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| Author | Payne, L.M.; Masia, F.; Zilli, A.; Albrecht, W.; Borri, P.; Langbein, W. | ||||
| Title | Quantitative morphometric analysis of single gold nanoparticles by optical extinction microscopy: Material permittivity and surface damping effects | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | Journal Of Chemical Physics | Abbreviated Journal | J Chem Phys |
| Volume | 154 | Issue | 4 | Pages | 044702 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000630495600001 | Publication Date | 2021-01-28 | |
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| ISSN | 0021-9606 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.965 | Times cited | Open Access | OpenAccess | |
| Notes | This work was supported by the Welsh Government Life Sciences Bridging Fund (Grant No. LSBF/R6-005), the UK EPSRC (Grant Nos. EP/I005072/1 and EP/M028313/1), and the European Commission (Grant No. EUSMI E191000350). P.B. acknowledges the Royal Society for her Wolfson research merit award (Grant No. WM140077). F.M. acknowledges the Ser Cymru II programme (Case ID 80762-CU-148) which is part-funded by Cardiff University and the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government. W.A. acknowledges an Individual Fellowship from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) under the EU’s Horizon 2020 program (Grant No. 797153, SOPMEN) and Sara Bals for supporting the STEM measurements. The brightfield TEM was performed by Thomas Davies at Cardiff University. We acknowledge Iestyn Pope for technical support of the optical equipment. | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.965 | ||
| Call Number | EMAT @ emat @c:irua:177566 | Serial | 6748 | ||
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| Author | Li, Q.N.; Xu, W.; Xiao, Y.M.; Ding, L.; Van Duppen, B.; Peeters, F.M. | ||||
| Title | Optical absorption window in Na₃Bi based three-dimensional Dirac electronic system | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2020 | Publication | Journal Of Applied Physics | Abbreviated Journal | J Appl Phys |
| Volume | 128 | Issue | 15 | Pages | 155707 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | We present a detailed theoretical study of the optoelectronic properties of a Na3Bi based three-dimensional Dirac electronic system (3DDES). The optical conductivity is evaluated using the energy-balance equation derived from a Boltzmann equation, where the electron Hamiltonian is taken from a simplified k . p approach. We find that for short-wavelength irradiation, the optical absorption in Na3Bi is mainly due to inter-band electronic transitions. In contrast to the universal optical conductance observed for graphene, the optical conductivity for Na3Bi based 3DDES depends on the radiation frequency but not on temperature, carrier density, and electronic relaxation time. In the radiation wavelength regime of about 5 mu m, < lambda < 200 mu m, an optical absorption window is found. This is similar to what is observed in graphene. The position and width of the absorption window depend on the direction of the light polarization and sensitively on temperature, carrier density, and electronic relaxation time. Particularly, we demonstrate that the inter-band optical absorption channel can be switched on and off by applying the gate voltage. This implies that similar to graphene, Na3Bi based 3DDES can also be applied in infrared electro-optical modulators. Our theoretical findings are helpful in gaining an in-depth understanding of the basic optoelectronic properties of recently discovered 3DDESs. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000585807400004 | Publication Date | 2020-10-21 | |
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| ISSN | 0021-8979; 1089-7550 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record | |
| Impact Factor | 3.2 | Times cited | 1 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC Nos. U1930116, U1832153, 11764045, 11574319, and 11847054) and the Center of Science and Technology of Hefei Academy of Science (No. 2016FXZY002). Applied Basic Research Foundation of Department of Science and Technology of Yunnan Province (No. 2019FD134), the Department of Education of Yunnan Province (No. 2018JS010), the Young Backbone Teachers Training Program of Yunnan University, and the Department of Science and Technology of Yunnan Province are acknowledged. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 3.2; 2020 IF: 2.068 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:173591 | Serial | 6571 | ||
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| Author | Wang, J.; Gauquelin, N.; Huijben, M.; Verbeeck, J.; Rijnders, G.; Koster, G. | ||||
| Title | Metal-insulator transition of SrVO 3 ultrathin films embedded in SrVO 3 / SrTiO 3 superlattices | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2020 | Publication | Applied Physics Letters | Abbreviated Journal | Appl Phys Lett |
| Volume | 117 | Issue | 13 | Pages | 133105 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | The metal-insulator transition (MIT) in strongly correlated oxides is a topic of great interest for its potential applications, such as Mott field effect transistors and sensors. We report that the MIT in high quality epitaxial SrVO3 (SVO) thin films is present as the film thickness is reduced, lowering the dimensionality of the system, and electron-electron correlations start to become the dominant interactions. The critical thickness of 3 u.c is achieved by avoiding effects due to off-stoichiometry using optimal growth conditions and excluding any surface effects by a STO capping layer. Compared to the single SVO thin films, conductivity enhancement in SVO/STO superlattices is observed. This can be explained by the interlayer coupling effect between SVO sublayers in the superlattices. Magnetoresistance and Hall measurements indicate that the dominant driving force of MIT is the electron–electron interaction. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000577126100001 | Publication Date | 2020-09-28 | |
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| ISSN | 0003-6951 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 4 | Times cited | 8 | Open Access | OpenAccess |
| Notes | Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, 13HTSM01 ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 4; 2020 IF: 3.411 | ||
| Call Number | EMAT @ emat @c:irua:172461 | Serial | 6415 | ||
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| Author | Bal, K.M.; Fukuhara, S.; Shibuta, Y.; Neyts, E.C. | ||||
| Title | Free energy barriers from biased molecular dynamics simulations | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2020 | Publication | Journal Of Chemical Physics | Abbreviated Journal | J Chem Phys |
| Volume | 153 | Issue | 11 | Pages | 114118 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) | ||||
| Abstract | Atomistic simulation methods for the quantification of free energies are in wide use. These methods operate by sampling the probability density of a system along a small set of suitable collective variables (CVs), which is, in turn, expressed in the form of a free energy surface (FES). This definition of the FES can capture the relative stability of metastable states but not that of the transition state because the barrier height is not invariant to the choice of CVs. Free energy barriers therefore cannot be consistently computed from the FES. Here, we present a simple approach to calculate the gauge correction necessary to eliminate this inconsistency. Using our procedure, the standard FES as well as its gauge-corrected counterpart can be obtained by reweighing the same simulated trajectory at little additional cost. We apply the method to a number of systems—a particle solvated in a Lennard-Jones fluid, a Diels–Alder reaction, and crystallization of liquid sodium—to demonstrate its ability to produce consistent free energy barriers that correctly capture the kinetics of chemical or physical transformations, and discuss the additional demands it puts on the chosen CVs. Because the FES can be converged at relatively short (sub-ns) time scales, a free energy-based description of reaction kinetics is a particularly attractive option to study chemical processes at more expensive quantum mechanical levels of theory. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000574665600004 | Publication Date | 2020-09-21 | |
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| ISSN | 0021-9606 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 4.4 | Times cited | Open Access | ||
| Notes | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 19H02415 18J22727 ; Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, 12ZI420N ; This work was supported, in part, by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (Grant No. 19H02415) and Grant-in-Aid for a JSPS Research Fellow (Grant No. 18J22727) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan. K.M.B. was funded as a junior postdoctoral fellow of the FWO (Research Foundation – Flanders), Grant No. 12ZI420N. S.F. was supported by JSPS through the Program for Leading Graduate Schools (MERIT). The computational resources and services used in this work were provided by the HPC core facility CalcUA of the Universiteit Antwerpen, and VSC (Flemish Supercomputer Center), funded by the FWO and the Flemish Government. The authors are grateful to Pablo Piaggi for making the pair entropy CV code publicly available. | Approved | Most recent IF: 4.4; 2020 IF: 2.965 | ||
| Call Number | PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:172456 | Serial | 6420 | ||
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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 Ge1-XSnx | 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 | Bafekry, A.; Shayesteh, S.F.; Peeters, F.M. | ||||
| Title | Two-dimensional carbon nitride (2DCN) nanosheets : tuning of novel electronic and magnetic properties by hydrogenation, atom substitution and defect engineering | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2019 | Publication | Journal of applied physics | Abbreviated Journal | J Appl Phys |
| Volume | 126 | Issue | 21 | Pages | 215104 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | By employing first-principles calculations within the framework of density functional theory, we investigated the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of graphene and various two-dimensional carbon-nitride (2DNC) nanosheets. The different 2DCN gives rise to diverse electronic properties such as metals (C3N2), semimetals (C4N and C9N4), half-metals (C4N3), ferromagnetic-metals (C9N7), semiconductors (C2N, C3N, C3N4, C6N6, and C6N8), spin-glass semiconductors (C10N9 and C14N12), and insulators (C2N2). Furthermore, the effects of adsorption and substitution of hydrogen atoms as well as N-vacancy defects on the electronic and magnetic properties are systematically studied. The introduction of point defects, including N vacancies, interstitial H impurity into graphene and different 2DCN crystals, results in very different band structures. Defect engineering leads to the discovery of potentially exotic properties that make 2DCN interesting for future investigations and emerging technological applications with precisely tailored properties. These properties can be useful for applications in various fields such as catalysis, energy storage, nanoelectronic devices, spintronics, optoelectronics, and nanosensors. Published under license by AIP Publishing. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000504007300023 | Publication Date | 2019-12-02 | |
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| ISSN | 0021-8979; 1089-7550 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.068 | Times cited | 70 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.068 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:165733 | Serial | 6329 | ||
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| Author | Vohra, A.; Khanam, A.; Slotte, J.; Makkonen, I.; Pourtois, G.; Porret, C.; Loo, R.; Vandervorst, W. | ||||
| Title | Heavily phosphorus doped germanium : strong interaction of phosphorus with vacancies and impact of tin alloying on doping activation | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2019 | Publication | Journal of applied physics | Abbreviated Journal | J Appl Phys |
| Volume | 125 | Issue | 22 | Pages | 225703 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) | ||||
| Abstract | We examined the vacancy trapping proficiency of Sn and P atoms in germanium using positron annihilation spectroscopy measurements, sensitive to the open-volume defects. Epitaxial Ge1 xSnx films were grown by chemical vapor deposition with different P concentrations in the 3: 0 1019-1: 5 1020 cm 3 range. We corroborate our findings with first principles simulations. Codoping of Ge with a Sn concentration of up to 9% is not an efficient method to suppress the free vacancy concentration and the formation of larger phosphorus-vacancy complexes. Experimental results confirm an increase in the number of P atoms around the monovacancy with P-doping, leading to dopant deactivation in epitaxial germanium-tin layers with similar Sn content. Vice versa, no impact on the improvement of maximum achieved P activation in Ge with increasing Sn-doping has been observed. Theoretical calculations also confirm that Pn-V (vacancy) complexes are energetically more stable than the corresponding SnmPn-V and Snm-V defect structures with the same number of alien atoms (Sn or P) around the monovacancy. he strong attraction of vacancies to the phosphorus atoms remains the dominant dopant deactivation mechanism in Ge as well as in Ge1 xSnx. Published under license by AIP Publishing. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000471698600044 | Publication Date | 2019-06-10 | |
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| ISSN | 0021-8979; 1089-7550 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.068 | Times cited | 1 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.068 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:161333 | Serial | 6300 | ||
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| Author | Li, L.L.; Peeters, F.M. | ||||
| Title | Strain engineered linear dichroism and Faraday rotation in few-layer phosphorene | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2019 | Publication | Applied physics letters | Abbreviated Journal | Appl Phys Lett |
| Volume | 114 | Issue | 24 | Pages | 243102 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | We investigate theoretically the linear dichroism and the Faraday rotation of strained few-layer phosphorene, where strain is applied uniaxially along the armchair or zigzag direction of the phosphorene lattice. We calculate the optical conductivity tensor of uniaxially strained few-layer phosphorene by means of the Kubo formula within the tight-binding approach. We show that the linear dichroism and the Faraday rotation of few-layer phosphorene can be significantly modulated by the applied strain. The modulation depends strongly on both the magnitude and direction of strain and becomes more pronounced with increasing number of phosphorene layers. Our results are relevant for mechano-optoelectronic applications based on optical absorption and Hall effects in strained few-layer phosphorene. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000472599100029 | Publication Date | 2019-06-17 | |
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| ISSN | 0003-6951; 1077-3118 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 3.411 | Times cited | 12 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; This work was financially supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and by the FLAG-ERA Project TRANS-2D-TMD. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 3.411 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:161327 | Serial | 5428 | ||
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| Author | Guzzinati, G.; Ghielens, W.; Mahr, C.; Béché, A.; Rosenauer, A.; Calders, T.; Verbeeck, J. | ||||
| Title | Electron Bessel beam diffraction for precise and accurate nanoscale strain mapping | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2019 | Publication | Applied physics letters | Abbreviated Journal | Appl Phys Lett |
| Volume | 114 | Issue | 24 | Pages | 243501 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; ADReM Data Lab (ADReM); Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | Strain has a strong effect on the properties of materials and the performance of electronic devices. Their ever shrinking size translates into a constant demand for accurate and precise measurement methods with a very high spatial resolution. In this regard, transmission electron microscopes are key instruments thanks to their ability to map strain with a subnanometer resolution. Here, we present a method to measure strain at the nanometer scale based on the diffraction of electron Bessel beams. We demonstrate that our method offers a strain sensitivity better than 2.5 × 10−4 and an accuracy of 1.5 × 10−3, competing with, or outperforming, the best existing methods with a simple and easy to use experimental setup. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000472599100019 | Publication Date | 2019-06-17 | |
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| ISSN | 0003-6951 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 3.411 | Times cited | 17 | Open Access | OpenAccess |
| Notes | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, RO2057/12-2 ; Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, G.0934.17N ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 3.411 | ||
| Call Number | EMAT @ emat @UA @ admin @ c:irua:160119 | Serial | 5181 | ||
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| Author | Chen, Q.; Li, L.L.; Peeters, F.M. | ||||
| Title | Inner and outer ring states of MoS2 quantum rings : energy spectrum, charge and spin currents | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2019 | Publication | Journal of applied physics | Abbreviated Journal | J Appl Phys |
| Volume | 125 | Issue | 24 | Pages | 244303 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | We investigate the energy levels and persistent currents of MoS2 quantum rings having different shapes and edge types in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field by means of the tight-binding approach. We find states localized at the inner and outer boundaries of the ring. These energy levels exhibit different magnetic field dependences for the inner and outer ring states due to their different localization properties. They both exhibit the usual Aharanov-Bohm oscillations but with different oscillation periods. In the presence of spin-orbit coupling, we show distinct spin and charge persistent currents for inner and outer ring states. We find well-defined spin currents with negligibly small charge currents. This is because the local currents of spin-up and -down states flow in opposite directions. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000474439600026 | Publication Date | 2019-06-25 | |
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| ISSN | 0021-8979; 1089-7550 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.068 | Times cited | 11 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; This work was supported by the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 2015JJ2040, 2018JJ2080, and 2018JJ4047), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC) (No. 51502087), the Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department (Nos. 15A042, 15B056, and 17B060), and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI). ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.068 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:161309 | Serial | 5417 | ||
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| Author | Sun, J.-Y.; Wen, D.-Q.; Zhang, Q.-Z.; Liu, Y.-X.; Wang, Y.-N. | ||||
| Title | The effects of electron surface interactions in geometrically symmetric capacitive RF plasmas in the presence of different electrode surface materials | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2019 | Publication | Physics of plasmas | Abbreviated Journal | Phys Plasmas |
| Volume | 26 | Issue | 6 | Pages | 063505 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) | ||||
| Abstract | Particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collision (PIC/MCC) simulations are performed to investigate the asymmetric secondary electron emission (SEE) effects when electrons strike two different material electrodes in low pressure capacitively coupled plasmas (CCPs). To describe the electron-surface interactions, a realistic model, considering the primary electron impact energy and angle, as well as the corresponding surface property-dependent secondary electron yields, is employed in PIC/MCC simulations. In this model, three kinds of electrons emitted from the surface are considered: (i) elastically reflected electrons, (ii) inelastically backscattered electrons, and (iii) electron induced secondary electrons (SEs, i.e., delta-electrons). Here, we examined the effects of electron-surface interactions on the ionization dynamics and plasma characteristics of an argon discharge. The discharge is driven by a voltage source of 13.56MHz with amplitudes in the range of 200-2000V. The grounded electrode material is copper (Cu) for all cases, while the powered electrode material is either Cu or silicon dioxide (SiO2). The simulations reveal that the electron impact-induced SEE is an essential process at low pressures, especially at high voltages. Different electrode materials result in an asymmetric response of SEE. Depending on the instantaneous local sheath potential and the phase of the SEE, these SEs either are reflected by the opposite sheath or strike the electrode surface, where they can induce delta-electrons upon their residual energies. It is shown that highly energetic delta-electrons contribute significantly to the ionization rate and a self-bias forms when the powered electrode material is assumed to be made of SiO2. Complex dynamics is observed due to the multiple electron-surface interaction processes and asymmetric yields of SEs in CCPs. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000474440600043 | Publication Date | 2019-06-06 | |
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| ISSN | 1070-664x | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.115 | Times cited | 1 | Open Access | |
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.115 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:161353 | Serial | 6327 | ||
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| Author | Jannis, D.; Müller-Caspary, K.; Béché, A.; Oelsner, A.; Verbeeck, J. | ||||
| Title | Spectroscopic coincidence experiments in transmission electron microscopy | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2019 | Publication | Applied physics letters | Abbreviated Journal | Appl Phys Lett |
| Volume | 114 | Issue | 14 | Pages | 143101 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | We demonstrate the feasibility of coincidence measurements on a conventional transmission electron microscope, revealing the temporal correlation between electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy events. We make use of a delay line detector with ps-range time resolution attached to a modified EELS spectrometer. We demonstrate that coincidence between both events, related to the excitation and deexcitation of atoms in a crystal, provides added information not present in the individual EELS or EDX spectra. In particular, the method provides EELS with a significantly suppressed or even removed background, overcoming the many difficulties with conventional parametric background fitting as it uses no assumptions on the shape of the background, requires no user input and does not suffer from counting noise originating from the background signal. This is highly attractive, especially when low concentrations of elements need to be detected in a matrix of other elements. |
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| Language | Wos | 000464450200022 | Publication Date | 2019-04-08 | |
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| ISSN | 0003-6951 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 3.411 | Times cited | 18 | Open Access | OpenAccess |
| Notes | Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, G093417 ; Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, 823717 ESTEEM3 ; Helmholtz Association, VH-NG-1327 ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 3.411 | ||
| Call Number | EMAT @ emat @UA @ admin @ c:irua:159155 | Serial | 5168 | ||
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| Author | Piorra, A.; Hrkac, V.; Wolff, N.; Zamponi, C.; Duppel, V.; Hadermann, J.; Kienle, L.; Quandt, E. | ||||
| Title | (Ba0.85Ca0.15)(Ti0.9Zr0.1)O3 thin films prepared by PLD : relaxor properties and complex microstructure | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2019 | Publication | Journal of applied physics | Abbreviated Journal | J Appl Phys |
| Volume | 125 | Issue | 24 | Pages | 244103 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | Ferroelectric lead-free thin films of the composition (Ba0.85Ca0.15)(Ti0.9Zr0.1)O-3 (BCZT) were deposited by pulsed laser deposition on Pt/TiO2/SiO2/Si substrates using a ceramic BCZT target prepared by a conventional solid state reaction. The target material itself shows a piezoelectric coefficient of d(33)=640pm/V. The (111) textured thin films possess a thickness of up to 1.1 mu m and exhibit a clamped piezoelectric response f of up to 190pm/V, a dielectric coefficient of (r)=2000 at room temperature, and a pronounced relaxor behavior. As indicated by transmission electron microscopy, the thin films are composed of longitudinal micrometersized columns with similar to 100nm lateral dimension that are separated at twin- and antiphase boundaries. The superposition phenomena according to this columnar growth were simulated based on suitable supercells. The major structural component is described as a tetragonal distorted variant of the perovskite parent type; however, frequently coherently intergrown nanodomains were observed indicating a much more complex structure that is characterized by a 7-layer modulation along the growth direction of the films. | ||||
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| ISSN | 0021-8979; 1089-7550 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.068 | Times cited | Open Access | ||
| Notes | ; The authors want to thank Dr. Martina Luysberg and Dr. Lothar Houben from the Ernst Ruska Centre in Julich for discussion and CS-corrected microscopy. Funding of this work via the DFG (No. CRC1261) “Magnetoelectric Sensors: From Composite Materials to Biomagnetic Diagnostics” and the PAK902 is gratefully acknowledged. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.068 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:161310 | Serial | 5399 | ||
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| Author | Lumbeeck, G.; Idrissi, H.; Amin-Ahmadi, B.; Favache, A.; Delmelle, R.; Samaee, V.; Proost, J.; Pardoen, T.; Schryvers, D. | ||||
| Title | Effect of hydriding induced defects on the small-scale plasticity mechanisms in nanocrystalline palladium thin films | Type | A1 Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2018 | Publication | Journal Of Applied Physics | Abbreviated Journal | J Appl Phys |
| Volume | 124 | Issue | 22 | Pages | 225105 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal Article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT) ; | ||||
| Abstract | Nanoindentation tests performed on nanocrystalline palladium films subjected to hydriding/dehydriding cycles demonstrate a significant softening when compared to the as-received material. The origin of this softening is unraveled by combining in situ TEM nanomechanical testing with automated crystal orientation mapping in TEM and high resolution TEM. The softening is attributed to the presence of a high density of stacking faults and of Shockley partial dislocations after hydrogen loading. The hydrogen induced defects affect the elementary plasticity mechanisms and the mechanical response by acting as preferential sites for twinning/detwinning during deformation. These results are analyzed and compared to previous experimental and simulation works in the literature. This study provides new insights into the effect of hydrogen on the atomistic deformation and cracking mechanisms as well as on the mechanical properties of nanocrystalline thin films and membranes. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000453254000025 | Publication Date | 2018-12-14 | |
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| ISSN | 0021-8979 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.068 | Times cited | 2 | Open Access | Not_Open_Access |
| Notes | This work was supported by the Hercules Foundation under Grant No. AUHA13009, the Flemish Research Fund (FWO) under Grant No. G.0365.15N, and the Flemish Strategic Initiative for Materials (SIM) under the project InterPoCo. Dr. H. Idrissi is mandated by the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FSR-FNRS). We would like to thank Dr. Hadi Pirgazi from UGent for his technical support to process the ACOM data in the OIM Analysis software. | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.068 | ||
| Call Number | EMAT @ emat @c:irua:155742 | Serial | 5135 | ||
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| Author | Abdullah, H.M.; Van der Donck, M.; Bahlouli, H.; Peeters, F.M.; Van Duppen, B. | ||||
| Title | Graphene quantum blisters : a tunable system to confine charge carriers | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2018 | Publication | Applied physics letters | Abbreviated Journal | Appl Phys Lett |
| Volume | 112 | Issue | 21 | Pages | 213101 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | Due to Klein tunneling, electrostatic confinement of electrons in graphene is not possible. This hinders the use of graphene for quantum dot applications. Only through quasi-bound states with finite lifetime has one achieved to confine charge carriers. Here, we propose that bilayer graphene with a local region of decoupled graphene layers is able to generate bound states under the application of an electrostatic gate. The discrete energy levels in such a quantum blister correspond to localized electron and hole states in the top and bottom layers. We find that this layer localization and the energy spectrum itself are tunable by a global electrostatic gate and that the latter also coincides with the electronic modes in a graphene disk. Curiously, states with energy close to the continuum exist primarily in the classically forbidden region outside the domain defining the blister. The results are robust against variations in size and shape of the blister which shows that it is a versatile system to achieve tunable electrostatic confinement in graphene. Published by AIP Publishing. | ||||
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| Publisher | American Institute of Physics | Place of Publication | New York, N.Y. | Editor | |
| Language | Wos | 000433140900025 | Publication Date | 2018-05-22 | |
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| ISSN | 0003-6951; 1077-3118 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 3.411 | Times cited | 9 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; H.M.A. and H.B. acknowledge the Saudi Center for Theoretical Physics (SCTP) for their generous support and the support of KFUPM under physics research group Project Nos. RG1502-1 and RG1502-2. This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) by a post-doctoral fellowship (B.V.D.) and a doctoral fellowship (M.V.d.D.). ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 3.411 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:151505UA @ admin @ c:irua:151505 | Serial | 5027 | ||
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| Author | Saberi-Pouya, S.; Vazifehshenas, T.; Saleh, M.; Farmanbar, M.; Salavati-fard, T. | ||||
| Title | Plasmon modes in monolayer and double-layer black phosphorus under applied uniaxial strain | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2018 | Publication | Journal of applied physics | Abbreviated Journal | J Appl Phys |
| Volume | 123 | Issue | 17 | Pages | 174301 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | We study the effects of an applied in-plane uniaxial strain on the plasmon dispersions of monolayer, bilayer, and double-layer black phosphorus structures in the long-wavelength limit within the linear elasticity theory. In the low-energy limit, these effects can be modeled through the change in the curvature of the anisotropic energy band along the armchair and zigzag directions. We derive analytical relations of the plasmon modes under uniaxial strain and show that the direction of the applied strain is important. Moreover, we observe that along the armchair direction, the changes of the plasmon dispersion with strain are different and larger than those along the zigzag direction. Using the analytical relations of two-layer phosphorene systems, we found that the strain-dependent orientation factor of layers could be considered as a means to control the variations of the plasmon energy. Furthermore, our study shows that the plasmonic collective modes are more affected when the strain is applied equally to the layers compared to the case in which the strain is applied asymmetrically to the layers. We also calculate the effect of strain on the drag resistivity in a double-layer black phosphorus structure and obtain that the changes in the plasmonic excitations, due to an applied strain, are mainly responsible for the predicted results. This study can be readily extended to other anisotropic two-dimensional materials. Published by AIP Publishing. | ||||
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| Publisher | American Institute of Physics | Place of Publication | New York, N.Y. | Editor | |
| Language | Wos | 000431651600014 | Publication Date | 2018-05-01 | |
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| ISSN | 0021-8979; 1089-7550 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.068 | Times cited | 4 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.068 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:151522UA @ admin @ c:irua:151522 | Serial | 5037 | ||
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| Author | Vanraes, P.; Bogaerts, A. | ||||
| Title | Plasma physics of liquids—A focused review | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2018 | Publication | Applied physics reviews | Abbreviated Journal | Appl Phys Rev |
| Volume | 5 | Issue | 3 | Pages | 031103 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) | ||||
| Abstract | The interaction of plasma with liquids has led to various established industrial implementations as well as promising applications, including high-voltage switching, chemical analysis, nanomaterial synthesis, and plasma medicine. Along with these numerous accomplishments, the physics of plasma in liquid or in contact with a liquid surface has emerged as a bipartite research field, for which we introduce here the term “plasma physics of liquids.” Despite the intensive research investments during the recent decennia, this field is plagued by some controversies and gaps in knowledge, which might restrict further progress. The main difficulties in understanding revolve around the basic mechanisms of plasma initiation in the liquid phase and the electrical interactions at a plasma-liquid interface, which require an interdisciplinary approach. This review aims to provide the wide applied physics community with a general overview of the field, as well as the opportunities for interdisciplinary research on topics, such as nanobubbles and the floating water bridge, and involving the research domains of amorphous semiconductors, solid state physics, thermodynamics, material science, analytical chemistry, electrochemistry, and molecular dynamics simulations. In addition, we provoke awareness of experts in the field on yet underappreciated question marks. Accordingly, a strategy for future experimental and simulation work is proposed. |
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| Language | Wos | 000446117000003 | Publication Date | 2018-07-25 | |
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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 | 33 | Open Access | OpenAccess |
| Notes | P. Vanraes acknowledges funding by a University of Antwerp BOF grant. The authors express their gratitude to Professor Dr. Peter Bruggeman (University of Minnesota, USA) for very useful comments on a draft of Sec. III C. P. Vanraes is very grateful to Professor Dr. Lars Pettersson (Stockholm University, Sweden) for the interesting discussions on the microscopic structure of water, to Dr. Xiaolong Deng (National University of Defense Technology, China) for his help with the figures, to Dr. Anton Nikiforov (Ghent University, Belgium) for the help with retrieving the relevant chapter of Ref. 319, and to Dr. Tatiana Nikitenko (Vitebst State Masherov University, Belarus), Katja Nygard (Netherlands), Iryna Kuchakova (Ghent University, Belgium), and Mindaugas Kersys (Lithuania) for their tremendous help with the translation of the corresponding chapter. | Approved | Most recent IF: 13.667 | ||
| Call Number | PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:152823 | Serial | 5001 | ||
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| Author | Gauquelin, N.; Zhang, H.; Zhu, G.; Wei, J.Y.T.; Botton, G.A. | ||||
| Title | Atomic-scale identification of novel planar defect phases in heteroepitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-\delta thin films | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2018 | Publication | AIP advances | Abbreviated Journal | Aip Adv |
| Volume | 8 | Issue | 5 | Pages | 055022 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | We have discovered two novel types of planar defects that appear in heteroepitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-delta(YBCO123) thin films, grown by pulsed-laser deposition (PLD) either with or without a La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 (LCMO) overlayer, using the combination of highangle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM) imaging and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) mapping for unambiguous identification. These planar lattice defects are based on the intergrowth of either a BaO plane between two CuO chains or multiple Y-O layers between two CuO2 planes, resulting in non-stoichiometric layer sequences that could directly impact the high-Tc superconductivity. (C) 2018 Author(s). | ||||
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| Publisher | American Institute of Physics | Place of Publication | Melville, NY | Editor | |
| Language | Wos | 000433954000022 | Publication Date | 2018-05-21 | |
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| ISSN | 2158-3226 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 1.568 | Times cited | 1 | Open Access | OpenAccess |
| Notes | ; We are thankful to Julia Huang for FIB TEM sample preparation. This work is supported by NSERC (through Discovery Grants to GAB and JYTW) and CIFAR. The electron microscopy work was carried out at the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy, a National Facility supported by McMaster University, the Canada Foundation for Innovation and NSERC. N.G. acknowledges H. Idrissi for useful discussions. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 1.568 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:152063 | Serial | 5013 | ||
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| Author | Geenen, F.A.; van Stiphout, K.; Nanakoudis, A.; Bals, S.; Vantomme, A.; Jordan-Sweet, J.; Lavoie, C.; Detavernier, C. | ||||
| Title | Controlling the formation and stability of ultra-thin nickel silicides : an alloying strategy for preventing agglomeration | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2018 | Publication | Journal of applied physics | Abbreviated Journal | J Appl Phys |
| Volume | 123 | Issue | 123 | Pages | 075303 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | The electrical contact of the source and drain regions in state-of-the-art CMOS transistors is nowadays facilitated through NiSi, which is often alloyed with Pt in order to avoid morphological agglomeration of the silicide film. However, the solid-state reaction between as-deposited Ni and the Si substrate exhibits a peculiar change for as-deposited Ni films thinner than a critical thickness of t(c) = 5 nm. Whereas thicker films form polycrystalline NiSi upon annealing above 450 degrees C, thinner films form epitaxial NiSi2 films that exhibit a high resistance toward agglomeration. For industrial applications, it is therefore of utmost importance to assess the critical thickness with high certainty and find novel methodologies to either increase or decrease its value, depending on the aimed silicide formation. This paper investigates Ni films between 0 and 15 nm initial thickness by use of “thickness gradients,” which provide semi-continuous information on silicide formation and stability as a function of as-deposited layer thickness. The alloying of these Ni layers with 10% Al, Co, Ge, Pd, or Pt renders a significant change in the phase sequence as a function of thickness and dependent on the alloying element. The addition of these ternary impurities therefore changes the critical thickness t(c). The results are discussed in the framework of classical nucleation theory. Published by AIP Publishing. | ||||
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| Publisher | American Institute of Physics | Place of Publication | New York, N.Y. | Editor | |
| Language | Wos | 000425807400018 | Publication Date | 2018-02-21 | |
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| ISSN | 0021-8979; 1089-7550 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.068 | Times cited | 23 | Open Access | OpenAccess |
| Notes | ; The authors acknowledge the FWO Vlaanderen, the Hercules Foundation, and BOF-UGent (GOA 01G01513) for providing financial support for this work. This research used resources of the National Synchrotron Light Source, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Brookhaven National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.068 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:149912UA @ admin @ c:irua:149912 | Serial | 4929 | ||
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| Author | Leliaert, J.; Mulkers, J.; De Clercq, J.; Coene, A.; Dvornik, M.; Van Waeyenberge, B. | ||||
| Title | Adaptively time stepping the stochastic Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation at nonzero temperature: Implementation and validation in MuMax3 | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | AIP advances | Abbreviated Journal | Aip Adv |
| Volume | 7 | Issue | 12 | Pages | 125010 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | Thermal fluctuations play an increasingly important role in micromagnetic research relevant for various biomedical and other technological applications. Until now, it was deemed necessary to use a time stepping algorithm with a fixed time step in order to perform micromagnetic simulations at nonzero temperatures. However, Berkov and Gorn have shown in [D. Berkov and N. Gorn, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter,14, L281, 2002] that the drift term which generally appears when solving stochastic differential equations can only influence the length of the magnetization. This quantity is however fixed in the case of the stochastic Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation. In this paper, we exploit this fact to straightforwardly extend existing high order solvers with an adaptive time stepping algorithm. We implemented the presented methods in the freely available GPU-accelerated micromagnetic software package MuMax3 and used it to extensively validate the presented methods. Next to the advantage of having control over the error tolerance, we report a twenty fold speedup without a loss of accuracy, when using the presented methods as compared to the hereto best practice of using Heun’s solver with a small fixed time step. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000418492500010 | Publication Date | 2017-12-11 | |
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| ISSN | 2158-3226 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 1.568 | Times cited | 13 | Open Access | |
| Notes | This work was supported by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO-Vlaanderen) through Project No. G098917N and a postdoctoral fellowship (A.C.). J. L. is supported by the Ghent University Special Research Fund (BOF postdoctoral fellowship). We gratefully acknowl- edge the support of NVIDIA Corporation with the donation of the Titan Xp GPU used for this research. | Approved | Most recent IF: 1.568 | ||
| Call Number | CMT @ cmt @c:irua:147860 | Serial | 4799 | ||
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| Author | Duflou, R.; Ciubotaru, F.; Vaysset, A.; Heyns, M.; Sorée, B.; Radu, I.P.; Adelmann, C. | ||||
| Title | Micromagnetic simulations of magnetoelastic spin wave excitation in scaled magnetic waveguides | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | Applied physics letters | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 111 | Issue | 19 | Pages | 192411 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | We study the excitation of spin waves in scaled magnetic waveguides using the magnetoelastic effect. In uniformly magnetized systems, normal strains parallel or perpendicular to the magnetization direction do not lead to spin wave excitation since the magnetoelastic torque is zero. Using micromagnetic simulations, we show that the nonuniformity of the magnetization in submicron waveguides due to the effect of the demagnetizing field leads to the excitation of spin waves for oscillating normal strains both parallel and perpendicular to the magnetization. The excitation by biaxial normal in-plane strain was found to be much more efficient than that by uniaxial normal out-of-plane strain. For narrow waveguides with a width of 200 nm, the excitation efficiency of biaxial normal in-plane strain was comparable to that of shear strain. Published by AIP Publishing. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000414975500027 | Publication Date | 2017-11-10 | |
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| ISSN | 0003-6951; 1077-3118 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | Times cited | Open Access | |||
| Notes | Approved | no | |||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:152599 | Serial | 8247 | ||
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| Author | Zhang, Q.-Z.; Tinck, S.; de Marneffe, J.-F.; Zhang, L.; Bogaerts, A. | ||||
| Title | Mechanisms for plasma cryogenic etching of porous materials | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | Applied physics letters | Abbreviated Journal | Appl Phys Lett |
| Volume | 111 | Issue | 17 | Pages | 173104 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) | ||||
| Abstract | Porous materials are commonly used in microelectronics, as they can meet the demand for continuously shrinking electronic feature dimensions. However, they are facing severe challenges in plasma etching, due to plasma induced damage. In this paper, we present both the plasma characteristics and surface processing during the etching of porous materials. We explain how the damage occurs in the porous material during plasma etching for a wide range of chuck temperatures and the responsible mechanism for plasma damage-free etching at cryogenic temperature, by a combination of experiments and numerical modeling. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000413863400032 | Publication Date | 2017-10-23 | |
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| ISSN | 0003-6951 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 3.411 | Times cited | 2 | Open Access | OpenAccess |
| Notes | We acknowledge the support from Marie Skłodowska- Curie actions (Grant Agreement-702604). This work was carried out in part using the Turing HPC infrastructure at the CalcUA core facility of Universiteit Antwerpen, a division of the Flemish Supercomputer Center VSC, funded by the Hercules Foundation, the Flemish Government (department EWI), and the University of Antwerp. L. Zhang and J.-F. de Marneffe acknowledge Dr. M. Cooke and A. Goodyear from Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology for processing the samples at their Yatton facility in the United Kingdom. | Approved | Most recent IF: 3.411 | ||
| Call Number | PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:147022 | Serial | 4762 | ||
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| Author | Doevenspeck, J.; Zografos, O.; Gurunarayanan, S.; Lauwereins, R.; Raghavan, P.; Sorée, B. | ||||
| Title | Design and simulation of plasmonic interference-based majority gate | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | AIP advances | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 7 | Issue | 6 | Pages | 065116 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | Major obstacles in current CMOS technology, such as the interconnect bottleneck and thermal heat management, can be overcome by employing subwavelength-scaled light in plasmonic waveguides and devices. In this work, a plasmonic structure that implements the majority (MAJ) gate function is designed and thoroughly studied through simulations. The structure consists of three merging waveguides, serving as the MAJ gate inputs. The information of the logic signals is encoded in the phase of transmitted surface plasmon polaritons (SPP). SPPs are excited at all three inputs and the phase of the output SPP is determined by theMAJof the input phases. The operating dimensions are identified and the functionality is verified for all input combinations. This is the first reported simulation of a plasmonic MAJ gate and thus contributes to the field of optical computing at the nanoscale. (C) 2017 Author(s). | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000404621200036 | Publication Date | 2017-06-23 | |
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| ISSN | 2158-3226 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
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| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:152632 | Serial | 7764 | ||
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| Author | de de Meux, A.J.; Pourtois, G.; Genoe, J.; Heremans, P. | ||||
| Title | Effects of hole self-trapping by polarons on transport and negative bias illumination stress in amorphous-IGZO | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2018 | Publication | Journal of applied physics | Abbreviated Journal | J Appl Phys |
| Volume | 123 | Issue | 16 | Pages | 161513 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) | ||||
| Abstract | The effects of hole injection in amorphous indium-gallium-zinc-oxide (a-IGZO) are analyzed by means of first-principles calculations. The injection of holes in the valence band tail states leads to their capture as a polaron, with high self-trapping energies (from 0.44 to 1.15 eV). Once formed, they mediate the formation of peroxides and remain localized close to the hole injection source due to the presence of a large diffusion energy barrier (of at least 0.6 eV). Their diffusion mechanism can be mediated by the presence of hydrogen. The capture of these holes is correlated with the low off-current observed for a-IGZO transistors, as well as with the difficulty to obtain a p-type conductivity. The results further support the formation of peroxides as being the root cause of Negative Bias Illumination Stress (NBIS). The strong self-trapping substantially reduces the injection of holes from the contact and limits the creation of peroxides from a direct hole injection. In the presence of light, the concentration of holes substantially rises and mediates the creation of peroxides, responsible for NBIS. Published by AIP Publishing. | ||||
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| Publisher | Amer inst physics | Place of Publication | Melville | Editor | |
| Language | Wos | 000431147200043 | Publication Date | 2017-10-19 | |
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| ISSN | 0021-8979; 1089-7550 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.068 | Times cited | 4 | Open Access | OpenAccess |
| Notes | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.068 | |||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:151570 | Serial | 5021 | ||
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| Author | Ramaneti, R.; Sankaran, K.J.; Korneychuk, S.; Yeh, C.J.; Degutis, G.; Leou, K.C.; Verbeeck, J.; Van Bael, M.K.; Lin, I.N.; Haenen, K. | ||||
| Title | Vertically aligned diamond-graphite hybrid nanorod arrays with superior field electron emission properties | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | APL materials | Abbreviated Journal | Apl Mater |
| Volume | 5 | Issue | 6 | Pages | 066102 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | A “patterned-seeding technique” in combination with a “nanodiamond masked reactive ion etching process” is demonstrated for fabricating vertically aligned diamond-graphite hybrid (DGH) nanorod arrays. The DGH nanorod arrays possess superior field electron emission (FEE) behavior with a low turn-on field, long lifetime stability, and large field enhancement factor. Such an enhanced FEE is attributed to the nanocomposite nature of theDGHnanorods, which contain sp(2)-graphitic phases in the boundaries of nano-sized diamond grains. The simplicity in the nanorod fabrication process renders the DGH nanorods of greater potential for the applications as cathodes in field emission displays and microplasma display devices. (C) 2017 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000404623000002 | Publication Date | 2017-06-08 | |
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| ISSN | 2166-532x | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 4.335 | Times cited | 16 | Open Access | |
| Notes | The authors would like to thank the Methusalem “NANO” network for financial support and Mr. B. Ruttens and Professor Jan D'Haen for technical and experimental assistance. K.J. Sankaran is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO). | Approved | Most recent IF: 4.335 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:152633 | Serial | 5369 | ||
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| Author | Leenaerts, O.; Vercauteren, S.; Partoens, B. | ||||
| Title | Band alignment of lateral two-dimensional heterostructures with a transverse dipole | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | Applied physics letters | Abbreviated Journal | Appl Phys Lett |
| Volume | 110 | Issue | 110 | Pages | 181602 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | It was recently shown that the electronic band alignment in lateral two-dimensional heterostructures is strongly dependent on the system geometry, such as heterostructure width and layer thickness. This is so even in the absence of polar edge terminations because of the appearance of an interface dipole between the two different materials. In this study, this work is expanded to include two-dimensional materials that possess an electronic dipole over their surface, i.e., in the direction transverse to the crystal plane. To this end, a heterostucture consisting of polar hydrofluorinated graphene and non-polar graphane layers is studied with first-principles calculations. As for nonpolar heterostructures, a significant geometry dependence is observed with two different limits for the band offset. For infinitely wide heterostructures, the potential step in the vacuum is equally divided over the two sides of the heterostructure, resulting in a finite potential step in the heterostructure. For infinitely thick heterostructure slabs, on the other hand, the band offset is reduced, similar to the three-dimensional case. | ||||
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| Publisher | American Institute of Physics | Place of Publication | New York, N.Y. | Editor | |
| Language | Wos | 000400931900014 | Publication Date | 2017-05-01 | |
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| ISSN | 0003-6951; 1077-3118 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 3.411 | Times cited | 4 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; This work was supported by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO-VI). The computational resources and services used in this work were provided by the VSC (Flemish Supercomputer Center), funded by the Hercules Foundation and the Flemish Government-department EWI. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 3.411 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:143755 | Serial | 4586 | ||
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| Author | Benetti, G.; Cavaliere, E.; Canteri, A.; Landini, G.; Rossolini, G.M.; Pallecchi, L.; Chiodi, M.; Van Bael, M.J.; Winckelmans, N.; Bals, S.; Gavioli, L. | ||||
| Title | Direct synthesis of antimicrobial coatings based on tailored bi-elemental nanoparticles | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | APL materials | Abbreviated Journal | Apl Mater |
| Volume | 5 | Issue | 5 | Pages | 036105 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) | ||||
| Abstract | Ultrathin coatings based on bi-elemental nanoparticles (NPs) are very promising to limit the surface-related spread of bacterial pathogens, particularly in nosocomial environments. However, tailoring the synthesis, composition, adhesion to substrate, and antimicrobial spectrum of the coating is an open challenge. Herein, we report on a radically new nanostructured coating, obtained by a one-step gas-phase deposition technique, and composed of bi-elemental Janus type Ag/Ti NPs. The NPs are characterized by a cluster-in-cluster mixing phase with metallic Ag nano-crystals embedded in amorphous TiO2 and present a promising antimicrobial activity including also multidrug resistant strains. We demonstrate the flexibility of the method to tune the embedded Ag nano-crystals dimension, the total relative composition of the coating, and the substrate type, opening the possibility of tailoring the dimension, composition, antimicrobial spectrum, and other physical/chemical properties of such multi-elemental systems. This work is expected to significantly spread the range of applications of NPs coatings, not only as an effective tool in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections but also in other technologically relevant fields like sensors or nano-/micro joining. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000398951000014 | Publication Date | 2017-03-20 | |
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| ISSN | 2166-532X | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 4.335 | Times cited | 21 | Open Access | OpenAccess |
| Notes | We thank Urs Gfeller for the XRF measurements, Francesco Banfi for valuable discussions on the manuscript and Giulio Viano for his valuable support in the microbiological analysis. The authors acknowledge the financial support of Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore through D.2.2 and D.3.1 grants and from the European Union through the 7th Framework Program (FP7) under a contract for an Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (Reference No. 312483 ESTEEM2). REFERENCES | Approved | Most recent IF: 4.335 | ||
| Call Number | EMAT @ emat @ c:irua:141723UA @ admin @ c:irua:141723 | Serial | 4479 | ||
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| Author | Lu, A.K.A.; Pourtois, G.; Luisier, M.; Radu, I.P.; Houssa, M. | ||||
| Title | On the electrostatic control achieved in transistors based on multilayered MoS2 : a first-principles study | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | Journal of applied physics | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 121 | Issue | 4 | Pages | 044505 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) | ||||
| Abstract | In this work, the electrostatic control in metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors based on MoS2 is studied, with respect to the number of MoS2 layers in the channel and to the equivalent oxide thickness of the gate dielectric, using first-principles calculations combined with a quantum transport formalism. Our simulations show that a compromise exists between the drive current and the electrostatic control on the channel. When increasing the number of MoS2 layers, a degradation of the device performances in terms of subthreshold swing and OFF currents arises due to the screening of the MoS2 layers constituting the transistor channel. Published by AIP Publishing. | ||||
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| Language | Wos | 000393480100030 | Publication Date | 2017-01-26 | |
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| ISSN | 0021-8979; 1089-7550 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | Times cited | Open Access | |||
| Notes | Approved | no | |||
| Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:152673 | Serial | 8329 | ||
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| Author | Mohammed, M.; Verhulst, A.S.; Verreck, D.; Van de Put, M.; Simoen, E.; Sorée, B.; Kaczer, B.; Degraeve, R.; Mocuta, A.; Collaert, N.; Thean, A.; Groeseneken, G. | ||||
| Title | Electric-field induced quantum broadening of the characteristic energy level of traps in semiconductors and oxides | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Journal of applied physics | Abbreviated Journal | J Appl Phys |
| Volume | 120 | Issue | 120 | Pages | 245704 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | The trap-assisted tunneling (TAT) current in tunnel field-effect transistors (TFETs) is one of the crucial factors degrading the sub-60 mV/dec sub-threshold swing. To correctly predict the TAT currents, an accurate description of the trap is required. Since electric fields in TFETs typically reach beyond 10(6) V/cm, there is a need to quantify the impact of such high field on the traps. We use a quantum mechanical implementation based on the modified transfer matrix method to obtain the trap energy level. We present the qualitative impact of electric field on different trap configurations, locations, and host materials, including both semiconductors and oxides. We determine that there is an electric-field related trap level shift and level broadening. We find that these electric-field induced quantum effects can enhance the trap emission rates. Published by AIP Publishing. | ||||
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| Publisher | American Institute of Physics | Place of Publication | New York, N.Y. | Editor | |
| Language | Wos | 000392174000028 | Publication Date | 2016-12-26 | |
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| ISSN | 0021-8979; 1089-7550 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.068 | Times cited | 6 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; This work was supported by imec's Industrial Affiliation Program. D. Verreck acknowledges the support of a PhD stipend from IWT-Vlaanderen. ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.068 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:141481 | Serial | 4593 | ||
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| Author | Berdiyorov, G.R.; Mortazavi, B.; Ahzi, S.; Peeters, F.M.; Khraisheh, M.K. | ||||
| Title | Effect of straining graphene on nanopore creation using Si cluster bombardment: A reactive atomistic investigation | Type | A1 Journal article | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Journal of applied physics | Abbreviated Journal | J Appl Phys |
| Volume | 120 | Issue | 120 | Pages | 225108 |
| Keywords | A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) | ||||
| Abstract | Graphene nanosheets have recently received a revival of interest as a new class of ultrathin, high-flux, and energy-efficient sieving membranes because of their unique two-dimensional and atomically thin structure, good flexibility, and outstanding mechanical properties. However, for practical applications of graphene for advanced water purification and desalination technologies, the creation of well controlled, high-density, and subnanometer diameter pores becomes a key factor. Here, we conduct reactive force-field molecular dynamics simulations to study the effect of external strain on nanopore creation in the suspended graphene by bombardment with Si clusters. Depending on the size and energy of the clusters, different kinds of topography were observed in the graphene sheet. In all the considered conditions, tensile strain results in the creation of nanopores with regular shape and smooth edges. On the contrary, compressive strain increases the elastic response of graphene to irradiation that leads to the formation of net-like defective structures with predominantly carbon atom chains. Our findings show the possibility of creating controlled nanopores in strained graphene by bombardment with Si clusters. Published by AIP Publishing. | ||||
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| Publisher | American Institute of Physics | Place of Publication | New York, N.Y. | Editor | |
| Language | Wos | 000391535900022 | Publication Date | 2016-12-15 | |
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| ISSN | 0021-8979; 1089-7550 | ISBN | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles | |
| Impact Factor | 2.068 | Times cited | 10 | Open Access | |
| Notes | ; ; | Approved | Most recent IF: 2.068 | ||
| Call Number | UA @ lucian @ c:irua:141451 | Serial | 4554 | ||
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