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	Author	Zhang, L.-F.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Tomasch effect in nanoscale superconductors			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	91	Issue	91	Pages	024508
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	The Tomasch effect (TE) is due to quasiparticle interference (QPI) as induced by a nonuniform superconducting order parameter, which results in oscillations in the density of states (DOS) at energies above the superconducting gap. Quantum confinement in nanoscale superconductors leads to an inhomogenerous distribution of the Cooperpair condensate, which, as we found, triggers the manifestation of a new TE. We investigate the electronic structure of nanoscale superconductors by solving the Bogoliubov-de Gennes (BdG) equations self-consistently and describe the TE determined by two types of processes, involving two-or three-subband QPIs. Both types of QPIs result in additional BCS-like Bogoliubov-quasiparticles and BCS-like energy gaps leading to oscillations in the DOS and modulated wave patterns in the local density of states. These effects are strongly related to the symmetries of the system. A reduced 4 x 4 inter-subband BdG Hamiltonian is established in order to describe analytically the TE of two-subband QPIs. Our study is relevant to nanoscale superconductors, either nanowires or thin films, Bose-Einsten condensates, and confined systems such as two-dimensional electron gas interface superconductivity.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Lancaster, Pa	Editor
	Language		Wos	000348473700003	Publication Date	2015-01-16
	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	6	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vlaanderen) and the Methusalem funding of the Flemish Government. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2015 IF: 3.736
	Call Number	c:irua:123864			Serial	3670
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	Author	Zhang, L.-F.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Position-dependent effect of non-magnetic impurities on superconducting properties of nanowires			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2015	Publication	Europhysics letters	Abbreviated Journal	Epl-Europhys Lett
	Volume	109	Issue	109	Pages	17010
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Anderson's theorem states that non-magnetic impurities do not change the bulk properties of conventional superconductors. However, as the dimensionality is reduced, the effect of impurities becomes more significant. Here we investigate superconducting nanowires with diameter comparable to the Fermi wavelength $\lambda_F$ (which is less than the superconducting coherence length) by using a microscopic description based on the Bogoliubov-de Gennes method. We find that: 1) impurities strongly affect the superconducting properties, 2) the effect is impurity position dependent, and 3) it exhibits opposite behavior for resonant and off-resonant wire widths. We show that this is due to the interplay between the shape resonances of the order parameter and the subband energy spectrum induced by the lateral quantum confinement. These effects can be used to manipulate the Josephson current, filter electrons by subband and investigate the symmetries of the superconducting subband gaps.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Paris	Editor
	Language		Wos	000348592100029	Publication Date	2015-01-21
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0295-5075	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	1.957	Times cited	7	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vlaanderen) and the Methusalem funding of the Flemish Government. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 1.957; 2015 IF: 2.095
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:128424			Serial	4227
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	Author	Zhang, L.-F.; Covaci, L.; Milošević, M.V.; Berdiyorov, G.R.; Peeters, F.M.
	Title	Unconventional vortex states in nanoscale superconductors due to shape-induced resonances in the inhomogeneous Cooper-pair condensate			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physical review letters	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev Lett
	Volume	109	Issue	10	Pages	107001
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Vortex matter in mesoscopic superconductors is known to be strongly affected by the geometry of the sample. Here we show that in nanoscale superconductors with coherence length comparable to the Fermi wavelength the shape resonances of the order parameter results in an additional contribution to the quantum topological confinement-leading to unconventional vortex configurations. Our Bogoliubov-de Gennes calculations in a square geometry reveal a plethora of asymmetric, giant multivortex, and vortex-antivortex structures, stable over a wide range of parameters and which are very different from those predicted by the Ginzburg-Landau theory. These unconventional states are relevant for high-T-c nanograins, confined Bose-Einstein condensates, and graphene flakes with proximity-induced superconductivity.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	New York, N.Y.	Editor
	Language		Wos	000308295700014	Publication Date	2012-09-05
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	ISSN	0031-9007;1079-7114;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	8.462	Times cited	31	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vlaanderen). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 8.462; 2012 IF: 7.943
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:101850			Serial	3801
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	Author	Zhang, L.; Fernández Becerra, V.; Covaci, L.; Milošević, M.V.
	Title	Electronic properties of emergent topological defects in chiral p-wave superconductivity			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2016	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	94	Issue	94	Pages	024520
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Chiral p-wave superconductors in applied magnetic field can exhibit more complex topological defects than just conventional superconducting vortices, due to the two-component order parameter (OP) and the broken time-reversal symmetry. We investigate the electronic properties of those exotic states, some of which contain clusters of one-component vortices in chiral components of the OP and/or exhibit skyrmionic character in the relative OP space, all obtained as a self-consistent solution of the microscopic Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations. We reveal the link between the local density of states (LDOS) of the novel topological states and the behavior of the chiral domain wall between the OP components, enabling direct identification of those states in scanning tunneling microscopy. For example, a skyrmion always contains a closed chiral domain wall, which is found to be mapped exactly by zero-bias peaks in LDOS. Moreover, the LDOS exhibits electron-hole asymmetry, which is different from the LDOS of conventional vortex states with same vorticity. Finally, we present the magnetic field and temperature dependence of the properties of a skyrmion, indicating that this topological defect can be surprisingly large in size, and can be pinned by an artificially indented nonsuperconducting closed path in the sample. These features are expected to facilitate the experimental observation of skyrmionic states, thereby enabling experimental verification of chirality in emerging superconducting materials.
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	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000381479500002	Publication Date	2016-07-26
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	27	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:135742			Serial	4303
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	Author	Zhang, L.-F.; Covaci, L.; Milošević, M.V.
	Title	Topological phase transitions in small mesoscopic chiral p-wave superconductors			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	96	Issue	22	Pages	224512
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	<script type='text/javascript'>document.write(unpmarked('Spin-triplet chiral p-wave superconductivity is typically described by a two-component order parameter, and as such is prone to unique emergent effects when compared to the standard single-component superconductors. Here we present the equilibrium phase diagram for small mesoscopic chiral p-wave superconducting disks in the presence of magnetic field, obtained by solving the microscopic Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations self-consistently. In the ultrasmall limit, the cylindrically symmetric giant-vortex states form the ground state of the system. However, with increasing sample size, the cylindrical symmetry is broken as the two components of the order parameter segregate into domains, and the number of fragmented domain walls between them characterizes the resulting states. Such domain walls are topological defects unique for the p-wave order, and constitute a dominant phase in the mesoscopic regime. Moreover, we find two possible types of domain walls, identified by their chirality-dependent interaction with the edge states.'));
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	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000418653500012	Publication Date	2017-12-26
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	18	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen) and the Special Research Funds of the University of Antwerp. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:148504			Serial	4901
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	Author	Zhang, L.-F.; Flammia, L.; Covaci, L.; Perali, A.; Milošević, M.V.
	Title	Multifaceted impact of a surface step on superconductivity in atomically thin films			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	96	Issue	10	Pages	104509
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Recent experiments show that an atomic step on the surface of atomically thin metallic films can strongly affect electronic transport. Here we reveal multiple and versatile effects that such a surface step can have on superconductivity in ultrathin films. By solving the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations self-consistently in this regime, where quantum confinement dominates the emergent physics, we show that the electronic structure is profoundly modified on the two sides of the step, as is the spatial distribution of the superconducting order parameter and its dependence on temperature and electronic gating. Furthermore, the surface step changes nontrivially the transport properties both in the proximity-induced superconducting pair correlations and the Josephson effect, depending on the step height. These results offer a new route to tailor superconducting circuits and design atomically thin heterojunctions made of one same material.
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	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000411076000012	Publication Date	2017-09-18
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	7	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen), the Special Research Funds of the University of Antwerp (TOPBOF project) and the Italian MIUR through the PRIN 2015 program (Contract No. 2015C5SEJJ001). ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:146750			Serial	4790
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	Author	Flammia, L.; Zhang, L.-F.; Covaci, L.; Perali, A.; Milošević, M.V.
	Title	Superconducting nanoribbon with a constriction : a quantum-confined Josephson junction			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2018	Publication	Physical review B	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	97	Issue	13	Pages	134514
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
	Abstract	Extended defects are known to strongly affect nanoscale superconductors. Here, we report the properties of superconducting nanoribbons with a constriction formed between two adjacent step edges by solving the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations self-consistently in the regime where quantum confinement is important. Since the quantum resonances of the superconducting gap in the constricted area are different from the rest of the nanoribbon, such constriction forms a quantum-confined S-S'-S Josephson junction, with a broadly tunable performance depending on the length and width of the constriction with respect to the nanoribbon, and possible gating. These findings provide an intriguing approach to further tailor superconducting quantum devices where Josephson effect is of use.
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	Publisher	American Physical Society	Place of Publication	New York, N.Y	Editor
	Language		Wos	000430161500004	Publication Date	2018-04-17
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9969; 2469-9950	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.836	Times cited	7	Open Access
	Notes	; This work was supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen), the Special Research Funds of the University of Antwerp (TOPBOF), the Italian MIUR through the PRIN 2015 program (Contract No. 2015C5SEJJ001), the MultiSuper network, and the EU-COST NANOCOHYBRI action CA16218. ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:150754UA @ admin @ c:irua:150754			Serial	4980
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	Author	Yang, C.; Batuk, M.; Jacquet, Q.; Rousse, G.; Yin, W.; Zhang, L.; Hadermann, J.; Abakumov, A.M.; Cibin, G.; Chadwick, A.; Tarascon, J.-M.; Grimaud, A.
	Title	Revealing pH-Dependent Activities and Surface Instabilities for Ni-Based Electrocatalysts during the Oxygen Evolution Reaction			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2018	Publication	ACS energy letters	Abbreviated Journal	Acs Energy Lett
	Volume		Issue		Pages	2884-2890
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	Multiple electrochemical processes are involved at the catalyst/ electrolyte interface during the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). With the purpose of elucidating the complexity of surface dynamics upon OER, we systematically studied two Ni-based crystalline oxides (LaNiO3−δ and La2Li0.5Ni0.5O4) and compared them with the state-of-the-art Ni−Fe (oxy)- hydroxide amorphous catalyst. Electrochemical measurements such as rotating ring disk electrode (RRDE) and electrochemical quartz microbalance microscopy (EQCM) coupled with a series of physical characterizations including transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) were conducted to unravel the exact pH effect on both the OER activity and the catalyst stability. We demonstrate that for Ni-based crystalline catalysts the rate for surface degradation depends on the pH and is greater than the rate for surface reconstruction. This behavior is unlike that for the amorphous Ni oxyhydroxide catalyst, which is found to be more stable and pH-independent.
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	Language		Wos	000453805100005	Publication Date	2018-11-08
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2380-8195	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor		Times cited		Open Access	Not_Open_Access: Available from 06.11.2019
	Notes	C.Y., J.-M.T., and A.G. acknowledge funding from the European Research Council (ERC) (FP/2014)/ERC GrantProject 670116-ARPEMA. A.G. acknowledges financial support from the ANR MIDWAY (Project ID ANR-17-CE05- 0008). We acknowledge Diamond Light Source for time awarded to the Energy Materials BAG on Beamline B18, under Proposal sp12559.			Approved	Most recent IF: NA
	Call Number	EMAT @ emat @c:irua:155046			Serial	5067
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	Author	Zhang, L.; Heijkers, S.; Wang, W.; Martini, L.M.; Tosi, P.; Yang, D.; Fang, Z.; Bogaerts, A.
	Title	Dry reforming of methane in a nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharge: chemical kinetics modeling			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2022	Publication	Plasma Sources Science & Technology	Abbreviated Journal	Plasma Sources Sci T
	Volume	31	Issue	5	Pages	055014
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	Nanosecond pulsed discharge plasma shows a high degree of non-equilibrium, and exhibits relatively high conversions in the dry reforming of methane. To further improve the application, a good insight of the underlying mechanisms is desired. We developed a chemical kinetics model to explore the underlying plasma chemistry in nanosecond pulsed discharge. We compared the calculated conversions and product selectivities with experimental results, and found reasonable agreement in a wide range of specific energy input. Hence, the chemical kinetics model is able to provide insight in the underlying plasma chemistry. The modeling results predict that the most important dissociation reaction of CO<sub>2</sub>and CH<sub>4</sub>is electron impact dissociation. C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub>is the most abundant hydrocarbon product, and it is mainly formed upon reaction of two CH<sub>2</sub>radicals. Furthermore, the vibrational excitation levels of CO<sub>2</sub>contribute for 85% to the total dissociation of CO<sub>2</sub>.
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	Language		Wos	000797660000001	Publication Date	2022-05-01
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	ISSN	0963-0252	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record
	Impact Factor	3.8	Times cited		Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	China Scholarship Council; National Natural Science Foundation of China, 11965018 ; This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 52077026, 11965018), L Zhang was also supported by the China Scholarship Council (CSC). Data availability statement The data that support the findings of this study are available upon reasonable request from the authors.			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.8
	Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:188537			Serial	7069
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	Author	Zhang, Q.‐Z.; Zhang, L.; Yang, D.‐Z.; Schulze, J.; Wang, Y.‐N.; Bogaerts, A.
	Title	Positive and negative streamer propagation in volume dielectric barrier discharges with planar and porous electrodes			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2021	Publication	Plasma Processes And Polymers	Abbreviated Journal	Plasma Process Polym
	Volume	18	Issue	4	Pages	2000234
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	The spatiotemporal dynamics of volume and surface positive and negative streamers in a pintoplate volume dielectric barrier discharge is investigated in this study. The discharge characteristics are found to be completely different for positive and negative streamers. First, the spatial propagation of a positive streamer is found to rely on electron avalanches caused by photo-electrons in front of the streamer head, whereas this is not the case for negative streamers. Second, our simulations reveal an interesting phenomenon of floating positive surface discharges, which develop when a positive streamer reaches a dielectric wall and which explain the experimentally observed branching characteristics. Third, we report for the first time, the interactions between a positive streamer and dielectric pores, in which both the pore diameter and depth affect the evolution of a positive streamer.
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	Language		Wos	000617876700001	Publication Date	2021-02-17
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1612-8850	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	2.846	Times cited		Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	Dalian University of Technology, DUT19RC(3)045 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China, 12020101005 ; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, SFB 1316 project A5 ; Universiteit Antwerpen, TOP‐BOF ; The authors acknowledge financial support from the TOP-BOF project of the University of Antwerp. This study was carried out in part using the Turing HPC infrastructure at the CalcUA core facility of the Universiteit Antwerpen, a division of the Flemish Supercomputer Center VSC, funded by the Hercules Foundation, the Flemish Government (Department EWI), and the University of Antwerp. Funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the frame of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 1316, project A5, National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 12020101005), and the Scientific Research Foundation from Dalian University of Technology (DUT19RC(3)045) is also acknowledged.			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.846
	Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:176565			Serial	6744
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	Author	Zhang, L.; Turner, S.; Brosens, F.; Verbeeck, J.
	Title	Model-based determination of dielectric function by STEM low-loss EELS			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2010	Publication	Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Rev B
	Volume	81	Issue	3	Pages	035102
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Theory of quantum systems and complex systems
	Abstract	Dielectric properties of materials are crucial in describing the electromagnetic response of materials. As devices are becoming considerably smaller than the optical wavelength, the conventional measuring methods based on optical response are limited by their spatial resolution. Electron energy loss spectroscopy performed in a scanning transmission electron microscope is a good alternative to obtain the dielectric properties with excellent spatial resolution. Due to the overlap of diffraction discs in scanning transmission electron microscopy, it is difficult to apply conventional experimental settings to suppress retardation losses. In this contribution, a relativistic dielectric model for the loss function is presented which is used in a model based optimization scheme to estimate the complex dielectric function of a material. The method is applied to experiments on bulk diamond and SrTiO3 and shows a good agreement with optical reference data when retardation effects are included. Application of this technique to nanoparticles is possible but several theoretical assumptions made in the model of the loss function are violated and interpretation becomes problematic.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Lancaster, Pa	Editor
	Language		Wos	000274002300027	Publication Date	2010-01-08
	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	9	Open Access
	Notes	Esteem – 026019; Fwo			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.836; 2010 IF: 3.774
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:81258UA @ admin @ c:irua:81258			Serial	2098
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	Author	Yan, Y.; Liao, Z.M.; Ke, X.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Wang, Q.; Sun, D.; Yao, W.; Zhou, S.; Zhang, L.; Wu, H.C.; Yu, D.P.;
	Title	Topological surface state enhanced photothermoelectric effect in Bi₂Se₃ nanoribbons			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2014	Publication	Nano letters	Abbreviated Journal	Nano Lett
	Volume	14	Issue	8	Pages	4389-4394
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	The photothermoelectric effect in topological insulator Bi2Se3 nanoribbons is studied. The topological surface states are excited to be spin-polarized by circularly polarized light. Because the direction of the electron spin is locked to its momentum for the spin-helical surface states, the photothermoelectric effect is significantly enhanced as the oriented motions of the polarized spins are accelerated by the temperature gradient. The results are explained based on the microscopic mechanisms of a photon induced spin transition from the surface Dirac cone to the bulk conduction band. The as-reported enhanced photothermoelectric effect is expected to have potential applications in a spin-polarized power source.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Washington	Editor
	Language		Wos	000340446200028	Publication Date	2014-07-21
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1530-6984;1530-6992;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	12.712	Times cited	51	Open Access
	Notes	European Research Council under the Seventh Framework Program (FP7); ERC Advanced Grant No. 246791-COUNTATOMS.			Approved	Most recent IF: 12.712; 2014 IF: 13.592
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:118128			Serial	3678
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	Author	Doenen, M.; Zhang, L.; Erni, R.; Williams, O.A.; Hardy, A.; van Bael, M.K.; Wagner, P.; Haenen, K.; Nesladek, M.; Van Tendeloo, G.
	Title	Diamond nucleation by carbon transport from buried nanodiamond TiO₂ sol-gel composites			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2009	Publication	Advanced materials	Abbreviated Journal	Adv Mater
	Volume	21	Issue	6	Pages	670-673
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Weinheim	Editor
	Language		Wos	000263492000007	Publication Date	2008-12-02
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0935-9648;1521-4095;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	19.791	Times cited	20	Open Access
	Notes	Fwo; Iap-P6/42; Esteem 026019			Approved	Most recent IF: 19.791; 2009 IF: NA
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:76329			Serial	688
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	Author	Eckert, M.; Mortet, V.; Zhang, L.; Neyts, E.; Verbeeck, J.; Haenen, ken; Bogaerts, A.
	Title	Theoretical investigation of grain size tuning during prolonged bias-enhanced nucleation			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2011	Publication	Chemistry of materials	Abbreviated Journal	Chem Mater
	Volume	23	Issue	6	Pages	1414-1423
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	In this paper, the effects of prolonged bias-enhanced nucleation (prolonged BEN) on the growth mechanisms of diamond are investigated by molecular dynamics (MD) and combined MD-Metropolis Monte Carlo (MD-MMC) simulations. First, cumulative impacts of CxHy+ and Hx+ on an a-C:H/nanodiamond composite were simulated; second, nonconsecutive impacts of the dominant ions were simulated in order to understand the observed phenomena in more detail. As stated in the existing literature, the growth of diamond structures during prolonged BEN is a process that takes place below the surface of the growing film. The investigation of the penetration behavior of CxHy+ and Hx+ species shows that the carbon-containing ions remain trapped within this amorphous phase where they dominate mechanisms like precipitation of sp3 carbon clusters. The H+ ions, however, penetrate into the crystalline phase at high bias voltages (>100 V), destroying the perfect diamond structure. The experimentally measured reduction of grain sizes at high bias voltage, reported in the literature, might thus be related to penetrating H+ ions. Furthermore, the CxHy+ ions are found to be the most efficient sputtering agents, preventing the build up of defective material.
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	Publisher		Place of Publication	Washington, D.C.	Editor
	Language		Wos	000288291400011	Publication Date	2011-02-23
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0897-4756;1520-5002;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	9.466	Times cited	9	Open Access
	Notes	Iwt; Fwo; Esteem 026019; Iap			Approved	Most recent IF: 9.466; 2011 IF: 7.286
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:87642			Serial	3605
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	Author	Mortet, V.; Zhang, L.; Eckert, M.; D'Haen, J.; Soltani, A.; Moreau, M.; Troadec, D.; Neyts, E.; De Jaeger, J.C.; Verbeeck, J.; Bogaerts, A.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Haenen, K.; Wagner, P.
	Title	Grain size tuning of nanocrystalline chemical vapor deposited diamond by continuous electrical bias growth : experimental and theoretical study			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2012	Publication	Physica status solidi : A : applications and materials science	Abbreviated Journal	Phys Status Solidi A
	Volume	209	Issue	9	Pages	1675-1682
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	In this work, a detailed structural and spectroscopic study of nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) thin films grown by a continuous bias assisted CVD growth technique is reported. This technique allows the tuning of grain size and phase purity in the deposited material. The crystalline properties of the films are characterized by SEM, TEM, EELS, and Raman spectroscopy. A clear improvement of the crystalline structure of the nanograined diamond film is observed for low negative bias voltages, while high bias voltages lead to thin films consisting of diamond grains of only ∼10 nm nanometer in size, showing remarkable similarities with so-called ultrananocrystalline diamond. These layers arecharacterized by an increasing amount of sp2-bonded carbon content of the matrix in which the diamond grains are embedded. Classical molecular dynamics simulations support the observed experimental data, giving insight in the underlying mechanism for the observed increase in deposition rate with bias voltage. Furthermore, a high atomic concentration of hydrogen has been determined in these films. Finally, Raman scattering analyses confirm that the Raman line observed at ∼1150 cm−1 cannot be attributed to trans-poly-acetylene, which continues to be reported in literature, reassigning it to a deformation mode of CHx bonds in NCD.
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	Language		Wos	000308942100009	Publication Date	2012-09-04
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	ISSN	1862-6300;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	1.775	Times cited	31	Open Access
	Notes	M.E. and E.N. acknowledge financial support from, respectively, the Institute for Promotion of Innovation through Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT), and the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO). J.V. gratefully acknowledges financial support from the GOA project “XANES meets ELNES” of the research fund of the University of Antwerp. Calculation support was provided by the University of Antwerp through the core facility CALCUA. G.V.T. acknowledges the ERC grant COUNTATOMS. The work was also financially supported by the joint UAUHasseltMethusalem “NANO” network, the Research Programs G.0068.07 and G.0555.10N of the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO), the IAP-P6/42 project “Quantum Effects in Clusters and Nanowires”, and by the EU FP7 through the Integrated Infrastructure Initiative “ESMI” (No. 262348), the Marie Curie ITN “MATCON” (PITN-GA-2009-238201), and the Collaborative Project “DINAMO” (No. 245122).			Approved	Most recent IF: 1.775; 2012 IF: 1.469
	Call Number	UA @ lucian @ c:irua:101516UA @ admin @ c:irua:101516			Serial	1364
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	Author	Parastaev, A.; Muravev, V.; Osta, E.H.; Kimpel, T.F.; Simons, J.F.M.; van Hoof, A.J.F.; Uslamin, E.; Zhang, L.; Struijs, J.J.C.; Burueva, D.B.; Pokochueva, E.V.; Kovtunov, K.V.; Koptyug, I.V.; Villar-Garcia, I.J.; Escudero, C.; Altantzis, T.; Liu, P.; Béché, A.; Bals, S.; Kosinov, N.; Hensen, E.J.M.
	Title	Breaking structure sensitivity in CO2 hydrogenation by tuning metal–oxide interfaces in supported cobalt nanoparticles			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2022	Publication	Nature Catalysis	Abbreviated Journal	Nat Catal
	Volume	5	Issue	11	Pages	1051-1060
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT)
	Abstract	A high dispersion of the active metal phase of transition metals on oxide supports is important when designing efficient heterogeneous catalysts. Besides nanoparticles, clusters and even single metal atoms can be attractive for a wide range of reactions. However, many industrially relevant catalytic transformations suffer from structure sensitivity, where reducing the size of the metal particles below a certain size substantially lowers catalytic performance. A case in point is the low activity of small cobalt nanoparticles in the hydrogenation of CO and CO2. Here we show how engineering of catalytic sites at the metal–oxide interface in cerium oxide–zirconium dioxide (ceria–zirconia)-supported cobalt can overcome this structure sensitivity. Few-atom cobalt clusters dispersed on 3 nm cobalt(II)-oxide particles stabilized by ceria–zirconia yielded a highly active CO2 methanation catalyst with a specific activity higher than that of larger particles under the same conditions.
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	Language		Wos	000884939300006	Publication Date	2022-11-17
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	ISSN	2520-1158	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	37.8	Times cited	32	Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	This research was supported by the Applied and Engineering Sciences division of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research through the Alliander (now Qirion) Perspective program on Plasma Conversion of CO2. We acknowledge Diamond Light Source for time on beamline B18 under proposal SP20715-1. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 823717 – ESTEEM3. S.B. acknowledges support from the European Research Council (ERC Consolidator Grant #815128 REALNANO) and T.A. acknowledges funding from the University of Antwerp Research fund (BOF). A.B. received funding from the European Union under grant agreement No 823717 – ESTEEM3. The authors acknowledge funding through the Hercules grant (FWO, University of Antwerp) I003218N “Infrastructure for imaging nanoscale processes in gas/vapour or liquid environments”. I.V.K., D.B.B., and E.V.P. acknowledge the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education (contract 075-15-2021-580) for financial support of parahydrogen-based studies. Experiments using synchrotron radiation XPS were performed at the CIRCE beamline at ALBA Synchrotron with the collaboration of ALBA staff. F. Oropeza Palacio and Rim C.J. van de Poll are acknowledged for the help with RPES measurements.; esteem3reported; esteem3jra			Approved	Most recent IF: 37.8
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	Author	Zhang, Q.-Z.; Tinck, S.; de Marneffe, J.-F.; Zhang, L.; Bogaerts, A.
	Title	Mechanisms for plasma cryogenic etching of porous materials			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2017	Publication	Applied physics letters	Abbreviated Journal	Appl Phys Lett
	Volume	111	Issue	17	Pages	173104
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
	Abstract	Porous materials are commonly used in microelectronics, as they can meet the demand for continuously shrinking electronic feature dimensions. However, they are facing severe challenges in plasma etching, due to plasma induced damage. In this paper, we present both the plasma characteristics and surface processing during the etching of porous materials. We explain how the damage occurs in the porous material during plasma etching for a wide range of chuck temperatures and the responsible mechanism for plasma damage-free etching at cryogenic temperature, by a combination of experiments and numerical modeling.
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	Language		Wos	000413863400032	Publication Date	2017-10-23
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	ISSN	0003-6951	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	3.411	Times cited	2	Open Access	OpenAccess
	Notes	We acknowledge the support from Marie Skłodowska- Curie actions (Grant Agreement-702604). This work was carried out in part using the Turing HPC infrastructure at the CalcUA core facility of Universiteit Antwerpen, a division of the Flemish Supercomputer Center VSC, funded by the Hercules Foundation, the Flemish Government (department EWI), and the University of Antwerp. L. Zhang and J.-F. de Marneffe acknowledge Dr. M. Cooke and A. Goodyear from Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology for processing the samples at their Yatton facility in the United Kingdom.			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.411
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	Author	Chen, H.; Xu, J.; Wang, Y.; Wang, D.; Ferrer-Espada, R.; Wang, Y.; Zhou, J.; Pedrazo-Tardajos, A.; Yang, M.; Tan, J.-H.; Yang, X.; Zhang, L.; Sychugov, I.; Chen, S.; Bals, S.; Paulsson, J.; Yang, Z.
	Title	Color-switchable nanosilicon fluorescent probes			Type	A1 Journal article
	Year	2022	Publication	ACS nano	Abbreviated Journal	Acs Nano
	Volume	16	Issue	9	Pages	15450-15459
	Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
	Abstract	Fluorescent probes are vital to cell imaging by allowing specific parts of cells to be visualized and quantified. Color-switchable probes (CSPs), with tunable emission wavelength upon contact with specific targets, are particularly powerful because they not only eliminate the need to wash away all unbound probe but also allow for internal controls of probe concentrations, thereby facilitating quantification. Several such CSPs exist and have proven very useful, but not for all key cellular targets. Here we report a pioneering CSP for in situ cell imaging using aldehydefunctionalized silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs) that switch their intrinsic photoluminescence from red to blue quickly when interacting with amino acids in live cells. Though conventional probes often work better in cell-free extracts than in live cells, the SiNCs display the opposite behavior and function well and fast in universal cell lines at 37 ? while requiring much higher temperature in extracts. Furthermore, the SiNCs only disperse in cytoplasm not nucleus, and their fluorescence intensity correlated linearly with the concentration of fed amino acids. We believe these nanosilicon probes will be promising tools to visualize distribution of amino acids and potentially quantify amino acid related processes in live cells.
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	Language		Wos	000861080700001	Publication Date	2022-09-15
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	ISSN	1936-0851	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
	Impact Factor	17.1	Times cited	1	Open Access	Not_Open_Access
	Notes	Z.Y. and H.C. acknowledge the funding support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21905316, 22175201) , the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province (2019A050510018) , the Pearl River Recruitment Program of Talent (2019QN01C108) , the EU Infrastructure Project EUSMI (Grant No. E190700310) , and Sun Yat-sen University. S.C. acknowledge the funding support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32171192) . D.W. acknowledges an Individual Fellowship funded by the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) in Horizon 2020 program (Grant No. 894254 SuprAtom) . S.B. and A.P.-T. acknowledge financial support from the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Programme by means of the grant agreement No. 731019 (EUSMI) and the ERC Consolidator Grant No. 815128 (REALNANO) . J.Z. acknowledged the funding support from the China Scholarship Council (CSC) . L.Z and J.X. thank Huzhou Li-in Biotechnology Co., Ltd. for the instrumentational and financial support. J.X. and R.F.-E. appreciate fruitful discussion with Dr. Emanuele Leoncini and Dr. Noah Olsman. J.X. and R.F.-E. also thank Mr. Daniel Eaton and Mr. Carlos Sanchez for their help with microscope setups.			Approved	Most recent IF: 17.1
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