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Wang, J.; Shin, Y.; Gauquelin, N.; Yang, Y.; Lee, C.; Jannis, D.; Verbeeck, J.; Rondinelli, J.M.; May, S.J. |
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Physical properties of epitaxial SrMnO2.5−δFγoxyfluoride films |
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A1 Journal article |
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2019 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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31 |
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36 |
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365602 |
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A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) |
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Recently, topotactic fluorination has become an alternative way of doping epitaxial perovskite oxides through anion substitution to engineer their electronic properties instead of the more commonly used cation substitution. In this work, epitaxial oxyfluoride SrMnO2.5−δ F γ films were synthesized via topotactic fluorination of SrMnO2.5 films using polytetrafluoroethylene as the fluorine source. Oxidized SrMnO3 films were also prepared for comparison with the fluorinated samples. The F content, probed by x-ray photoemission spectroscopy, was systematically controlled by adjusting fluorination conditions. Electronic transport measurements reveal that increased F content (up to γ = 0.14) systematically increases the electrical resistivity, despite the nominal electron-doping induced by F substitution for O in these films. In contrast, oxidized SrMnO3 exhibits a decreased resistivity and conduction activation energy. A blue-shift of optical absorption features occurs with increasing F content. Density functional theory calculations indicate that F acts as a scattering center for electronic transport, controls the observed weak ferromagnetic behavior of the films, and reduces the inter-band optical transitions in the manganite films. These results stand in contrast to bulk electron-doped La1−x Ce x MnO3, illustrating how aliovalent anionic substitutions can yield physical behavior distinct from A-site substituted perovskites with the same nominal B-site oxidation states. |
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2019-09-11 |
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0953-8984 |
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2.649 |
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5 |
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Work at Drexel was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), grant number CMMI-1562223. Thin film synthesis utilized deposition instrumentation acquired through an Army Research Office DURIP grant (W911NF-14-1-0493). Y.S and J.M.R. were supported by NSF (Grant No. DMR-1454688). Calculations were performed using the QUEST HPC Facility at Northwestern, the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), which is supported by NSF Grant No. ACI-1053575, and the Center for Nanoscale Materials (Carbon Cluster). Use of the Center for Nanoscale Materials, an Office of Science user facility, was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. J.V. and N. G. acknowledge funding from a GOA project “Solarpaint” of the University of Antwerp. D.J. acknowledges funding from FWO project G093417N from the Flemish fund for scientific research. |
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Most recent IF: 2.649 |
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EMAT @ emat @UA @ admin @ c:irua:161174 |
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5293 |
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Pizzochero, M.; Leenaerts, O.; Partoens, B.; Martinazzo, R.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Hydrogen adsorption on nitrogen and boron doped graphene |
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A1 Journal article |
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2015 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
Abbreviated Journal |
J Phys-Condens Mat |
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27 |
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27 |
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425502 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Hydrogen adsorption on boron and nitrogen doped graphene is investigated in detail by means of first-principles calculations. A comprehensive study is performed of the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of chemisorbed hydrogen atoms and atom pairs near the dopant sites. The main effect of the substitutional atoms is charge doping which is found to greatly affect the adsorption process by increasing the binding energy at the sites closest to the substitutional species. It is also found that doping does not induce magnetism despite the odd number of electrons per atom introduced by the foreign species, and that it quenches the paramagnetic response of chemisorbed H atoms on graphene. Overall, the effects are similar for B and N doping, with only minor differences in the adsorption energetics due to different sizes of the dopant atoms and the accompanying lattice distortions. |
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2015-10-06 |
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0953-8984;1361-648X; |
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2.649 |
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20 |
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This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). MP gratefully acknowledges the Condensed Matter Theory group at Universiteit Antwerpen for the hospitality during his stay. |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2015 IF: 2.346 |
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c:irua:128759 |
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3971 |
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Zhang, H.; Salje, E.K.H.; Schryvers, D.; Bartova, B. |
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The martensitic phase transition in Ni-Al: experimental observation of excess entropy and heterogeneous spontaneous strain |
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A1 Journal article |
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2008 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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20 |
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5 |
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055220,1-7 |
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A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) |
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2008-01-19 |
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0953-8984;1361-648X; |
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2.649 |
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7 |
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Multimat (MRTN-CT-2004-505226) |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2008 IF: 1.900 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:67710 |
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1948 |
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Dixit, H.; Saniz, R.; Lamoen, D.; Partoens, B. |
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The quasiparticle band structure of zincblende and rocksalt ZnO |
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A1 Journal article |
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2010 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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22 |
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12 |
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125505,1-125505,7 |
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A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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We present the quasiparticle band structure of ZnO in its zincblende (ZB) and rocksalt (RS) phases at the Γ point, calculated within the GW approximation. The effect of the pd hybridization on the quasiparticle corrections to the band gap is discussed. We compare three systems, ZB-ZnO which shows strong pd hybridization and has a direct band gap, RS-ZnO which is also hybridized but includes inversion symmetry and therefore has an indirect band gap, and ZB-ZnS which shows a weaker hybridization due to a change of the chemical species from oxygen to sulfur. The quasiparticle corrections are calculated with different numbers of valence electrons in the Zn pseudopotential. We find that the Zn20 + pseudopotential is essential for the adequate treatment of the exchange interaction in the self-energy. The calculated GW band gaps are 2.47 eV and 4.27 eV respectively, for the ZB and RS phases. The ZB-ZnO band gap is underestimated compared to the experimental value of 3.27 by ~ 0.8 eV. The RS-ZnO band gap compares well with the experimental value of 4.5 eV. The underestimation for ZB-ZnO is correlated with the strong pd hybridization. The GW band gap for ZnS is 3.57 eV, compared to the experimental value of 3.8 eV. |
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2010-03-13 |
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0953-8984;1361-648X; |
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2.649 |
Times cited |
53 |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2010 IF: 2.332 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:81531 |
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2802 |
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Dixit, H.; Saniz, R.; Cottenier, S.; Lamoen, D.; Partoens, B. |
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Electronic structure of transparent oxides with the Tran-Blaha modified Becke-Johnson potential |
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A1 Journal article |
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2012 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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24 |
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20 |
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205503-205503,9 |
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A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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We present electronic band structures of transparent oxides calculated using the Tran-Blaha modified Becke-Johnson (TB-mBJ) potential. We studied the basic n-type conducting binary oxides In2O3, ZnO, CdO and SnO2 along with the p-type conducting ternary oxides delafossite CuXO2 (X = Al, Ga, In) and spinel ZnX2O4 (X = Co, Rh, Ir). The results are presented for calculated band gaps and effective electron masses. We discuss the improvements in the band gap determination using TB-mBJ compared to the standard generalized gradient approximation (GGA) in density functional theory (DFT) and also compare the electronic band structure with available results from the quasiparticle GW method. It is shown that the calculated band gaps compare well with the experimental and GW results, although the electron effective mass is generally overestimated. |
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2012-04-27 |
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0953-8984;1361-648X; |
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2.649 |
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113 |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2012 IF: 2.355 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98222 |
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1017 |
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Dabaghmanesh, S.; Saniz, R.; Amini, M.N.; Lamoen, D.; Partoens, B. |
Title |
Perovskite transparent conducting oxides : an ab initio study |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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25 |
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41 |
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415503 |
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A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) |
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We present an ab initio study of the electronic structure and of the formation energies of various point defects in BaSnO3 and SrGeO3. We show that La and Y impurities substituting Ba or Sr are shallow donors with a preferred 1 + charge state. These defects have a low formation energy within all the suitable equilibrium growth conditions considered. Oxygen vacancies behave as shallow donors as well, preferring the 2 + charge state. Their formation energies, however, are higher in most growth conditions, indicating a limited contribution to conductivity. The calculated electron effective mass in BaSnO3, with a value of 0.21 me, and the very high mobility reported recently in La-doped BaSnO3 single-crystals, suggest that remarkably low scattering rates can be achieved in the latter. In the case of SrGeO3, our results point to carrier density and mobility values in the low range for typical polycrystalline TCOs, in line with experiment. |
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2013-09-24 |
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0953-8984;1361-648X; |
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2.649 |
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17 |
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FWO;Hercules |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2013 IF: 2.223 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:110495 |
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2574 |
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Dixit, H.; Lamoen, D.; Partoens, B. |
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Quasiparticle band structure of rocksalt-CdO determined using maximally localized Wannier functions |
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A1 Journal article |
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2013 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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25 |
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3 |
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035501-35505 |
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A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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CdO in the rocksalt structure is an indirect band gap semiconductor. Thus, in order to determine its band gap one needs to calculate the complete band structure. However, in practice, the exact evaluation of the quasiparticle band structure for the large number of k-points which constitute the different symmetry lines in the Brillouin zone can be an extremely demanding task compared to the standard density functional theory (DFT) calculation. In this paper we report the full quasiparticle band structure of CdO using a plane-wave pseudopotential approach. In order to reduce the computational effort and time, we make use of maximally localized Wannier functions (MLWFs). The MLWFs offer a highly accurate method for interpolation of the DFT or GW band structure from a coarse k-point mesh in the irreducible Brillouin zone, resulting in a much reduced computational effort. The present paper discusses the technical details of the scheme along with the results obtained for the quasiparticle band gap and the electron effective mass. |
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2012-12-12 |
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0953-8984;1361-648X; |
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2.649 |
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7 |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2013 IF: 2.223 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:105296 |
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2801 |
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Moors, K.; Sorée, B.; Magnus, W. |
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Validity criteria for Fermi's golden rule scattering rates applied to metallic nanowires |
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A1 Journal article |
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2016 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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28 |
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28 |
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365302 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Fermi's golden rule underpins the investigation of mobile carriers propagating through various solids, being a standard tool to calculate their scattering rates. As such, it provides a perturbative estimate under the implicit assumption that the effect of the interaction Hamiltonian which causes the scattering events is sufficiently small. To check the validity of this assumption, we present a general framework to derive simple validity criteria in order to assess whether the scattering rates can be trusted for the system under consideration, given its statistical properties such as average size, electron density, impurity density et cetera. We derive concrete validity criteria for metallic nanowires with conduction electrons populating a single parabolic band subjected to different elastic scattering mechanisms: impurities, grain boundaries and surface roughness. |
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2016-07-12 |
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0953-8984 |
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2.649 |
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2 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:135011 |
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4274 |
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Vanherck, J.; Sorée, B.; Magnus, W. |
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Anisotropic bulk and planar Heisenberg ferromagnets in uniform, arbitrarily oriented magnetic fields |
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A1 Journal article |
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2018 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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30 |
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27 |
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275801 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Today, further downscaling of mobile electronic devices poses serious problems, such as energy consumption and local heat dissipation. In this context, spin wave majority gates made of very thin ferromagnetic films may offer a viable alternative. However, similar downscaling of magnetic thin films eventually enforces the latter to operate as quasi-2D magnets, the magnetic properties of which are not yet fully understood, especially those related to anisotropies and external magnetic fields in arbitrary directions. To this end, we have investigated the behaviour of an easy-plane and easy-axis anisotropic ferromagnet-both in two and three dimensions-subjected to a uniform magnetic field, applied along an arbitrary direction. In this paper, a spin-1/2 Heisenberg Hamiltonian with anisotropic exchange interactions is solved using double-time temperature-dependent Green's functions and the Tyablikov decoupling approximation. We determine various magnetic properties such as the Curie temperature and the magnetization as a function of temperature and the applied magnetic field, discussing the impact of the system's dimensionality and the type of anisotropy. The magnetic reorientation transition taking place in anisotropic Heisenberg ferromagnets is studied in detail. Importantly, spontaneous magnetization is found to be absent for easy-plane 2D spin systems with short range interactions. |
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2018-05-21 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:151945UA @ admin @ c:irua:151945 |
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5012 |
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Simchi, H.; Simchi, M.; Fardmanesh, M.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Phase transition and field effect topological quantum transistor made of monolayer MoS2 |
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A1 Journal article |
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2018 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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30 |
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23 |
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235303 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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We study topological phase transitions and topological quantum field effect transistor in monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) using a two-band Hamiltonian model. Without considering the quadratic (q(2)) diagonal term in the Hamiltonian, we show that the phase diagram includes quantum anomalous Hall effect, quantum spin Hall effect, and spin quantum anomalous Hall effect regions such that the topological Kirchhoff law is satisfied in the plane. By considering the q(2) diagonal term and including one valley, it is shown that MoS2 has a non-trivial topology, and the valley Chern number is non-zero for each spin. We show that the wave function is (is not) localized at the edges when the q(2) diagonal term is added (deleted) to (from) the spin-valley Dirac mass equation. We calculate the quantum conductance of zigzag MoS2 nanoribbons by using the nonequilibrium Green function method and show how this device works as a field effect topological quantum transistor. |
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2018-04-26 |
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2.649 |
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2 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:151457UA @ admin @ c:irua:151457 |
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Varley, J.B.; Peelaers, H.; Janotti, A.; van de Walle, C.G. |
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Hydrogenated cation vacancies in semiconducting oxides |
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A1 Journal article |
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2011 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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23 |
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33 |
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334212,1-334212,9 |
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Using first-principles calculations we have studied the electronic and structural properties of cation vacancies and their complexes with hydrogen impurities in SnO2, In2O3 and β-Ga2O3. We find that cation vacancies have high formation energies in SnO2 and In2O3 even in the most favorable conditions. Their formation energies are significantly lower in β-Ga2O3. Cation vacancies, which are compensating acceptors, strongly interact with H impurities resulting in complexes with low formation energies and large binding energies, stable up to temperatures over 730 °C. Our results indicate that hydrogen has beneficial effects on the conductivity of transparent conducting oxides: it increases the carrier concentration by acting as a donor in the form of isolated interstitials, and by passivating compensating acceptors such as cation vacancies; in addition, it potentially enhances carrier mobility by reducing the charge of negatively charged scattering centers. We have also computed vibrational frequencies associated with the isolated and complexed hydrogen, to aid in the microscopic identification of centers observed by vibrational spectroscopy. |
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2011-08-04 |
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2.649 |
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125 |
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; We gratefully acknowledge useful discussions with M D Mc-Cluskey, O Bierwagen and J Speck. The work was supported by the NSF MRSEC Program (DMR05-20415), the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI), the Belgian American Educational Foundation, and by Saint-Gobain Research, and made use of computing facilities at CNSI (NSF grant No. CHE-0321368), TeraGrid and TACC (NSF grant No. DMR070072N), and NERSC (DOE Office of Science Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231). ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2011 IF: 2.546 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:92415 |
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1534 |
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Lajevardipour, A.; Neek-Amal, M.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Thermomechanical properties of graphene : valence force field model approach |
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2012 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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24 |
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17 |
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175303-175303,8 |
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Using the valence force field model of Perebeinos and Tersoff (2009 Phys. Rev. B 79 241409(R)), different energy modes of suspended graphene subjected to tensile or compressive strain are studied. By carrying out Monte Carlo simulations it is found that: (i) only for small strains (vertical bar epsilon vertical bar (sic) 0.02) is the total energy symmetrical in the strain, while it behaves completely differently beyond this threshold; (ii) the important energy contributions in stretching experiments are stretching, angle bending, an out-of-plane term, and a term that provides repulsion against pi-pi misalignment; (iii) in compressing experiments the two latter terms increase rapidly, and beyond the buckling transition stretching and bending energies are found to be constant; (iv) from stretching-compressing simulations we calculated the Young's modulus at room temperature 350 +/- 3.15 N m(-1), which is in good agreement with experimental results (340 +/- 50 N m(-1)) and with ab initio results (322-353) N m(-1); (v) molar heat capacity is estimated to be 24.64 J mol(-1) K-1 which is comparable with the Dulong-Petit value, i. e. 24.94 J mol(-1) K-1, and is almost independent of the strain; (vi) nonlinear scaling properties are obtained from height-height correlations at finite temperature; (vii) the used valence force field model results in a temperature independent bending modulus for graphene, and (viii) the Gruneisen parameter is estimated to be 0.64. |
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2012-04-05 |
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2.649 |
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; We acknowledge helpful comments by V Perebeinos, S Costamagna, A Fasolino and J H Los. This work was supported by the Flemish science foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Belgium Science Policy (IAP). ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2012 IF: 2.355 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:99123 |
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Rivera-Julio, J.; Gonzalez-Garcia, A.; Gonzalez-Hernandez, R.; Lopez-Perez, W.; Peeters, F.M.; Hernandez-Nieves, A.D. |
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Vibrational properties of germanane and fluorinated germanene in the chair, boat, and zigzag-line configurations |
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A1 Journal article |
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2019 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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31 |
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7 |
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075301 |
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The electronic and vibrational properties of germanane and fluorinated germanene are studied within density functional theory (DFT) and density functional perturbation theory frameworks. Different structural configurations of germanane and fluorinated germanene are investigated. The energy difference between the different configurations are consistently smaller than the energy of thermal fluctuations for all the analyzed DFT functionals LDA, GGA, and hybrid functionals, which implies that, in principle, it is possible to find these different configurations in different regions of the sample as minority phases or local defects. We calculate the Raman and infrared spectra for these configurations by using ab initio calculations and compare it with available experimental spectra for germanane. Our results show the presence of minority phases compatible with the configurations analyzed in this work. As these low energy configurations are metastable the present work shows that the synthesis of these energy competing phases is feasible by selectively changing the synthesis conditions, which is an opportunity to expand in this way the availability of new two-dimensional compounds. |
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2018-11-27 |
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0953-8984 |
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2.649 |
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9 |
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; We acknowledge financial support from PICT-2016-1087 from ANPCyT, PIP 2014-2016 00402 from CONICET and the Argentina-Belgium colaboration program SECYT-FWO FW/ 14/04. This work was also supported by Universidad del Norte and Colciencias (Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Research of Colombia) under Convocatoria 712-Convocatoria para proyectos de investigacion en ciencias basicas ano 2015, Cod: 121571250192, Contrato 110-216. ; |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:156708 |
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Chen, Y.; Hong-Yu, W.; Peeters, F.M.; Shanenko, A.A. |
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Quantum-size effects and thermal response of anti-Kramer-Pesch vortex core |
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2015 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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27 |
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27 |
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125701 |
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Since the 1960's it has been well known that the basic superconductive quantities can exhibit oscillations as functions of the thickness (diameter) in superconducting nanofilms (nanowires) due to the size quantization of the electronic spectrum. However, very little is known about the effects of quantum confinement on the microscopic properties of vortices. Based on a numerical solution to the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations, we study the quantum-size oscillations of the vortex core resulting from the sequential interchange of the Kramer-Pesch and anti-Kramer-Pesch regimes with changing nanocylinder radius. The physics behind the anti-Kramer-Pesch anomaly is displayed by utilizing a semi-analytical Anderson approximate solution. We also demonstrate that the anti-Kramer-Pesch vortex core is robust against thermal smearing and results in a distinctive two-maxima structure in the local density of states, which can be used to identify the existence of the anti-Kramer-Pesch vortex. |
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2015-03-09 |
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0953-8984;1361-648X; |
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Impact Factor |
2.649 |
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4 |
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; This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. NSFC-11304134, the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), and the Methusalem program. AAS acknowledges the support of the Brazilian agencies CNPq (grants 307552/2012-8 and 141911/2012-3) and FACEPE (APQ-0589-1.05/08). WHY acknowledges the support of Scientific Research Fund of Zhejiang Provincial Education Department (Y201120994). ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2015 IF: 2.346 |
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c:irua:125460 |
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2787 |
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Mei, H.; Xu, W.; Wang, C.; Yuan, H.; Zhang, C.; Ding, L.; Zhang, J.; Deng, C.; Wang, Y.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Terahertz magneto-optical properties of bi- and tri-layer graphene |
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A1 Journal article |
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2018 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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30 |
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17 |
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175701 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Magneto-optical (MO) properties of bi- and tri-layer graphene are investigated utilizing terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz TDS) in the presence of a strong magnetic field at room-temperature. In the Faraday configuration and applying optical polarization measurements, we measure the real and imaginary parts of the longitudinal and transverse MO conductivities of different graphene samples. The obtained experimental data fits very well with the classical MO Drude formula. Thus, we are able to obtain the key sample and material parameters of bi- and tri-layer graphene, such as the electron effective mass, the electronic relaxation time and the electron density. It is found that in high magnetic fields the electronic relaxation time tau for bi- and tri-layer graphene increases with magnetic field B roughly in a form tau similar to B-2. Most importantly, we obtain the electron effective mass for bi- and tri-layer graphene at room-temperature under non-resonant conditions. This work shows how the advanced THz MO techniques can be applied for the investigation into fundamental physics properties of atomically thin 2D electronic systems. |
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2018-03-20 |
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0953-8984 |
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2.649 |
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11 |
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; This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11574319, 11304317, 11304272), the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2011YQ130018), the Center of Science and Technology of Hefei Academy of Science, the Department of Science and Technology of Yunnan Province, and by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. ; |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:150715UA @ admin @ c:irua:150715 |
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4983 |
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Cukaric, N.A.; Partoens, B.; Tadic, M.Z.; Arsoski, V.V.; Peeters, F.M. |
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The 30-band k . p theory of valley splitting in silicon thin layers |
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2016 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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28 |
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28 |
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195303 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The valley splitting of the conduction-band states in a thin silicon-on-insulator layer is investigated using the 30-band k . p theory. The system composed of a few nm thick Si layer embedded within thick SiO2 layers is analyzed. The valley split states are found to cross periodically with increasing quantum well width, and therefore the energy splitting is an oscillatory function of the quantum well width, with period determined by the wave vector K-0 of the conduction band minimum. Because the valley split states are classified by parity, the optical transition between the ground hole state and one of those valley split conduction band states is forbidden. The oscillations in the valley splitting energy decrease with electric field and with smoothing of the composition profile between the well and the barrier by diffusion of oxygen from the SiO2 layers to the Si quantum well. Such a smoothing also leads to a decrease of the interband transition matrix elements. The obtained results are well parametrized by the effective two-valley model, but are found to disagree from previous 30-band calculations. This discrepancy could be traced back to the fact that the basis for the numerical solution of the eigenproblem must be restricted to the first Brillouin zone in order to obtain quantitatively correct results for the valley splitting. |
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2016-04-19 |
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0953-8984 |
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2.649 |
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; This work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development of Serbia, the Flemish fund for Scientific Research (FWO-Vl), and the Methusalem programme of the Flemish government. ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.649 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:133610 |
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4261 |
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Petrovic, M.D.; Peeters, F.M.; Chaves, A.; Farias, G.A. |
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Conductance maps of quantum rings due to a local potential perturbation |
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2013 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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25 |
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49 |
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495301-495309 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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We performed a numerical simulation of the dynamics of a Gaussian shaped wavepacket inside a small sized quantum ring, smoothly connected to two leads and exposed to a perturbing potential of a biased atomic force microscope tip. Using the Landauer formalism, we calculated conductance maps of this system in the case of single and two subband transport. We explain the main features in the conductance maps as due to the AFM tip influence on the wavepacket phase and amplitude. In the presence of an external magnetic field, the tip modifies the phi(0) periodic Aharonov-Bohm oscillation pattern into a phi(0)/2 periodic Al'tshuler-Aronov-Spivak oscillation pattern. Our results in the case of multiband transport suggest tip selectivity to higher subbands, making them more observable in the total |
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2013-11-01 |
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0953-8984;1361-648X; |
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2.649 |
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12 |
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; This work was supported by the Methusalem programme of the Flemish government, the CNPq-FWO bilateral programme and PNPD and FUNCAP/PRONEX grants. ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2013 IF: 2.223 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:112694 |
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478 |
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Chen, Y.; Shanenko, A.A.; Perali, A.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Superconducting nanofilms : molecule-like pairing induced by quantum confinement |
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A1 Journal article |
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2012 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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24 |
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18 |
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185701-185701,8 |
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Quantum confinement of the perpendicular motion of electrons in single-crystalline metallic superconducting nanofilms splits the conduction band into a series of single-electron subbands. A distinctive feature of such a nanoscale multi-band superconductor is that the energetic position of each subband can vary significantly with changing nanofilm thickness, substrate material, protective cover and other details of the fabrication process. It can occur that the bottom of one of the available subbands is situated in the vicinity of the Fermi level. We demonstrate that the character of the superconducting pairing in such a subband changes dramatically and exhibits a clear molecule-like trend, which is very similar to the well-known crossover from the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer regime to Bose-Einstein condensation (BCS-BEC) observed in trapped ultracold fermions. For Pb nanofilms with thicknesses of 4 and 5 monolayers (MLs) this will lead to a spectacular scenario: up to half of all the Cooper pairs nearly collapse, shrinking in the lateral size (parallel to the nanofilm) down to a few nanometers. As a result, the superconducting condensate will be a coherent mixture of almost molecule-like fermionic pairs with ordinary, extended Cooper pairs. |
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2012-04-05 |
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0953-8984;1361-648X; |
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Impact Factor |
2.649 |
Times cited |
26 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). AAS thanks A Bianconi, M D Croitoru and A V Vagov for useful discussions. AAS acknowledges the hospitality and fruitful interactions with G C Strinati, P Pieri and D Neilson during his visit to the University of Camerino, supported by the School of Advanced Studies of the University of Camerino. ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2012 IF: 2.355 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98223 |
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3357 |
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Peelaers, H.; Durgun, E.; Partoens, B.; Bilc, D.I.; Ghosez, P.; Van de Walle, C.G.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Ab initio study of hydrogenic effective mass impurities in Si nanowires |
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A1 Journal article |
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2017 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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29 |
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29 |
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095303 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The effect of B and P dopants on the band structure of Si nanowires is studied using electronic structure calculations based on density functional theory. At low concentrations a dispersionless band is formed, clearly distinguishable from the valence and conduction bands. Although this band is evidently induced by the dopant impurity, it turns out to have purely Si character. These results can be rigorously analyzed in the framework of effective mass theory. In the process we resolve some common misconceptions about the physics of hydrogenic shallow impurities, which can be more clearly elucidated in the case of nanowires than would be possible for bulk Si. We also show the importance of correctly describing the effect of dielectric confinement, which is not included in traditional electronic structure calculations, by comparing the obtained results with those of G(0)W(0) calculations. |
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2017-01-06 |
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2.649 |
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1 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the NSF MRSEC Program under award No. DMR11-21053, and the Army Research Office (W911NF-13-1-0380). DIB acknowledges financial support from the grant of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS UEFISCDI, project No. PN-II-RU-TE-2011-3-0085. Ph G acknowledges a research professorship of the Francqui foundation and financial support of the ARC project AIMED and FNRS project HiT4FiT. This research used resources of the Ceci HPC Center funded by F R S-FNRS (Grant No. 2.5020.1) and of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, a DOE Office of Science User Facility supported by the Office of Science of the US Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. ; |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:142447 |
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Kishore, V.V.R.; Čukarić, N.; Partoens, B.; Tadić, M.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Hole subbands in freestanding nanowires : six-band versus eight-band k.p modelling |
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2012 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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24 |
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13 |
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135302-135302,10 |
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The electronic structure of GaAs, InAs and InSb nanowires is studied using the six-band and the eight-band k.p models. The effect of the different Luttinger-like parameters (in the eight-band model) on the hole band structure is investigated. Although GaAs nanostructures are often treated within a six-band model because of the large bandgap, it is shown that an eight-band model is necessary for a correct description of its hole spectrum. The camel-back structure usually found in the six-band model is not always present in the eight-band model. This camel-back structure depends on the interaction between light and heavy holes, especially the ones with opposite spin. The latter effect is less pronounced in an eight-band model, but could be very sensitive to the Kane inter-band energy (E-P) value. |
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2012-03-06 |
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Impact Factor |
2.649 |
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13 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), Belgian Science Policy (IAP) and the Ministry of Education and Science of Serbia. ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2012 IF: 2.355 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:97763 |
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1479 |
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Nasr Esfahani, D.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Surface correlation effects in two-band strongly correlated slabs |
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2014 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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26 |
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7 |
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075601-75609 |
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Using an extension of the Gutzwiller approximation for an inhomogeneous system, we study the two-band Hubbard model with unequal band widths for a slab geometry. The aim is to investigate the mutual effect of individual bands on the spatial distribution of quasi-particle weight and charge density, especially near the surface of the slab. The main effect of the difference in band width is the presence of two different length scales corresponding to the quasi-particle profile of each band. This is enhanced in the vicinity of the critical interaction of the narrow band where an orbitally selective Mott transition occurs and a surface dead layer forms for the narrow band. For the doped case, two different regimes of charge transfer between the surface and the bulk of the slab are revealed. The charge transfer from surface/ center to center/ surface depends on both the doping level and the average relative charge accumulated in each band. Such effects could also be of importance when describing the accumulation of charges at the interface between structures made of multi-band strongly correlated materials. |
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2014-01-29 |
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2.649 |
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1 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem program of the Flemish government. One of us (LC) is a postdoctoral fellow of the FWO-Vl. ; |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:115723 |
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3395 |
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Ravi Kishore, V.V.; Partoens, B.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Electronic and optical properties of core-shell nanowires in a magnetic field |
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2014 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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J Phys-Condens Mat |
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26 |
Issue |
9 |
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095501-95512 |
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The electronic and optical properties of zincblende nanowires are investigated in the presence of a uniform magnetic field directed along the [001] growth direction within the k . p method. We focus our numerical study on core-shell nanowires consisting of the III-V materials GaAs, AlxGa1-xAs and AlyGa1-y/0.51In0.49P. Nanowires with electrons confined in the core exhibit a Fock-Darwin-like spectrum, whereas nanowires with electrons confined in the shell show Aharonov-Bohm oscillations. Thus, by properly choosing the core and the shell materials of the nanowire, the optical properties in a magnetic field can be tuned in very different ways. |
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2014-02-12 |
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Impact Factor |
2.649 |
Times cited |
10 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem Foundation of the Flemish government. ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2014 IF: 2.346 |
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:115845 |
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998 |
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Milovanovic, S.P.; Peeters, F.M. |
Title |
Strained graphene Hall bar |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2017 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
Abbreviated Journal |
J Phys-Condens Mat |
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29 |
Issue |
29 |
Pages |
075601 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The effects of strain, induced by a Gaussian bump, on the magnetic field dependent transport properties of a graphene Hall bar are investigated. The numerical simulations are performed using both classical and quantum mechanical transport theory and we found that both approaches exhibit similar characteristic features. The effects of the Gaussian bump are manifested by a decrease of the bend resistance, RB, around zero-magnetic field and the occurrence of side-peaks in RB. These features are explained as a consequence of bump-assisted scattering of electrons towards different terminals of the Hall bar. Using these features we are able to give an estimate of the size of the bump. Additional oscillations in RB are found in the quantum description that are due to the population/depopulation of Landau levels. The bump has a minor influence on the Hall resistance even for very high values of the pseudo-magnetic field. When the bump is placed outside the center of the Hall bar valley polarized electrons can be collected in the leads. |
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2016-12-24 |
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0953-8984 |
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UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
Impact Factor |
2.649 |
Times cited |
12 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the European Science Foundation (ESF) under the EUROCORES Program EuroGRAPHENE within the project CONGRAN. ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.649 |
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:140381 |
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4464 |
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Neek-Amal, M.; Peeters, F.M. |
Title |
Buckled circular monolayer graphene : a graphene nano-bowl |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2011 |
Publication |
Journal of physics : condensed matter |
Abbreviated Journal |
J Phys-Condens Mat |
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23 |
Issue |
4 |
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045002-045002,8 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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We investigate the stability of circular monolayer graphene subjected to a radial load using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. When monolayer graphene is radially stressed, after some small circular strain (~0.4%) it buckles and bends into a new bowl-like shape. Young's modulus is calculated from the linear relation between stress and strain before the buckling threshold, which is in agreement with experimental results. The prediction of elasticity theory for the buckling threshold of a radially stressed plate is presented and its results are compared to the one of our atomistic simulation. The Jarzynski equality is used to estimate the difference between the free energy of the non-compressed states and the buckled states. From a calculation of the free energy we obtain the optimum radius for which the system feels the minimum boundary stress. |
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000286142800003 |
Publication Date |
2010-12-16 |
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0953-8984;1361-648X; |
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UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
Impact Factor |
2.649 |
Times cited |
27 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2011 IF: 2.546 |
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:88043 |
Serial |
259 |
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Masir, M.R.; Vasilopoulos, P.; Peeters, F.M. |
Title |
Kronig-Penney model of scalar and vector potentials in graphene |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2010 |
Publication |
Journal of physics : condensed matter |
Abbreviated Journal |
J Phys-Condens Mat |
Volume |
22 |
Issue |
46 |
Pages |
465302,1-465302,10 |
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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We consider a one-dimensional (1D) superlattice (SL) on graphene consisting of very high and very thin (δ-function) magnetic and potential barriers with zero average potential and zero magnetic field. We calculate the energy spectrum analytically, study it in different limiting cases, and determine the condition under which an electron beam incident on an SL is highly collimated along its direction. In the absence of the magnetic SL the collimation is very sensitive to the value of W/Ws and is optimal for W/Ws = 1, where W is the distance between the positive and negative barriers and L = W + Ws is the size of the unit cell. In the presence of only the magnetic SL the collimation decreases and the symmetry of the spectrum around ky is broken for W/Ws\neq 1 . In addition, a gap opens which depends on the strength of the magnetic field. We also investigate the effect of spatially separated potential and magnetic δ-function barriers and predict a better collimation in specific cases. |
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London |
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000283838800004 |
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2010-11-05 |
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0953-8984;1361-648X; |
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Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
Impact Factor |
2.649 |
Times cited |
41 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI), the Belgian Science Policy (IAP), and the Canadian NSERC Grant No. OGP0121756. ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2010 IF: 2.332 |
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:85807 |
Serial |
1767 |
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Chen, Y.; Shanenko, A.A.; Croitoru, M.D.; Peeters, F.M. |
Title |
Quantum cascades in nano-engineered superconductors : geometrical, thermal and paramagnetic effects |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2012 |
Publication |
Journal of physics : condensed matter |
Abbreviated Journal |
J Phys-Condens Mat |
Volume |
24 |
Issue |
26 |
Pages |
265702 |
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The effect of a parallel magnetic field on the orbital motion of electrons in high-quality superconducting nanowires resulting in a superconductor-to-normal transition which occurs through a cascade of jumps in the order parameter as a function of the magnetic field. Such cascades originate from the transverse size quantization that splits the conduction band into a series of subbands. Here, based on a numerical solution of the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations for a hollow nanocylinder, we investigate how the quantum-size cascades depend on the confining geometry, i.e., by changing the cylinder radius R and its thickness d we cover the range from the nanowire-like to the nanofilm-like regime. The cascades are shown to become much less pronounced when increasing R/d, i.e., when the nanofilm-like regime is approached. When the temperature is non-zero they are thermally smoothed. This includes the spin-magnetic-field interaction which reduces the critical (depairing) parallel magnetic field H-c,H-parallel to but does not have any qualitative effect on the quantum cascades. From our calculations it is seen that the paramagnetic limiting field H-par significantly exceeds H-c,H-parallel to even in extremely narrow nanocylinders, i.e., when R, d are down to a few nanometers, and H-c,H-parallel to is only about 10% larger when switching-off the spin-magnetic-field interaction in this case. Both characteristic fields, H-c,H-parallel to and H-par, exhibit pronounced quantum-size oscillations. We demonstrate that the quantum cascades and the quantum-size oscillations survive in the presence of surface roughness. |
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London |
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000305640800014 |
Publication Date |
2012-06-07 |
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0953-8984;1361-648X; |
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Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
Impact Factor |
2.649 |
Times cited |
6 |
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; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI) and the ESF-AQDJJ network. MDC acknowledges the support of the EU Marie Curie IEF Action (Grant Agreement No. PIEF-GA-2009-235486-ScQSR). ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2012 IF: 2.355 |
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:100281 |
Serial |
2773 |
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Masir, M.R.; Vasilopoulos, P.; Peeters, F.M. |
Title |
Graphene in inhomogeneous magnetic fields : bound, quasi-bound and scattering states |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2011 |
Publication |
Journal of physics : condensed matter |
Abbreviated Journal |
J Phys-Condens Mat |
Volume |
23 |
Issue |
31 |
Pages |
315301,1-315301,14 |
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The electron states in graphene-based magnetic dot and magnetic ring structures and combinations of both are investigated. The corresponding spectra are studied as a function of the radii, the strengths of the inhomogeneous magnetic field and of a uniform background field, the strength of an electrostatic barrier and the angular momentum quantum number. In the absence of an external magnetic field we have only long-lived quasi-bound and scattering states and we assess their influence on the density of states. In addition, we consider elastic electron scattering by a magnetic dot, whose average B vanishes, and show that the Hall and longitudinal resistivities, as a function of the Fermi energy, exhibit a pronounced oscillatory structure due to the presence of quasi-bound states. Depending on the dot parameters this oscillatory structure differs substantially for energies below and above the first Landau level. |
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London |
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000293008900002 |
Publication Date |
2011-07-16 |
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0953-8984;1361-648X; |
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Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
Impact Factor |
2.649 |
Times cited |
38 |
Open Access |
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; This work was supported by the European Science Foundation (ESF) under the EUROCORES Program EuroGRAPHENE, the Canadian NSERC grant no. OGP0121756 and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). We acknowledge discussions and correspondence with Professor A Matulis. ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2011 IF: 2.546 |
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:91176 |
Serial |
1372 |
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Croitoru, M.D.; Shanenko, A.A.; Kaun, C.C.; Peeters, F.M. |
Title |
Ultra-small metallic grains : effect of statistical fluctuations of the chemical potential on superconducting correlations and vice versa |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2012 |
Publication |
Journal of physics : condensed matter |
Abbreviated Journal |
J Phys-Condens Mat |
Volume |
24 |
Issue |
27 |
Pages |
275701 |
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Superconducting correlations in an isolated metallic grain are governed by the interplay between two energy scales: the mean level spacing delta and the bulk pairing gap Delta(0), which are strongly influenced by the position of the chemical potential with respect to the closest single-electron level. In turn superconducting correlations affect the position of the chemical potential. Within the parity projected BCS model we investigate the probability distribution of the chemical potential in a superconducting grain with randomly distributed single-electron levels. Taking into account statistical fluctuations of the chemical potential due to the pairing interaction, we find that such fluctuations have a significant impact on the critical level spacing delta(c) at which the superconducting correlations cease: the critical ratio delta(c)/Delta(0) at which superconductivity disappears is found to be increased. |
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London |
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000305653100012 |
Publication Date |
2012-06-21 |
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0953-8984;1361-648X; |
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Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
Impact Factor |
2.649 |
Times cited |
9 |
Open Access |
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; This work was supported by the European Community under the Marie Curie IEF Action (Grant Agreement No. PIEF-GA-2009-235486-ScQSR), the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the Belgian Science Policy (IAP), and the ESF network INSTANS. MDC and AAS are grateful to A Vagov for stimulating discussions. ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2012 IF: 2.355 |
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:100280 |
Serial |
3793 |
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Hao, Y.L.; Djotyan, A.P.; Avetisyan, A.A.; Peeters, F.M. |
Title |
D- shallow donor near a semiconductor-metal and a semiconductor-dielectric interface |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2011 |
Publication |
Journal of physics : condensed matter |
Abbreviated Journal |
J Phys-Condens Mat |
Volume |
23 |
Issue |
11 |
Pages |
115303,1-115313,9 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The ground state energy and the extent of the wavefunction of a negatively charged donor (D − ) located near a semiconductormetal or a semiconductordielectric interface are obtained. We apply the effective mass approximation and use a variational two-electron wavefunction that takes into account the influence of all image charges that arise due to the presence of the interface, as well as the correlation between the two electrons bound to the donor. For a semiconductormetal interface, the D − binding energy is enhanced for donor positions d > 1.5aB (aB is the effective Bohr radius) due to the additional attraction of the electrons with their images. When the donor approaches the interface (i.e. d < 1.5aB) the D − binding energy drops and eventually it becomes unbound. For a semiconductordielectric (or a semiconductorvacuum) interface the D − binding energy is reduced for any donor position as compared to the bulk case and the system becomes rapidly unbound when the donor approaches the interface. |
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London |
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000287969200013 |
Publication Date |
2011-03-04 |
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0953-8984;1361-648X; |
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Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
Impact Factor |
2.649 |
Times cited |
5 |
Open Access |
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; This work was supported by the Belgian Science Policy (IAP) and the Brazilian Science Foundation CNPq. One of us (AAA) was supported by a fellowship from the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (IAP). ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.649; 2011 IF: 2.546 |
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:88828 |
Serial |
3528 |
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Jakovljevic, D.Z.; Grujic, M.M.; Tadic, M.Z.; Peeters, F.M. |
Title |
Helical edge states in silicene and germanene nanorings in perpendicular magnetic field |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2018 |
Publication |
Journal of physics : condensed matter |
Abbreviated Journal |
J Phys-Condens Mat |
Volume |
30 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
035301 |
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('Due to nonzero intrinsic spin-orbit interaction in buckled honeycomb crystal structures, silicene and germanene exhibit interesting topological properties, and are therefore candidates for the realization of the quantum spin Hall effect. We employ the Kane-Mele model to investigate the electron states in hexagonal silicene and germanene nanorings having either zigzag or armchair edges in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field. We present results for the energy spectra as function of magnetic field, the electron density of the spin-up and spin-down states in the ring plane, and the calculation of the probability current density. The quantum spin Hall phase is found at the edges between the nontrivial topological phase in silicene and germanene and vacuum. We demonstrate that the helical edge states in zigzag silicene and germanene nanorings can be qualitatively well understood by means of classical magnetic moments. However, this is not the case for comparable-sized armchair nanorings, where the eigenfunctions spread throughout the ring. Finally, we note that the energy spectra of silicene and germanene nanorings are similar and that the differences between the two are mainly related to the difference in magnitude of the spin-orbit coupling.')); |
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London |
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000418354400001 |
Publication Date |
2017-11-30 |
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0953-8984 |
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UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
Impact Factor |
2.649 |
Times cited |
4 |
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; This work was supported by Erasmus+ and the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (Project No. III45003). ; |
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Most recent IF: 2.649 |
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148426UA @ admin @ c:irua:148426 |
Serial |
4878 |
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