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“Multi-step loading of titania on mesoporous silica: influence of the morphology and the porosity on the catalytic degradation of aqueous pollutants and VOC's”. de Witte K, Meynen V, Mertens M, Lebedev OI, Van Tendeloo G, Sepúlveda-Escribano A, Rodríguez-Reinoso F, Vansant EF, Cool P, Applied catalysis : B : environmental 84, 125 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2008.03.015
Abstract: Titania nanoparticles have been deposited on inert porous silica supports with high specific surface area. These materials have potential applications in paint and textile industry as the titania particles selectively deposited on the inner surface of the silica supports act as a photocatalyst. The inert external surface is necessary to avoid photodegradation of the textile material or the paint components. The photocatalytic activity of the catalysts has been evaluated with two catalytic setups. One setup in aqueous phase, for the degradation of dyes such as rhodamine-6G, is commonly used. The second setup is a continuous flow gaseous phase setup which was used for the mineralization of ethanol as a representative volatile organic compound (VOC). The influence of the porosity and the morphology of the silica supports on the photocatalytic activity are discussed.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Laboratory of adsorption and catalysis (LADCA)
Impact Factor: 9.446
Times cited: 24
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2008.03.015
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“SnIV-containing layered double hydroxides as precursors for nano-sized ZnO/SnO2 photocatalysts”. Seftel EM, Popovici E, Mertens M, Stefaniak EA, Van Grieken R, Cool P, Vansant EF, Applied catalysis : B : environmental 84, 699 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1016/J.APCATB.2008.06.006
Abstract: Sn4+-containing LDH was prepared using the co-precipitation method at constant pH, and characterized using X-ray diffraction, UVvis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and TG/DTG methods. The obtained product was further exposed to different thermal treatments in order to obtain nano-sized coupled ZnO/SnO2 systems with enhanced photocatalytic performances than the ones obtained by mixing the two semiconductor oxides. The formation of a well-defined ZnO/SnO2 system and the crystallite size, fully investigated using XRD, micro-Raman scattering and UVvis DR techniques, were found to be influenced by the nature of the precursors and the calcination temperature. The photocatalytic activity of the ZnO/SnO2 systems, evaluated for the photodegradation of methyl orange (MO) dye, was studied as a function of the initial pH, catalyst loading and the calcination temperature. The metal dispersion supplied by layered structures proved to be an advantage when preparing coupled ZnO/SnO2 systems, the photocatalytic activity being 2.3 times higher comparing with the physical mixtures performances. The maximum photocatalytic activity of the coupled ZnO/SnO2 system having a layered precursor was observed when using neutral pH, at a catalyst loading of 1 g/L calcined at 600 °C for 4 h.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Laboratory of adsorption and catalysis (LADCA); AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
DOI: 10.1016/J.APCATB.2008.06.006
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“Atomic spectroscopy”. Bings NH, Bogaerts A, Broekaert JAC, Analytical chemistry 80, 4317 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1021/ac8006297
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Impact Factor: 6.32
Times cited: 53
DOI: 10.1021/ac8006297
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“Visualization of a lost painting by Vincent van Gogh using synchrotron radiation based X-ray fluorescence elemental mapping”. Dik J, Janssens K, van der Snickt G, van der Loeff L, Rickers K, Cotte M, Analytical chemistry 80, 6436 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1021/AC800965G
Abstract: Vincent van Gogh (1853−1890), one of the founding fathers of modern painting, is best known for his vivid colors, his vibrant painting style, and his short but highly productive career. His productivity is even higher than generally realized, as many of his known paintings cover a previous composition. This is thought to be the case in one-third of his early period paintings. Van Gogh would often reuse the canvas of an abandoned painting and paint a new or modified composition on top. These hidden paintings offer a unique and intimate insight into the genesis of his works. Yet, current museum-based imaging tools are unable to properly visualize many of these hidden images. We present the first-time use of synchrotron radiation based X-ray fluorescence mapping, applied to visualize a womans head hidden under the work Patch of Grass by Van Gogh. We recorded decimeter-scale, X-ray fluorescence intensity maps, reflecting the distribution of specific elements in the paint layers. In doing so we succeeded in visualizing the hidden face with unprecedented detail. In particular, the distribution of Hg and Sb in the red and light tones, respectively, enabled an approximate color reconstruction of the flesh tones. This reconstruction proved to be the missing link for the comparison of the hidden face with Van Goghs known paintings. Our approach literally opens up new vistas in the nondestructive study of hidden paint layers, which applies to the oeuvre of Van Gogh in particular and to old master paintings in general.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
Impact Factor: 6.32
Times cited: 178
DOI: 10.1021/AC800965G
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“High-energy polarized-beam energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis combined with activated thin layers for cadmium determination at trace levels in complex environmental liquid samples”. Marguí, E, Fontàs C, van Meel K, Van Grieken R, Queralt I, Hidalgo M, Analytical chemistry 80, 2357 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1021/AC7018427
Keywords: A1 Journal article; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
DOI: 10.1021/AC7018427
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“Advantages of combined mu-XRF and mu-XRD for phase characterization of Ti-B-C ceramics compared with conventional X-ray diffraction”. Jaroszewicz J, de Nolf W, Janssens K, Michalski A, Falkenberg G, Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry 391, 1129 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1007/S00216-008-2097-6
Keywords: A1 Journal article; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
Impact Factor: 3.431
Times cited: 7
DOI: 10.1007/S00216-008-2097-6
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“Compositional analysis of Tuscan glass samples: in search of raw materials fingerprints”. Cagno S, Janssens K, Mendera M, Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry 391, 1389 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1007/S00216-008-1945-8
Keywords: A1 Journal article; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
Impact Factor: 3.431
Times cited: 26
DOI: 10.1007/S00216-008-1945-8
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“Euroanalysis 14: the European Conference on Analytical Chemistry”. Janssens K, van Espen P, Van 't dack L, Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry 391, 1107 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1007/S00216-008-2114-9
Keywords: Editorial; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation); Chemometrics (Mitac 3)
Impact Factor: 3.431
DOI: 10.1007/S00216-008-2114-9
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“Investigating morphological changes in treated vs. untreated stone building materials by x-ray micro-CT”. Bugani S, Camaiti M, Morselli L, Van de Casteele E, Janssens K, Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry 391, 1343 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1007/S00216-008-1946-7
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Vision lab; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
Impact Factor: 3.431
Times cited: 25
DOI: 10.1007/S00216-008-1946-7
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“Particulate matter analysis at elementary schools in Curitiba, Brazil”. Avigo D, Godoi AFL, Janissek PR, Makarovska Y, Krata A, Potgieter-Vermaak S, Alfoldy B, Van Grieken R, Godoi RHM, Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry 391, 1459 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1007/S00216-008-2031-Y
Keywords: A1 Journal article; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
DOI: 10.1007/S00216-008-2031-Y
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“Charakterystyka i wpływ zanieczyszczeń, powietrza na eksponaty w muzeach”. Kontozova-Deutsch V, Deutsch F, Krata A, Van Grieken R, Análityka , 64 (2008)
Keywords: A3 Journal article; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
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Verhulst SL, de Backer J, Van Gaal L, de Backer W, Desager K (2008) Adenotonsillectomy as first-line treatment for sleep-disordered breathing in obese children. New York, 1399
Keywords: L1 Letter to the editor; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP)
Impact Factor: 13.204
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“MOTIFS : a monitoring tool for integrated farm sustainability”. Meul M, Van Passel S, Nevens F, Dessein J, Rogge E, Mulier A, Van Hauwermeiren A, Agronomy For Sustainable Development 28, 321 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1051/AGRO:2008001
Abstract: Indicator-based monitoring tools are frequently applied for sustainability assessments, also in agriculture. However, many indicators focus on a rather restricted number of sustainability aspects such as economy or ecology. Moreover the choice of the indicator is rarely explained. The aim of our study was to develop an indicator-based monitoring tool for integrated farm sustainability – i.e. taking into account economic and ecological and social aspects – based on a supported vision of sustainable agriculture and using a set of relevant indicators. Hereby, specific attention was paid to aspects of communication and user-friendliness. Four methodological steps were considered: (i) translating the major principles of a supported vision of sustainable Flemish agriculture into concrete and relevant themes; (ii) designing indicators to monitor progress towards sustainability for each of those themes; (iii) aggregating the indicators into an integrated farm sustainability monitoring tool and (iv) applying the monitoring tool on a practical farm, as a first attempt at end-use validation. Stakeholder participation and expert consulting played an important part in each of these methodological steps. As a case study, the methodology was applied to Flemish dairy farms. As a result, we developed MOTIFS, a user-friendly and strongly communicative indicator-based monitoring tool that allows the measurement of progress towards integrated sustainable dairy farming systems and fits within a well-founded methodological framework. MOTIFS is based on the equality of the economic, ecological and social sustainability dimensions, and this equality is inherently built into the system. Through the applied methodology, we founded the selected themes and indicators and we avoided using indicators that are not relevant to the problem at hand.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Economics
Impact Factor: 4.101
Times cited: 97
DOI: 10.1051/AGRO:2008001
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“Unusual strain accommodation and conductivity enhancement by structure modulation variations in Sr4Fe6O12+\delta epitaxial films”. Solís C, Rossell MD, Garcia G, Van Tendeloo G, Santiso J, Advanced functional materials 18, 785 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.200701011
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Impact Factor: 12.124
Times cited: 10
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200701011
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“Electron energy-loss spectroscopy and first-principles calculation studies on a Ni-Ti shape memory alloy”. Yang Z, Tirry W, Lamoen D, Kulkova S, Schryvers D, Acta materialia 56, 395 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2007.10.001
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Impact Factor: 5.301
Times cited: 20
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2007.10.001
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“Microstructure of precipitates and magnetic domain structure in an annealed Co38Ni33Al29 shape memory alloy”. Bartova B, Wiese N, Schryvers D, Chapman JN, Ignacova S, Acta materialia 56, 4470 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2008.05.006
Abstract: The microstructure of a Co38Ni33Al29 ferromagnetic shape memory alloy was determined by conventional transmission electron microscopy (TEM), electron diffraction studies together with advanced microscopy techniques and in situ Lorentz microscopy. Rod-like precipitates, 1060 nm long, of hexagonal close-packed -Co were confirmed to be present by high-resolution TEM. The orientation relationship between the precipitates and B2 matrix is described by the Burgers orientation relationship. The crystal structure of the martensite obtained after cooling is tetragonal L10 with a (111) twinning plane. The magnetic domain structure was determined during an in situ cooling experiment using the Fresnel mode of Lorentz microscopy. While transformation proceeds from B2 austenite to L10 martensite, new domains are nucleated, leading to a decrease in domain width, with the magnetization lying predominantly along a single direction. It was possible to completely describe the relationship between magnetic domains and crystallographic directions in the austenite phase though complications existed for the martensite phase.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Impact Factor: 5.301
Times cited: 23
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2008.05.006
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“KSm(MoO4)2, an incommensurately modulated and partially disordered scheelite-like structure”. Arakcheeva A, Pattison P, Chapuis G, Rossell M, Filaretov A, Morozov V, Van Tendeloo G, Acta crystallographica: section B: structural science 64, 160 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1107/S0108768108001870
Abstract: The incommensurately modulated scheelite-like KSm( MoO4)(2) structure has been refined in the monoclinic superspace group I2/b(alpha beta 0)00 by the Rietveld method on the basis of synchrotron radiation powder diffraction data. The systematic broadening of satellite reflections has been accounted for by applying anisotropic microstrain line-broadening. The microstructure has been studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The partial disorder of the K and Sm cations in the A position is best approximated by a combination of harmonic and complex crenel functions with (0.952Sm + 0.048K) and (0.952K + 0.048Sm) atomic domains. This combination yields a compositional wave distribution from {KMoO4} to {SmMoO4} observed in the ab structure projection along q. The specific features of KSm(MoO4)(2) and degree of the A-cation ordering are discussed in comparison with the previously reported structure of KNd(MoO4)(2).
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Times cited: 23
DOI: 10.1107/S0108768108001870
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“DART explained: how to carry out a discrete tomography reconstruction”. Batenburg KJ, Bals S, Sijbers J, Van Tendeloo G, , 295 (2008)
Keywords: P1 Proceeding; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Vision lab
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“Enhanced stability against oxidation due to 2D self-organisation of hcp cobalt nanocrystals”. Lisiecki I, Turner S, Bals S, Pileni MP, Van Tendeloo G Springer, Berlin, page 273 (2008).
Keywords: H1 Book chapter; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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“Functional imaging to predict treatment success of mandibular advancement devices in sleep-disordered breathing”. de Backer J, Vanderveken O, Vos W, Devolder A, Verhulst S, Verbraecken J Antwerpen, page 141 (2008).
Keywords: H3 Book chapter; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP); Translational Neurosciences (TNW)
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“The influence of the secondary electron emission coefficient and effect of the gas heating on the calculated electrical characteristics of a grimm type glow discharge cell”. Derzsi A, Donko Z, Bogaerts A, Hoffmann V, , 285 (2008)
Abstract: Electron emission properties of cathode surfaces affect considerably the electrical characteristics of glow discharges. Using a heavy-particle hybrid model ill 2 dimensions, we investigate the influence of the secondary electron emission coefficient gamma oil the calculated discharge characteristics for both 'clean' and 'dirty' cathode surface conditions, and assuming a constant gamma parameter as well. The effect of the gas heating and the role of the heavy particles reflected from the cathode on this process is also studied.
Keywords: P1 Proceeding; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
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“Modeling of a dielectric barrier discharge used as a flowing chemical reactor”. Petrovic D, Martens T, van Dijk J, Brok WJM, Bogaerts A, , 262 (2008)
Keywords: P1 Proceeding; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
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“Modeling of the magnetron discharge”. Bogaerts A, Kolev I, Buyle G Springer, Berlin, page 61 (2008).
Keywords: H1 Book chapter; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
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“The notion of resolution”. Van Aert S, den Dekker AJ, van Dyck D, van den Bos A Springer, Berlin, page 1228 (2008).
Keywords: H3 Book chapter; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Vision lab
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“Sputtering of Si(001) and SiC(001) by grazing ion bombardment”. Elmonov AA, Yusupov MS, Dzhurakhalov AA, Bogaerts A, , 209 (2008)
Abstract: The peculiarities of sputtering processes at 0.5-5 keV Ne grazing ion bombardment of Si(001) and SiC(001) surfaces and their possible application for the surface modification have been studied by computer simulation. Sputtering yields in the primary knock-on recoil atoms regime versus the initial energy of incident ions (E(0) = 0.5-5 keV) and angle of incidence (psi = 0-30 degrees) counted from a target surface have been calculated. Comparative studies of layer-by-layer sputtering for Si(001) and SiC(001) surfaces versus the initial energy of incident ions as well as an effective sputtering and sputtering threshold are discussed.
Keywords: P1 Proceeding; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
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“Superconductivity in the quantum-size regime”. Shanenko AA, Croitoru MD, Peeters FM, , 79 (2008)
Abstract: Recent technological advances resulted in high-quality superconducting metallic nanofilms and nanowires. The physical properties of such nanostructures are governed by the size-quantization of the transverse electron spectrum. This has a substantial impact on the basic superconducting characteristics, e.g., the order parameter, the critical temperature and the critical magnetic field. In the present paper we give an overview of our theoretical results on this subject. Based on a numerical self-consistent solution of the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations, we investigate how the superconducting properties are modified in the quantum-size regime.
Keywords: P1 Proceeding; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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“The benefits of statistical parameter estimation theory for quantitative interpretation of electron microscopy data”. Van Aert S, Bals S, Chang LY, den Dekker AJ, Kirkland AI, Van Dyck D, Van Tendeloo G Springer, Berlin, page 97 (2008).
Keywords: H1 Book chapter; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Vision lab
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-85156-1_49
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“2θ-resolution obtainable during – XRPD experiments at Beamline L”. de Nolf W, Jaroszewicz J, Janssens K, Falkenberg G page 1655 (2008).
Keywords: H3 Book chapter; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
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“Assessing the origin and fate of Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb, and V in an industrial polluted soil by combined micro-spectroscopic techniques and bulk extraction methods”. Terzano R, Spagnuolo M, Vekemans B, de Nolf W, Janssens K, Falkenberg G, Fiore S, Ruggiero P (2008).
Keywords: H3 Book chapter; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
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“Characterization of Yenisey River U-particles using a combination of μ-XRF, μ-XRD and U-LIII μ-XANES”. Lind OC, Claussen-Kjerre L, de Nolf W, Falkenberg G, Jaroszewicz J, Janssens K, Salbu B page 1279 (2008).
Keywords: H3 Book chapter; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
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