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Author	Khanam, A.; Vohra, A.; Slotte, J.; Makkonen, I.; Loo, R.; Pourtois, G.; Vandervorst, W.
Title	A demonstration of donor passivation through direct formation of V-As-i complexes in As-doped Ge_1-XSn_x			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2020	Publication	Journal Of Applied Physics	Abbreviated Journal	J Appl Phys
Volume	127	Issue	19	Pages	195703
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	Positron annihilation spectroscopy in the Doppler and coincidence Doppler mode was applied on Ge1 xSnx epitaxial layers, grown by chemical vapor deposition with different total As concentrations (1019-1021 cm3), high active As concentrations (1019 cm3), and similar Sn concentrations (5.9%-6.4%). Positron traps are identified as mono-vacancy complexes. Vacancy-As complexes, V-Asi, formed during the growth were studied to deepen the understanding of the electrical passivation of the Ge1 xSnx:As epilayers. Larger monovacancy complexes, V-Asi (i 2), are formed as the As doping increases. The total As concentration shows a significant impact on the saturation of the number of As atoms (i 1/4 4) around the vacancies in the sample epilayers. The presence of V-Asi complexes decreases the dopant activation in the Ge1 xSnx:As epilayers. Furthermore, the presence of Sn failed to hinder the formation of larger V-Asi complexes and thus failed to reduce the donor-deactivation.
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Language		Wos	000536196000003	Publication Date	2020-05-15
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ISSN	0021-8979; 1089-7550	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	3.2	Times cited		Open Access
Notes	; ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.2; 2020 IF: 2.068
Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:170252			Serial	6447
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Author	Mehta, A.N.; Mo, J.; Pourtois, G.; Dabral, A.; Groven, B.; Bender, H.; Favia, P.; Caymax, M.; Vandervorst, W.
Title	Grain-boundary-induced strain and distortion in epitaxial bilayer MoS₂ lattice			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2020	Publication	Journal Of Physical Chemistry C	Abbreviated Journal	J Phys Chem C
Volume	124	Issue	11	Pages	6472-6478
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	Grain boundaries between 60 degrees rotated and twinned crystals constitute the dominant type of extended line defects in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D MX2) when grown on a single crystalline template through van der Waals epitaxy. The two most common 60 degrees grain boundaries in MX2 layers, i.e., beta- and gamma-boundaries, introduce distinct distortion and strain into the 2D lattice. They impart a localized tensile or compressive strain on the subsequent layer, respectively, due to van der Waals coupling in bilayer MX2 as determined by combining atomic resolution electron microscopy, geometric phase analysis, and density functional theory. Based on these observations, an alternate route to strain engineering through controlling intrinsic van der Waals forces in homobilayer MX2 is proposed. In contrast to the commonly used external means, this approach enables the localized application of strain to tune the electronic properties of the 2D semiconducting channel in ultra-scaled nanoelectronic applications.
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Language		Wos	000526396000067	Publication Date	2020-02-21
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ISSN	1932-7447; 1932-7455	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	3.7	Times cited	2	Open Access
Notes	; ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.7; 2020 IF: 4.536
Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:168625			Serial	6528
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Author	Drukarev, E.; Mikhailov, A.; Rakhimov, K.Y.; Yusupov, H.
Title	Relativistic photoeffect for s states in a central field			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2020	Publication	European Physical Journal D	Abbreviated Journal	Eur Phys J D
Volume	74	Issue	8	Pages	166-169
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	We study the photoionization of the s states in the systems bound by sufficiently weak central fields V(r) for the large photon energies corresponding to the relativistic photoelectrons. We demonstrate that the energy dependence of the photoionization cross section can be obtained without solving the wave equation. We show that the shape of the energy dependence of the cross section is determined by analytical properties of the binding potential V(r). We find the cross sections for the potentials V(r) which have singularities in the origin, on the real axis and in the complex plane.
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Language		Wos	000560347800005	Publication Date	2020-08-04
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ISSN	1434-6060; 1434-6079	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record
Impact Factor	1.8	Times cited		Open Access
Notes	; ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 1.8; 2020 IF: 1.288
Call Number	UA @ admin @ c:irua:171172			Serial	6593
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Author	Van Laer, K.; Bogaerts, A.
Title	Influence of Gap Size and Dielectric Constant of the Packing Material on the Plasma Behaviour in a Packed Bed DBD Reactor: A Fluid Modelling Study: Influence of Gap Size and Dielectric Constant…			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2017	Publication	Plasma processes and polymers	Abbreviated Journal	Plasma Process Polym
Volume	14	Issue	14	Pages	1600129
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	A packed bed dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) was studied by means of fluid modelling, to investigate the influence of the dielectric constant of the packing on the plasma characteristics, for two different gap sizes. The electric field strength and electron temperature are much more enhanced in a microgap reactor than in a mm-gap reactor, leading to more current peaks per half-cycle, but also to non-quasineutral plasma. Increasing the dielectric constant enhances the electric field further, but only up to a certain value of dielectric constant, being 9 for a microgap and 100 for a mm-gap reactor. The enhanced electric field results in a higher electron temperature, but also lower electron density. This last one strongly affects the reaction rate.
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Language		Wos	000403074000010	Publication Date	2016-09-19
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ISSN	1612-8850	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	2.846	Times cited	23	Open Access	Not_Open_Access
Notes	Acknowledgements: This research was carried out in the framework of the network on Physical Chemistry of Plasma- Surface Interactions – Interuniversity Attraction Poles, phase VII (http://psi-iap7.ulb.ac.be/), and supported by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO). K. Van Laer is indebted to the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT Flanders) for financial support. The calculations were carried out using the Turing HPC infrastructure at the CalcUA core facility of the Universiteit Antwerpen (UAntwerpen), a division of the Flemish Supercomputer Center VSC, funded by the Hercules Foundation, the Flemish Government (department EWI) and the UAntwerpen.			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.846
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @ c:irua:142639			Serial	4560
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Author	Zheng, J.; Zhang, H.; Lv, J.; Zhang, M.; Wan, J.; Gerrits, N.; Wu, A.; Lan, B.; Wang, W.; Wang, S.; Tu, X.; Bogaerts, A.; Li, X.
Title	Enhanced NH₃Synthesis from Air in a Plasma Tandem-Electrocatalysis System Using Plasma-Engraved N-Doped Defective MoS₂			Type	A1 Journal Article
Year	2023	Publication	JACS Au	Abbreviated Journal	JACS Au
Volume	3	Issue	5	Pages	1328-1336
Keywords	A1 Journal Article; Plasma, laser ablation and surface modeling Antwerp (PLASMANT) ;
Abstract	We have developed a sustainable method to produce NH3 directly from air using a plasma tandem-electrocatalysis system that operates via the N2−NOx−NH3 pathway. To efficiently reduce NO2− to NH3, we propose a novel electrocatalyst consisting of defective N-doped molybdenum sulfide nanosheets on vertical graphene arrays (N-MoS2/VGs). We used a plasma engraving process to form the metallic 1T phase, N doping, and S vacancies in the electrocatalyst simultaneously. Our system exhibited a remarkable NH3 production rate of 7.3 mg h−1 cm−2 at −0.53 V vs RHE, which is almost 100 times higher than the state-of-the-art electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction and more than double that of other hybrid systems. Moreover, a low energy consumption of only 2.4 MJ molNH3−1 was achieved in this study. Density functional theory calculations revealed that S vacancies and doped N atoms play a dominant role in the selective reduction of NO2− to NH3. This study opens up new avenues for efficient NH3 production using cascade systems.
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Language		Wos	000981779300001	Publication Date	2023-05-22
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ISSN	2691-3704	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
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Notes	ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51976191, 5227060056, 52276214) and the National Key Technologies R&D Program of China (2018YFE0117300). N.G. was financially supported through an NWO Rubicon Grant (019.202EN.012). X.T. acknowl- edges the support of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/X002713/1).			Approved	Most recent IF: NA
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:196761			Serial	8792
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Author	Snoeckx, R.; Rabinovich, A.; Dobrynin, D.; Bogaerts, A.; Fridman, A.
Title	Plasma-based liquefaction of methane: The road from hydrogen production to direct methane liquefaction			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2017	Publication	Plasma processes and polymers	Abbreviated Journal	Plasma Process Polym
Volume	14	Issue	14	Pages	1600115
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	For the energy industry, a process that is able to transform methane—being the prime component of natural gas—efficiently into a liquid product would be equivalent to a goose with golden eggs. As such it is no surprise that research efforts in this field already date back to the nineteen hundreds. Plasma technology can be considered to be a novel player in this field, but nevertheless one with great potential. Over the past decades this technology has evolved from sole hydrogen production, over indirect methane liquefaction to eventually direct plasma-assisted methane liquefaction processes. An overview of this evolution and these processes is presented, from which it becomes clear that the near future probably lies with the direct two phase plasma-assisted methane liquefaction and the far future with the direct oxidative methane liquefaction.
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Language		Wos	000403699900008	Publication Date	2016-10-28
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ISSN	1612-8850	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	2.846	Times cited	16	Open Access	Not_Open_Access
Notes	Advanced Plasma Solutions; Drexel University; Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid; Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique – FNRS, G038316N V403616N ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.846
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @ c:irua:144212			Serial	4622
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Author	Tampieri, F.; Espona-Noguera, A.; Labay, C.; Ginebra, M.-P.; Yusupov, M.; Bogaerts, A.; Canal, C.
Title	Does non-thermal plasma modify biopolymers in solution? A chemical and mechanistic study for alginate			Type	A1 Journal Article
Year	2023	Publication	Biomaterials Science	Abbreviated Journal
Volume		Issue		Pages
Keywords	A1 Journal Article; Plasma, laser ablation and surface modeling Antwerp (PLASMANT) ;
Abstract	In the last decades, non-thermal plasma has been extensively investigated as a relevant tool for various biomedical applications, ranging from tissue decontamination to regeneration and from skin treatment to tumor therapies. This high versatility is due to the different kinds and amount of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species that can be generated during a plasma treatment and put in contact with the biological target. Some recent studies report that solutions of biopolymers with the ability to generate hydrogels, when treated with plasma, can enhance the generation of reactive species and influence their stability, resulting thus in the ideal media for indirect treatments of biological targets. The direct effects of the plasma treatment on the structure of biopolymers in water solution, as well as the chemical mechanisms responsible for the enhanced generation of RONS, are not yet fully understood. In this study, we aim at filling this gap by investigating, on the one hand, the nature and extent of the modifications induced by plasma treatment in alginate solutions, and, on the other hand, at using this information to explain the mechanisms responsible for the enhanced generation of reactive species as a consequence of the treatment. The approach we use is twofold: (i) investigating the effects of plasma treatment on alginate solutions, by size exclusion chromatography, rheology and scanning electron microscopy and (ii) study of a molecular model (glucuronate) sharing its chemical structure, by chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry and by molecular dynamics simulations. Our results point out the active role of the biopolymer chemistry during direct plasma treatment. Short-lived reactive species, such as OH radicals and O atoms, can modify the polymer structure, affecting its functional groups and causing partial fragmentation. Some of these chemical modifications, like the generation of organic peroxide, are likely responsible for the secondary generation of long-lived reactive species such as hydrogen peroxide and nitrite ions. This is relevant in view of using biocompatible hydrogels as vehicles for storage and delivery reactive species for targeted therapies.
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Language		Wos	000973699000001	Publication Date	2023-04-11
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ISSN	2047-4830	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	6.6	Times cited		Open Access	Not_Open_Access
Notes	Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca, SGR2022-1368 ; H2020 European Research Council, 714793 ; European Cooperation in Science and Technology, CA19110 CA20114 ; Secretaría de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, PID2019-103892RB-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 ; We thank Gonzalo Rodríguez Cañada and Xavier Solé-Martí (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) for help in collecting some of the experimental data and for the useful discussions. This work has been primarily funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement no. 714793). The authors acknowledge MINECO for PID2019103892RB-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 project (CC). The authors belong to SGR2022-1368 (FT, AEN, CL, MPG, CC) and acknowledge Generalitat de Catalunya for the ICREA Academia Award for Excellence in Research of CC. We thank also COST Actions CA20114 (Therapeutical Applications of Cold Plasmas) and CA19110 (Plasma Applications for Smart and Sustainable Agriculture) for the stimulating environment provided.			Approved	Most recent IF: 6.6; 2023 IF: 4.21
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:196773			Serial	8794
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Author	Vanraes, P.; Parayil Venugopalan, S.; Bogaerts, A.
Title	Multiscale modeling of plasma–surface interaction—General picture and a case study of Si and SiO₂etching by fluorocarbon-based plasmas			Type	A1 Journal Article
Year	2021	Publication	Applied Physics Reviews	Abbreviated Journal	Appl Phys Rev
Volume	8	Issue	4	Pages	041305
Keywords	A1 Journal Article; Plasma, laser ablation and surface modeling Antwerp (PLASMANT) ;
Abstract	The physics and chemistry of plasma–surface interaction is a broad domain relevant to various applications and several natural processes, including plasma etching for microelectronics fabrication, plasma deposition, surface functionalization, nanomaterial synthesis, fusion reactors, and some astrophysical and meteorological phenomena. Due to their complex nature, each of these processes is generally investigated in separate subdomains, which are considered to have their own theoretical, modeling, and experimental challenges. In this review, however, we want to emphasize the overarching nature of plasma–surface interaction physics and chemistry, by focusing on the general strategy for its computational simulation. In the ﬁrst half of the review, we provide a menu card with standard and less standardized computational methods to be used for the multiscale modeling of the underlying processes. In the second half, we illustrate the beneﬁts and potential of the multiscale modeling strategy with a case study of Si and SiO2 etching by ﬂuorocarbon plasmas and identify the gaps in knowledge still present on this intensely investigated plasma–material combination, both on a qualitative and quantitative level. Remarkably, the dominant etching mechanisms remain the least understood. The resulting new insights are of general relevance, for all plasmas and materials, including their various applications. We therefore hope to motivate computational and experimental scientists and engineers to collaborate more intensely on ﬁlling the existing gaps in knowledge. In this way, we expect that research will overcome a bottleneck stage in the development and optimization of multiscale models, and thus the fundamental understanding of plasma–surface interaction.
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Language		Wos	000754799700001	Publication Date	2021-10-07
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ISSN	1931-9401	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	13.667	Times cited		Open Access	OpenAccess
Notes	Asml; P. Vanraes acknowledges funding by ASML for the project “Computational simulation of plasma etching of trench structures.” P. Vanraes wishes to thank Violeta Georgieva and Stefan Tinck for the fruitful discussions on the HPEM code, Yu-Ru Zhang for an example of the CCP reactor code, and Karel Venken for his technical help with the server maintenance and use. P. Vanraes and A. Bogaerts want to express their gratitude to Mark J. Kushner (University of Michigan) for the sharing of the HPEM and MCFPM codes and for the interesting exchange of views. S. P. Venugopalan wishes to thank Sander Wuister, Coen Verschuren, Michael Kubis, Mohammad Kamali,			Approved	Most recent IF: 13.667
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:183287			Serial	6814
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Author	Nematollahi, P.; Barbiellini, B.; Bansil, A.; Lamoen, D.; Qingying, J.; Mukerjee, S.; Neyts, E.C.
Title	Identification of a Robust and Durable FeN₄C_xCatalyst for ORR in PEM Fuel Cells and the Role of the Fifth Ligand			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2022	Publication	ACS catalysis	Abbreviated Journal	Acs Catal
Volume		Issue		Pages	7541-7549
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	Although recent studies have advanced the understanding of pyrolyzed Fe−N−C materials as oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts, the atomic and electronic structures of the active sites and their detailed reaction mechanisms still remain unknown. Here, based on first-principles density functional theory (DFT) computations, we discuss the electronic structures of three FeN4 catalytic centers with different local topologies of the surrounding C atoms with a focus on unraveling the mechanism of their ORR activity in acidic electrolytes. Our study brings back a forgotten, synthesized pyridinic Fe−N coordinate to the community’s attention, demonstrating that this catalyst can exhibit excellent activity for promoting direct four-electron ORR through the addition of a fifth ligand such as −NH2, −OH, and −SO4. We also identify sites with good stability properties through the combined use of our DFT calculations and Mössbauer spectroscopy data.
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Language		Wos	000823193100001	Publication Date	2022-06-10
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ISSN	2155-5435	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	12.9	Times cited		Open Access	OpenAccess
Notes	Basic Energy Sciences, DE-FG02-07ER46352 ; Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, 1261721N ; Opetus- ja Kulttuuriministeri?; Department of Energy, DE-EE0008416 ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 12.9
Call Number	EMAT @ emat @c:irua:189000			Serial	7073
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Author	Biswas, A.N.; Winter, L.R.; Loenders, B.; Xie, Z.; Bogaerts, A.; Chen, J.G.
Title	Oxygenate Production from Plasma-Activated Reaction of CO₂and Ethane			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2021	Publication	Acs Energy Letters	Abbreviated Journal	Acs Energy Lett
Volume		Issue		Pages	236-241
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	Upgrading ethane with CO2 as a soft oxidant represents a desirable means of obtaining oxygenated hydrocarbons. This reaction is not thermodynamically feasible under mild conditions and has not been previously achieved as a one-step process. Nonthermal plasma was implemented as an alternative means of supplying energy to overcome activation barriers, leading to the production of alcohols, aldehydes, and acids as well as C1−C5+ hydrocarbons under ambient pressure, with a maximum total oxygenate selectivity of 12%. A plasma chemical kinetic computational model was developed and found to be in good agreement with the experimental trends. Results from this study illustrate the potential to use plasma for the direct synthesis of value-added alcohols, acids, and aldehydes from ethane and CO2 under mild conditions.
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Language		Wos	000732435700001	Publication Date	2021-12-14
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ISSN	2380-8195	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
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Notes	Basic Energy Sciences, DE-SC0012704 ; Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, S001619N ; H2020 European Research Council, 810182 ; National Science Foundation, DGE 16-44869 ; This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Oﬃce of Basic Energy Sciences, Catalysis Science Program (grant no. DE-SC0012704). L.R.W. acknowledges the U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program grant number DGE 16-44869. B.L. and A.B. acknowledge support from the FWO-SBO project PLASMA240			Approved	Most recent IF: NA
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:184812			Serial	6897
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Author	Engelmann, Y.; van ’t Veer, K.; Gorbanev, Y.; Neyts, E.C.; Schneider, W.F.; Bogaerts, A.
Title	Plasma Catalysis for Ammonia Synthesis: A Microkinetic Modeling Study on the Contributions of Eley–Rideal Reactions			Type	A1 Journal Article;Plasma catalysis
Year	2021	Publication	Acs Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering	Abbreviated Journal	Acs Sustain Chem Eng
Volume	9	Issue	39	Pages	13151-13163
Keywords	A1 Journal Article;Plasma catalysis; Eley−Rideal reactions; Volcano plots; Vibrational excitation; Radical reactions; Dielectric barrier discharge; Plasma, laser ablation and surface modeling Antwerp (PLASMANT) ;
Abstract	Plasma catalysis is an emerging new technology for the electriﬁcation and downscaling of NH3 synthesis. Increasing attention is being paid to the optimization of plasma catalysis with respect to the plasma conditions, the catalyst material, and their mutual interaction. In this work we use microkinetic models to study how the total conversion process is impacted by the combination of diﬀerent plasma conditions and transition metal catalysts. We study how plasma-generated radicals and vibrationally excited N2 (present in a dielectric barrier discharge plasma) interact with the catalyst and impact the NH3 turnover frequencies (TOFs). Both ﬁlamentary and uniform plasmas are studied, based on plasma chemistry models that provided plasma phase speciation and vibrational distribution functions. The Langmuir−Hinshelwood reaction rate coeﬃcients (i.e., adsorption reactions and subsequent reactions among adsorbates) are determined using conventional scaling relations. An additional set of Eley−Rideal reactions (i.e., direct reactions of plasma radicals with adsorbates) was added and a sensitivity analysis on the assumed reaction rate coeﬃcients was performed. We ﬁrst show the impact of diﬀerent vibrational distribution functions on the catalytic dissociation of N2 and subsequent production of NH3, and we gradually include more radical reactions, to illustrate the contribution of these species and their corresponding reaction pathways. Analysis over a large range of catalysts indicates that diﬀerent transition metals (metals such as Rh, Ni, Pt, and Pd) optimize the NH3TOFs depending on the population of the vibrational levels of N2. At higher concentrations of plasma-generated radicals, the NH3 TOFs become less dependent on the catalyst material, due to radical adsorptions on the more noble catalysts and Eley−Rideal reactions on the less noble catalysts.
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Language		Wos	000705367800004	Publication Date	2021-10-04
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ISSN	2168-0485	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	5.951	Times cited		Open Access	OpenAccess
Notes	Basic Energy Sciences, DE-SC0021107 ; Vlaamse regering, HBC.2019.0108 ; H2020 European Research Council, 810182 ; Methusalem project – University of Antwerp; Excellence of science FWO-FNRS, GoF9618n ; TOP-BOF – University of Antwerp; DOCPRO3 – University of Antwerp; We acknowledge the ﬁnancial support from the DOC-PRO3, the TOP-BOF, and the Methusalem project of the University of Antwerp, as well as from the European Research Council (ERC) (grant agreement No, 810182−SCOPE ERC Synergy project), under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, the Flemish Government through the Moonshot cSBO project P2C (HBC.2019.0108), and the Excellence of Science FWO-FNRS project (FWO grant ID GoF9618n, EOS ID 30505023). Calculations were carried out 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), 13162			Approved	Most recent IF: 5.951
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:182482			Serial	6811
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Author	Jafarzadeh, A.; Bal, K.M.; Bogaerts, A.; Neyts, E.C.
Title	Activation of CO₂on Copper Surfaces: The Synergy between Electric Field, Surface Morphology, and Excess Electrons			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2020	Publication	Journal Of Physical Chemistry C	Abbreviated Journal	J Phys Chem C
Volume	124	Issue	12	Pages	6747-6755
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	In this work, we use density functional theory calculations to study the combined eﬀect of external electric ﬁelds, surface morphology, and surface charge on CO2 activation over Cu(111), Cu(211), Cu(110), and Cu(001) surfaces. We observe that the binding energy of the CO2 molecule on Cu surfaces increases signiﬁcantly upon increasing the applied electric ﬁeld strength. In addition, rougher surfaces respond more eﬀectively to the presence of the external electric ﬁeld toward facilitating the formation of a carbonate-like CO2 structure and the transformation of the most stable adsorption mode from physisorption to chemisorption. The presence of surface charges further strengthens the electric ﬁeld eﬀect and consequently causes an improved bending of the CO2 molecule and C−O bond length elongation. On the other hand, a net charge in the absence of an externally applied electric ﬁeld shows only a marginal eﬀect on CO2 binding. The chemisorbed CO2 is more stable and further activated when the eﬀects of an external electric ﬁeld, rough surface, and surface charge are combined. These results can help to elucidate the underlying factors that control CO2 activation in heterogeneous and plasma catalysis, as well as in electrochemical processes.
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Language		Wos	000526396900030	Publication Date	2020-03-26
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ISSN	1932-7447	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	3.7	Times cited		Open Access
Notes	Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds, 32249 ; The ﬁnancial support from the TOP research project of the Research Fund of the University of Antwerp (grant ID: 32249) is highly acknowledged by the authors. The computational resources used in this study were provided by the VSC (Flemish Supercomputer Center), funded by the FWO and the Flemish Governmentdepartment EWI.			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.7; 2020 IF: 4.536
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:168606			Serial	6361
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Author	Oliveira, M.C.; Yusupov, M.; Bogaerts, A.; Cordeiro, R.M.
Title	How do nitrated lipids affect the properties of phospholipid membranes?			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2020	Publication	Archives Of Biochemistry And Biophysics	Abbreviated Journal	Arch Biochem Biophys
Volume	695	Issue		Pages	108548
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	Biological membranes are under constant attack of free radicals, which may lead to lipid nitro-oxidation, pro ducing a complex mixture of nitro-oxidized lipids that are responsible for structural and dynamic changes on the membrane. Despite the latter, nitro-oxidized lipids are also associated with several inflammatory and neuro degenerative diseases, the underlying mechanisms of which remain elusive. We perform atomistic molecular dynamics simulations using several isomers of nitro-oxidized lipids to study their effect on the structure and permeability of the membrane, as well as the interaction between the mixture of these products in the phospholipid membrane environment. Our results show that the stereo- and positional isomers have a stronger effect on the properties of the membrane composed of oxidized lipids compared to that containing nitrated lipids. Nevertheless, nitrated lipids lead to three-fold increase in water permeability compared to oxidized lipids. In addition, we show that in a membrane consisting of combined nitro-oxidized lipid products, the presence of oxidized lipids protects the membrane from transient pores. Is well stablished that plasma application and photodynamic therapy produces a number of oxidative species used to kill cancer cells, through membrane damage induced by nitro-oxidative stress. This study is important to elucidate the mechanisms and the molecular level properties involving the reactive species produced during that cancer therapies.
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Language		Wos	000594173400010	Publication Date	0000-00-00
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ISSN	0003-9861	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	3.9	Times cited		Open Access
Notes	CAPES; Flanders Research Foundation, 1200219N ; We thank Universidade Federal do ABC for providing the computational resources needed for completion of this work and CAPES for scholarship granted. M.Y. acknowledges the Flanders Research Foundation (grant 1200219N) for financial support.			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.9; 2020 IF: 3.165
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:173861			Serial	6440
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Author	Gorbanev, Y.; Engelmann, Y.; van’t Veer, K.; Vlasov, E.; Ndayirinde, C.; Yi, Y.; Bals, S.; Bogaerts, A.
Title	Al2O3-Supported Transition Metals for Plasma-Catalytic NH3 Synthesis in a DBD Plasma: Metal Activity and Insights into Mechanisms			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2021	Publication	Catalysts	Abbreviated Journal	Catalysts
Volume	11	Issue	10	Pages	1230
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT); Movement Antwerp (MOVANT)
Abstract	N2 fixation into NH3 is one of the main processes in the chemical industry. Plasma catalysis is among the environmentally friendly alternatives to the industrial energy-intensive Haber-Bosch process. However, many questions remain open, such as the applicability of the conventional catalytic knowledge to plasma. In this work, we studied the performance of Al2O3-supported Fe, Ru, Co and Cu catalysts in plasma-catalytic NH3 synthesis in a DBD reactor. We investigated the effects of different active metals, and different ratios of the feed gas components, on the concentration and production rate of NH3, and the energy consumption of the plasma system. The results show that the trend of the metal activity (common for thermal catalysis) does not appear in the case of plasma catalysis: here, all metals exhibited similar performance. These findings are in good agreement with our recently published microkinetic model. This highlights the virtual independence of NH3 production on the metal catalyst material, thus validating the model and indicating the potential contribution of radical adsorption and Eley-Rideal reactions to the plasma-catalytic mechanism of NH3 synthesis.
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Language		Wos	000715656300001	Publication Date	2021-10-13
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ISSN	2073-4344	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	3.082	Times cited	19	Open Access	OpenAccess
Notes	Catalisti, Moonshot P2C ; Research Foundation – Flanders, GoF9618n ; European Research Council, 810182 SCOPE 815128 REALNANO ; sygmaSB			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.082
Call Number	EMAT @ emat @c:irua:183279			Serial	6815
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Author	Verlackt, C.C.W.; Neyts, E.C.; Jacob, T.; Fantauzzi, D.; Golkaram, M.; Shin, Y.-K.; van Duin, A.C.T.; Bogaerts, A.
Title	Atomic-scale insight into the interactions between hydroxyl radicals and DNA in solution using the ReaxFF reactive force field			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2015	Publication	New journal of physics	Abbreviated Journal	New J Phys
Volume	17	Issue	17	Pages	103005
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	Cold atmospheric pressure plasmas have proven to provide an alternative treatment of cancer by targeting tumorous cells while leaving their healthy counterparts unharmed. However, the underlying mechanisms of the plasma–cell interactions are not yet fully understood. Reactive oxygen species, and in particular hydroxyl radicals (OH), are known to play a crucial role in plasma driven apoptosis of malignant cells. In this paper we investigate the interaction of OH radicals, as well as H2O2 molecules and HO2 radicals, with DNA by means of reactive molecular dynamics simulations using the ReaxFF force field. Our results provide atomic-scale insight into the dynamics of oxidative stress on DNA caused by the OH radicals, while H2O2 molecules appear not reactive within the considered timescale. Among the observed processes are the formation of 8-OH-adduct radicals, forming the first stages towards the formation of 8-oxoGua and 8-oxoAde, H-abstraction reactions of the amines, and the partial opening of loose DNA ends in aqueous solution.
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Language		Wos	000367328100001	Publication Date	2015-10-02
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ISSN	1367-2630;	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	3.786	Times cited	18	Open Access
Notes	CCWV,ECN and AB acknowledge the contribution of J Van Beeck who is investigating the interaction between H2O2 andDNAusingrMDsimulations. Furthermore, they acknowledge financial support from the Fund for Scientific Research—Flanders (project number G012413N). The calculations were performed using the Turing HPCinfrastructure 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 Universiteit Antwerpen. TJ and DF gratefully acknowledge support from the European Research Council through the ERC-Starting GrantTHEOFUN(Grant Agreement No. 259608).			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.786; 2015 IF: 3.558
Call Number	c:irua:129178			Serial	3955
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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	Berdiyorov, G.R.; Khalilov, U.; Hamoudi, H.; Neyts, E.C.
Title	Effect of chemical modification on electronic transport properties of carbyne			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2021	Publication	Journal Of Computational Electronics	Abbreviated Journal	J Comput Electron
Volume		Issue		Pages
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	Using density functional theory in combination with the Green’s functional formalism, we study the effect of surface functionalization on the electronic transport properties of 1D carbon allotrope—carbyne. We found that both hydrogenation and fluorination result in structural changes and semiconducting to metallic transition. Consequently, the current in the functionalization systems increases significantly due to strong delocalization of electronic states along the carbon chain. We also study the electronic transport in partially hydrogenated carbyne and interface structures consisting of pristine and functionalized carbyne. In the latter case, current rectification is obtained in the system with rectification ratio up to 50%. These findings can be useful for developing carbyne-based structures with tunable electronic transport properties.
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Language		Wos	000617664900001	Publication Date	2021-02-13
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ISSN	1569-8025	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	1.526	Times cited		Open Access	OpenAccess
Notes	Computational resources were provided by the research computing facilities of Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute. Calculations are also conducted using the Turing HPC infrastructure of the CalcUA core facility of the Universiteit Antwerpen, a division of the Flemish Supercomputer Centre VSC, funded by the Hercules Foundation, the Flemish Government (department EWI) and the University of Antwerp. U. Khalilov gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Fund of Scientific Research Flanders (FWO), Belgium, Grant number 12M1315N.			Approved	Most recent IF: 1.526
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:176169			Serial	6708
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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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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	Marinov, D.; de Marneffe, J.-F.; Smets, Q.; Arutchelvan, G.; Bal, K.M.; Voronina, E.; Rakhimova, T.; Mankelevich, Y.; El Kazzi, S.; Nalin Mehta, A.; Wyndaele, P.-J.; Heyne, M.H.; Zhang, J.; With, P.C.; Banerjee, S.; Neyts, E.C.; Asselberghs, I.; Lin, D.; De Gendt, S.
Title	Reactive plasma cleaning and restoration of transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2021	Publication	npj 2D Materials and Applications	Abbreviated Journal	npj 2D Mater Appl
Volume	5	Issue	1	Pages	17
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	The cleaning of two-dimensional (2D) materials is an essential step in the fabrication of future devices, leveraging their unique physical, optical, and chemical properties. Part of these emerging 2D materials are transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). So far there is limited understanding of the cleaning of “monolayer” TMD materials. In this study, we report on the use of downstream H<sub>2</sub>plasma to clean the surface of monolayer WS<sub>2</sub>grown by MOCVD. We demonstrate that high-temperature processing is essential, allowing to maximize the removal rate of polymers and to mitigate damage caused to the WS<sub>2</sub>in the form of sulfur vacancies. We show that low temperature in situ carbonyl sulfide (OCS) soak is an efficient way to resulfurize the material, besides high-temperature H<sub>2</sub>S annealing. The cleaning processes and mechanisms elucidated in this work are tested on back-gated field-effect transistors, confirming that transport properties of WS<sub>2</sub>devices can be maintained by the combination of H<sub>2</sub>plasma cleaning and OCS restoration. The low-damage plasma cleaning based on H<sub>2</sub>and OCS is very reproducible, fast (completed in a few minutes) and uses a 300 mm industrial plasma etch system qualified for standard semiconductor pilot production. This process is, therefore, expected to enable the industrial scale-up of 2D-based devices, co-integrated with silicon technology.
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Language		Wos	000613258900001	Publication Date	2021-01-28
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ISSN	2397-7132	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
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Notes	Daniil Marinov has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 752164. Ekaterina Voronina, Yuri Mankelevitch, and Tatyana Rakhimova are thankful to the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) for financial support (Grant No. 16-12-10361). This study was carried out using the equipment of the shared research facilities of high-performance computing resources at Lomonosov Moscow State University and the computational resources and services of the HPC core facility CalcUA of the University of Antwerp, and VSC (Flemish Supercomputer Center), funded by the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO) and the Flemish Government. Patrick With gratefully acknowledges imec’s CTO office for financial support during his stay at imec. The authors thank Mr. Surajit Sutar (imec) for his help during sample electrical characterization, and Patrick Verdonck for lab processing. Jean-François de Marneffe thank Prof. Simone Napolitano from the Free University of Brussels for useful discussions on irreversibly adsorbed polymer layers, and Cédric Huyghebaert (imec) for his continuous support in the framework of the Graphene FET Flagship core project. All authors acknowledge the support of imec’s pilot line and materials characterization and analysis (MCA) group, namely Jonathan Ludwig, Stefanie Sergeant, Thomas Nuytten, Olivier Richard, and Thierry Conard. Finally, Daniil Marinov thank Mikhail Krishtab (imec/KU Leuven) for his help in selecting the optimal plasma etch system for this work. Part of this project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 649953.			Approved	Most recent IF: NA
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:175871			Serial	6671
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Author	Shaw, P.; Kumar, N.; Mumtaz, S.; Lim, J.S.; Jang, J.H.; Kim, D.; Sahu, B.D.; Bogaerts, A.; Choi, E.H.
Title	Evaluation of non-thermal effect of microwave radiation and its mode of action in bacterial cell inactivation			Type	A1 Journal Article
Year	2021	Publication	Scientific Reports	Abbreviated Journal	Sci Rep-Uk
Volume	11	Issue	1	Pages	14003
Keywords	A1 Journal Article; Plasma, laser ablation and surface modeling Antwerp (PLASMANT) ;
Abstract	A growing body of literature has recognized the non-thermal effect of pulsed microwave radiation (PMR) on bacterial systems. However, its mode of action in deactivating bacteria has not yet been extensively investigated. Nevertheless, it is highly important to advance the applications of PMR from simple to complex biological systems. In this study, we first optimized the conditions of the PMR device and we assessed the results by simulations, using ANSYS HFSS (High Frequency Structure Simulator) and a 3D particle-in-cell code for the electron behavior, to provide a better overview of the bacterial cell exposure to microwave radiation. To determine the sensitivity of PMR,<italic>Escherichia coli</italic> and<italic>Staphylococcus aureus</italic>cultures were exposed to PMR (pulse duration: 60 ns, peak frequency: 3.5 GHz) with power density of 17 kW/cm<sup>2</sup>at the free space of sample position, which would induce electric field of 8.0 kV/cm inside the PBS solution of falcon tube in this experiment at 25 °C. At various discharges (D) of microwaves, the colony forming unit curves were analyzed. The highest ratios of viable count reductions were observed when the doses were increased from 20D to 80D, which resulted in an approximate 6 log reduction in <italic>E. coli</italic>and 4 log reduction in<italic>S. aureus.</italic>Moreover, scanning electron microscopy also revealed surface damage in both bacterial strains after PMR exposure. The bacterial inactivation was attributed to the deactivation of oxidation-regulating genes and DNA damage.
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Language		Wos	000674547300011	Publication Date	2021-07-07
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ISSN	2045-2322	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	4.259	Times cited		Open Access	OpenAccess
Notes	Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India, D.O.NO.BT/HRD/35/02/2006 ; National Research Foundation of Korea, NRF-2016K1A4A3914113 ; This research was supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea, funded by the Korean government (MSIT) under the Grant Number NRF-2016K1A4A3914113, and in part by Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea, 2021. We also gratefully acknowledge the financial support obtained from Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship, India, Grant Number D.O.NO.BT/HRD/35/02/2006.			Approved	Most recent IF: 4.259
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:179844			Serial	6800
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Author	Andersen, Ja.; Christensen, Jm.; Østberg, M.; Bogaerts, A.; Jensen, Ad.
Title	Plasma-catalytic dry reforming of methane: Screening of catalytic materials in a coaxial packed-bed DBD reactor			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2020	Publication	Chemical Engineering Journal	Abbreviated Journal	Chem Eng J
Volume	397	Issue		Pages	125519
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	The combination of catalysis with non-thermal plasma is a promising alternative to thermal catalysis. A dielectric-barrier discharge reactor was used to study plasma-catalytic dry reforming of methane at ambient pressure and temperature and a ﬁxed plasma power of 45 W. The eﬀect of diﬀerent catalytic packing materials was evaluated in terms of conversion, product selectivity, and energy eﬃciency. The conversion of CO2 (~22%) and CH4 (~33%) were found to be similar in plasma-only and when introducing packing materials in plasma. The main reason is the shorter residence time of the gas due to packing geometry, when compared at identical ﬂow rates. H2, CO, C2-C4 hydrocarbons, and oxygenates were identiﬁed in the product gas. High selectivity towards H2 and CO were found for all catalysts and plasma-only, with a H2/CO molar ratio of ~0.9. The lowest syngas selectivity was obtained with Cu/Al2O3 (~66%), which instead, had the highest alcohol selectivity (~3.6%).
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Language		Wos	000542296100011	Publication Date	2020-05-17
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ISSN	1385-8947	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	15.1	Times cited		Open Access
Notes	Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark; We thank Haldor Topsoe A/S for providing all the catalytic materials used and the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, for funding this project.			Approved	Most recent IF: 15.1; 2020 IF: 6.216
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:170613			Serial	6406
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Author	Aussems, D.U.B.; Bal, K.M.; Morgan, T.W.; van de Sanden, M.C.M.; Neyts, E.C.
Title	Mechanisms of elementary hydrogen ion-surface interactions during multilayer graphene etching at high surface temperature as a function of flux			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2018	Publication	Carbon	Abbreviated Journal	Carbon
Volume	137	Issue		Pages	527-532
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	In order to optimize the plasma-synthesis and modification process of carbon nanomaterials for applications such as nanoelectronics and energy storage, a deeper understanding of fundamental hydrogengraphite/graphene interactions is required. Atomistic simulations by Molecular Dynamics have proven to be indispensable to illuminate these phenomena. However, severe time-scale limitations restrict them to very fast processes such as reflection, while slow thermal processes such as surface diffusion and molecular desorption are commonly inaccessible. In this work, we could however reach these thermal processes for the first time at time-scales and surface temperatures (1000 K) similar to high-flux plasma exposure experiments during the simulation of multilayer graphene etching by 5 eV H ions. This was achieved by applying the Collective Variable-Driven Hyperdynamics biasing technique, which extended the inter-impact time over a range of six orders of magnitude, down to a more realistic ion-flux of 1023m2s1. The results show that this not only causes a strong shift from predominant ion-to thermally induced interactions, but also significantly affects the hydrogen uptake and surface evolution. This study thus elucidates H ion-graphite/graphene interaction mechanisms and stresses the importance of including long time-scales in atomistic simulations at high surface temperatures to understand the dynamics of the ion-surface system.
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Language		Wos	000440661700056	Publication Date	2018-05-24
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ISSN	0008-6223	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	6.337	Times cited	4	Open Access	Not_Open_Access: Available from 25.05.2020
Notes	DIFFER is part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). K.M.B. is funded as PhD fellow (aspirant) of the FWO-Flanders (Fund for Scientific Research-Flanders), Grant 11V8915N. The computational resources and services used in this work were provided by the VSC (Flemish Supercomputer Center), funded by the FWO and the Flemish Government e department EWI.			Approved	Most recent IF: 6.337
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:152172			Serial	4993
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Author	Aussems, D.U.B.; Bal, K. M.; Morgan, T.W.; van de Sanden, M.C.M.; Neyts, E.C.
Title	Atomistic simulations of graphite etching at realistic time scales			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2017	Publication	Chemical science	Abbreviated Journal	Chem Sci
Volume	8	Issue	10	Pages	7160-7168
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	Hydrogen–graphite interactions are relevant to a wide variety of applications, ranging from astrophysics to fusion devices and nano-electronics. In order to shed light on these interactions, atomistic simulation using Molecular Dynamics (MD) has been shown to be an invaluable tool. It suffers, however, from severe timescale limitations. In this work we apply the recently developed Collective Variable-Driven Hyperdynamics (CVHD) method to hydrogen etching of graphite for varying inter-impact times up to a realistic value of 1 ms, which corresponds to a flux of 1020 m2 s1. The results show that the erosion yield, hydrogen surface coverage and species distribution are significantly affected by the time between impacts. This can be explained by the higher probability of C–C bond breaking due to the prolonged exposure to thermal stress and the subsequent transition from ion- to thermal-induced etching. This latter regime of thermal-induced etching – chemical erosion – is here accessed for the first time using atomistic simulations. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that accounting for long time-scales significantly affects ion bombardment simulations and should not be neglected in a wide range of conditions, in contrast to what is typically assumed.
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Language		Wos	000411730500055	Publication Date	2017-08-24
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ISSN	2041-6520	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	8.668	Times cited	3	Open Access	OpenAccess
Notes	DIFFER is part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientic Research (NWO). K. M. B. is funded as a PhD fellow (aspirant) of the FWO-Flanders (Fund for Scientic Research-Flanders), Grant 11V8915N. The computational resources and services used in this work were provided by the VSC (Flemish Supercomputer Center), funded by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) and the Flemish Government – department EWI.			Approved	Most recent IF: 8.668
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:145519			Serial	4707
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Author	Koelman, P.; Heijkers, S.; Tadayon Mousavi, S.; Graef, W.; Mihailova, D.; Kozak, T.; Bogaerts, A.; van Dijk, J.
Title	A Comprehensive Chemical Model for the Splitting of CO₂in Non-Equilibrium Plasmas: A Comprehensive Chemical Model for CO₂Splitting			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2017	Publication	Plasma processes and polymers	Abbreviated Journal	Plasma Process Polym
Volume	14	Issue	14	Pages	1600155
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	An extensive CO2 plasmamodel is presented that is relevant for the production of ‘‘solar fuels.’’ It is based on reaction rate coefficients fromrigorously reviewed literature, and is augmented with reactionrate coefficients that are obtained fromscaling laws.The input data set,which is suitable for usage with the plasma simulation software Plasimo (https://plasimo.phys.tue.nl/), is available via the Plasimo and publisher’s websites.1 The correctness of this model implementation has been established by independent ZDPlasKin implementation (http://www.zdplaskin. laplace.univ-tlse.fr/), to verify that the results agree. Results of these ‘‘global models’’ are presented for a DBD plasma reactor.
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Language		Wos	000403074000009	Publication Date	2016-10-17
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ISSN	1612-8850	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	2.846	Times cited	21	Open Access	Not_Open_Access
Notes	Dutch Technology Foundation STW; Ministerie van Economische Zaken; Hercules Foundation; Acknowledgements: This research is supported by the Dutch Technology Foundation STW, which is part of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), and which is partly funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Furthermore, we acknowledge financial support from the IAP/7 (Inter-university Attraction Pole) program PSI-Physical Chemistry of Plasma- Surface Interactions by the Belgian Federal Office for Science Policy (BELSPO). Part of the calculations were carried out using the Turing HPC infrastructure at the CalcUA core facility of the Universiteit Antwerpen (UAntwerpen), a division of the Flemish Supercomputer Center VSC, funded by the Hercules Foundation, the Flemish Government (department EWI) and the UAntwerpen.			Approved	Most recent IF: 2.846
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @ c:irua:142643			Serial	4565
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Author	Neyts, E.C.; Ostrikov, K.K.; Sunkara, M.K.; Bogaerts, A.
Title	Plasma Catalysis: Synergistic Effects at the Nanoscale			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2015	Publication	Chemical reviews	Abbreviated Journal	Chem Rev
Volume	115	Issue	115	Pages	13408-13446
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	Thermal-catalytic gas processing is integral to many current industrial processes. Ever-increasing demands on conversion and energy efficiencies are a strong driving force for the development of alternative approaches. Similarly, synthesis of several functional materials (such as nanowires and nanotubes) demands special processing conditions. Plasma catalysis provides such an alternative, where the catalytic process is complemented by the use of plasmas that activate the source gas. This combination is often observed to result in a synergy between plasma and catalyst. This Review introduces the current state-of-the-art in plasma catalysis, including numerous examples where plasma catalysis has demonstrated its benefits or shows future potential, including CO2 conversion, hydrocarbon reforming, synthesis of nanomaterials, ammonia production, and abatement of toxic waste gases. The underlying mechanisms governing these applications, as resulting from the interaction between the plasma and the catalyst, render the process highly complex, and little is known about the factors leading to the often-observed synergy. This Review critically examines the catalytic mechanisms relevant to each specific application.
Address	Department of Chemistry, Research Group PLASMANT, Universiteit Antwerpen , Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk-Antwerp, Belgium
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Language	English	Wos	000367563000006	Publication Date	2015-11-30
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ISSN	0009-2665	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	47.928	Times cited	204	Open Access
Notes	ECN and AB gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Fund of Scientific Research Flanders (FWO), Belgium, Grant Number G.0217.14N. KO acknowledges partial support by the Australian Research Council and CSIRO’s OCE Science Leaders Program. MKS acknowledges partial support from US National Science Foundation through grants DMS 1125909 and EPSCoR 1355448 and also PhD students Babajide Ajayi, Apolo Nambo and Maria Carreon for their help.			Approved	Most recent IF: 47.928; 2015 IF: 46.568
Call Number	c:irua:130001			Serial	3993
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Author	Tennyson, J.; Mohr, S.; Hanicinec, M.; Dzarasova, A.; Smith, C.; Waddington, S.; Liu, B.; Alves, L.L.; Bartschat, K.; Bogaerts, A.; Engelmann, S.U.; Gans, T.; Gibson, A.R.; Hamaguchi, S.; Hamilton, K.R.; Hill, C.; O’Connell, D.; Rauf, S.; van ’t Veer, K.; Zatsarinny, O.
Title	The 2021 release of the Quantemol database (QDB) of plasma chemistries and reactions			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2022	Publication	Plasma Sources Science & Technology	Abbreviated Journal	Plasma Sources Sci T
Volume	31	Issue	9	Pages	095020
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	The Quantemol database (QDB) provides cross sections and rates of processes important for plasma models; heavy particle collisions (chemical reactions) and electron collision processes are considered. The current version of QDB has data on 28 917 processes between 2485 distinct species plus data for surface processes. These data are available via a web interface or can be delivered directly to plasma models using an application program interface; data are available in formats suitable for direct input into a variety of popular plasma modeling codes including HPEM, COMSOL, ChemKIN, CFD-ACE+, and VisGlow. QDB provides ready assembled plasma chemistries plus the ability to build bespoke chemistries. The database also provides a Boltzmann solver for electron dynamics and a zero-dimensional model. Thesedevelopments, use cases involving O<sub>2</sub>, Ar/NF<sub>3</sub>, Ar/NF<sub>3</sub>/O<sub>2</sub>, and He/H<sub>2</sub>O/O<sub>2</sub>chemistries, and plans for the future are presented.
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Language		Wos	000895762200001	Publication Date	2022-09-01
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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	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, EP/N509577/1 ; Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, UIDB/50010/2020 ; Science and Technology Facilities Council, ST/K004069/1 ; National Science Foundation, OAC-1834740 ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 3.8
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:192845			Serial	7245
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Author	Gorbanev, Y.; Privat-Maldonado, A.; Bogaerts, A.
Title	Analysis of Short-Lived Reactive Species in Plasma–Air–Water Systems: The Dos and the Do Nots			Type	A1 Journal Article
Year	2018	Publication	Analytical Chemistry	Abbreviated Journal	Anal Chem
Volume	90	Issue	22	Pages	13151-13158
Keywords	A1 Journal Article; Plasma, laser ablation and surface modeling Antwerp (PLASMANT) ;
Abstract	This Feature addresses the analysis of the reactive species generated by nonthermal atmospheric pressure plasmas, which are widely employed in industrial and biomedical research, as well as first clinical applications. We summarize the progress in detection of plasma-generated short-lived reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in aqueous solutions, discuss the potential and limitations of various analytical methods in plasma−liquid systems, and provide an outlook on the possible future research goals in development of short-lived reactive species analysis methods for a general nonspecialist audience.
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Language		Wos	000451246100002	Publication Date	2018-11-20
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ISSN	0003-2700	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	6.32	Times cited	17	Open Access	Not_Open_Access
Notes	European Commission, 743151 ; This work was supported by the European Marie Sklodowska- Curie Individual Fellowship within Horizon2020 (“LTPAM”, Grant No. 743151).			Approved	Most recent IF: 6.32
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:156301			Serial	5152
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Author	Uytdenhouwen, Y.; Bal, Km.; Michielsen, I.; Neyts, Ec.; Meynen, V.; Cool, P.; Bogaerts, A.
Title	How process parameters and packing materials tune chemical equilibrium and kinetics in plasma-based CO2 conversion			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2019	Publication	Chemical engineering journal	Abbreviated Journal	Chem Eng J
Volume	372	Issue		Pages	1253-1264
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Laboratory of adsorption and catalysis (LADCA); Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	Plasma (catalysis) reactors are increasingly being used for gas-based chemical conversions, providing an alternative method of energy delivery to the molecules. In this work we explore whether classical concepts such as equilibrium constants, (overall) rate coefficients, and catalysis exist under plasma conditions. We specifically investigate the existence of a so-called partial chemical equilibrium (PCE), and how process parameters and packing properties influence this equilibrium, as well as the overall apparent rate coefficient, for CO2 splitting in a DBD plasma reactor. The results show that a PCE can be reached, and that the position of the equilibrium, in combination with the rate coefficient, greatly depends on the reactor parameters and operating conditions (i.e., power, pressure, and gap size). A higher power, higher pressure, or smaller gap size enhance both the equilibrium constant and the rate coefficient, although they cannot be independently tuned. Inserting a packing material (non-porous SiO2 and ZrO2 spheres) in the reactor reveals interesting gap/material effects, where the type of material dictates the position of the equilibrium and the rate (inhibition) independently. As a result, no apparent synergistic effect or plasma-catalytic behaviour was observed for the non-porous packing materials studied in this reaction. Within the investigated parameters, equilibrium conversions were obtained between 23 and 71%, while the rate coefficient varied between 0.027 s−1 and 0.17 s−1. This method of analysis can provide a more fundamental insight in the overall reaction kinetics of (catalytic) plasma-based gas conversion, in order to be able to distinguish plasma effects from true catalytic enhancement.
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Language		Wos	000471670400116	Publication Date	2019-05-08
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ISSN	1385-8947	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	6.216	Times cited	3	Open Access	Not_Open_Access: Available from 05.05.2021
Notes	European Fund for Regional Development; FWOFWO, G.0254.14N ; University of Antwerp; FWO-FlandersFWO-Flanders, 11V8915N ; The authors acknowledge financial support from the European Fund for Regional Development through the cross-border collaborative Interreg V program Flanders-the Netherlands (project EnOp), the Fund for Scientific Research (FWO; Grant Number: G.0254.14N), a TOP-BOF project and an IOF-SBO (SynCO2Chem) project from the University of Antwerp. K. M. B. was funded as a PhD fellow (aspirant) of the FWOFlanders (Fund for Scientific Research-Flanders), Grant 11V8915N.			Approved	Most recent IF: 6.216
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @UA @ admin @ c:irua:159979			Serial	5171
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Author	Attri, P.; Park, J.-H.; De Backer, J.; Kim, M.; Yun, J.-H.; Heo, Y.; Dewilde, S.; Shiratani, M.; Choi, E.H.; Lee, W.; Bogaerts, A.
Title	Structural modification of NADPH oxidase activator (Noxa 1) by oxidative stress: An experimental and computational study			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2020	Publication	International Journal Of Biological Macromolecules	Abbreviated Journal	Int J Biol Macromol
Volume	163	Issue		Pages	2405-2414
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	NADPH oxidases 1 (NOX1) derived reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an important role in the progression of cancer through signaling pathways. Therefore, in this paper, we demonstrate the effect of cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) on the structural changes of Noxa1 SH3 protein, one of the regulatory subunits of NOX1. For this purpose, ﬁrstly we puriﬁed the Noxa1 SH3 protein and analyzed the structure using X-ray crystallography, and subsequently, we treated the protein with two types of CAP reactors such as pulsed dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) and Soft Jet for different time intervals. The structural deformation of Noxa1 SH3 protein was analyzed by various experimental methods (circular dichroism, ﬂuorescence, and NMR spectroscopy) and by MD simulations. Additionally, we demonstrate the effect of CAP (DBD and Soft Jet) on the viability and expression of NOX1 in A375 cancer cells. Our results are useful to understand the structural modiﬁcation/oxidation occur in protein due to reactive oxygen and nitrogen (RONS) species generated by CAP.
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Language		Wos	000579839600233	Publication Date	2020-09-19
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ISSN	0141-8130	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	8.2	Times cited		Open Access
Notes	European Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, 743546 ; JSPS, 20K14454 ; National Research Foundation of Korea, 2019M3A9F6021810 NRF-2017M3A9F6029753 NRF-2019M3E5D6063903 NRF-2016R1A6A3A04010213 ; Brain Korea 21; MSIT, NRF-2016K1A4A3914113 ; Hercules Foundation; Flemish Government; UA; We gratefully acknowledge the European Marie SkłodowskaCurie Individual Fellowship “Anticancer-PAM” within Horizon 2020 (grant number 743546). This work was also supported by JSPS-KAKENHI grant number 20K14454. Additionally, work was supported by several grants (2019M3A9F6021810, NRF2017M3A9F6029753, NRF-2019M3E5D6063903 to W. Lee), Basic Science Research Program (NRF-2016R1A6A3A04010213 to J.H. Yun) through the National Research Foundation of Korea and in part by the Brain Korea 21 (BK21) PLUS program (J.H.P.). EHC is thankful to National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea, funded by the Korea government (MSIT) under the grant number (NRF2016K1A4A3914113). The computational work was carried out using the Turing HPC infrastructure at the CalcUA core facility of the Universiteit Antwerpen (UA), a division of the Flemish Supercomputer Center VSC, funded by the Hercules Foundation, the Flemish Government (department EWI) and the UA.			Approved	Most recent IF: 8.2; 2020 IF: 3.671
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:172451			Serial	6419
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Author	Živanić, M.; Espona‐Noguera, A.; Lin, A.; Canal, C.
Title	Current State of Cold Atmospheric Plasma and Cancer‐Immunity Cycle: Therapeutic Relevance and Overcoming Clinical Limitations Using Hydrogels			Type	A1 Journal article
Year	2023	Publication	Advanced Science	Abbreviated Journal	Adv Sci
Volume		Issue		Pages	2205803
Keywords	A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Abstract	Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) is a partially ionized gas that gains attention as a well-tolerated cancer treatment that can enhance anti-tumor immune responses, which are important for durable therapeutic effects. This review offers a comprehensive and critical summary on the current understanding of mechanisms in which CAP can assist anti-tumor immunity: induction of immunogenic cell death, oxidative post-translational modifications of the tumor and its microenvironment, epigenetic regulation of aberrant gene expression, and enhancement of immune cell functions. This should provide a rationale for the effective and meaningful clinical implementation of CAP. As discussed here, despite its potential, CAP faces different clinical limitations associated with the current CAP treatment modalities: direct exposure of cancerous cells to plasma, and indirect treatment through injection of plasma-treated liquids in the tumor. To this end, a novel modality is proposed: plasma-treated hydrogels (PTHs) that can not only help overcome some of the clinical limitations but also offer a convenient platform for combining CAP with existing drugs to improve therapeutic responses and contribute to the clinical translation of CAP. Finally, by integrating expertise in biomaterials and plasma medicine, practical considerations and prospective for the development of PTHs are offered.
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Language		Wos	000918224200001	Publication Date	2023-01-20
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ISSN	2198-3844	ISBN		Additional Links	UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor	15.1	Times cited		Open Access	OpenAccess
Notes	European Research Council, 714793 ; Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, 12S9221N G044420N ; Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, PID2019‐103892RB‐I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 ;			Approved	Most recent IF: 15.1; 2023 IF: 9.034
Call Number	PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:193166			Serial	7238
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