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	Author	Cooper, D.; Denneulin, T.; Barnes, J.-P.; Hartmann, J.-M.; Hutin, L.; Le Royer, C.; Béché, A.; Rouvière, J.-L.
	Title	Strain mapping with nm-scale resolution for the silicon-on-insulator generation of semiconductor devices by advanced electron microscopy			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Applied Physics Letters	Abbreviated Journal	Appl Phys Lett
	Volume	112	Issue		Pages	124505
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	Strain engineering in the conduction channel is a cost effective method of boosting the performance in state-of-the-art semiconductor devices. However, given the small dimensions of these devices, it is difficult to quantitatively measure the strain with the required spatial resolution. Three different transmission electron microscopy techniques, high-angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy, dark field electron holography, and nanobeam electron diffraction have been applied to measure the strain in simple bulk and SOI calibration specimens. These techniques are then applied to different gate length SiGe SOI pFET devices in order to measure the strain in the conduction channel. For these devices, improved spatial resolution is required, and strain maps with spatial resolutions as good as 1 nm have been achieved. Finally, we discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of using these three different techniques when used for strain measurement.
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	Publisher	American Institute of Physics	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y.	Editor
	Language		Wos	000312829400128	Publication Date	2012-12-19
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0003-6951; 1077-3118	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.411	Times cited	14	Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: 3.411; 2012 IF: 3.794
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:136433			Serial	4510
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	Author	Witters, N.; Mendelsohn, R.; Van Passel, S.; Van Slycken, S.; Weyens, N.; Schreurs, E.; Meers, E.; Tack, F.; Vanheusden, B.; Vangronsveld, J.
	Title	Phytoremediation, a sustainable remediation technology? 2 : economic assessment of CO2 abatement through the use of phytoremediation crops for renewable energy production			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Biomass & Bioenergy	Abbreviated Journal	Biomass Bioenerg
	Volume	39	Issue		Pages	470-477
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Economics; Engineering Management (ENM)
	Abstract	Phytoremediation could be a sustainable remediation alternative for conventional remediation technologies. However, its implementation on a commercial scale remains disappointing. To emphasize its sustainability, this paper examines whether and how the potential economic benefit of CO2 abatement for different crops used for phytoremediation or sustainable land management purposes could promote phytotechnologies. Our analysis is based on a case study in the Campine region, where agricultural soils are contaminated with mainly cadmium. We use Life Cycle Analysis to show for the most relevant crops (willow (Salix spp), energy maize (Zea mays), and rapeseed (Brassica napus)), that phytoremediation, used for renewable energy production, could abate CO2. Converting this in economic numbers through the Marginal Abatement Cost of CO2 ( 20 ton−1) we can integrate this in the economic analysis to compare phytoremediation crops among each other, and phytoremediation with conventional technologies. The external benefit of CO2 abatement when using phytoremediation crops for land management ranges between 55 and 501 per hectare. The purpose of these calculations is not to calculate a subsidy for phytoremediation. There is no reason why one would prefer phytoremediation crops for renewable energy production over normal biomass. Moreover, subsidies for renewable energy already exist. Therefore, we should not integrate these numbers in the economic analysis again. However, these numbers could contribute to making explicit the competitive advantage of phytoremediation compared to conventional remediation technologies, but also add to a more sustainably funded decision on which crop should be grown on contaminated land.
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	Language		Wos	000302829900054	Publication Date	2011-12-20
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	ISSN	0961-9534	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.219	Times cited	38	Open Access
	Notes	; ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.219; 2012 IF: 2.975
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:129863			Serial	6236
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	Author	Compernolle, T.; Van Passel, S.; Weyens, N.; Vangronsveld, J.; Lebbe, L.; Thewys, T.
	Title	Groundwater remediation and the cost effectiveness of phytoremediation			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	International Journal Of Phytoremediation	Abbreviated Journal	Int J Phytoremediat
	Volume	14	Issue	9	Pages	861-877
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Economics; Engineering Management (ENM)
	Abstract	In 1999, phytoremediation was applied at the site of a Belgian car factory to contain two BTEX plumes. This case study evaluates the cost effectiveness of phytoremediation compared to other remediation options, applying a tailored approach for economic evaluation. Generally, when phytoremediation is addressed as being cost effective, the cost effectiveness is only determined on an average basis. This study however, demonstrates that an incremental analysis may provide a more nuanced conclusion. When the cost effectiveness is calculated on an average basis, in this particular case, the no containment strategy (natural attenuation) has the lowest cost per unit mass removed and hence, should be preferred. However, when the cost effectiveness is determined incrementally, no containment should only be preferred if the value of removing an extra gram of contaminant mass is lower than 320. Otherwise, a permeable reactive barrier should be adopted. A similar analysis is provided for the effect determined on the basis of remediation time. Phytoremediation is preferred compared to no containment if reaching the objective one year earlier is worth 7 000.
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	Language		Wos	000304914700004	Publication Date	2012-06-07
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1522-6514	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	1.77	Times cited	12	Open Access
	Notes	; ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 1.77; 2012 IF: 1.179
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:129862			Serial	6206
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	Author	Ang, F.; Van Passel, S.
	Title	Beyond the environmentalist's paradox and the debate on weak versus strong sustainability			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Bioscience	Abbreviated Journal	Bioscience
	Volume	62	Issue	3	Pages	251-259
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Economics; Engineering Management (ENM)
	Abstract	Environmentalists generally argue that ecological damage will (eventually) lead to declines in human well-being. From this perspective, the recent introduction of the “environmentalist's paradox” in BioScience by Raudsepp-Hearne and colleagues (2010) is particularly significant. In essence, Raudsepp-Hearne and colleagues (2010) claimed that although ecosystem services have been degraded, human well-being-paradoxically-has increased. In this article, we show that this debate is in fact rooted in a broader discussion on weak sustainability versus strong sustainability (the substitutability of human-made capital for natural capital). We warn against the reductive nature of focusing only on a stock flow framework in which a natural-capital stock produces ecosystem services. Concretely, we recommend a holistic approach in which the complexity, irreversibility, uncertainty, and ethical predicaments intrinsic to the natural environment and its connections to humanity are also considered.
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	Language		Wos	000301561900008	Publication Date	2012-03-07
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0006-3568	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	5.378	Times cited	17	Open Access
	Notes	; We thank three anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. This aiticle has benefited considerably from interesting discussions (especially with Liesbet Vranken) at the 13th Belgian PhD Symposium of Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics, Brussels, on 27 April 2011. We are grateful for the financial support of the European Fund for Regional Development project 475, Closing the Circle. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 5.378; 2012 IF: 4.739
	Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:127559			Serial	6160
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	Author	Pham, A.-T.; Sorée, B.; Magnus, W.; Jungemann, C.; Meinerzhagen, B.; Pourtois, G.
	Title	Quantum simulations of electrostatics in Si cylindrical junctionless nanowire nFETs and pFETs with a homogeneous channel including strain and arbitrary crystallographic orientations			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Solid state electronics	Abbreviated Journal	Solid State Electron
	Volume	71	Issue		Pages	30-36
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	Simulation results of electrostatics in Si cylindrical junctionless nanowire transistors with a homogenous channel are presented. Junctionless transistors including strain and arbitrary crystallographic orientations are studied. Size quantization effects are simulated by self-consistent solutions of the Poisson and Schrodinger equations. The 6 x 6 k.p method is employed for the calculation of the valence subband structure in a junctionless nanowire pFET. The influence of stress/strain and crystallographic channel orientation on to the electrostatics in terms of subband structure, charge density, and C-V curve is systematically studied. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Oxford	Editor
	Language		Wos	000303033800007	Publication Date	2011-12-01
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0038-1101;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	1.58	Times cited	2	Open Access
	Notes	; ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 1.58; 2012 IF: 1.482
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98245			Serial	2786
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	Author	Zhao, H.J.; Misko, V.R.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Analysis of pattern formation in systems with competing range interactions			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	New journal of physics	Abbreviated Journal	New J Phys
	Volume	14	Issue		Pages	063032
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	We analyzed pattern formation and identified various morphologies in a system of particles interacting through a non-monotonic potential with a competing range interaction characterized by a repulsive core (r < r(c)) and an attractive tail (r > r(c)), using molecular-dynamics simulations. Depending on parameters, the interaction potential models the inter-particle interaction in various physical systems ranging from atoms, molecules and colloids to vortices in low kappa type-II superconductors and in recently discovered 'type-1.5' superconductors. We constructed a 'morphology diagram' in the plane 'critical radius r(c)-density n' and proposed a new approach to characterizing the different types of patterns. Namely, we elaborated a set of quantitative criteria in order to identify the different pattern types, using the radial distribution function (RDF), the local density function and the occupation factor.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Bristol	Editor
	Language		Wos	000306946600003	Publication Date	2012-06-25
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1367-2630;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.786	Times cited	45	Open Access
	Notes	; We acknowledge useful discussions with Ernst Helmut Brandt, Charles Reichhardt and Cynthia Olson Reichhardt. This work was supported by the 'Odysseus' Program of the Flemish Government and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.786; 2012 IF: 4.063
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:101140			Serial	102
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	Author	Shanenko, A.A.; Croitoru, M.D.; Vagov, A.V.; Axt, V.M.; Perali, A.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Atypical BCS-BEC crossover induced by quantum-size effects			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : A : atomic, molecular and optical physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev A
	Volume	86	Issue	3	Pages	033612
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Quantum-size oscillations of the basic physical characteristics of a confined fermionic condensate are a well-known phenomenon. Its conventional understanding is based on the single-particle physics, whereby the oscillations follow variations in the single-particle density of states driven by the size quantization. Here we present a study of a cigar-shaped ultracold superfluid Fermi gas, which demonstrates an important many-body aspect of the quantum-size coherent effects, overlooked previously. The many-body physics is revealed here in the atypical crossover from the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) superfluid to the Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) induced by the size quantization of the particle motion. The single-particle energy spectrum for the transverse dimensions is tightly bound, whereas for the longitudinal direction it resembles a quasi-free dispersion. This results in the formation of a series of single-particle subbands (shells) so that the aggregate fermionic condensate becomes a coherent mixture of subband condensates. Each time when the lower edge of a subband crosses the chemical potential, the BCS-BEC crossover is approached in this subband, and the aggregate condensate contains both BCS and BEC-like components.
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	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000308639500004	Publication Date	2012-09-15
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1050-2947;1094-1622;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.925	Times cited	34	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). The authors thank C. Salomon and C. Vale for their valuable explications of the experimental situation and interest to our work. We are grateful to G. C. Strinati, D. Neilson, and P. Pieri for useful discussions. M. D. C. acknowledges support of the EU Marie Curie IEF Action (Grant Agreement No. PIEF-GA-2009-235486-ScQSR). A. P. gratefully acknowledges financial support of the European Science Foundation, POLATOM Research Networking Programme, Ref. No. 4844 for his visit to the University of Antwerp. A. A. S. acknowledges financial support of the European Science Foundation, POLATOM Research Networking Programme, Ref. No. 5200 for his visit to the University of Camerino. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.925; 2012 IF: 3.042
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:101844			Serial	203
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	Author	Rønnow, T.F.; Pedersen, T.G.; Partoens, B.
	Title	Biexciton binding energy in fractional dimensional semiconductors			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	85	Issue	4	Pages	045412-045412,7
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Biexcitons in fractional dimensional spaces are studied using variational quantum Monte Carlo. We investigate the biexciton binding energy as a function of the electron-hole mass fraction sigma as well as study the dimensional dependence of biexcitons for sigma = 0 and sigma = 1. As our first application of this model we treat the H(2) molecule in two and three dimensions. Next we investigate biexcitons in carbon nanotubes within the fractional dimensional model. To this end we find a relation between the nanotube radius and the effective dimension. The results of both applications are compared with results obtained using different models and we find a reasonable agreement. Within the fractional dimensional model we find that the biexciton binding energy in carbon nanotubes accurately scales as E(B)(r,epsilon) = 1280 meV angstrom/(r epsilon), as a function of radius r and the dielectric screening epsilon.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication		Editor
	Language		Wos	000298922200008	Publication Date	2012-01-06
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	21	Open Access
	Notes	; ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:96234			Serial	231
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	Author	Ramos, I.R.O.; Ferreira, W.P.; Munarin, F.F.; Farias, G.A.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Bilayer crystals of charged magnetic dipoles : structure and phonon spectrum			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : E : statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev E
	Volume	85	Issue	5:1	Pages	051404-051404,12
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	We study the structure and phonon spectrum of a two-dimensional bilayer system of classical charged dipoles oriented perpendicular to the plane of the layers for equal density in each layer. This system can be tuned through six different crystalline phases by changing the interlayer separation or the charge and/or dipole moment of the particle. The presence of the charge on the dipole particles is responsible for the nucleation of five staggered phases and a disordered phase which are not found in the magnetic dipole bilayer system. These extra phases are a consequence of the competition between the repulsive Coulomb and the attractive dipole interlayer interaction. We present the phase diagram and determine the order of the phase transitions. The phonon spectrum of the system was calculated within the harmonic approximation, and a nonmonotonic behavior of the phonon spectrum is found as a function of the effective strength of the interparticle interaction. The stability of the different phases is determined.
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	Publisher	American Institute of Physics	Place of Publication	Woodbury (NY)	Editor
	Language		Wos	000304403400002	Publication Date	2012-05-30
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1539-3755;1550-2376;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.366	Times cited	8	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Brazilian agencies CNPq, CAPES, and FUNCAP (PRONEX grant), the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the bilateral program between Flanders and Brazil, and the CNPq-FWO collaborating project. The authors are grateful to Prof. G. Goldoni for some technical clarifications concerning Ref. [18]. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.366; 2012 IF: 2.313
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98940			Serial	233
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	Author	Grimaldi, G.; Leo, A.; Nigro, A.; Silhanek, A.V.; Verellen, N.; Moshchalkov, V.V.; Milošević, M.V.; Casaburi, A.; Cristiano, R.; Pace, S.
	Title	Controlling flux flow dissipation by changing flux pinning in superconducting films			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Applied physics letters	Abbreviated Journal	Appl Phys Lett
	Volume	100	Issue	20	Pages	202601-202601,4
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	We study the flux flow state in superconducting materials characterized by rather strong intrinsic pinning, such as Nb, NbN, and nanostructured Al thin films, in which we drag the superconducting dissipative state into the normal state by current biasing. We modify the vortex pinning strength either by ion irradiation, by tuning the measuring temperature or by including artificial pinning centers. We measure critical flux flow voltages for all materials and the same effect is observed: switching to low flux flow dissipations at low fields for an intermediate pinning regime. This mechanism offers a way to additionally promote the stability of the superconducting state. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4718309]
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	Publisher	American Institute of Physics	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y.	Editor
	Language		Wos	000304265000051	Publication Date	2012-05-14
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0003-6951;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.411	Times cited	33	Open Access
	Notes	; ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.411; 2012 IF: 3.794
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98946			Serial	504
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	Author	Sena, S.H.R.; Pereira, J.M.; Farias, G.A.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Cyclotron resonance of trilayer graphene			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	86	Issue	8	Pages	085412
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The cyclotron resonance energies, the corresponding oscillator strengths, and the cyclotron absorption spectrum for trilayer graphene are calculated for both ABA and ABC stacking. A gate potential across the stacked layers leads to (1) a reduction of the transition energies, (2) a lifting of the degeneracy of the zero Landau level, and (3) the removal of the electron-hole symmetry.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Lancaster, Pa	Editor
	Language		Wos	000307273100009	Publication Date	2012-08-08
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	7	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the National Council for the Improvement of Higher education (CAPES), the Brazilian Council for Research (CNPq), the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-V1), the bilateral projects between Flanders and Brazil and the CNPq and FWO-V1, and the ESF-Eurographene project CONGRAN. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:100815			Serial	604
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	Author	Lin, N.S.; Misko, V.R.; Heitmann, T.W.; Yu, K.; Plourde, B.L.T.
	Title	Density dependence of the rectification of vortex motion in a circular asymmetric channel			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physica: C : superconductivity	Abbreviated Journal	Physica C
	Volume	479	Issue		Pages	137-139
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	We study the rectification of vortex motion in an asymmetric ring channel in a Corbino setup. With an applied ac current, the motion of vortices in the channel is rectified by the asymmetric potential and induces a dc net flow. The net flow in such a system strongly depends on vortex density, and we distinguish “single-vortex'' rectification regime (for low density, when each vortex is rectified individually) determined by the potential-energy landscape inside each cell of the channel and ”multi-vortex'', or "collective'', rectification (high density case) when the interaction between vortices becomes important. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Amsterdam	Editor
	Language		Wos	000308580600032	Publication Date	2012-01-06
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0921-4534;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record
	Impact Factor	1.404	Times cited		Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the "Odysseus'' Program of the Flemish Government and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the Interuniversity Attraction Poles (IAP) Programme – Belgian State – Belgian Science Policy, and the FWO-Vl (Belgium). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 1.404; 2012 IF: 0.718
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:101873			Serial	635
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	Author	Carvalho, J.C.N.; Nelissen, K.; Ferreira, W.P.; Farias, G.A.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Diffusion in a quasi-one-dimensional system on a periodic substrate			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : E : statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev E
	Volume	85	Issue	2:1	Pages	021136-021136,8
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The diffusion of charged particles interacting through a repulsive Yukawa potential, exp(-r/lambda)/r, confined by a parabolic potential in the y direction and subjected to a periodic substrate potential in the x direction is investigated. Langevin dynamic simulations are used to investigate the effect of the particle density, the amplitude of the periodic substrate, and the range of the interparticle interaction potential on the diffusive behavior of the particles. We found that in general the diffusion is suppressed with increasing the amplitude of the periodic potential, but for specific values of the strength of the substrate potential a remarkable increase of the diffusion is found with increasing the periodic potential amplitude. In addition, we found a strong dependence of the diffusion on the specific arrangement of the particles, e. g., single-chain versus multichain configuration. For certain particle configurations, a reentrant behavior of the diffusion is found as a function of the substrate strength due to structural transitions in the ordering of the particles.
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	Publisher	American Institute of Physics	Place of Publication	Woodbury (NY)	Editor
	Language		Wos	000300671500007	Publication Date	2012-02-24
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1539-3755;1550-2376;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.366	Times cited	9	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Brazilian agencies CNPq and FUNCAP (PRONEX-Grant), the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), and the bilateral projects between Flanders and Brazil and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI) and CNPq. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.366; 2012 IF: 2.313
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:97203			Serial	698
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	Author	Kao, K.-H.; Verhulst, A.S.; Vandenberghe, W.G.; Sorée, B.; Groeseneken, G.; De Meyer, K.
	Title	Direct and indirect band-to-band tunneling in germanium-based TFETs			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	IEEE transactions on electron devices	Abbreviated Journal	Ieee T Electron Dev
	Volume	59	Issue	2	Pages	292-301
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Germanium is a widely used material for tunnel FETs because of its small band gap and compatibility with silicon. Typically, only the indirect band gap of Ge at 0.66 eV is considered. However, direct band-to-band tunneling (BTBT) in Ge should be included in tunnel FET modeling and simulations since the energy difference between the Ge conduction band edges at the L and G valleys is only 0.14 eV at room temperature. In this paper, we theoretically calculate the parameters A and B of Kane's direct and indirect BTBT models at different tunneling directions ([100], [110], and [111]) for Si, Ge and unstrained Si1-xGex. We highlight how the direct BTBT component becomes more important as the Ge mole fraction increases. The calculation of the band-to-band generation rate in the uniform electric field limit reveals that direct tunneling always dominates over indirect tunneling in Ge. The impact of the direct transition in Ge on the performance of two realistic tunnel field-effect transistor configurations is illustrated with TCAD simulations. The influence of field-induced quantum confinement is included in the analysis based on a back-of-the-envelope calculation.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	New York, N.Y.	Editor
	Language		Wos	000299430200005	Publication Date	2011-12-07
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0018-9383;1557-9646;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.605	Times cited	212	Open Access
	Notes	; Manuscript received August 5, 2011; revised October 5, 2011 and October 28, 2011; accepted October 30, 2011. Date of publication December 7, 2011; date of current version January 25, 2012. This work was supported by the Interuniversity Microelectronics Center's (IMEC) Industrial Affiliation Program. The work of W. G. Vandenberghe was supported by a Ph.D. stipend from the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation through Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT-Vlaanderen). The review of this paper was arranged by Editor A. Schenk. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.605; 2012 IF: 2.062
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:97215			Serial	708
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	Author	Berdiyorov, G.R.; de Romaguera, A.R.C.; Milošević, M.V.; Doria, M.M.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Dynamic and static phases of vortices under an applied drive in a superconducting stripe with an array of weak links			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	European physical journal : B : condensed matter and complex systems	Abbreviated Journal	Eur Phys J B
	Volume	85	Issue	4	Pages	130-130,8
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Static and dynamic properties of superconducting vortices in a superconducting stripe with a periodic array of weakly-superconducting (or normal metal) regions are studied in the presence of external magnetic and electric fields. The time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory is used to describe the electronic transport, where the anisotropy is included through the spatially-dependent critical temperature T-c. Superconducting vortices penetrating into the weak-superconducting region with smaller T-c are more mobile than the ones in the strong superconducting regions. We observe periodic entrance and exit of vortices which reside in the weak link for some short interval. The mobility of the weakly-pinned vortices can be reduced by increasing the uniform applied magnetic field leading to distinct features in the voltage vs. magnetic field response of the system.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Berlin	Editor
	Language		Wos	000303545400013	Publication Date	2012-04-20
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	ISSN	1434-6028;1434-6036;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	1.461	Times cited	32	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the Belgian Science Policy (IAP), the bilateral programme between Flanders and Brazil. G.R.B. and L.C. acknowledge individual support from FWO-Vl. A.R.de C.R. acknowledges CNPq and FACEPE for financial support. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 1.461; 2012 IF: 1.282
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98267			Serial	761
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	Author	de Aquino, B.R.C.H.T.; Cabral, L.R.E.; de Souza Silva, C.C.; Albino Aguiar, J.; Milošević, M.V.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Dynamic phases of vortex-antivortex molecules in a Corbino disk with magnetic dipole on top			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physica: C : superconductivity	Abbreviated Journal	Physica C
	Volume	479	Issue		Pages	115-118
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	We performed a molecular dynamics study of vortex-antivortex motion in a superconducting disk with a magnetic dot on top, in the Corbino disk geometry. In this system, vortices and antivortices are forced to move in opposite azimuthal directions by a radially applied current. The dot is magnetized out of plane in order to stabilize composite vortex-antivortex configurations, with vortices closer to the center of the disk and antivortices near to the disk edge. We observe that the interplay between the spatially inhomogeneous current distribution, the screening currents induced by the dipole, and the attractive vortex-antivortex (v-av) interaction result in different dynamical phases. At low current values, antivortices which are distributed at outer rings – remain bounded to vortices at inner rings and the whole configuration rotates rigidly. Above a threshold current, vortices and antivortices unbind and move at different angular velocities in a highly correlated way. Finally, at very strong drive, vortex-antivortex attraction is overhelmed by the external current Lorentz force, causing them to move in opposite directions. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Amsterdam	Editor
	Language		Wos		Publication Date	0000-00-00
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0921-4534	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	1.404	Times cited		Open Access
	Notes				Approved	Most recent IF: 1.404; 2012 IF: 0.718
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:101870			Serial	764
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	Author	Neek-Amal, M.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Effect of grain boundary on the buckling of graphene nanoribbons			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Applied physics letters	Abbreviated Journal	Appl Phys Lett
	Volume	100	Issue	10	Pages	101905-101905,4
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The buckling of graphene nano-ribbons containing a grain boundary is studied using atomistic simulations where free and supported boundary conditions are invoked. We consider the buckling transition of two kinds of grain boundaries with special symmetry. When graphene contains a large angle grain boundary with theta = 21.8 degrees, the buckling strains are larger than those of perfect graphene when the ribbons with free (supported) boundary condition are subjected to compressive tension parallel (perpendicular) to the grain boundary. This is opposite for the results of theta = 32.2 degrees. The shape of the deformations of the buckled graphene nanoribbons depends on the boundary conditions, the presence of the particular used grain boundaries, and the direction of applied in-plane compressive tension. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3692573]
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	Publisher	American Institute of Physics	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y.	Editor
	Language		Wos	000301655500021	Publication Date	2012-03-06
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0003-6951;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.411	Times cited	18	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.411; 2012 IF: 3.794
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:97794			Serial	809
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	Author	Badalyan, S.M.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Effect of nonhomogenous dielectric background on the plasmon modes in graphene double-layer structures at finite temperatures			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	85	Issue	19	Pages	195444-195444,6
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	We have calculated the plasmon modes in graphene double layer structures at finite temperatures, taking into account the inhomogeneity of the dielectric background of the system. The effective dielectric function is obtained from the solution of the Poisson equation of a three-layer dielectric medium with graphene sheets located at the interfaces, separating the different materials. Due to the momentum dispersion of the effective dielectric function, the intra- and interlayer bare Coulomb interactions in the graphene double layer system acquires an additional momentum dependence-an effect that is of the order of the interlayer interaction itself. We show that the energies of the in-phase and out-of-phase plasmon modes are determined largely by different values of the spatially dependent effective dielectric function. The effect of the dielectric inhomogeneity increases with temperature, and even at high temperatures the energy shift induced by the dielectric inhomogeneity and temperature itself remains larger than the broadening of the plasmon energy dispersions due to the Landau damping. The obtained new features of the plasmon dispersions can be observed in frictional drag measurements and in inelastic light scattering and electron energy-loss spectroscopies.
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	Language		Wos	000304394800011	Publication Date	2012-05-23
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	67	Open Access
	Notes	; We thank G. Vignale for useful discussions and acknowledge support from the Flemisch Science Foundation (FWO-Fl) and the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98941			Serial	826
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	Author	Lipavsky, P.; Elmurodov, A.; Lin, P.-J.; Matlock, P.; Berdiyorov, G.R.
	Title	Effect of normal current corrections on the vortex dynamics in type-II superconductors			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	86	Issue	14	Pages	144516-144518
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Within the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory we discuss the effect of nonmagnetic interactions between the normal current and supercurrent in the presence of electric and magnetic fields. The correction due to the current-current interactions is shown to have a transient character so that it contributes only when a system evolves. Numerical studies for thin current-carrying superconducting strips with no magnetic feedback show that the effect of the normal current corrections is more pronounced in the resistive state where fast-moving kinematic vortices are formed. Simulations also reveal that the largest contribution due to current-current interactions appears near the sample edges, where the vortices reach their maximal velocity.
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	Language		Wos	000309809700007	Publication Date	2012-10-15
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	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	4	Open Access
	Notes	; The authors are grateful to Alex Gurevich and Tom Lemberger who brought the longitudinal f-sum rule to our attention. This work was supported by Grants GACR P204/10/0687 and P204/11/0015. We also acknowledge the support from the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). G.R.B. acknowledges individual support from FWO-Vl. P.-J.L. acknowledges support from Old Dominion University. P.M. acknowledges support through UA research index SR-614-1203. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:102168			Serial	827
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	Author	Shakouri, K.; Szafran, B.; Esmaeilzadeh, M.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Effective spin-orbit interaction Hamiltonian for quasi-one-dimensional quantum rings			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	85	Issue	16	Pages	165314-165314,8
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The effective Hamiltonian for an electron in a quasi-one-dimensional quantum ring in the presence of spin-orbit interactions is derived. We demonstrate that, when both coupling types are simultaneously present, the effective Hamiltonian derived by the lowest-radial-state approximation produces energy spectra and charge densities which deviate strongly from the exact ones. For equal Rashba and Dresselhaus coupling constants the lowest-radial-state approximation opens artifactal avoided crossings in the energy spectra and deforms the circular symmetry of the confined charge densities. In this case, there does not exist a ring thin enough to justify the restriction to the lowest radially quantized energy state. We derive the effective Hamiltonian accounting for both the lowest and the first excited radial states, and show that the inclusion of the latter restores the correct features of the exact solution. Relation of this result to the states of a quantum wire is also discussed.
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	Language		Wos	000303068800006	Publication Date	2012-04-20
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	32	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was partially supported by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education and its grants for Scientific Research. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98258			Serial	855
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	Author	Nasr Esfahani, D.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Electric-field-induced shift of the Mott metal-insulator transition in thin films			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	85	Issue	8	Pages	085110-085110,8
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The ground-state properties of a paramagnetic Mott insulator at half-filling are investigated in the presence of an external electric field using the inhomogeneous Gutzwiller approximation for a single-band Hubbard model in a slab geometry. We find that the metal-insulator transition is shifted toward higher Hubbard repulsions by applying an electric field perpendicular to the slab. The main reason is the accumulation of charges near the surface. The spatial distribution of site-dependent quasiparticle weight shows that it is maximal in a few layers beneath the surface, while the central sites where the field is screened have a very low quasiparticle weight. Our results show that above a critical-field value, states near the surface will be metallic, while the bulk quasiparticle weight is extremely suppressed but never vanishing, even for large Hubbard repulsions above the bulk zero-field critical value. Below the critical-field value, our results hint toward an insulating state in which the electric field is totally screened and the slab is again at half-filling.
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	Language		Wos	000300240100002	Publication Date	2012-02-14
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	3	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vlaanderen) and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:97208			Serial	884
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	Author	Badalyan, S.M.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Electron-phonon bound state in graphene			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	85	Issue	20	Pages	205453-205453,5
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The fine structure of the Dirac energy spectrum in graphene induced by electron-optical phonon coupling is investigated in the portion of the spectrum near the phonon emission threshold. The derived new dispersion equation in the immediate neighborhood below the threshold corresponds to an electron-phonon bound state. We find that the singular vertex corrections beyond perturbation theory strongly increase the electron-phonon binding energy scale. The predicted enhancement of the effective electron-phonon coupling can be measured using angle-resolved spectroscopy.
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	Language		Wos	000304649400002	Publication Date	2012-05-30
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	12	Open Access
	Notes	; We thank E. Rashba for the useful discussion and acknowledge support from the Belgian Science Policy (IAP) and BELSPO. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98939			Serial	982
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	Author	Zhu, J.; Badalyan, S.M.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Electron-phonon bound states in graphene in a perpendicular magnetic field			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review letters	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev Lett
	Volume	109	Issue	25	Pages	256602-256605
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The spectrum of electron-phonon complexes in monolayer graphene is investigated in the presence of a perpendicular quantizing magnetic field. Despite the small electron-phonon coupling, usual perturbation theory is inapplicable for the calculation of the scattering amplitude near the threshold of optical phonon emission. Our findings, beyond perturbation theory, show that the true spectrum near the phonon-emission threshold is completely governed by new branches, corresponding to bound states of an electron and an optical phonon with a binding energy of the order of alpha omega(0), where alpha is the electron-phonon coupling and omega(0) the phonon energy. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.256602
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	New York, N.Y.	Editor
	Language		Wos	000312841700011	Publication Date	2012-12-22
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0031-9007;1079-7114;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	8.462	Times cited	19	Open Access
	Notes	; We acknowledge support from the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO) and EU, the ESF EuroGRAPHENE project CONGRAN, and the Flemisch Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 8.462; 2012 IF: 7.943
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:105962			Serial	983
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	Author	Sena, S.H.R.; Pereira, J.M.; Farias, G.A.; Peeters, F.M.; Costa Filho, R.N.
	Title	The electronic properties of graphene and graphene ribbons under simple shear strain			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Journal of physics : condensed matter	Abbreviated Journal	J Phys-Condens Mat
	Volume	24	Issue	37	Pages	375301
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	A tight-binding model is used to study the energy band of graphene and graphene ribbon under simple shear strain. The ribbon consists of lines of carbon atoms in an armchair or zigzag orientation where a simple shear strain is applied in the x-direction keeping the atomic distances in the y-direction unchanged. Such modification in the lattice gives an energy band that differs in several aspects from the one without any shear and with pure shear. The changes in the spectrum depend on the line displacement of the ribbon, and also on the modified hopping parameter. It is also shown that this simple shear strain tunes the electronic properties of both graphene and graphene ribbon, opening and closing energy gaps for different displacements of the system. The modified density of states is also shown.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	London	Editor
	Language		Wos	000308202700011	Publication Date	2012-08-14
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0953-8984;1361-648X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.649	Times cited	15	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by CNPq (RNCF), the National Council for the Improvement of Higher Education (CAPES), the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the Belgian Science Policy (IAP), and the bilateral program between Flanders and Brazil. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.649; 2012 IF: 2.355
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:101838			Serial	1000
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	Author	Kishore, V.V.R.; Partoens, B.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Electronic structure of InAs/GaSb core-shell nanowires			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	86	Issue	16	Pages	165439-7
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The electronic and optical properties of InAs/GaSb core-shell nanowires are investigated within the effective mass k . p approach. These systems have a broken band gap, which results in spatially separated confinement of electrons and holes. We investigated these structures for different sizes of the InAs and GaSb core and shell radius. We found that for certain configurations, the conduction band states penetrate into the valence band states resulting in a negative band gap (E-g < 0), which leads to a conduction band ground state that lies below the valence band ground state at the Gamma point. For certain core-shell wires, only one conduction band state penetrates into the valence band and in this case, a minigap Delta opens up away from the Gamma point and as a consequence the electronic properties of the nanowire now depend on both E-g and Delta values.
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	Language		Wos	000310131400005	Publication Date	2012-10-23
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	26	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:102164			Serial	1014
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	Author	Krstajić, P.M.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Energy-momentum dispersion relation of plasmarons in graphene			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	85	Issue	20	Pages	205454-205454,4
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The many-body correction to the band structure of a quasi-free-standing graphene layer is obtained within the Overhauser approach, where the electron-plasmon interaction is described as a field theoretical problem. We find that the Dirac-like spectrum is shifted by Delta E(k = 0), which is on the order of 50-150 meV, depending on the electron concentration n(e), and is in semiquantitative agreement with experimental data. The value of the Fermi velocity is renormalized by several percents and decreases with increasing electron concentration as found experimentally.
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	Language		Wos	000304649900004	Publication Date	2012-06-05
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	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	11	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the ESF-EuroGRAPHENE project CON-GRAN, and the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science (project No. TR 32008). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98937			Serial	1043
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	Author	Badalyan, S.M.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Enhancement of Coulomb drag in double-layer graphene structures by plasmons and dielectric background inhomogeneity			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	86	Issue	12	Pages	121405
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The drag of massless fermions in graphene double-layer structures is investigated over a wide range of temperatures and interlayer separations. We show that the inhomogeneity of the dielectric background in such graphene structures, for experimentally relevant parameters, results in a significant enhancement of the drag resistivity. At intermediate temperatures the dynamical screening via plasmon-mediated drag enhances the drag resistivity and results in an upturn in its behavior at large interlayer separations. In a range of interlayer separations, corresponding to the crossover from strong to weak coupling of graphene layers, we find that the decrease of the drag resistivity with interlayer spacing is approximately quadratic. This dependence weakens below this range of interlayer spacing while for larger separations we find a cubic (quartic) dependence at intermediate (low) temperatures.
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	Language		Wos	000309178100003	Publication Date	2012-09-21
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	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	21	Open Access
	Notes	; We acknowledge support from the Flemisch Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:101834			Serial	1060
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	Author	Vodolazov, D.Y.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Enhancement of the retrapping current of superconducting microbridges of finite length			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	85	Issue	2	Pages	024508-024508,6
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	We theoretically find that the resistance of a superconducting microbridge or nanowire decreases while the retrapping current I(r) for the transition to the superconducting state increases when one suppresses the magnitude of the order parameter vertical bar Delta vertical bar in the attached superconducting leads. This effect is a consequence of the increased energy interval for diffusion of the “hot” nonequilibrium quasiparticles (induced by the oscillations of vertical bar Delta vertical bar in the center of the microbridge) to the leads. The effect is absent in short microbridges (with length less than the coherence length) and it is relatively weak in long microbridges (with length larger than the inelastic relaxation length of the nonequilibrium distribution function). A nonmonotonous dependence of I(r) on the length of the microbridge is predicted. Our results are important for the explanation of the enhancement of the critical current and the appearance of negative magnetoresistance observed in many recent experiments on superconducting microbridges or nanowires.
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	Language		Wos	000298863400005	Publication Date	2012-01-06
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	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	7	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russian Agency of Education, under the Federal Target Programme “Scientific and Educational Personnel of Innovative Russia in 2009-2013” and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:96235			Serial	1065
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	Author	Arsoski, V.; Čukarić, N.; Tadić, M.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Exciton states in a nanocup in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physica scripta	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Scripta
	Volume	T149	Issue		Pages	014054-014054,5
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The exciton states in a strained (In,Ga)As/GaAs nanocup are theoretically determined. We explore how the nanocup bottom thickness (t) affects the magnetic field dependence of the exciton energy. Strain distribution is computed by the continuum mechanical model under the approximation of isotropic elasticity. The exciton wave functions are expanded into products of the electron and hole envelope functions. For small t, the exciton ground state has zero orbital momentum and exhibits small oscillations of the second derivative when the magnetic field increases. When t approaches the value of the cup height, however, the exciton levels exhibit angular momentum transitions, whose behavior is similar to that for type-II quantum dots. Small oscillations of the oscillator strength for exciton recombination are found when the magnetic field increases. An increase in thickness of the nanocup bottom has only a small effect on those oscillations for the optically active exciton states, but the exciton ground state becomes dark when the magnetic field increases. Hence, the results of our calculations show that an increase in thickness of the nanocup bottom transforms the exciton ground energy level dependence on magnetic field from the one characteristic of type-I rings to the one characteristic of type-II dots.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Stockholm	Editor
	Language		Wos	000303523500055	Publication Date	2012-04-27
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	ISSN	0031-8949;1402-4896;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	1.28	Times cited	2	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the EU Network of Excellence SANDiE, the Ministry of Education and Science of Serbia, the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 1.28; 2012 IF: 1.032
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:99135			Serial	1117
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	Author	Vagov, A.V.; Shanenko, A.A.; Milošević, M.V.; Axt, V.M.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Extended Ginzburg-Landau formalism : systematic expansion in small deviation from the critical temperature			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	85	Issue	1	Pages	014502-014502,17
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Based on the Gor'kov formalism for a clean s-wave superconductor, we develop an extended version of the single-band Ginzburg-Landau (GL) theory by means of a systematic expansion in the deviation from the critical temperature T(c), i.e., tau = 1 – T/T(c). We calculate different contributions to the order parameter and the magnetic field: the leading contributions (proportional to tau(1/2) in the order parameter and. t in the magnetic field) are controlled by the standard GL theory, while the next-to-leading terms (proportional to tau(3/2) in the gap and proportional to tau(2) in the magnetic field) constitute the extended GL (EGL) approach. We derive the free-energy functional for the extended formalism and the corresponding expression for the current density. To illustrate the usefulness of our formalism, we calculate, in a semianalytical form, the temperature-dependent correction to the GL parameter at which the surface energy becomes zero, and analytically, the temperature dependence of the thermodynamic critical field. We demonstrate that the EGL formalism is not just a mathematical extension to the theory: variations of both the gap and the thermodynamic critical field with temperature calculated within the EGL theory are found in very good agreement with the full BCS results down to low temperatures, which dramatically improves the applicability of the formalism compared to its standard predecessor.
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	Language		Wos	000298985100002	Publication Date	2012-01-10
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	ISSN	1098-0121;1550-235X;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	36	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). A. V. V. is grateful to V. Zalipaev for important comments. A. A. S. thanks W. Pogosov for helpful notes. Discussions with E. H. Brandt and A. Perali are appreciated. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:96232			Serial	1155
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