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Author Barreca, D.; Carraro, G.; Gasparotto, A.; Maccato, C.; Warwick, M.E.A.; Turner, S.; Van Tendeloo, G. pdf  doi
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  Title Fabrication and Characterization of Fe2O3-Based Nanostructures Functionalized with Metal Particles and Oxide Overlayers Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2015 Publication Journal of advanced microscopy research Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 10 Issue 10 Pages 239-243  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract We report on the design of nanosystems based on functionalized -Fe 2 O 3 nanostructures supported on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrates. The target materials were developed by means of hybrid vapor phase approaches, combining plasma assisted-chemical vapor deposition (PA-CVD) for the production of iron(III) oxide systems and the subsequent radio frequency (RF)-sputtering or atomic layer deposition (ALD) for the functionalization with Au nanoparticles or TiO 2 overlayers, respectively. The interplay between material characteristics and the adopted processing parameters was investigated by complementary analytical techniques, encompassing X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), field emission-scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), high angle annular dark field-scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM), and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS). The obtained results highlight the possibility of fabricating Au/ -Fe 2 O 3 nanocomposites, with a controlled dispersion and distribution of metal particles, and TiO 2 / -Fe 2 O 3 heterostructures, characterized by an intimate coupling between the constituent oxides.  
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  Language Wos Publication Date 2015-12-01  
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  ISSN 2156-7573 ISBN Additional Links UA library record  
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  Notes The authors acknowledge the financial support under the FP7 project “SOLARO- GENIX” (NMP4-SL-2012-310333), as well as Padova University ex-60% 2012–2015 projects, grant n CPDR132937/13 (SOLLEONE), and Regione Lombardia- INSTM ATLANTE program. Stuart Turner acknowledges the FWO Flanders for a post-doctoral scholarship. Thanks are also due to Dr. L. Borgese and Prof. E. Bontempi (Chemistry for Technologies Laboratory, Brescia Univer- sity, Italy) for precious assistance in ALD experiments. Approved Most recent IF: NA  
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @ c:irua:132798 Serial 4058  
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Author Maccato, C.; Simon, Q.; Carraro, G.; Barreca, D.; Gasparotto, A.; Lebedev, O.I.; Turner, S.; Van Tendeloo, G. doi  openurl
  Title Zinc and copper oxides functionalized with metal nanoparticles : an insight into their nano-organization Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Journal of advanced microscopy research Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 7 Issue 2 Pages 84-90  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract Ag/ZnO and Au/CuxO (x = 1, 2) nanocomposites supported on Si(100) and polycrystalline Al2O3 were synthesised by hybrid approaches, combining chemical vapor deposition (either thermal or plasma-assisted) of host oxide matrices and subsequent radio frequency-sputtering of guest metal particles. The influence of the adopted synthetic parameters on the nanocomposite morphological and compositional features was investigated by field emission-scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Results confirm the synthesis of ZnO and CuxO nanoarchitectures, characterized by a tailored morphology and an intimate metal/oxide contact. A careful control of the processing conditions enabled a fine tuning of the mutual constituent distribution, opening thus attractive perspectives for the engineering of advanced nanomaterials.  
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  Language Wos Publication Date 2012-12-04  
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  ISSN 2156-7573;2156-7581; ISBN Additional Links UA library record  
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  Notes Esteem Approved Most recent IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:105298 Serial 3932  
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Author Maistrenko, Y.L.; Vasylenko, A.; Sudakov, O.; Levchenko, R.; Maistrenko, V.L. doi  openurl
  Title Cascades of multiheaded chimera states for coupled phase oscillators Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2014 Publication International journal of bifurcation and chaos in applied sciences and engineering Abbreviated Journal Int J Bifurcat Chaos  
  Volume 24 Issue 8 Pages 1440014  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Chimera state is a recently discovered dynamical phenomenon in arrays of nonlocally coupled oscillators, that displays a self-organized spatial pattern of coexisting coherence and incoherence. We discuss the appearance of the chimera states in networks of phase oscillators with attractive and with repulsive interactions, i.e. when the coupling respectively favors synchronization or works against it. By systematically analyzing the dependence of the spatiotemporal dynamics on the level of coupling attractivity/repulsivity and the range of coupling, we uncover that different types of chimera states exist in wide domains of the parameter space as cascades of the states with increasing number of intervals of irregularity, so-called chimera's heads. We report three scenarios for the chimera birth: (1) via saddle-node bifurcation on a resonant invariant circle, also known as SNIC or SNIPER, (2) via blue-sky catastrophe, when two periodic orbits, stable and saddle, approach each other creating a saddle-node periodic orbit, and (3) via homoclinic transition with complex multistable dynamics including an “eight-like” limit cycle resulting eventually in a chimera state.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Singapore Editor  
  Language Wos 000341494900015 Publication Date 2014-08-29  
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  ISSN 0218-1274;1793-6551; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 1.329 Times cited Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 1.329; 2014 IF: 1.078  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:119303 Serial 285  
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Author Croitoru, M.D.; Shanenko, A.A.; Peeters, F.M. doi  openurl
  Title Superconducting nanowires: quantum-confinement effect on the critical magnetic field and supercurrent Type P1 Proceeding
  Year 2010 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 327-338  
  Keywords P1 Proceeding; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract We study the effect, of electron confinement on the superconducting-to-normal phase transition driven by a magnetic field and/or on the current-carrying state of the superconducting condensate in nanowires. Our investigation is based on a self-consistent. numerical solution of the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations. We show that, in a parallel magnetic field and/or in the presence of supercurrent the transition from superconducting to normal phase occurs as a cascade of discontinuous jumps in the superconducting order parameter for diameters D < 10 divided by 15 nm at T = 0. The critical magnetic held exhibits quantum-size oscillations with pronounced resonant enhancements.  
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  Language Wos 000278418300025 Publication Date 2010-04-08  
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  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), Interuni-versity Attraction Poles Programme -Belgian State -Belgian Science Policy (IAP) and the ESF-AQDJJ network. ; Approved Most recent IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:83294 Serial 3361  
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Author Nikolaev, A.V.; Michel, K.H. doi  openurl
  Title Elusive s-f intrasite interactions and double exchange in solids: ferromagnetic versus nonmagnetic ground state Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Journal of experimental and theoretical physics Abbreviated Journal J Exp Theor Phys+  
  Volume 109 Issue 2 Pages 286-292  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract From the theory of many-electron states in atoms, we know that there exists a strong Coulomb repulsion, which results in the electronic term structure of atoms and is responsible for Hunds rules. By expanding the Coulomb on-site repulsion into a multipolar series, we derive this interaction and show that it is also present in solids as a correlation effect, which means that the interaction requires a multideterminant version of the Hartree-Fock method. Of particular interest is the case where this interaction couples states of localized ( f) and delocalized ( s) electrons. We show that the interaction is bilinear in the creation/annihilation operators for localized electrons and bilinear in the operators for conduction electrons. To study the coupling, we consider a simple model in the framework of an effective limited configuration interaction method with one localized f-electron and one itinerant s-electron per crystal site. The on-site multipole interaction between the f- and s-electrons is explicitly taken into account. It is shown that depending on the low-lying excitation spectrum imposed by the crystal electric field, the model can lead not only to ferromagnetism but also to a nonmagnetic state. The model is relevant for solids with localized and itinerant electron states.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Woodbury, N.Y. Editor  
  Language Wos 000270506500014 Publication Date 2009-09-18  
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  ISSN 1063-7761;1090-6509; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 1.196 Times cited 3 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 1.196; 2009 IF: 0.871  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:79163 Serial 1027  
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Author McCalla, E.; Abakumov, A.M.; Saubanere, M.; Foix, D.; Berg, E.J.; Rousse, G.; Doublet, M.-L.; Gonbeau, D.; Novak, P.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Dominko, R.; Tarascon, J.-M. pdf  doi
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  Title Visualization of O-O peroxo-like dimers in high-capacity layered oxides for Li-ion batteries Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2015 Publication Science Abbreviated Journal Science  
  Volume 350 Issue 350 Pages 1516-1521  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries that rely on cationic redox reactions are the primary energy source for portable electronics. One pathway toward greater energy density is through the use of Li-rich layered oxides. The capacity of this class of materials (>270 milliampere hours per gram) has been shown to be nested in anionic redox reactions, which are thought to form peroxo-like species. However, the oxygen-oxygen (O-O) bonding pattern has not been observed in previous studies, nor has there been a satisfactory explanation for the irreversible changes that occur during first delithiation. By using Li2IrO3 as a model compound, we visualize the O-O dimers via transmission electron microscopy and neutron diffraction. Our findings establish the fundamental relation between the anionic redox process and the evolution of the O-O bonding in layered oxides.  
  Address College de France, Chimie du Solide et de l'Energie, FRE 3677, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France. ALISTORE-European Research Institute, FR CNRS 3104, 80039 Amiens, France. Reseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E), FR CNRS 3459, France. Sorbonne Universites-UPMC Univ Paris 06, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France. jean-marie.tarascon@college-de-france.fr  
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  Language English Wos 000366591100056 Publication Date 2015-12-17  
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  ISSN 0036-8075 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 37.205 Times cited 281 Open Access  
  Notes E.M. thanks the Fonds de Recherche du Québec–Nature et Technologies and ALISTORE–European Research Institute for funding this work, as well as the European community I3 networks for funding the neutron scattering research trip. This work was also funded by the Slovenian Research Agency research program P2-0148. This work is partially based on experiments performed at the Institut Laue Langevin. We thank J. Rodriguez-Carvajal for help with neutron scattering experiments and for fruitful discussions. We also thank M. T. Sougrati for performing the Sn-Mössbauer measurements. Use of the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under contract no. DE-AC02- 06CH11357. M.S. and M.-L.D. acknowledge high-performance computational resources from GENCI-CCRT/CINES (grant cmm6691). J.-M.T. acknowledges funding from the European Research Council (ERC) (FP/2014-2020)/ERC Grant-Project670116-ARPEMA. Approved Most recent IF: 37.205; 2015 IF: 33.611  
  Call Number c:irua:130202 Serial 4005  
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Author Cautaerts, N.; Delville, R.; Schryvers, D. pdf  doi
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  Title ALPHABETA: a dedicated open-source tool for calculating TEM stage tilt angles Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Journal of microscopy Abbreviated Journal J Microsc-Oxford  
  Volume 273 Issue 3 Pages 189-198  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
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  Language Wos 000458426100004 Publication Date 2018-12-24  
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  ISSN 0022-2720 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 1.692 Times cited 2 Open Access Not_Open_Access  
  Notes ENGIE Ph.D. sponsorship, 2015-AC-007 – BSUEZ6900 ; Approved Most recent IF: 1.692  
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @UA @ admin @ c:irua:157474 Serial 5163  
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Author Van den Broek, W.; Reed, B.W.; Béché, A.; Velazco, A.; Verbeeck, J.; Koch, C.T. pdf  doi
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  Title Various compressed sensing setups evaluated against Shannon sampling under constraint of constant illumination Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication IEEE transactions on computational imaging Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 5 Issue 3 Pages 502-514  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract Under the constraint of constant illumination, an information criterion is formulated for the Fisher information that compressed sensing measurements in optical and transmission electron microscopy contain about the underlying parameters. Since this approach requires prior knowledge of the signal's support in the sparse basis, we develop a heuristic quantity, the detective quantum efficiency (DQE), that tracks this information criterion well without this knowledge. In this paper, it is shown that for the investigated choice of sensing matrices, and in the absence of read-out noise, i.e., with only Poisson noise present, compressed sensing does not raise the amount of Fisher information in the recordings above that of Shannon sampling. Furthermore, enabled by the DQE's analytical tractability, the experimental designs are optimized by finding out the optimal fraction of on pixels as a function of dose and read-out noise. Finally, we introduce a regularization and demonstrate, through simulations and experiment, that it yields reconstructions attaining minimum mean squared error at experimental settings predicted by the DQE as optimal.  
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  Language Wos 000480352600013 Publication Date 2019-01-24  
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  ISSN 2333-9403 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 4.546 Times cited 7 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Hercules fund from the Flemish Government (Qu-Ant-EM microscope used for the experimental data). The work of W. Van den Broek was supported by the DFG under Grant BR 5095/2-1 (Compressed sensing in ptychography and transmission electron microscopy). The work of A. Beche, A. Velazco, and J. Verbeeck was supported by the FWO under Grant G093417N (Compressed sensing enabling low dose imaging in transmission electron microscopy). The work of Christoph T. Koch was supported by the DFG under Grant CRC 951. The associate editor coordinating the review of this manuscript and approving it for publication was Dr. Chrysanthe Preza. ; Approved Most recent IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:161792 Serial 5368  
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Author Roxana Vlad, V.; Bartolome, E.; Vilardell, M.; Calleja, A.; Meledin, A.; Obradors, X.; Puig, T.; Ricart, S.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Usoskin, A.; Lee, S.; Petrykin, V.; Molodyk, A. pdf  doi
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  Title Inkjet printing multideposited YBCO on CGO/LMO/MgO/Y2O3/Al2O3/Hastelloy tape for 2G-coated conductors Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2018 Publication IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 28 Issue 4 Pages 6601805  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract We present the preparation of a new architecture of coated conductor by Inkjet printing of low fluorine YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) on top of SuperOx tape: CGO/LMO/IBAD-MgO/Y2O3/Al-2 O-3/Hastelloy. A five-layered multideposited, 475-nm-thick YBCO film was structurally and magnetically characterized. A good texture was achieved using this combination of buffer layers, requiring only a 30-nm-thin ion-beam-assisted deposition (IBAD)-MgO layer. The LF-YBCO CC reaches self-field critical current density values of J(c)(GB) similar to NJ 15.9 MA/cm(2) (5 K), similar to 1.23 MA/cm(2) (77 K) corresponding to an I-c (77 K) = 58.4 A/cm-width. Inkjet printing offers a flexible and cost effective method for YBCO deposition, allowing patterning of structures.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Editor  
  Language Wos 000429010900001 Publication Date 2018-02-22  
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  ISSN 1051-8223 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 1.288 Times cited 2 Open Access Not_Open_Access  
  Notes ; This work was performed within the framework of the EUROTAPES Project FP7-NMP.2011.2.2-1 under Grant280432, funded by the EU. ICMAB research was financed by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, and FEDER funds under Projects MAT2011-28874-C02-01, MAT2014-51778-C2-1-R, ENE2014-56109-C3-3-R, and Consolider Nanoselect CSD2007-00041, and by Generalitat de Catalunya (2009 SGR 770, 2015 SGR 753, and Xarmae). ICMAB acknowledges support from Severo Ochoa Program (MINECO) under Grant SEV-2015-0496. ; Approved Most recent IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:150711 Serial 4971  
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Author Sieger, M.; Pahlke, P.; Lao, M.; Meledin, A.; Eisterer, M.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Schultz, L.; Nielsch, K.; Huehne, R. pdf  doi
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  Title Thick secondary phase pinning-enhanced YBCO films on technical templates Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2018 Publication IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 28 Issue 4 Pages 8000505  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract The critical current I-c(B) of YBa2Cu3O7-delta (YBCO) coated conductors can be increased by growing thicker superconductor layers as well as improving the critical current density J(c)(B) by the incorporation of artificial pinning centers. We studied the properties of pulsed laser deposited BaHfO3 (BHO)-doped YBCO films with thicknesses of up to 5 mu m on buffered rolling-assisted biaxially textured Ni-5 at % W tape and alternating beam assisted deposition textured Yttrium-stabilized ZrO2 layers on stainless steel. X-Ray diffraction confirms the epitaxial growth of the superconductor on the buffered metallic template. BHO additions reduce the film porosity and lower the probability to grow misoriented grains, hence preventing the J(c) decrease observed in undoped YBCO films with thicknesses > 2 mu m. Thereby, a continuous increase in I-c at 77 K is achieved. A mixed structure of secondary phase nanorods and platelets with different orientations increases J(c)(B) in the full angular range and simultaneously lowers the J(c) anisotropy compared to pristine YBCO.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Editor  
  Language Wos 000427623700001 Publication Date 2018-01-30  
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  ISSN 1051-8223 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 1.288 Times cited 1 Open Access Not_Open_Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by EUROTAPES, a collaborative project funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Program (FP7 / 2007 – 2013) under Grant Agreement no. 280432. Max Sieger acknowledges funding by the Graduate Academy of the Technical University Dresden, funded by means of the Excellence Initiative by the German Federal and State Governments. ; Approved Most recent IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:150712 Serial 4986  
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Author Chen, B.; Gauquelin, N.; Reith, P.; Halisdemir, U.; Jannis, D.; Spreitzer, M.; Huijben, M.; Abel, S.; Fompeyrine, J.; Verbeeck, J.; Hilgenkamp, H.; Rijnders, G.; Koster, G. pdf  doi
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  Title Thermal-strain-engineered ferromagnetism of LaMnO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures grown on silicon Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2020 Publication Physical review materials Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Materials  
  Volume 4 Issue 2 Pages 024406  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract The integration of oxides on Si remains challenging, which largely hampers the practical applications of oxide-based electronic devices with superior performance. Recently, LaMnO3/SrTiO3 (LMO/STO) heterostructures have gained renewed interest for the debating origin of the ferromagnetic-insulating ground state as well as for their spin-filter applications. Here we report on the structural and magnetic properties of high-quality LMO/STO heterostructures grown on silicon. The chemical abruptness across the interface was investigated by atomic-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy. The difference in the thermal expansion coefficients between LMO and Si imposed a large biaxial tensile strain to the LMO film, resulting in a tetragonal structure with c/a∼ 0.983. Consequently, we observed a significantly suppressed ferromagnetism along with an enhanced coercive field, as compared to the less distorted LMO film (c/a∼1.004) grown on STO single crystal. The results are discussed in terms of tensile-strain enhanced antiferromagnetic instabilities. Moreover, the ferromagnetism of LMO on Si sharply disappeared below a thickness of 5 unit cells, in agreement with the LMO/STO case, pointing to a robust critical behavior irrespective of the strain state. Our results demonstrate that the growth of oxide films on Si can be a promising way to study the tensile-strain effects in correlated oxides, and also pave the way towards the integration of multifunctional oxides on Si with atomic-layer control.  
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  Language Wos 000513552900003 Publication Date 2020-02-12  
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  ISSN 2475-9953 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.4 Times cited 6 Open Access Not_Open_Access  
  Notes Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek; Universiteit Antwerpen; Vlaamse regering; Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, G093417N ; Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS, J2-9237 P2-0091 ; European Commission, H2020-ICT-2016-1-732642 ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.4; 2020 IF: NA  
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Author Zhang, G.; Zhou, Y.; Korneychuk, S.; Samuely, T.; Liu, L.; May, P.W.; Xu, Z.; Onufriienko, O.; Zhang, X.; Verbeeck, J.; Samuely, P.; Moshchalkov, V.V.; Yang, Z.; Rubahn, H.-G. doi  openurl
  Title Superconductor-insulator transition driven by pressure-tuned intergrain coupling in nanodiamond films Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Physical review materials Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 3 Issue 3 Pages 034801  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract We report on the pressure-driven superconductor-insulator transition in heavily boron-doped nanodiamond films. By systematically increasing the pressure, we suppress the Josephson coupling between the superconducting nanodiamond grains. The diminished intergrain coupling gives rise to an overall insulating state in the films, which is interpreted in the framework of a parallel-series circuit model to be the result of bosonic insulators with preserved localized intragrain superconducting order parameters. Our investigation opens up perspectives for the application of high pressure in research on quantum confinement and coherence. Our data unveil the percolative nature of the electrical transport in nanodiamond films, and highlight the essential role of grain boundaries in determining the electronic properties of this material.  
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  Language Wos 000460684600002 Publication Date 2019-03-05  
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  Impact Factor 2.926 Times cited 5 Open Access Not_Open_Access  
  Notes ; Y.Z. and Z.Y. acknowledge support from the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grants No. 2018YFA0305700 and No. 2016YFA0401804), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No. 11574323, No. 11704387, and No. U1632275), the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (Grants No. 1708085QA19 and No. 1808085MA06), and the Director's Fund of Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (YZJJ201621). J.V. and S.K. acknowledge funding from the GOA project “Solarpaint” of the University of Antwerp, and thank the FWO (Research Foundation-Flanders) for financial support under Contract No. G.0044.13N “Charge ordering”. The Qu-Ant-EM microscope was partly funded by the Hercules fund from the Flemish Government. T.S., O.O., and P.S. are supported by APVV-0036-11, APVV-0605-14, VEGA 1/0409/15, VEGA 2/0149/16, and EU ERDF-ITMS 26220120005. L.L. acknowledges the financial support of a FWO postdoctoral research fellowship (12V4419N) and the KU Leuven C1 project OPTIPROBE (C14/16/ 063). ; Approved Most recent IF: NA  
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Author Yin, C.; Krishnan, D.; Gauquelin, N.; Verbeeck, J.; Aarts, J. doi  openurl
  Title Controlling the interfacial conductance in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 in 90 degrees off-axis sputter deposition Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Physical review materials Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 3 Issue 3 Pages 034002  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract We report on the fabrication of conducting interfaces between LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 by 90 degrees off-axis sputtering in an Ar atmosphere. At a growth pressure of 0.04 mbar the interface is metallic, with a carrier density of the order of 1 x 10(13) cm(-2) at 3 K. By increasing the growth pressure, we observe an increase of the out-of-plane lattice constants of the LaAlO3 films while the in-plane lattice constants do not change. Also, the low-temperature sheet resistance increases with increasing growth pressure, leading to an insulating interface when the growth pressure reaches 0.10 mbar. We attribute the structural variations to an increase of the La/Al ratio, which also explains the transition from metallic behavior to insulating behavior of the interfaces. Our research shows that the control which is furnished by the Ar pressure makes sputtering as versatile a process as pulsed laser deposition, and emphasizes the key role of the cation stoichiometry of LaAlO3 in the formation of the conducting interface.  
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  Language Wos 000461077100002 Publication Date 2019-03-12  
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  Impact Factor 2.926 Times cited 4 Open Access Not_Open_Access  
  Notes ; We thank Nikita Lebedev, Aymen Ben Hamida, and Prateek Kumar for useful discussions and Giordano Mattoni, Jun Wang, Vincent Joly, and Hozanna Miro for their technical assistance. We also thank Jean-Marc Triscone and his group for sharing their design of the sputtering system with us. This work is part of the FOM research programme DESCO with Project No. 149, which is (partly) financed by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). C.Y. is supported by China Scholarship Council (CSC) with Grant No. 201508110214. N.G., D.K., and J.V. acknowledge financial support from the GOA project “Solarpaint” of the University of Antwerp. ; Approved Most recent IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:158547 Serial 5243  
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Author Goodvin, G.L.; Covaci, L.; Berciu, M. doi  openurl
  Title Holstein polarons near surfaces Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev Lett  
  Volume 103 Issue 17 Pages 176402  
  Keywords A1 Journal article  
  Abstract We study the effects of a nearby surface on the spectral weight of a Holstein polaron, using the inhomogeneous momentum average approximation which is accurate over the entire range of electron-phonon (e-ph) coupling strengths. The broken translational symmetry is taken into account exactly. We find that the e-ph coupling gives rise to a large additional surface potential, with strong retardation effects, which may bind surface states even when they are not normally expected. The surface, therefore, has a significant effect and bulk properties are recovered only very far away from it. These results demonstrate that interpretation in terms of bulk quantities of spectroscopic data sensitive only to a few surface layers is not always appropriate.  
  Address Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Wos 000271164500042 Publication Date 2009-10-22  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0031-9007 ISBN Additional Links  
  Impact Factor 8.462 Times cited 8 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 8.462; 2009 IF: 7.328  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ Serial 4435  
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Author Covaci, L.; Berciu, M. doi  openurl
  Title Polaron formation in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling: implications for spintronics Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev Lett  
  Volume 102 Issue 18 Pages 186403  
  Keywords A1 Journal article  
  Abstract We study the effects of the Rashba spin-orbit coupling on polaron formation, using a suitable generalization of the momentum average approximation. While previous work on a parabolic band model found that spin-orbit coupling increases the effective mass, we show that the opposite holds for a tight-binding model, unless both the spin-orbit and the electron-phonon couplings are weak. It is thus possible to lower the effective mass of the polaron by increasing the spin-orbit coupling. We also show that when the spin-orbit coupling is large as compared to the phonon energy, the polaron retains only one of the spin-polarized bands in its coherent spectrum. This has major implications for the propagation of spin-polarized currents in such materials, and thus for spintronic applications.  
  Address Department of Physics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z1  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Wos 000265948600049 Publication Date 2009-05-08  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0031-9007 ISBN Additional Links  
  Impact Factor 8.462 Times cited 25 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 8.462; 2009 IF: 7.328  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ Serial 4434  
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Author Marchand, D.; Covaci, L.; Berciu, M.; Franz, M. doi  openurl
  Title Giant proximity effect in a phase-fluctuating superconductor Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2008 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev Lett  
  Volume 101 Issue 9 Pages 097004  
  Keywords A1 Journal article  
  Abstract When a tunneling barrier between two superconductors is formed by a normal material that would be a superconductor in the absence of phase fluctuations, the resulting Josephson effect can undergo an enormous enhancement. We establish this novel proximity effect by a general argument as well as a numerical simulation and argue that it may underlie recent experimental observations of the giant proximity effect between two cuprate superconductors separated by a barrier made of the same material rendered normal by severe underdoping.  
  Address Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z1  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Wos 000259195800055 Publication Date 2008-08-28  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0031-9007 ISBN Additional Links  
  Impact Factor 8.462 Times cited 17 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 8.462; 2008 IF: 7.180  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ Serial 4433  
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Author Covaci, L.; Berciu, M. doi  openurl
  Title Survival of the Dirac points in rippled graphene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2008 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev Lett  
  Volume 100 Issue 25 Pages 256405  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);  
  Abstract We study the effects of the rippling of a graphene sheet on quasiparticle dispersion. This is achieved using a generalization to the honeycomb lattice of the momentum average approximation, which is accurate for all coupling strengths and at all energies. We show that even though the position of the Dirac points may move and the Fermi speed can be renormalized significantly, quasiparticles with very long lifetimes survive near the Dirac points even for very strong couplings.  
  Address Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z1  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Wos 000257230500047 Publication Date 2008-06-26  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0031-9007 ISBN Additional Links  
  Impact Factor 8.462 Times cited 15 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 8.462; 2008 IF: 7.180  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ Serial 4010  
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Author Doğan, F.; Covaci, L.; Kim, W.; Marsiglio, F. doi  openurl
  Title Emerging nonequilibrium bound state in spin-current–local-spin scattering Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Physical Review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 80 Issue 10 Pages 104434  
  Keywords A1 Journal article  
  Abstract Magnetization reversal is a well-studied problem with obvious applicability in computer hard drives. One can accomplish a magnetization reversal in at least one of two ways: application of a magnetic field or through a spin current. The latter is more amenable to a fully quantum-mechanical analysis. We formulate and solve the problem whereby a spin current interacts with a ferromagnetic Heisenberg spin chain, to eventually reverse the magnetization of the chain. Spin flips are accomplished through both elastic and inelastic scattering. A consequence of the inelastic-scattering channel, when it is no longer energetically possible, is the occurrence of a nonequilibrium bound state, which is an emergent property of the coupled local plus itinerant spin system. For certain definite parameter values the itinerant spin lingers near the local spins for some time, before eventually leaking out as an outwardly diffusing state. This phenomenon results in spin-flip dynamics and filtering properties for this type of system.  
  Address  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Place of Publication Editor  
  Language Wos 000270383100077 Publication Date 2009-09-25  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1098-0121 ISBN Additional Links  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2009 IF: 3.475  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ Serial 4436  
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Author Kim, W.; Covaci, L.; Marsiglio, F. doi  openurl
  Title Impurity scattering of wave packets on a lattice Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2006 Publication Physical Review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 74 Issue 20 Pages 205120  
  Keywords A1 Journal article  
  Abstract Quantum transport in a lattice is distinct from its counterpart in continuum media. Even a free wave packet travels differently in a lattice than in the continuum. We describe quantum scattering in a one-dimensional lattice and illustrate characteristics of quantum transport such as resonant transmission. In particular we examine the transport characteristics of a random trimer model. We demonstrate the real-time propagation of a wave packet and its phase shift due to impurity configurations. Spin-flip scattering is also taken into account in a spin-chain system. We show how individual spins in the chain evolve as a result of a spin-flip interaction between an incoming electron and a spin chain.  
  Address  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Place of Publication Editor  
  Language Wos 000242409400030 Publication Date 2006-11-27  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1098-0121 ISBN Additional Links  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 14 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2006 IF: 3.107  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ Serial 4428  
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Author Vávra, O.; Gaži, S.; Golubović, D.S.; Vávra, I.; Dérer, J.; Verbeeck, J.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Moshchalkov, V.V. doi  openurl
  Title 0 and π phase Josephson coupling through an insulating barrier with magnetic impurities Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2006 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 74 Issue 2 Pages 020502  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract We have studied the temperature and field dependencies of the critical current I(C) in the Nb-Fe(0.1)Si(0.9)-Nb Josephson junction with a tunneling barrier formed by a paramagnetic insulator. We demonstrate that in these junctions coexistence of both the 0 and the pi states within one tunnel junction occurs, and leads to the appearance of a sharp cusp in the temperature dependence I(C)(T), similar to the I(C)(T) cusp found for the 0-pi transition in metallic pi junctions. This cusp is not related to the 0-pi temperature-induced transition itself, but is caused by the different temperature dependencies of the opposing 0 and pi supercurrents through the barrier.  
  Address  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor  
  Language Wos 000239426600010 Publication Date 2006-07-15  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 27 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2006 IF: 3.107  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:60087 c:irua:60087 c:irua:60087 c:irua:60087UA @ admin @ c:irua:60087 Serial 1  
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Author Kim, W.; Covaci, L.; Marsiglio, F. doi  openurl
  Title Hidden symmetries of electronic transport in a disordered one-dimensional lattice Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2006 Publication Physical Review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 73 Issue 19 Pages 195109  
  Keywords A1 Journal article  
  Abstract Correlated, or extended, impurities play an important role in the transport properties of dirty metals. Here, we examine, in the framework of a tight-binding lattice, the transmission of a single electron through an array of correlated impurities. In particular we show that particles transmit through an impurity array in identical fashion, regardless of the direction of traversal. The demonstration of this fact is straightforward in the continuum limit, but requires a detailed proof for the discrete lattice. We also briefly demonstrate and discuss the time evolution of these scattering states, to delineate regions (in time and space) where the aforementioned symmetry is violated.  
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  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Place of Publication Editor  
  Language Wos 000237950400042 Publication Date 2006-05-11  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1098-0121 ISBN Additional Links  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 5 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2006 IF: 3.107  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ Serial 4429  
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Author Covaci, L.; Marsiglio, F. doi  openurl
  Title Proximity effect and Josephson current in clean strong/weak/strong superconducting trilayers Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2006 Publication Physical Review B Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 73 Issue 1 Pages 014503  
  Keywords A1 Journal article  
  Abstract Recent measurements of the Josephson critical current through LSCO/LCO/LSCO thin films showed an unusually large proximity effect. Using the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations for a tight-binding Hamiltonian we describe the proximity effect in weak links between a superconductor with critical temperature T-c and one with critical temperature T-c('), where T-c > T-c('). The weak link (N-') is therefore a superconductor above its own critical temperature and the superconducting regions are considered to have either s-wave or d-wave symmetry. We note that the proximity effect is enhanced due to the presence of superconducting correlations in the weak link. The dc Josephson current is calculated, and we obtain a nonzero value for temperatures greater than T-c(') for sizes of the weak links that can be almost an order of magnitude greater than the conventional coherence length. Considering pockets of superconductivity in the N-' layer, we show that this can lead to an even larger effect on the Josephson critical current by effectively shortening the weak link.  
  Address  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Place of Publication Editor  
  Language Wos 000235009000103 Publication Date 2006-01-03  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1098-0121 ISBN Additional Links  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 31 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2006 IF: 3.107  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ Serial 4427  
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Author Potapov, P.L.; Kulkova, S.E.; Schryvers, D.; Verbeeck, J. doi  openurl
  Title Structural and chemical effects on EELS L3,2 ionization edges in Ni-based intermetallic compounds Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2001 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 64 Issue Pages 184110,1-9  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract  
  Address  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor  
  Language Wos 000172239400038 Publication Date 2002-07-27  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 44 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2001 IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:48393 Serial 3192  
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Author Deo, P.S.; Schweigert, V.A.; Peeters, F.M. doi  openurl
  Title Hysteresis in mesoscopic superconducting disks: the Bean-Livingston barrier Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1999 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume 59 Issue Pages 6039-6042  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract  
  Address  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor  
  Language Wos 000079254300016 Publication Date 2002-07-27  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0163-1829;1095-3795; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 59 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 1999 IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:24156 Serial 1545  
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Author Van der Donck, M.; De Beule, C.; Partoens, B.; Peeters, F.M.; Van Duppen, B. doi  openurl
  Title Piezoelectricity in asymmetrically strained bilayer graphene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2016 Publication 2D materials Abbreviated Journal 2D Mater  
  Volume 3 Issue 3 Pages 035015  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract We study the electronic properties of commensurate faulted bilayer graphene by diagonalizing the one-particle Hamiltonian of the bilayer system in a complete basis of Bloch states of the individual graphene layers. Our novel approach is very general and can be easily extended to any commensurate graphene-based heterostructure. Here, we consider three cases: (i) twisted bilayer graphene, (ii) bilayer graphene where triaxial stress is applied to one layer and (iii) bilayer graphene where uniaxial stress is applied to one layer. We show that the resulting superstructures can be divided into distinct classes, depending on the twist angle or the magnitude of the induced strain. The different classes are distinguished from each other by the interlayer coupling mechanism, resulting in fundamentally different low-energy physics. For the cases of triaxial and uniaxial stress, the individual graphene layers tend to decouple and we find significant charge transfer between the layers. In addition, this piezoelectric effect can be tuned by applying a perpendicular electric field. Finally, we show how our approach can be generalized to multilayer systems.  
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  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher IOP Publishing Place of Publication Bristol Editor  
  Language Wos 000384072500003 Publication Date 2016-08-31  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 2053-1583 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 6.937 Times cited 10 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO-Vl) through aspirant research grants to MVDD, CDB, and BVD. ; Approved Most recent IF: 6.937  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:137203 Serial 4361  
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Author Leenaerts, O.; Vercauteren, S.; Schoeters, B.; Partoens, B. pdf  doi
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  Title System-size dependent band alignment in lateral two-dimensional heterostructures Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2016 Publication 2D materials Abbreviated Journal 2D Mater  
  Volume 3 Issue 3 Pages 025012  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract The electronic band alignment in semiconductor heterostructures is a key factor for their use in electronic applications. The alignment problem has been intensively studied for bulk systems but is less well understood for low-dimensional heterostructures. In this work we investigate the alignment in two-dimensional lateral heterostructures. First-principles calculations are used to show that the electronic band offset depends crucially on the width and thickness of the heterostructure slab. The particular heterostructures under study consist of thin hydrogenated and fluorinated diamond slabs which are laterally joined together. Two different limits for the band offset are observed. For infinitely wide heterostructures the vacuum potential above the two materials is aligned leading to a large step potential within the heterostructure. For infinitely thick heterostructure slabs, on the other hand, there is no potential step in the heterostructure bulk, but a large potential step in the vacuum region above the heterojunction is observed. The band alignment in finite systems depends on the particular dimensions of the system. These observations are shown to result from an interface dipole at the heterojunction that tends to align the band structures.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Editor  
  Language Wos 000378571400032 Publication Date 2016-04-13  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 2053-1583 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 6.937 Times cited 19 Open Access  
  Notes This work was supported by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO-Vl). 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: 6.937  
  Call Number c:irua:132792 c:irua:132792 Serial 4055  
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Author Ozaydin, H.D.; Sahin, H.; Kang, J.; Peeters, F.M.; Senger, R.T. pdf  doi
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  Title Electronic and magnetic properties of 1T-TiSe2 nanoribbons Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2015 Publication 2D materials Abbreviated Journal 2D Mater  
  Volume 2 Issue 2 Pages 044002  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Motivated by the recent synthesis of single layer TiSe2, we used state-of-the-art density functional theory calculations, to investigate the structural and electronic properties of zigzag and armchair-edged nanoribbons (NRs) of this material. Our analysis reveals that, differing from ribbons of other ultra-thin materials such as graphene, TiSe2 NRs have some distinctive properties. The electronic band gap of the NRs decreases exponentially with the width and vanishes for ribbons wider than 20 angstrom. For ultranarrow zigzag-edged NRs we find odd-even oscillations in the band gap width, although their band structures show similar features. Moreover, our detailed magnetic-ground-state analysis reveals that zigzag and armchair edged ribbons have non-magnetic ground states. Passivating the dangling bonds with hydrogen at the edges of the structures influences the band dispersion. Our results shed light on the characteristic properties of T phase NRs of similar crystal structures.  
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  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher IOP Publishing Place of Publication Bristol Editor  
  Language Wos 000368936600005 Publication Date 2015-10-13  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 2053-1583 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 6.937 Times cited 20 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem foundation of the Flemish government. Computational resources were provided by TUBITAK ULAK-BIM, High Performance and Grid Computing Center (TR-Grid e-Infrastructure). HS is supported by a FWO Pegasus Long Marie Curie Fellowship. JK is supported by a FWO Pegasus Short Marie Curie Fellowship. HDO, HS and RTS acknowledge the support from TUBITAK through project 114F397. ; Approved Most recent IF: 6.937; 2015 IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:131602 Serial 4169  
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Author van den Broek, B.; Houssa, M.; Scalise, E.; Pourtois, G.; Afanas'ev, V.V.; Stesmans, A. pdf  doi
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  Title Two-dimensional hexagonal tin : ab initio geometry, stability, electronic structure and functionalization Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2014 Publication 2D materials Abbreviated Journal 2D Mater  
  Volume 1 Issue Pages 021004  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)  
  Abstract We study the structural, mechanical and electronic properties of the two-dimensional (2D) allotrope of tin: tinene/stanene using first-principles calculation within density functional theory, implemented in a set of computer codes. Continuing the trend of the group-IV 2D materials graphene, silicene and germanene; tinene is predicted to have a honeycomb lattice with lattice parameter of a(0) = 4.62 angstrom and a buckling of d(0) = 0.92 angstrom. The electronic dispersion shows a Dirac cone with zero gap at the Fermi energy and a Fermi velocity of v(F) = 0.97 x 10(6) m s(-1); including spin-orbit coupling yields a bandgap of 0.10 eV. The monolayer is thermally stable up to 700 K, as indicated by first-principles molecular dynamics, and has a phonon dispersion without imaginary frequencies. We explore applied electric field and applied strain as functionalization mechanisms. Combining these two mechanisms allows for an induced bandgap up to 0.21 eV, whilst retaining the linear dispersion, albeit with degraded electronic transport parameters.  
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  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher IOP Publishing Place of Publication Bristol Editor  
  Language Wos 000353650400004 Publication Date 2014-08-27  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 2053-1583 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 6.937 Times cited 58 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 6.937; 2014 IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:134432 Serial 4530  
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Author Scalise, E.; Houssa, M.; Cinquanta, E.; Grazianetti, C.; van den Broek, B.; Pourtois, G.; Stesmans, A.; Fanciulli, M.; Molle, A. pdf  doi
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  Title Engineering the electronic properties of silicene by tuning the composition of MoX2 and GaX (X = S,Se,Te) chalchogenide templates Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2014 Publication 2D materials Abbreviated Journal 2D Mater  
  Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 011010  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)  
  Abstract By using first-principles simulations, we investigate the interaction of a 2D silicon layer with two classes of chalcogenide-layered compounds, namely MoX2 and GaX (X = S, Se, Te). A rather weak (van der Waals) interaction between the silicene layers and the chalcogenide layers is predicted. We found that the buckling of the silicene layer is correlated to the lattice mismatch between the silicene layer and the MoX2 or GaX template. The electronic properties of silicene on these different templates largely depend on the buckling of the silicene layer: highly buckled silicene on MoS2 is predicted to be metallic, while low buckled silicene on GaS and GaSe is predicted to be semi-metallic, with preserved Dirac cones at the K points. These results indicate new routes for artificially engineering silicene nanosheets, providing tailored electronic properties of this 2D layer on non-metallic substrates. These non-metallic templates also open the way to the possible integration of silicene in future nanoelectronic devices.  
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  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher IOP Publishing Place of Publication Bristol Editor  
  Language Wos 000353649900011 Publication Date 2014-05-29  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 2053-1583; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 6.937 Times cited 49 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 6.937; 2014 IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:126032 Serial 1048  
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Author Singh, V.; Mehta, B.R.; Sengar, S.K.; Karakulina, O.M.; Hadermann, J.; Kaushal, A. pdf  doi
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  Title Achieving independent control of core diameter and carbon shell thickness in Pd-C core–shell nanoparticles by gas phase synthesis Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2017 Publication Nanotechnology Abbreviated Journal Nanotechnology  
  Volume 28 Issue 29 Pages 295603  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract Pd-C core–shell nanoparticles with independently controllable core size and shell thickness are grown by gas phase synthesis. First, the core size is selected by electrical mobility values of charged particles, and second, the shell thickness is controlled by the concentration of carbon precursor gas. The carbon shell grows by adsorption of carbon precursor gas molecules on the surface of nanoparticles, followed by sintering. The presence of a carbon shell on Pd nanoparticles is potentially important in hydrogen-related applications operating at high temperatures or in catalytic reactions in acidic/aqueous environments.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Editor  
  Language Wos 000404633200002 Publication Date 2017-06-28  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0957-4484 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.44 Times cited 1 Open Access Not_Open_Access  
  Notes VS is thankful to the All India Council for Technical Education, India, for providing assistantship under its Quality Improvement Programme. BRM gratefully acknowledges the support of the Nanomission Programme of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), India and Schlumberger Chair Professorship. BRM would also like to acknowledge the support from the project funded by BRNS, DAE, India. Approved Most recent IF: 3.44  
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @c:irua:144831 Serial 4712  
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