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	Author	Khosravian, N.; Bogaerts, A.; Huygh, S.; Yusupov, M.; Neyts, E.C.
	Title	How do plasma-generated OH radicals react with biofilm components? Insights from atomic scale simulations			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	Biointerphases	Abbreviated Journal	Biointerphases
	Volume	10	Issue	10	Pages	029501
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	The application of nonthermal atmospheric pressure plasma is emerging as an alternative and efficient technique for the inactivation of bacterial biofilms. In this study, reactive molecular dynamics simulations were used to examine the reaction mechanisms of hydroxyl radicals, as key reactive oxygen plasma species in biological systems, with several organic molecules (i.e., alkane, alcohol, carboxylic acid, and amine), as prototypical components of biomolecules in the biofilm. Our results demonstrate that organic molecules containing hydroxyl and carboxyl groups may act as trapping agents for the OH radicals. Moreover, the impact of OH radicals on N-acetyl-glucosamine, as constituent component of staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms, was investigated. The results show how impacts of OH radicals lead to hydrogen abstraction and subsequent molecular damage. This study thus provides new data on the reaction mechanisms of plasma species, and particularly the OH radicals, with fundamental components of bacterial biofilms.
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	Language		Wos	000357195600019	Publication Date	2014-12-17
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	ISSN	1934-8630;1559-4106;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.603	Times cited	10	Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: 2.603; 2015 IF: 3.374
	Call Number	c:irua:121371			Serial	1492
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	Author	Wende, K.; Williams, P.; Dalluge, J.; Van Gaens, W.; Aboubakr, H.; Bischof, J.; von Woedtke, T.; Goyal, S.M.; Weltmann, K.D.; Bogaerts, A.; Masur, K.; Bruggeman, P.J.;
	Title	Identification of the biologically active liquid chemistry induced by a nonthermal atmospheric pressure plasma jet			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	Biointerphases	Abbreviated Journal	Biointerphases
	Volume	10	Issue	10	Pages	029518
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	The mechanism of interaction of cold nonequilibrium plasma jets with mammalian cells in physiologic liquid is reported. The major biological active species produced by an argon RF plasma jet responsible for cell viability reduction are analyzed by experimental results obtained through physical, biological, and chemical diagnostics. This is complemented with chemical kinetics modeling of the plasma source to assess the dominant reactive gas phase species. Different plasma chemistries are obtained by changing the feed gas composition of the cold argon based RF plasma jet from argon, humidified argon (0.27%), to argon/oxygen (1%) and argon/air (1%) at constant power. A minimal consensus physiologic liquid was used, providing isotonic and isohydric conditions and nutrients but is devoid of scavengers or serum constituents. While argon and humidified argon plasma led to the creation of hydrogen peroxide dominated action on the mammalian cells, argonoxygen and argonair plasma created a very different biological action and was characterized by trace amounts of hydrogen peroxide only. In particular, for the argonoxygen (1%), the authors observed a strong negative effect on mammalian cell proliferation and metabolism. This effect was distance dependent and showed a half life time of 30 min in a scavenger free physiologic buffer. Neither catalase and mannitol nor superoxide dismutase could rescue the cell proliferation rate. The strong distance dependency of the effect as well as the low water solubility rules out a major role for ozone and singlet oxygen but suggests a dominant role of atomic oxygen. Experimental results suggest that O reacts with chloride, yielding Cl2 − or ClO−. These chlorine species have a limited lifetime under physiologic conditions and therefore show a strong time dependent biological activity. The outcomes are compared with an argon MHz plasma jet (kinpen) to assess the differences between these (at least seemingly) similar plasma sources.
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	Language		Wos	000357195600036	Publication Date	2015-05-06
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	ISSN	1934-8630;1559-4106;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.603	Times cited	137	Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: 2.603; 2015 IF: 3.374
	Call Number	c:irua:126774			Serial	1549
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	Author	van Oeffelen, L.; Van Roy, W.; Idrissi, H.; Charlier, D.; Lagae, L.; Borghs, G.
	Title	Ion current rectification, limiting and overlimiting conductances in nanopores			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	PLoS ONE	Abbreviated Journal	Plos One
	Volume	10	Issue	10	Pages	e0124171
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	Previous reports on Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) simulations of solid-state nanopores have focused on steady state behaviour under simplified boundary conditions. These are Neumann boundary conditions for the voltage at the pore walls, and in some cases also Donnan equilibrium boundary conditions for concentrations and voltages at both entrances of the nanopore. In this paper, we report time-dependent and steady state PNP simulations under less restrictive boundary conditions, including Neumann boundary conditions applied throughout the membrane relatively far away from the nanopore. We simulated ion currents through cylindrical and conical nanopores with several surface charge configurations, studying the spatial and temporal dependence of the currents contributed by each ion species. This revealed that, due to slow co-diffusion of oppositely charged ions, steady state is generally not reached in simulations or in practice. Furthermore, it is shown that ion concentration polarization is responsible for the observed limiting conductances and ion current rectification in nanopores with asymmetric surface charges or shapes. Hence, after more than a decade of collective research attempting to understand the nature of ion current rectification in solid-state nanopores, a relatively intuitive model is retrieved. Moreover, we measured and simulated current-voltage characteristics of rectifying silicon nitride nanopores presenting overlimiting conductances. The similarity between measurement and simulation shows that overlimiting conductances can result from the increased conductance of the electric double-layer at the membrane surface at the depletion side due to voltage-induced polarization charges.
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	Language		Wos	000354916100012	Publication Date	2015-05-15
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	ISSN	1932-6203;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.806	Times cited	11	Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: 2.806; 2015 IF: 3.234
	Call Number	c:irua:126366			Serial	1744
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	Author	Kamaraj, B.; Bogaerts, A.
	Title	Structure and function of p53-DNA complexes with inactivation and rescue mutations : a molecular dynamics simulation study			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	PLoS ONE	Abbreviated Journal	Plos One
	Volume	10	Issue	10	Pages	e0134638
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	The tumor suppressor protein p53 can lose its function upon DNA-contact mutations (R273C and R273H) in the core DNA-binding domain. The activity can be restored by second-site suppressor or rescue mutations (R273CT284R, R273HT284R, and R273HS240R). In this paper, we elucidate the structural and functional consequence of p53 proteins upon DNA-contact mutations and rescue mutations and the underlying mechanisms at the atomic level by means of molecular dynamics simulations. Furthermore, we also apply the docking approach to investigate the binding phenomena between the p53 protein and DNA upon DNA-contact mutations and rescue mutations. This study clearly illustrates that, due to DNA-contact mutants, the p53 structure loses its stability and becomes more rigid than the native protein. This structural loss might affect the p53-DNA interaction and leads to inhibition of the cancer suppression. Rescue mutants (R273CT284R, R273HT284R and R273HS240R) can restore the functional activity of the p53 protein upon DNA-contact mutations and show a good interaction between the p53 protein and a DNA molecule, which may lead to reactivate the cancer suppression function. Understanding the effects of p53 cancer and rescue mutations at the molecular level will be helpful for designing drugs for p53 associated cancer diseases. These drugs should be designed so that they can help to inhibit the abnormal function of the p53 protein and to reactivate the p53 function (cell apoptosis) to treat human cancer.
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	Language		Wos	000359061400096	Publication Date	2015-08-05
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	ISSN	1932-6203;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.806	Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: 2.806; 2015 IF: 3.234
	Call Number	c:irua:126779			Serial	3278
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	Author	Barreca, D.; Carraro, G.; Gasparotto, A.; Maccato, C.; Warwick, M.E.A.; Turner, S.; Van Tendeloo, G.
	Title	Fabrication and Characterization of Fe₂O₃-Based Nanostructures Functionalized with Metal Particles and Oxide Overlayers			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	Journal of advanced microscopy research	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	10	Issue	10	Pages	239-243
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	We report on the design of nanosystems based on functionalized -Fe 2 O 3 nanostructures supported on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrates. The target materials were developed by means of hybrid vapor phase approaches, combining plasma assisted-chemical vapor deposition (PA-CVD) for the production of iron(III) oxide systems and the subsequent radio frequency (RF)-sputtering or atomic layer deposition (ALD) for the functionalization with Au nanoparticles or TiO 2 overlayers, respectively. The interplay between material characteristics and the adopted processing parameters was investigated by complementary analytical techniques, encompassing X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), field emission-scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), high angle annular dark field-scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM), and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS). The obtained results highlight the possibility of fabricating Au/ -Fe 2 O 3 nanocomposites, with a controlled dispersion and distribution of metal particles, and TiO 2 / -Fe 2 O 3 heterostructures, characterized by an intimate coupling between the constituent oxides.
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	Language		Wos		Publication Date	2015-12-01
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	ISSN	2156-7573	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes	The authors acknowledge the financial support under the FP7 project “SOLARO- GENIX” (NMP4-SL-2012-310333), as well as Padova University ex-60% 2012–2015 projects, grant n CPDR132937/13 (SOLLEONE), and Regione Lombardia- INSTM ATLANTE program. Stuart Turner acknowledges the FWO Flanders for a post-doctoral scholarship. Thanks are also due to Dr. L. Borgese and Prof. E. Bontempi (Chemistry for Technologies Laboratory, Brescia Univer- sity, Italy) for precious assistance in ALD experiments.			Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	EMAT @ emat @ c:irua:132798			Serial	4058
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	Author	Dubois, M.; Hoogmartens, R.; Van Passel, S.; Van Acker, K.; Vanderreydt, I.
	Title	Innovative market-based policy instruments for waste management : a case study on shredder residues in Belgium			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	Waste Management & Research	Abbreviated Journal	Waste Manage Res
	Volume	33	Issue	10	Pages	886-893
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Economics; Engineering Management (ENM)
	Abstract	In an increasingly complex waste market, market-based policy instruments, such as disposal taxes, can give incentives for sustainable progress while leaving flexibility for innovation. However, implementation of disposal taxes is often criticised by domestic waste handlers that fear to be outcompeted by competitors in other countries. The article discusses three innovative market-based instruments that limit the impact on international competitiveness: Tradable recycling credits, refunded disposal taxes and differentiated disposal taxes. All three instruments have already been implemented for distinct environmental policies in Europe. In order to illustrate how these instruments can be used for waste policy, the literature review is complemented with a case study on shredder residues from metal-containing waste streams in Belgium. The analysis shows that a conventional disposal tax remains the most efficient, simple and transparent instrument. However, if international competition is a significant issue or if political support is weak, refunded and differentiated disposal taxes can have an added value as second-best instruments. Tradable recycling credits are not an appropriate instrument for use in small waste markets with market power. In addition, refunded taxes create similar incentives, but induce lower transactions costs.
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	Language		Wos	000361818000004	Publication Date	2015-09-22
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	ISSN	0734-242x; 1096-3669	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record
	Impact Factor	1.803	Times cited	1	Open Access
	Notes	; The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The research has been funded by the Flemish Government through the policy research centres programme. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 1.803; 2015 IF: 1.297
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:129876			Serial	6217
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	Author	Schryvers, D.
	Title	Advanced electron microscopy characterisation of important precipitation and ordering phenomena in shape memory systems			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	Shape memory and superelasticity	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	1	Issue	1	Pages	78-84
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	The present paper discusses some important aspects of precipitation and ordering in alloy systems that show a martensitic transformation and can or are used as shape memory or superelastic metallic systems. The precipitates are investigated by a variety of conventional and advanced electron microscopy techniques, including atomic resolution, 3D slice-and-view, energy loss spectroscopy etc. Depending on the system, such secondary phases can decrease the probability of a displacive transformation by changing the phase stability in the system, such as in the case of NiAl or NiTiPd, or can mechanically hinder the passage of the transformation interface, as in NiTiNb. On the other hand, properly controlling the nucleation and growth of some precipitates can strongly improve the properties of some types of materials, as is the case for the well-known Ni4Ti3 precipitates.
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	Language		Wos	000432420400008	Publication Date	2015-04-20
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	ISSN	2199-384X;2199-3858;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes	Fwo			Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	c:irua:127684			Serial	69
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	Author	Jones, L.; Yang, H.; Pennycook, T.J.; Marshall, M.S.J.; Van Aert, S.; Browning, N.D.; Castell, M.R.; Nellist, P.D.
	Title	Smart Align : a new tool for robust non-rigid registration of scanning microscope data			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	Advanced Structural and Chemical Imaging	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	1	Issue	1	Pages	8
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	Many microscopic investigations of materials may benefit from the recording of multiple successive images. This can include techniques common to several types of microscopy such as frame averaging to improve signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) or time series to study dynamic processes or more specific applications. In the scanning transmission electron microscope, this might include focal series for optical sectioning or aberration measurement, beam damage studies or camera-length series to study the effects of strain; whilst in the scanning tunnelling microscope, this might include bias-voltage series to probe local electronic structure. Whatever the application, such investigations must begin with the careful alignment of these data stacks, an operation that is not always trivial. In addition, the presence of low-frequency scanning distortions can introduce intra-image shifts to the data. Here, we describe an improved automated method of performing non-rigid registration customised for the challenges unique to scanned microscope data specifically addressing the issues of low-SNR data, images containing a large proportion of crystalline material and/or local features of interest such as dislocations or edges. Careful attention has been paid to artefact testing of the non-rigid registration method used, and the importance of this registration for the quantitative interpretation of feature intensities and positions is evaluated.
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	Language		Wos	000218507000008	Publication Date	2015-07-09
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	ISSN	2198-0926;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor		Times cited	131	Open Access
	Notes	312483 Esteem2; esteem2_jra2			Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	c:irua:126944 c:irua:126944			Serial	3043
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	Author	Zanin, L.; Tomasi, N.; Rizzardo, C.; Gottardi, S.; Terzano, R.; Alfeld, M.; Janssens, K.; De Nobili, M.; Mimmo, T.; Cesco, S.
	Title	Iron allocation in leaves of Fe-deficient cucumber plants fed with natural Fe complexes			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	Physiologia plantarum	Abbreviated Journal	Physiol Plantarum
	Volume	154	Issue	1	Pages	82-94
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
	Abstract	Iron (Fe) sources available for plants in the rhizospheric solution are mainly a mixture of complexes between Fe and organic ligands, including phytosiderophores (PS) and water-extractable humic substances (WEHS). In comparison with the other Fe sources, Fe-WEHS are more efficiently used by plants, and experimental evidences show that Fe translocation contributes to this better response. On the other hand, very little is known on the mechanisms involved in Fe allocation in leaves. In this work, physiological and molecular processes involved in Fe distribution in leaves of Fe-deficient Cucumis sativus supplied with Fe-PS or Fe-WEHS up to 5days were studied combining different techniques, such as radiochemical experiments, synchrotron micro X-ray fluorescence, real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridization. In Fe-WEHS-fed plants, Fe was rapidly (1day) allocated into the leaf veins, and after 5days, Fe was completely transferred into interveinal cells; moreover, the amount of accumulated Fe was much higher than with Fe-PS. This redistribution in Fe-WEHS plants was associated with an upregulation of genes encoding a ferric(III)-chelate reductase (FRO), a Fe2+ transporter (IRT1) and a natural resistance-associated macrophage protein (NRAMP). The localization of FRO and IRT1 transcripts next to the midveins, beside that of NRAMP in the interveinal area, may suggest a rapid and efficient response induced by the presence of Fe-WEHS in the extra-radical solution for the allocation in leaves of high amounts of Fe. In conclusion, Fe is more efficiently used when chelated to WEHS than PS and seems to involve Fe distribution and gene regulation of Fe acquisition mechanisms operating in leaves.
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	Language		Wos	000353067500007	Publication Date	2014-10-07
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	ISSN	0031-9317	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.33	Times cited	14	Open Access
	Notes	; Research was supported by grants from Italian MIUR (FIRB-Programma 'Futuro in Ricerca') and Free University of Bolzano (TN5056). Synchrotron experiments at HASYLAB were financially supported by the European Community-Research Infrastructure Action under the FP6 'Structuring the European Research Area' Program I (Integrating Activity on Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser Science; project: contract RII3-CT-2004-506008). We thank Karen Appel for her scientific and technical support in obtaining the experimental data at Beamline L (HASYLAB, DESY, Hamburg, Germany). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.33; 2015 IF: 3.138
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:132500			Serial	5678
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	Author	Trashin, S.; De Jong, M.; Breugelmans, T.; Pilehvar, S.; De Wael, K.
	Title	Label-free impedance aptasensor for major peanut allergen Ara h 1			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	Electroanalysis	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	27	Issue	1	Pages	32-37
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation); Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT)
	Abstract	The peanut allergen Ara h 1 belonging to the vicilin family of seed storage proteins is known to be a suitable marker for peanut detection in foods. In the present work, we suggest an electrochemical detection of Ara h 1 using a recently selected 80-base DNA aptamer. The detection strategy relies on insulation effect of a bulky protein captured by an immobilized aptamer. The electrodes were modified by the aptamer and characterized using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The aptamer surface density and analytical parameters of the calibration curves for Ara h 1 were compared with the system prepared with thrombin binding aptamer (TBA) and operated in the same conditions.
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	Language		Wos	000347838300004	Publication Date	2014-10-13
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	Impact Factor		Times cited	10	Open Access
	Notes	; ST greatly appreciates the Research Council University of Antwerp (IWS BOF UA) for funding the post-doctoral fellowship. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:119442			Serial	5686
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	Author	Van Grieken, R.
	Title	Introducing four new members of the editorial board of X-ray spectrometry			Type	Editorial
	Year	2015	Publication	X-ray spectrometry	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	44	Issue	1	Pages	1-2
	Keywords	Editorial; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
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	Language		Wos	000346727300001	Publication Date	2014-12-22
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0049-8246	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	no
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:123608			Serial	8119
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	Author	Rossi, F.; Olguin, E.J.; Diels, L.; De Philippis, R.
	Title	Microbial fixation of CO₂ in water bodies and in drylands to combat climate change, soil loss and desertification			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	New biotechnology	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	32	Issue	1	Pages	109-120
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
	Abstract	The growing concern for the increase of the global warming effects due to anthropogenic activities raises the challenge of finding novel technological approaches to stabilize CO2 emissions in the atmosphere and counteract impinging interconnected issues such as desertification and loss of biodiversity. Biological-CO2 mitigation, triggered through biological fixation, is considered a promising and eco-sustainable method, mostly owing to its downstream benefits that can be exploited. Microorganisms such as cyanobacteria, green algae and some autotrophic bacteria could potentially fix CO2 more efficiently than higher plants, due to their faster growth. Some examples of the potential of biological-CO2 mitigation are reported and discussed in this paper. In arid and semiarid environments, soil carbon sequestration (CO2 fixation) by cyanobacteria and biological soil crusts is considered an eco-friendly and natural process to increase soil C content and a viable pathway to soil restoration after one disturbance event. Another way for biological-CO2 mitigation intensively studied in the last few years is related to the possibility to perform carbon dioxide sequestration using microalgae, obtaining at the same time bioproducts of industrial interest. Another possibility under study is the exploitation of specific chemotrophic bacteria, such as Ralstonia eutropha (or picketii) and related organisms, for CO2 fixation coupled with the production chemicals such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). In spite of the potential of these processes, multiple factors still have to be optimized for maximum rate of CO2 fixation by these microorganisms. The optimization of culture conditions, including the optimal concentration of CO2 in the provided gas, the use of metabolic engineering and of dual purpose systems for the treatment of wastewater and production of biofuels and high value products within a biorefinery concept, the design of photobioreactors in the case of phototrophs are some of the issues that, among others, have to be addressed and tested for cost-effective CO2 sequestration.
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	Language		Wos	000347507800015	Publication Date	2013-12-16
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1871-6784; 1876-4347	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:123762			Serial	8242
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	Author	Amin-Ahmadi, B.
	Title	Adanced TEM investigation of the elementary plsticity mechanisms in palladium thin films at the nano scale			Type	Doctoral thesis
	Year	2015	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
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	Keywords	Doctoral thesis; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Antwerpen	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date	0000-00-00
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	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:125236			Serial	56
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	Author	Zhang, L.
	Title	Effects of quantum confinement in nanoscale superconductors : from electronic density of states to vortex matter			Type	Doctoral thesis
	Year	2015	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	Doctoral thesis; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Antwerpen	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date	0000-00-00
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	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:126085			Serial	870
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	Author	Sivek, J.
	Title	First-principles characterization and functionalization of graphene-like materials			Type	Doctoral thesis
	Year	2015	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	Doctoral thesis; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Antwerpen	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date	0000-00-00
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	ISSN		ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:125632			Serial	1204
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	Author	Govaerts, K.
	Title	First-principles study of homologous series of layered Bi-Sb-Te-Se and Sn-O structures			Type	Doctoral thesis
	Year	2015	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	Doctoral thesis; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Antwerpen	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date	0000-00-00
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	ISSN		ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record
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	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:126206			Serial	1218
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	Author	Sarmadian, N.
	Title	Identification of thin-film photovoltaic cell materials based on high-throughput first-principles calculations			Type	Doctoral thesis
	Year	2015	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	Doctoral thesis; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher		Place of Publication	Antwerpen	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date	0000-00-00
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN		ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:126078			Serial	1551
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	Author	Roose, D.
	Title	Magnetic resonance imaging and electron microscopy of iron oxide particles in the brain			Type	Doctoral thesis
	Year	2015	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	Doctoral thesis; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher	Universiteit Antwerpen, Faculteit Farmaceutische, Biomedische en Diergeneeskundige Wetenschappen, Departement Biomedische Wetenschappen	Place of Publication	Antwerpen	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date	0000-00-00
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN		ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:123897			Serial	1889
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	Author	Grujić, M.M.
	Title	Manifestations of intrinsic and induced magnetic properties of graphene nanostructures			Type	Doctoral thesis
	Year	2015	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	Doctoral thesis; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher	University of Antwerp, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics	Place of Publication	Antwerp	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date	0000-00-00
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN		ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:126212			Serial	1939
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	Author	de Backer, A.
	Title	Quantitative atomic resolution electron microscopy using advanced statistical techniques			Type	Doctoral thesis
	Year	2015	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	Doctoral thesis; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher		Place of Publication	Antwerpen	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date	0000-00-00
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN		ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:125636			Serial	2747
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	Author	Martínez Alanis, G.T.
	Title	Quantitative model-based high angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy			Type	Doctoral thesis
	Year	2015	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	Doctoral thesis; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Engineering Management (ENM)
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	Address
	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher		Place of Publication	Antwerpen	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date	0000-00-00
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN		ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:122528			Serial	2759
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	Author	da Costa, D.R.
	Title	Transport and confinement in monolayer and bilayer graphene nanostructures with different edges, interfaces and potentials			Type	Doctoral thesis
	Year	2015	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	Doctoral thesis; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher		Place of Publication	Antwerpen	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date	0000-00-00
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN		ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:125274			Serial	3722
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	Author	Schoeters, B.
	Title	An ab initio study of the properties of doped semiconducting nanwires			Type	Doctoral thesis
	Year	2015	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	Doctoral thesis; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher		Place of Publication	Antwerpen	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN		ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:128354			Serial	4133
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	Author	Verreck, D.; Van de Put, M.L.; Verhulst, A.S.; Sorée, B.; Magnus, W.; Dabral, A.; Thean, A.; Groeseneken, G.
	Title	15-band spectral envelope function formalism applied to broken gap tunnel field-effect transistors			Type	P1 Proceeding
	Year	2015	Publication	18th International Workshop On Computational Electronics (iwce 2015)	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	P1 Proceeding; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	A carefully chosen heterostructure can significantly boost the performance of tunnel field-effect transistors (TFET). Modelling of these hetero-TFETs requires a quantum mechanical (QM) approach with an accurate band structure to allow for a correct description of band-to-band-tunneling. We have therefore developed a fully QM 2D solver, combining for the first time a full zone 15-band envelope function formalism with a spectral approach, including a heterostructure basis set transformation. Simulations of GaSb/InAs broken gap TFETs illustrate the wide body capabilities and transparant transmission analysis of the formalism.
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	Publisher	Ieee	Place of Publication	New york	Editor
	Language		Wos	000380398200055	Publication Date	2015-10-26
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	978-0-692-51523-5	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:134998			Serial	4131
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	Author	Moors, K.; Sorée, B.; Magnus, W.
	Title	Analytic solution of Ando's surface roughness model with finite domain distribution functions			Type	P1 Proceeding
	Year	2015	Publication	18th International Workshop On Computational Electronics (iwce 2015)	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	P1 Proceeding; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Ando's surface roughness model is applied to metallic nanowires and extended beyond small roughness size and infinite barrier limit approximations for the wavefunction overlaps, such as the Prange-Nee approximation. Accurate and fast simulations can still be performed without invoking these overlap approximations by averaging over roughness profiles using finite domain distribution functions to obtain an analytic solution for the scattering rates. The simulations indicate that overlap approximations, while predicting a resistivity that agrees more or less with our novel approach, poorly estimate the underlying scattering rates. All methods show that a momentum gap between left- and right-moving electrons at the Fermi level, surpassing a critical momentum gap, gives rise to a substantial decrease in resistivity.
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	Publisher	Ieee	Place of Publication	New york	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	978-0-692-51523-5	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:134996			Serial	4140
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	Author	Somers, W.
	Title	Atomic scale simulations of the interactions of plasma species on nickel catalyst surfaces			Type	Doctoral thesis
	Year	2015	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	Doctoral thesis; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
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	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher		Place of Publication	Antwerpen	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN		ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:127915			Serial	4142
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	Author	Kurttepeli, M.
	Title	Carbon based materials and hybrid nanostructures investigated by advanced transmission electron microscopy			Type	Doctoral thesis
	Year	2015	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	Doctoral thesis; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher		Place of Publication	Antwerpen	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN		ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:130502			Serial	4145
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	Author	Bogaerts, A.; Berthelot, A.; Heijkers, S.; Kozák, T.
	Title	Computer modeling of a microwave discharge used for CO₂ splitting			Type	P2 Proceeding
	Year	2015	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages	41-50
	Keywords	P2 Proceeding; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
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	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher	UCO Press	Place of Publication	Cordoba	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN		ISBN	978-84-9927-187-3	Additional Links	UA library record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:135096			Serial	4154
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	Author	Berthelot, A.; Kolev, S.; Bogaerts, A.
	Title	Different pressure regimes of a surface-wave discharge in argon : a modelling investigation			Type	P2 Proceeding
	Year	2015	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages	57-62
	Keywords	P2 Proceeding; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
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	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher	UCO Press	Place of Publication	Cordoba	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN		ISBN	978-84-9927-187-3	Additional Links	UA library record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:135094			Serial	4160
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	Author	Van Boxem, R.
	Title	Electron vortex beams : an in-depth theoretical study			Type	Doctoral thesis
	Year	2015	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	Doctoral thesis; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher		Place of Publication	Antwerpen	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN		ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:132968			Serial	4168
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