, Brazil). M.V.M. acknowledges support from Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen) and CAPES Brazil (PVE project BEX1392/11-5). Approved Most recent IF: 22.806; 2015 IF: 20.147
  Call Number c:irua:132524 c:irua:132524 Serial 3943
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Author Wang, D.; Dasgupta, T.; van der Wee, E.B.; Zanaga, D.; Altantzis, T.; Wu, Y.; Coli, G.M.; Murray, C.B.; Bals, S.; Dijkstra, M.; van Blaaderen, A.
  Title Binary icosahedral clusters of hard spheres in spherical confinement Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2020 Publication Nature Physics Abbreviated Journal Nat Phys
  Volume Issue Pages 1-9
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT)
  Abstract The influence of geometry on the local and global packing of particles is important to many fundamental and applied research themes, such as the structure and stability of liquids, crystals and glasses. Here we show by experiments and simulations that a binary mixture of hard-sphere-like nanoparticles crystallizing into a MgZn(2)Laves phase in bulk spontaneously forms icosahedral clusters in slowly drying droplets. Using advanced electron tomography, we are able to obtain the real-space coordinates of all the spheres in the icosahedral clusters of up to about 10,000 particles. The local structure of 70-80% of the particles became similar to that of the MgCu(2)Laves phase. These observations are important for photonic applications. In addition, we observed in simulations that the icosahedral clusters nucleated away from the spherical boundary, which is distinctly different from that of the single species clusters. Our findings open the way for particle-level studies of nucleation and growth of icosahedral clusters, and of binary crystallization. The authors investigate out-of-equilibrium crystallization of a binary mixture of sphere-like nanoparticles in small droplets. They observe the spontaneous formation of an icosahedral structure with stable MgCu(2)phases, which are promising for photonic applications.
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  Language Wos 000564497300002 Publication Date 2020-08-31
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  ISSN (down) 1745-2473; 1745-2481 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 19.6 Times cited 38 Open Access OpenAccess
  Notes ; D.W., E.B.v.d.W. and A.v.B. acknowledge partial financial support from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP-2007-2013)/ERC Advanced Grant Agreement 291667 HierarSACol. T.D. and M. D. acknowledge financial support from the Industrial Partnership Programme, 'Computational Sciences for Energy Research' (grant number 13CSER025), of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), which was co-financed by Shell Global Solutions International BV G.M.C. was also financially supported by NWO. S.B. acknowledges financial support from ERC Consolidator Grant Number 815128 REALNANO. T.A. acknowledges a post-doctoral grant from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO, Belgium). C.B.M. and Y.W. acknowledge support for materials synthesis from the Office of Naval Research Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative Award ONR N00014-18-1-2497. G. A. Blab is gratefully acknowledged for 3D printing numerous truncated tetrahedra, which increased our understanding of the connection between the binary icosahedral cluster and Laves phase structures. N. Tasios is sincerely thanked for providing the code for the diffraction pattern calculation. M. Hermes is sincerely thanked for providing interactive views of the structures in this work. We thank G. van Tendeloo, M. Engel, J. Wang, S. Dussi, L. Filion, E. Boattini, S. Paliwal, N. Tasios, B. van der Meer, I. Lobato, J. Wu and L. Laurens for fruitful discussions. We acknowledge the EM Square centre at Utrecht University for the access to the microscopes. ; sygma Approved Most recent IF: 19.6; 2020 IF: 22.806
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:172044 Serial 6460
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Author Mao, J.; Jiang, Y.; Moldovan, D.; Li, G.; Watanabe, K.; Taniguchi, T.; Masir, M.R.; Peeters, F.M.; Andrei, E.Y.
  Title Realization of a tunable artificial atom at a supercritically charged vacancy in graphene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2016 Publication Nature physics Abbreviated Journal Nat Phys
  Volume 12 Issue 12 Pages 545-549
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Graphene’s remarkable electronic properties have fuelled the vision of a graphene-based platform for lighter, faster and smarter electronics and computing applications. One of the challenges is to devise ways to tailor graphene’s electronic properties and to control its charge carriers. Here we show that a single-atom vacancy in graphene can stably host a local charge and that this charge can be gradually built up by applying voltage pulses with the tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope. The response of the conduction electrons in graphene to the local charge is monitored with scanning tunnelling and Landau level spectroscopy, and compared to numerical simulations. As the charge is increased, its interaction with the conduction electrons undergoes a transition into a supercritical regime where itinerant electrons are trapped in a sequence of quasi-bound states which resemble an artificial atom. The quasi-bound electron states are detected by a strong enhancement of the density of states within a disc centred on the vacancy site which is surrounded by halo of hole states. We further show that the quasi-bound states at the vacancy site are gate tunable and that the trapping mechanism can be turned on and off, providing a mechanism to control and guide electrons in graphene.
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  Language Wos 000377475700011 Publication Date 2016-02-22
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  ISSN (down) 1745-2473 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 22.806 Times cited 93 Open Access
  Notes ; Funding was provided by DOE-FG02-99ER45742 (STM/STS), NSF DMR 1207108 (fabrication and characterization). Theoretical work supported by ESF-EUROCORES-EuroGRAPHENE, FWO-VI and Methusalem programme of the Flemish government. We thank V. F. Libisch, M. Pereira and E. Rossi for useful discussions. ; Approved Most recent IF: 22.806
  Call Number c:irua:134210 Serial 4011
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Author Yang, W.; Misko, V.R.; Nelissen, K.; Kong, M.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Using self-driven microswimmers for particle separation Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Soft matter Abbreviated Journal Soft Matter
  Volume 8 Issue 19 Pages 5175-5179
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Microscopic self-propelled swimmers capable of autonomous navigation through complex environments provide appealing opportunities for localization, pick-up and delivery of micro and nanoscopic objects. Inspired by motile cells and bacteria, man-made microswimmers have been fabricated, and their motion in patterned surroundings has been experimentally studied. We propose to use self-driven artificial microswimmers for the separation of binary mixtures of colloids. We revealed different regimes of separation, including one with a velocity inversion. Our findings could be of use for various biological and medical applications.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Cambridge Editor
  Language Wos 000303208700009 Publication Date 2012-03-26
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  ISSN (down) 1744-683X;1744-6848; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.889 Times cited 45 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was supported by the “Odysseus” Program of the Flemish Government and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-V1) (Belgium), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11047111), the State Key Program of National Natural Science of China (No. 51135007), the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No. 20111415120002), and the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (973) (No. 2009CB724201). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.889; 2012 IF: 3.909
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98326 Serial 3826
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Author Esquivel, M.R.; Zelaya, E.
  Title Synthesis and characterisation of lanthanide-based dioxide Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2011 Publication Advances in applied ceramics Abbreviated Journal Adv Appl Ceram
  Volume 110 Issue 4 Pages 219-224
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract In the present work, the microstructure and structure of La(0.25)Ce(0.52)Nd(0.17)Pr(0.06)(OH)(3) and La(0.25)Ce(0.52)Nd(0.17)Pr(0.06)O(2) is obtained from transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction measurements. Space group P6(3)/m is assigned to the structure of La(0.25)Ce(0.52)Nd(0.17)Pr(0.06)(OH)(3). Lanthanides are assigned to Wyckoff positions 2c. Cell parameters are a=6.375(5) angstrom and c=3.753(5) angstrom. The thermal decomposition of this compound was studied by differential scanning calorimetry. The process is exothermal with an enthalpy change Delta H degrees value of -254 +/- 10 kJ mol(-1). The decomposition kinetics is complex and two global processes with E(a) values of 98 +/- 4 and 61 +/- 2 kJ mol 21 were observed. The product is a lanthanide dioxide. Space group Fm3m is assigned to the La(0.25)Ce(0.52)Nd(0.17)Pr(0.06)O(2). Lanthanides are distributed in Wyckoff positions 4a. The cell parameter is a=5.479(5) angstrom. Nanopores in the oxide surface are obtained using this method and characterised by STEM measurements.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Leeds Editor
  Language Wos 000291206700006 Publication Date 2011-05-30
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  ISSN (down) 1743-6753;1743-6761; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 1.325 Times cited 3 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 1.325; 2011 IF: 0.871
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:105588 Serial 3410
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Author Zhang, F.; Vanmeensel, K.; Batuk, M.; Hadermann, J.; Inokoshi, M.; Van Meerbeek, B.; Naert, I.; Vleugels, J.
  Title Highly-translucent, strong and aging-resistant 3Y-TZP ceramics for dental restoration by grain boundary segregation Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2015 Publication Acta biomaterialia Abbreviated Journal Acta Biomater
  Volume 16 Issue 16 Pages 215-222
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract Latest trends in dental restorative ceramics involve the development of full-contour 3Y-TZP ceramics which can avoid chipping of veneering porcelains. Among the challenges are the low translucency and the hydrothermal stability of 3Y-TZP ceramics. In this work, different trivalent oxides (Al2O3, Sc2O3, Nd2O3 and La2O3) were selected to dope 3Y-TZP ceramics. Results show that dopant segregation was a key factor to design hydrothermally stable and high-translucent 3Y-TZP ceramics and the cation dopant radius could be used as a controlling parameter. A large trivalent dopant, oversized as compared to Zr4+, exhibiting strong segregation at the ZrO2 grain boundary was preferred. The introduction of 0.2 mol% La2O3 in conventional 0.10.25 wt.% Al2O3-doped 3Y-TZP resulted in an excellent combination of high translucency and superior hydrothermal stability, while retaining excellent mechanical properties.
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  Language Wos 000351978600021 Publication Date 2015-02-04
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  ISSN (down) 1742-7061; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 6.319 Times cited 54 Open Access
  Notes Fwo G043110n Approved Most recent IF: 6.319; 2015 IF: 6.025
  Call Number c:irua:124421 Serial 1473
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Author Titantah, J.T.; Lamoen, D.; Schowalter, M.; Rosenauer, A.
  Title Ab initio based atomic scattering amplitudes and {002} electron structure factors of InxGa1-xAs/GaAs quantum wells Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Journal of physics : conference series Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 209 Issue 1 Pages 012040,1-012040,6
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract The atomic scattering amplitudes of the various atoms of the systems Ga1−xInxAs, GaAs1−xNx and InAs1−xNx are calculated using the density functional theory (DFT) approach. The scattering amplitudes of N, Ga, As and In in the model systems are compared with the frequently used Doyle and Turner values. Deviation from the latter values is found for small scattering vectors (s<0.3Å−1) and for these scattering vectors dependence on the orientation of the scattering vector and the chemical environment is reported. We suggest a parametrization of these modified scattering amplitudes (MASAs) for small scattering vectors (s<1.0Å−1). The MASAs are exploited within zero pressure classical Metropolis Monte Carlo (MC), finite temperature calculations to investigate the effect of quantum well size on the electron {002} structure factor (SF) of Ga1−xInxAs quantum wells.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos 000283739100040 Publication Date 2010-02-27
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN (down) 1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record
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  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:85760 Serial 28
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Author Doria, M.M.; de Romaguera, A.R.C.; Milošević, M.V.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Domain coexistence of magnetism and superconductivity : appearance of confined vortex loops Type P1 Proceeding
  Year 2008 Publication Journal of physics : conference series Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 97 Issue Pages 012070-012070,4
  Keywords P1 Proceeding; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract A magnetic moment inside an extreme type II superconductor can have three, but not one or two, confined vortex loops near to the core. For a sub-micron superconducting particle the confined vortex loops eventually break up and reach the surface turning into external vortex pairs.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos 000276054100070 Publication Date 2008-03-20
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  ISSN (down) 1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record
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  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:99232 Serial 747
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Author Escoffier, W.; Grigorieva, I.V.; Misko, V.R.; Baelus, B.J.; Peeters, F.M.; Vinnikov, L.Y.; Dubnos, S.
  Title Formation of vortex clusters and giant vortices in mesoscopic superconducting disks with strong disorder Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2008 Publication Journal of physics : conference series Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 97 Issue Pages 012172,1-012172,6
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Merged, or giant, multi-quanta vortices (GVs) appear in very small superconductors near the superconducting transition due to strong confinement of magnetic flux. Here we present evidence for a new, pinning-related, mechanism for vortex merger. Using Bitter decoration to visualise vortices in small Nb disks, we show that confinement in combination with strong disorder causes individual vortices to merge into clusters/GVs well below Tc and Hc2, in contrast to well-defined shells of individual vortices found in the absence of pinning.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos 000276054100171 Publication Date 2008-03-20
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  ISSN (down) 1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record
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  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:82320 Serial 1266
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Author Petrović, D.; Martens, T.; van Dijk, J.; Brok, W.J.M.; Bogaerts, A.
  Title Modeling of a dielectric barrier discharge used as a flowing chemical reactor Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2008 Publication Journal of physics : conference series Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 133 Issue Pages 012023,1-012023,8
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
  Abstract Our aim is to develop and optimize a model for a dielectric barrier discharge used as a chemical reactor for gas treatment. In order to determine the optimum operating conditions, we have studied the influence of the gas flow rate, reactor geometry and applied voltage parameters on the discharge characteristics. For this purpose, a two-dimensional time-dependent fluid model has been applied to an atmospheric pressure DBD in helium with nitrogen impurities, in a cylindrical geometry. The numerical model is based on the continuity and flux equations for each type of particles treated, the electron energy equation and the Poisson equation. The gas flow is incorporated in the flux equations as a source term. The set of coupled partial differential equations is solved by the so-called modified strongly implicit method. The background gas flow is numerically treated separately, assuming in the model that there is no influence of the plasma on the flow. Indeed, the gas convection velocity is calculated using the commercial code Fluent and it is used as input into the 2D fluid model. The plasma characteristics have been studied in terms of gas flow rate, applied voltage amplitude and frequency, and geometrical effects. The electric currents as a function of time for a given applied potential have been obtained, as well as the number densities and fluxes of plasma species.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos 000265684100023 Publication Date 2008-11-07
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  ISSN (down) 1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited 6 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:71282 Serial 2115
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Author Nguyen, N.T.T.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Phase-diagram for the magnetic states of the Mn-ion subsystem in a magnetic quantum dot Type P1 Proceeding
  Year 2010 Publication Journal of physics : conference series T2 – Conference on Quantum Dots 2010 (QD2010), APR 26-30, 2010, Nottingham, ENGLAND Abbreviated Journal
  Volume Issue Pages 012032-12034
  Keywords P1 Proceeding; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract The interplay between two types of spin-spin exchange interaction (namely of the electron with the Mn-ions and the Mn-ions with each other) that are governed by the positions of the Mn-ions and the magnetic field is studied in the case of a Mn-ion doped CdTe quantum dot. We investigate the formation of different magnetic phases and the existence of frustrated magnetic states due to the dominant contribution of the Mn-Mn energy.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos 000294907400032 Publication Date 2010-09-21
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume 245 Series Issue Edition
  ISSN (down) 1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record
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  Notes ; ; Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:113081 Serial 2582
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Author Mao, M.; Bogaerts, A.
  Title Plasma chemistry modeling for an inductively coupled plasma used for the growth of carbon nanotubes Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2011 Publication Journal of physics : conference series Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 275 Issue 1 Pages 012021,1-012021,9
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
  Abstract A hybrid model, called the hybrid plasma equipment model (HPEM), is used to describe the plasma chemistry in an inductively coupled plasma, operating in a gas mixture of C2H2 with either H2 or NH3, as typically used for carbon nanotube (CNT) growth. Two-dimensional profiles of power density, electron temperature and density, gas temperature, and densities of some plasma species are plotted and analyzed. Besides, the fluxes of the various plasma species towards the substrate (where the CNTs can be grown), as well as the decomposition rates of the feedstock gases (C2H2, NH3 and H2), are calculated as a function of the C2H2 fraction in both gas mixtures.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos Publication Date 2011-02-09
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  ISSN (down) 1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record
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  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:85859 Serial 2631
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Author Neyts, E.; Bogaerts, A.; van de Sanden, M.C.M.
  Title Reaction mechanisms and thin a-C:H film growth from low energy hydrocarbon radicals Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2007 Publication Journal of physics : conference series Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 86 Issue Pages 12020-12020,15
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
  Abstract Molecular dynamics simulations using the Brenner potential have been performed to investigate reaction mechanisms of various hydrocarbon radicals with low kinetic energies on amorphous hydrogenated carbon (a-C:H) surfaces and to simulate thin a-C:H film growth. Experimental data from an expanding thermal plasma setup were used as input for the simulations. The hydrocarbon reaction mechanisms were studied both during growth of the films and on a set of surface sites specific for a-C:H surfaces. Thin film growth was studied using experimentally detected growth species. It is found that the reaction mechanisms and sticking coefficients are dependent on the specific surface sites, and the structural properties of the growth radicals. Furthermore, it is found that thin a-C:H films can be densified using an additional H-flux towards the substrate.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos 000256282900020 Publication Date 2007-11-22
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  ISSN (down) 1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited 22 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:65692 Serial 2817
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Author Müller, K.; Schowalter, M.; Rosenauer, A.; Jansen, J.; Tsuda, K.; Titantah, J.T.; Lamoen, D.
  Title Refinement of chemically sensitive structure factors using parallel and convergent beam electron nanodiffraction Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Journal of physics : conference series Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 209 Issue 1 Pages 012025-012025,4
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract We introduce a new method to measure structure factors from parallel beam electron diffraction (PBED) patterns. Bloch wave refinement routines were developed which can minimise the difference between simulated and experimental Bragg intensities via variation of structure factors, Debye parameters, specimen thickness and -orientation. Due to plane wave illumination, the PBED refinement is highly efficient not only in computational respect, but also concerning the experimental effort since energy filtering is shown to have no significant effect on the refinement results. The PBED method was applied to simulated GaAs diffraction patterns to derive systematic errors and rules for the identification of plausible refinement results. The evaluation of experimental GaAs PBED patterns yields a 200 X-ray structure factor of -6.33±0.14. Additionally, we obtained -6.35±0.13 from two-dimensional convergent beam electron diffraction refinements. Both results confirm density functional theory calculations published by Rosenauer et al. and indicate the inaccuracy of isolated atom scattering data, which is crucial e.g. for the composition evaluation by lattice fringe analysis.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos Publication Date 2010-02-27
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  ISSN (down) 1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record
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  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:85761 Serial 2855
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Author Nguyen, N.T.T.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title The breakdown of Kohn's theorem in few-electron parabolic quantum dots doped with a single magnetic impurity Mn2+ Type P1 Proceeding
  Year 2010 Publication Journal of physics : conference series T2 – Conference on Quantum Dots 2010 (QD2010), APR 26-30, 2010, Nottingham, ENGLAND Abbreviated Journal
  Volume Issue Pages 012031-12034
  Keywords P1 Proceeding; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract The cyclotron resonance (CR) absorption spectrum is calculated for a II-VI parabolic quantum dot (QD) containing few electrons and a single magnetic dopant (Mn(2+)). We find that Kohn's theorem no longer holds for this system and that the CR spectrum depends on the number of electrons inside the QD. The electron-Mn-ion interaction strength can be tuned for example by the magnetic field and by moving the Mn-ion to different positions inside the QD. We demonstrate that due to the presence of the Mn-ion the relative motion of the electrons couple with their center-of-mass motion through the electron-Mn-ion spin-spin exchange term resulting in an electron-electron interaction dependence of the magneto-optical absorption spectrum. At the ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic transition we observe significant discontinuities in the CR lines.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos 000294907400031 Publication Date 2010-09-21
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume 245 Series Issue Edition
  ISSN (down) 1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited 1 Open Access
  Notes ; ; Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:113080 Serial 3572
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Author Lao, M.; Eisterer, M.; Stadel, O.; Meledin, A.; Van Tendeloo, G.
  Title The effect of Y2O3 and YFeO3 additions on the critical current density of YBCO coated conductors Type P1 Proceeding
  Year 2014 Publication 1-4 Abbreviated Journal
  Volume Issue Pages
  Keywords P1 Proceeding; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract The pinning mechanism of MOCVD-grown YBCO coated conductors with Y2O3 precipitates was investigated by angle-resolved transport measurement of Je in a wide range of temperature and magnetic fields. Aside from the Y2O3 nanoprecipitates, a-axis grains and threading dislocation along the c-axis were found in the YBCO layer. The Y2O3 precipitates are less effective pinning centers at lower temperature. The tapes with precipitates show a higher anisotropy with larger J(c) at H parallel to ab than H parallel to c. This behavior was attributed to the preferred alignment of the nanoprecipitates along the ab-plane.
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  Publisher Iop publishing ltd Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos 000350818300068 Publication Date 2014-05-12
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume 507 Series Issue Edition
  ISSN (down) 1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited 1 Open Access
  Notes eurotapes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:125444 Serial 3577
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Author Li, B.; Magnus, W.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Tunable exciton Aharonov-Bohm effect in a quantum ring Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Journal of physics : conference series T2 – Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Optics of Excitons in Confined Systems, September 7-11, 2009, Spain / Vina, L. [edit.]; et al. [edit.] Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 210 Issue 1 Pages 012030,1-01203,4
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract We studied the optical Aharonov-Bohm effect for an exciton in a semiconductor quantum ring. A perpendicular electric field applied to a quantum ring with large height, is able to tune the exciton ground state energy such that it exhibits a weak observable Aharonov-Bohm oscillations. This Aharonov-Bohm effect is tunable in strength and period.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos 000289715800242 Publication Date 2010-03-03
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN (down) 1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited 3 Open Access
  Notes ; ; Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:89950 Serial 3741
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Author Engbarth, M.; Milošević, M.V.; Bending, S.J.; Nasirpouri, F.
  Title Geometry-guided flux behaviour in superconducting Pb microcrystals Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Journal of physics : conference series Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 150 Issue 5 Pages 052048
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Electrochemistry offers highly flexible routes to fabrication of a wide variety of mesostructures, including three-dimensional (3D) crystallites, thin films and nanowires. Using this method we have grown various 3D superconducting Pb mesostructures with vastly different morphologies. We present here results on a truncated(half)-icosahedron with a hexagonal base and a tripod structure with a triangular base. Using Hall probe magnetometry we have obtained magnetisation curves for these structures at several temperatures and see evidence of geometry-driven flux entry and exit as well as flux trapping caused by specific sample geometries. We also observe behaviour that we interpret in terms of the formation of giant vortices, bearing in mind that bulk Pb is a type-I superconducting material.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos Publication Date 2009-04-01
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN (down) 1742-6588;1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record
  Impact Factor Times cited 1 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:106138 Serial 1332
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Author Bogaerts, A.; Aerts, R.; Snoeckx, R.; Somers, W.; Van Gaens, W.; Yusupov, M.; Neyts, E.
  Title Modeling of plasma and plasma-surface interactions for medical, environmental and nano applications Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Journal of physics : conference series Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 399 Issue Pages 012011
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
  Abstract In this paper, an overview is given of modeling investigations carried out in our research group for a better understanding of plasmas used for medical, environmental and nano applications. The focus is both on modeling the plasma chemistry and the plasma-surface interactions. The plasma chemistry provides the densities and fluxes of the important plasma species. This information can be used as input when modeling the plasma-surface interactions. The combination of plasma simulations and plasma – surface interaction simulations provides a more comprehensive understanding of the underlying processes for these applications.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos 000312261700011 Publication Date 2012-11-26
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN (down) 1742-6588;1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited 7 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:104727 Serial 2130
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Author Benedict, M.G.; Földi, P.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Terahertz radiation from crystals of nanomagnets Type P1 Proceeding
  Year 2006 Publication Journal of physics : conference series Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 36 Issue Pages 12-17
  Keywords P1 Proceeding; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Certain crystals, consisting of molecules with unusually large spin, exhibit macroscopically observable signatures of quantum tunneling, when a slowly varying external magnetic field is applied parallel to the easy axis of the crystal. Recently it has been observed that jumps in the magnetization are sometimes accompanied by the emission of infrared radiation. We discuss the connection of the tunneling with the electromagnetic transition, and we address the questions: to what extent can the radiation be considered as a collective, superradiant emission, and what is the role played by the cavity in the experiments? Our conclusion is that among the reported experimental coditions the radiation is not superradidance, but rather a maserlike effect.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos 000239847500003 Publication Date 2006-05-04
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN (down) 1742-6588;1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited 1 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:94695 Serial 3508
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Author Baelus, B.J.; Kanda, A.; Peeters, F.M.; Ootuka, Y.; Kadowaki, K.
  Title Two kinds of vortex states in thin mesoscopic superconductors Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2006 Publication Journal of physics : conference series T2 – Journal of physics: conference series Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 43 Issue Pages 647-650
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Experimentally, multivortex states and giant vortex states in mesoscopic superconductors can be distinguished directly by using the multiple-small-tunnel-junctions, and indirectly by studying the temperature dependence of the expulsion fields. These experimental results are compared with the theoretical prediction from the nonlinear Ginzburg- Landau theory.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos 000277479400158 Publication Date 2006-07-21
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN (down) 1742-6588;1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record
  Impact Factor Times cited Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:82762 Serial 3782
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Author Bending, S.J.; Neal, J.S.; Milošević, M.V.; Potenza, A.; san Emeterio, L.; Marrows, C.H.
  Title Vortex-antivortex 'molecular crystals' in hybrid ferromagnet/superconductor structures Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Journal of physics : conference series Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 150 Issue 5 Pages 052019
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract We have used high resolution Hall probe microscopy to image vortex-antivortex (V-AV) 'molecules' induced in superconducting Pb films by the stray fields from square arrays of ferromagnetic Co/Pt dots. We have directly observed spontaneous V-AV pairs and studied how they interact with added 'free' (anti)fluxons in an applied magnetic field. We observe a rich variety of subtle phenomena arising from competing symmetries in our system which can either drive added antivortices to join AV shells around nanomagnets or stabilise the translationally symmetric AV lattice between the dots. Added vortices annihilate AV shells, leading eventually to a stable 'nulling' state with no free fluxons, which should exhibit a strongly (field-)enhanced critical current. At higher densities we actually observe vortex shells around the magnets, stabilised by the asymmetric anti-pinning potential. Our experimental findings are in good agreement with Ginzburg-Landau calculations.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos Publication Date 2009-04-01
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN (down) 1742-6588;1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record
  Impact Factor Times cited Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:106136 Serial 3855
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Author Connolly, M.R.; Milošević, M.V.; Bending, S.J.; Clem, J.R.; Tamegai, T.
  Title Vortex 'puddles' and magic vortex numbers in mesoscopic superconducting disks Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Journal of physics : conference series Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 150 Issue 5 Pages 052039
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract The magnetic properties of a superconducting disk change dramatically when its dimensions become mesoscopic. Unlike large disks, where the screening currents induced by an applied magnetic field are strong enough to force vortices to accumulate in a 'puddle' at the centre, in a mesoscopic disk the interaction between one of these vortices and the edge currents can be comparable to the intervortex repulsion, resulting in a destruction of the ordered triangular vortex lattice structure at the centre. Vortices instead form clusters which adopt polygonal and shell-like structures which exhibit magic number states similar to those of charged particles in a confining potential, and electrons in artificial atoms. We have fabricated mesoscopic high temperature superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ disks and investigated their magnetic properties using magneto-optical imaging (MOI) and high resolution scanning Hall probe microscopy (SHPM). The temperature dependence of the vortex penetration field measured using MOI is in excellent agreement with models of the thermal excitation of pancake vortices over edge barriers. The growth of the central vortex puddle has been directly imaged using SHPM and magic vortex numbers showing higher stability have been correlated with abrupt jumps in the measured local magnetisation curves.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos Publication Date 2009-04-01
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN (down) 1742-6588;1742-6596; ISBN Additional Links UA library record
  Impact Factor Times cited Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:106137 Serial 3881
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Author Neilson, D.; Perali, A.; Zarenia, M.
  Title Many-body electron correlations in graphene Type P1 Proceeding
  Year 2016 Publication (mbt18) Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 702 Issue 702 Pages 012008
  Keywords P1 Proceeding; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract The conduction electrons in graphene promise new opportunities to access the region of strong many-body electron-electron correlations. Extremely high quality, atomically flat two-dimensional electron sheets and quasi-one-dimensional electron nanoribbons with tuneable band gaps that can be switched on by gates, should exhibit new many-body phenomena that have long been predicted for the regions of phase space where the average Coulomb repulsions between electrons dominate over their Fermi energies. In electron nanoribbons a few nanometres wide etched in monolayers of graphene, the quantum size effects and the van Hove singularities in their density of states further act to enhance electron correlations. For graphene multilayers or nanoribbons in a double unit electron-hole geometry, it is possible for the many-body electron-hole correlations to be made strong enough to stabilise high-temperature electron- hole superfluidity.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Iop publishing ltd Place of Publication Bristol Editor
  Language Wos 000389756000008 Publication Date 2016-04-29
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume 702 Series Issue Edition
  ISSN (down) 1742-6588; 1742-6596 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited 3 Open Access
  Notes ; ; Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:140268 Serial 4455
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Author Falkenberg, G.; Fleissner, G.E.; Fleissner, G.U.E.; Schuchardt, K.; Kühbacher, M.; Chalmin, E.; Janssens, K.
  Title High resolution micro-XRF maps of iron oxides inside sensory dendrites of putative avian magnetoreceptors Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Journal of physics : conference series Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 186 Issue 1 Pages 012084-3
  Keywords A1 Journal article; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
  Abstract Iron mineral containing sensory dendrites in the inner lining of the upper beak of homing pigeons [1] and various bird species [2] are the first candidate structures for an avian magnetic field receptor. A new concept of magnetoreception [3, 4] is based on detailed ultra-structural optical and electron microscopy analyses in combination with synchrotron radiation microscopic X-ray fluorescence analysis (micro-XRF) and microscopic X-ray absorption near edge structures (micro-XANES). Several behavioral experiments [5, 6] and first mathematical simulations [6] affirm our avian magnetoreceptor model. The iron minerals inside the dendrites are housed in three different subcellular compartments (bullets, platelets, vesicles), which could be clearly resolved and identified by electron microscopy on ultrathin sections [1, 3]. Micro-XRF and micro-XANES data obtained at HASYLAB beamline L added information about the elemental distribution and Fe speciation [3], but are averaged over the complete dendrite due to limited spatial resolution. Here we present recently performed micro-XRF maps with sub-micrometer resolution (ESRF ID21), which reveal for the first time subcellular structural information from almost bulk-like dendrite sample material. Due to the thickness of 30 μm the microarchitecture of the dendrites can be considered as undisturbed and artefacts introduced by sectioning might be widely reduced.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Editor
  Language Wos 000282023900084 Publication Date 2009-09-26
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN (down) 1742-6588; 1742-6596 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited 2 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:111317 Serial 5642
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Author de Jong van Coevorden, C.M.; Gielis, J.; Caratelli, D.
  Title Application of Gielis transformation to the design of metamaterial structures Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2018 Publication Journal of physics : conference series Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 963 Issue Pages Unsp 012008
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
  Abstract In this communication, the use of Gielis transformation to design more compact metamaterial unit cells is explored. For this purpose, transformed complementary split ring resonators and spiral resonators are coupled to micro-strip lines and theirbehaviour is investigated. The obtained results confirm that the useof the considered class of supershaped geometries enables the synthesis of very compact scalable microwave components.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Editor
  Language Wos 000435022800008 Publication Date 2018-02-20
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN (down) 1742-6588; 1742-6596 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited Open Access
  Notes Approved no
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:150947 Serial 7475
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Author Eijt, S.W.H.; Shi, W.; Mannheim, A.; Butterling, M.; Schut, H.; Egger, W.; Dickmann, M.; Hugenschmidt, C.; Shakeri, B.; Meulenberg, R.W.; Callewaert, V.; Saniz, R.; Partoens, B.; Barbiellini, B.; Bansil, A.; Melskens, J.; Zeman, M.; Smets, A.H.M.; Kulbak, M.; Hodes, G.; Cahen, D.; Brück, E.
  Title New insights into the nanostructure of innovative thin film solar cells gained by positron annihilation spectroscopy Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2017 Publication Journal of physics : conference series Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 791 Issue 791 Pages 012021
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Recent studies showed that positron annihilation methods can provide key insights into the nanostructure and electronic structure of thin film solar cells. In this study, positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) is applied to investigate CdSe quantum dot (QD) light absorbing layers, providing evidence of positron trapping at the surfaces of the QDs. This enables one to monitor their surface composition and electronic structure. Further, 2D-Angular Correlation of Annihilation Radiation (2D-ACAR) is used to investigate the nanostructure of divacancies in photovoltaic-high-quality a-Si:H films. The collected momentum distributions were converted by Fourier transformation to the direct space representation of the electron-positron autocorrelation function. The evolution of the size of the divacancies as a function of hydrogen dilution during deposition of a-Si:H thin films was examined. Finally, we present a first positron Doppler Broadening of Annihilation Radiation (DBAR) study of the emerging class of highly efficient thin film solar cells based on perovskites.
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  Language Wos 000400610500021 Publication Date 2017-02-22
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN (down) 1742-6588 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited 1 Open Access
  Notes The work at Delft University of Technology was supported by the China Scholarship Council (CSC) grant of W.S., by ADEM, A green Deal in Energy Materials of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of The Netherlands (www.adem- innovationlab.nl), and the STW Vidi grant of A.S., Grant No. 10782. The PALS study is based upon experiments performed at the PLEPS instrument of the NEPOMUC facility at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), Garching, Germany, and was supported by the European Commission under the 7 th Framework Programme, Key Action: Strengthening the European Research Area, Research Infrastructures, Contract No. 226507, NMI3. The work at University of Maine was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DMR-1206940. Research at the University of Antwerp was supported by FWO grants G022414N and G015013. The work at Northeastern University was supported by the US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences grant number DE-FG02-07ER46352 (core research), and benefited from Northeastern University's Advanced Scientific Computation Center (ASCC), the NERSC supercomputing center through DOE grant number DE-AC02-05CH11231, and support (applications to layered materials) from the DOE EFRC: Center for the Computational Design of Functional Layered Materials (CCDM) under DE-SC0012575. The work at the Weizmann Institute was supported by the Sidney E. Frank Foundation through the Israel Science Foundation, by the Israel Ministry of Science, and the Israel National Nano-Initiative. D.C. holds the Sylvia and Rowland Schaefer Chair in Energy Research. Approved Most recent IF: NA
  Call Number CMT @ cmt @ c:irua:140850 Serial 4426
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Author Roland, M.; Serrano-Ortiz, P.; Kowalski, A.S.; Van Grieken, R.; Janssens, I.A.; et al.
  Title Atmospheric turbulence triggers pronounced diel pattern in karst carbonate geochemistry Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Biogeosciences Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 10 Issue 7 Pages 5009-5017
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) – Ecology in a time of change; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
  Abstract CO2 exchange between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere is key to understanding the feedbacks between climate change and the land surface. In regions with carbonaceous parent material, CO2 exchange patterns occur that cannot be explained by biological processes, such as disproportionate outgassing during the daytime or night-time CO2 uptake during periods when all vegetation is senescent. Neither of these phenomena can be attributed to carbonate weathering reactions, since their CO2 exchange rates are too small. Soil ventilation induced by high atmospheric turbulence is found to explain atypical CO2 exchange between carbonaceous systems and the atmosphere. However, by strongly altering subsurface CO2 concentrations, ventilation can be expected to influence carbonate weathering rates. By imposing ventilation-driven CO2 outgassing in a carbonate weathering model, we show here that carbonate geochemistry is accelerated and does play a surprisingly large role in the observed CO2 exchange pattern of a semi-arid ecosystem. We found that by rapidly depleting soil CO2 during the daytime, ventilation disturbs soil carbonate equilibria and therefore strongly magnifies daytime carbonate precipitation and associated CO2 production. At night, ventilation ceases and the depleted CO2 concentrations increase steadily. Dissolution of carbonate is now enhanced, which consumes CO2 and largely compensates for the enhanced daytime carbonate precipitation. This is why only a relatively small effect on global carbonate weathering rates is to be expected. On the short term, however, ventilation has a drastic effect on synoptic carbonate weathering rates, resulting in a pronounced diel pattern that exacerbates the non-biological behavior of soil-atmosphere CO2 exchanges in dry regions with carbonate soils.
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  Language Wos 000322242700039 Publication Date 2013-07-24
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  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN (down) 1726-4170; 1726-4189 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
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  Notes Approved no
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:109862 Serial 7533
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Author Kelchtermans, A.; Adriaensens, P.; Slocombe, D.; Kuznetsov, V.L.; Hadermann, J.; Riskin, A.; Elen, K.; Edwards, P.P.; Hardy, A.; Van Bael, M.K.
  Title Increasing the solubility limit for tetrahedral aluminium in ZnO:Al nanorods by variation in synthesis parameters Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2015 Publication Journal of nanomaterials Abbreviated Journal J Nanomater
  Volume 2015 Issue 2015 Pages 1-8
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract Nanocrystalline ZnO:Al nanoparticles are suitable building blocks for transparent conductive layers. As the concentration of substitutional tetrahedral Al is an important factor for improving conductivity, here we aim to increase the fraction of substitutional Al. To this end, synthesis parameters of a solvothermal reaction yielding ZnO:Al nanorods were varied. A unique set of complementary techniques was combined to reveal the exact position of the aluminium ions in the ZnO lattice and demonstrated its importance in order to evaluate the potential of ZnO:Al nanocrystals as optimal building blocks for solution deposited transparent conductive oxide layers. Both an extension of the solvothermal reaction time and stirring during solvothermal treatment result in a higher total tetrahedral aluminium content in the ZnO lattice. However, only the longer solvothermal treatment effectively results in an increase of the substitutional positions aimed for.
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Editor
  Language Wos 000358516300001 Publication Date 2015-07-12
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN (down) 1687-4110;1687-4129; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 1.871 Times cited 2 Open Access
  Notes FWO; Methusalem Approved Most recent IF: 1.871; 2015 IF: 1.644
  Call Number c:irua:124426 Serial 1600
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Author Cataldo,.; Evangelista, H.; Simões, J.C.; Godoi, R.H.M.; Simmonds, I.; Hollanda, M.H.; Wainer, I.; Aquino, F.E.; Van Grieken, R.
  Title Mineral dust variability in central West Antarctica associated with ozone depletion Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Atmospheric chemistry and physics discussions Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 12 Issue 5 Pages 12685-12714
  Keywords A1 Journal article; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
  Abstract Here we show that mineral dust retrieved from an ice core in the central West Antarctic sector, spanning the last five decades, provides evidence that northerly air mass incursions into Antarctica, tracked by dust microparticles, have slightly declined. This result contrasts with dust in ice core records reported in West/coastal Antarctica, which show significant increases to the present day. We attribute that difference, in part, to changes in the regional climate regime triggered by the ozone depletion and its consequences for the polar vortex intensity. The vortex maintains the Antarctic central region relatively isolated from mid-latitude air mass incursions with implications to the intensification of the Westerlies and to a persistent positive phase of the Southern Annular Mode. We also show that variability of the diameter of insoluble microparticles in central West Antarctica can be modeled by linear/quadratic functions of both cyclone depth (energy) and wind intensity around Antarctica.
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  Language Wos Publication Date 2012-05-21
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN (down) 1680-7367 ISBN Additional Links UA library record
  Impact Factor Times cited Open Access
  Notes Approved no
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:102568 Serial 8251
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