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Author da Costa, D.R.; Chaves, A.; Farias, G.A.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Wave-packet scattering on graphene edges in the presence of a pseudomagnetic field Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume (down) 86 Issue 11 Pages 115434  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract The scattering of a Gaussian wave packet in armchair and zigzag graphene edges is theoretically investigated by numerically solving the time-dependent Schrodinger equation for the tight-binding model Hamiltonian. Our theory allows us to investigate scattering in reciprocal space, and depending on the type of graphene edge we observe scattering within the same valley, or between different valleys. In the presence of an external magnetic field, the well-known skipping orbits are observed. However, our results demonstrate that in the case of a pseudomagnetic field, induced by nonuniform strain, the scattering by an armchair edge results in a nonpropagating edge state.  
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  Language Wos 000309174100005 Publication Date 2012-09-21  
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 28 Open Access  
  Notes ; Discussions with E. B. Barros are gratefully acknowledged. This work was supported by the Brazilian Council for Research (CNPq), the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the ESF-EuroGRAPHENE (project CONGRAN), and the bilateral program between Flanders and Brazil. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:101833 Serial 3907  
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Author Monico, L.; Janssens, K.; Vanmeert, F.; Cotte, M.; Brunetti, B.G.; van der Snickt, G.; Leeuwestein, M.; Plisson, J.S.; Menu, M.; Miliani, C. doi  openurl
  Title Degradation process of lead chromate in paintings by Vincent van Gogh studied by means of spectromicroscopic methods : part 5 : effects of nonoriginal surface coatings into the nature and distribution of chromium and sulfur species in chrome yellow paints Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2014 Publication Analytical chemistry Abbreviated Journal Anal Chem  
  Volume (down) 86 Issue 21 Pages 10804-10811  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)  
  Abstract The darkening of lead chromate yellow pigments, caused by a reduction of the chromate ions to Cr(III) compounds, is known to affect the appearance of several paintings by Vincent van Gogh. In previous papers of this series, we demonstrated that the darkening is activated by light and depends on the chemical composition and crystalline structure of the pigments. In this work, the results of Part 2 are extended and complemented with a new study aimed at deepening the knowledge of the nature and distribution of Cr and S species at the interface between the chrome yellow paint and the nonoriginal coating layer. For this purpose, three microsamples from two varnished paintings by Van Gogh and a waxed low relief by Gauguin (all originally uncoated) have been examined. Because nonoriginal coatings are often present in artwork by Van Gogh and contemporaries, the understanding of whether or not their application has influenced the morphological and/or physicochemical properties of the chrome yellow paint underneath is relevant in view of the conservation of these masterpieces. In all the samples studied, microscopic X-ray fluorescence (mu-XRF) and X-ray absorption near edge structure (mu-XANES) investigations showed that Cr(III)-based alteration products are present in the form of grains inside the coating (generally enriched of S species) and also homogeneously widespread at the paint surface. The distribution of Cr(III) species may be explained by the mechanical friction caused by the coating application by brush that picked up and redistributed the superficial Cr compounds, likely already present in the reduced state as result of the photodegradation process. The analysis of the XANES profiles allowed us to obtain new insights into the nature of the Cr(III) alteration products, that were identified as sulfate-, oxide-, organo-metal-, and chloride-based compounds. Building upon the knowledge acquired through the examination of original paint samples and from the investigation of aged model paints in the last Part 4 paper, in this study we aim to characterize a possible relation between the chemical composition of the coating and the chrome yellow degradation pathways by studying photochemically aged model samples covered with a dammar varnish contaminated with sulfide and sulfate salts. Cr speciation results did not show any evidence of the active role of the varnish and added S species on the reduction process of chrome yellows.  
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  Language Wos 000344510200043 Publication Date 2014-10-10  
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  ISSN 0003-2700; 5206-882x ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 6.32 Times cited 25 Open Access  
  Notes ; This research was supported by the Italian projects PRIN (SICH) and PON (ITACHA). The text also presents results from Interuniversity Attraction Poles Programme Belgian Science Policy (S2-ART project S4DA), GOA “XANES meets ELNES” (Research Fund University of Antwerp, Belgium) and FWO (Brussels, Belgium) projects no. G.0704.08 and G.01769.09. ESRF is acknowledged for the grants received (experiments EC-799 and EC-1051). L.M. acknowledges the CNR for the financial support received in the framework of the Short Term Mobility Programme 2013. Thanks are expressed to Ella Hendriks (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam) and Muriel Geldof (Cultural Heritage Agency of The Netherlands) for selecting and sharing the information on the cross-section taken from Bank of the Seine. All the staff of the Van Gogh Museum, the Kroller-Muller Museum, and the Musee d'Orsay are acknowledged for the agreeable cooperation. ; Approved Most recent IF: 6.32; 2014 IF: 5.636  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:122100 Serial 5570  
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Author Harlay, J.; Borges, A.V.; van der Zee, C.; Delille, B.; Godoi, R.H.M.; Schiettecatte, L.-S.; Roevros, N.; Aerts, K.; Lapernat, P.-E.; Rebreanu, L.; Groom, S.; Daro, M.-H.; Van Grieken, R.; Chou, L. doi  openurl
  Title Biogeochemical study of a coccolithophore bloom in the northern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic Ocean) in June 2004 Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Progress in oceanography Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume (down) 86 Issue 3/4 Pages 317-336  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)  
  Abstract The present paper synthesizes data obtained during a multidisciplinary cruise carried out in June 2004 at the continental margin of the northern Bay of Biscay. The data-set allows to describe the different stages of a coccolithophore bloom dominated by Emiliania huxleyi. The cruise was carried out after the main spring phytoplankton bloom that started in mid-April and peaked in mid-May. Consequently, low phosphate (PO4 < 0.2 μM) and silicate (DSi < 2.0 μM) concentrations, low partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) and high calcite saturation degree in surface waters combined with thermal stratification, probably favoured the blooming of coccolithophores. During the period of the year our cruise was carried out, internal tides induce enhanced vertical mixing at the continental shelf break leading to the injection of inorganic nutrients to surface waters that probably trigger the bloom. The bloom developed as the water-column stratified and as the water mass was advected over the continental shelf, following the general residual circulation in the area. The most developed phase of the bloom was sampled in a remote sensed high reflectance (HR) patch over the continental shelf that was characterized by low chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentration in surface waters (<1.0 μg L−1), high particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) concentration (not, vert, similar8 μmol L−1) and coccolithophore abundance up to 57 × 106 cells L−1. Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) concentrations ranged between 15 and 75 μg C L−1 and carbon content of TEP represented up to 26% of the particulate organic carbon (POC; maximum concentration of 15.5 μmol L−1 in the upper 40 m). Integrated primary production (PP) ranged between 210 and 680 mg C m−2 d−1 and integrated calcification (CAL) ranged between 14 and 140 mg C m−2 d−1, within the range of PP and CAL values previously reported during coccolithophore blooms in open and shelf waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Bacterial protein production (BPP) measurements in surface waters (0.30.7 μg C L−1 h−1) were much higher than those reported during early phases of coccolithophore blooms in natural conditions, but similar to those during peak and declining coocolithophorid blooms reported in mesocosms. Total alkalinity anomalies with respect to conservative mixing (ΔTA) down to −49 μmol kg−1 are consistent with the occurrence of biogenic precipitation of calcite, while pCO2 remained 15107 μatm lower than atmospheric equilibrium (372 μatm). The correlation between ΔTA and pCO2 suggested that pCO2 increased in part due to calcification, but this increase was insufficient to overcome the background under-saturation of CO2. This is related to the biogeochemical history of the water masses due to net carbon fixation by the successive phytoplankton blooms in the area prior to the cruise, hence, the investigated area remained a sink for atmospheric CO2 despite calcification.  
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  Language Wos 000281937800001 Publication Date 2010-04-20  
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  ISSN 0079-6611 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
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  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:84236 Serial 7560  
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Author Salden, A.; Budde, M.; Garcia-Soto, C.A.; Biondo, O.; Barauna, J.; Faedda, M.; Musig, B.; Fromentin, C.; Nguyen-Quang, M.; Philpott, H.; Hasrack, G.; Aceto, D.; Cai, Y.; Jury, F.A.; Bogaerts, A.; Da Costa, P.; Engeln, R.; Galvez, M.E.; Gans, T.; Garcia, T.; Guerra, V.; Henriques, C.; Motak, M.; Navarro, M.V.; Parvulescu, V.I.; Van Rooij, G.; Samojeden, B.; Sobota, A.; Tosi, P.; Tu, X.; Guaitella, O. url  doi
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  Title Meta-analysis of CO₂ conversion, energy efficiency, and other performance data of plasma-catalysis reactors with the open access PIONEER database Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2023 Publication Journal of energy chemistry Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume (down) 86 Issue Pages 318-342  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)  
  Abstract This paper brings the comparison of performances of CO2 conversion by plasma and plasma-assisted catalysis based on the data collected from literature in this field, organised in an open access online data-base. This tool is open to all users to carry out their own analyses, but also to contributors who wish to add their data to the database in order to improve the relevance of the comparisons made, and ultimately to improve the efficiency of CO2 conversion by plasma-catalysis. The creation of this database and data-base user interface is motivated by the fact that plasma-catalysis is a fast-growing field for all CO2 con-version processes, be it methanation, dry reforming of methane, methanolisation, or others. As a result of this rapid increase, there is a need for a set of standard procedures to rigorously compare performances of different systems. However, this is currently not possible because the fundamental mechanisms of plasma-catalysis are still too poorly understood to define these standard procedures. Fortunately how-ever, the accumulated data within the CO2 plasma-catalysis community has become large enough to war-rant so-called “big data” studies more familiar in the fields of medicine and the social sciences. To enable comparisons between multiple data sets and make future research more effective, this work proposes the first database on CO2 conversion performances by plasma-catalysis open to the whole community. This database has been initiated in the framework of a H2020 European project and is called the “PIONEER DataBase”. The database gathers a large amount of CO2 conversion performance data such as conversion rate, energy efficiency, and selectivity for numerous plasma sources coupled with or without a catalyst. Each data set is associated with metadata describing the gas mixture, the plasma source, the nature of the catalyst, and the form of coupling with the plasma. Beyond the database itself, a data extraction tool with direct visualisation features or advanced filtering functionalities has been developed and is available online to the public. The simple and fast visualisation of the state of the art puts new results into context, identifies literal gaps in data, and consequently points towards promising research routes. More advanced data extraction illustrates the impact that the database can have in the understanding of plasma-catalyst coupling. Lessons learned from the review of a large amount of literature during the setup of the database lead to best practice advice to increase comparability between future CO2 plasma-catalytic studies. Finally, the community is strongly encouraged to contribute to the database not only to increase the visibility of their data but also the relevance of the comparisons allowed by this tool. (c) 2023 Science Press and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. and Science Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creati- vecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).  
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  Language Wos 001083545900001 Publication Date 2023-08-10  
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  ISSN 2095-4956 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 13.1 Times cited Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 13.1; 2023 IF: 2.594  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:200416 Serial 9056  
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Author Ramos, I.R.O.; Ferreira, W.P.; Munarin, F.F.; Farias, G.A.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Bilayer crystals of charged magnetic dipoles : structure and phonon spectrum Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : E : statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev E  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 5:1 Pages 051404-051404,12  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract We study the structure and phonon spectrum of a two-dimensional bilayer system of classical charged dipoles oriented perpendicular to the plane of the layers for equal density in each layer. This system can be tuned through six different crystalline phases by changing the interlayer separation or the charge and/or dipole moment of the particle. The presence of the charge on the dipole particles is responsible for the nucleation of five staggered phases and a disordered phase which are not found in the magnetic dipole bilayer system. These extra phases are a consequence of the competition between the repulsive Coulomb and the attractive dipole interlayer interaction. We present the phase diagram and determine the order of the phase transitions. The phonon spectrum of the system was calculated within the harmonic approximation, and a nonmonotonic behavior of the phonon spectrum is found as a function of the effective strength of the interparticle interaction. The stability of the different phases is determined.  
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  Publisher American Institute of Physics Place of Publication Woodbury (NY) Editor  
  Language Wos 000304403400002 Publication Date 2012-05-30  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 1539-3755;1550-2376; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.366 Times cited 8 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Brazilian agencies CNPq, CAPES, and FUNCAP (PRONEX grant), the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the bilateral program between Flanders and Brazil, and the CNPq-FWO collaborating project. The authors are grateful to Prof. G. Goldoni for some technical clarifications concerning Ref. [18]. ; Approved Most recent IF: 2.366; 2012 IF: 2.313  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98940 Serial 233  
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Author Connolly, M.R.; Milošević, M.V.; Bending, S.J.; Clem, J.R.; Tamegai, T. doi  openurl
  Title Continuum vs. discrete flux behaviour in large mesoscopic Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+\delta disks Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Europhysics letters Abbreviated Journal Epl-Europhys Lett  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 1 Pages 17008,1-17008,6  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Scanning Hall probe and local Hall magnetometry measurements have been used to investigate flux distributions in large mesoscopic superconducting disks with sizes that lie near the crossover between the bulk and mesoscopic vortex regimes. Results obtained by directly mapping the magnetic induction profiles of the disks at different applied fields can be quite successfully fitted to analytic models which assume a continuous distribution of flux in the sample. At low fields, however, we do observe clear signatures of the underlying discrete vortex structure and can resolve the characteristic mesoscopic compression of vortex clusters in increasing magnetic fields. Even at higher fields, where single-vortex resolution is lost, we are still able to track configurational changes in the vortex patterns, since competing vortex orders impose unmistakable signatures on “local” magnetisation curves as a function of the applied field. Our observations are in excellent agreement with molecular-dynamics numerical simulations which lead us to a natural definition of the lengthscale for the crossover between discrete and continuum behaviours in our system.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Paris Editor  
  Language Wos 000263692500029 Publication Date 2009-01-20  
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  ISSN 0295-5075;1286-4854; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 1.957 Times cited 17 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 1.957; 2009 IF: 2.893  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:76306 Serial 495  
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Author Monico, L.; Janssens, K.; Miliani, C.; Brunetti, B.G.; Vagnini, M.; Vanmeert, F.; Falkenberg, G.; Abakumov, A.; Lu, Y.; Tian, H.; Verbeeck, J.; Radepont, M.; Cotte, M.; Hendriks, E.; Geldof, M.; van der Loeff, L.; Salvant, J.; Menu, M.; pdf  doi
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  Title Degradation process of lead chromate in paintings by Vincent van Gogh studied by means of spectromicroscopic methods : 3 : synthesis, characterization, and detection of different crystal forms of the chrome yellow pigment Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Analytical chemistry Abbreviated Journal Anal Chem  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 2 Pages 860-867  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)  
  Abstract The painter, Vincent van Gogh, and some of his contemporaries frequently made use of the pigment chrome yellow that is known to show a tendency toward darkening. This pigment may correspond to various chemical compounds such as PbCrO4 and PbCr1-xSxO4, that may each be present in various crystallographic forms with different tendencies toward degradation. Investigations by X-ray diffraction (XRD), mid-Fourier Transform infrared (FTIR), and Raman instruments (benchtop and portable) and synchrotron radiation-based micro-XRD and X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy performed on oil-paint models, prepared with in-house synthesized PbCrO4 and PbCr1-xSxO4, permitted us to characterize the spectroscopic features of the various forms. On the basis of these results, an extended study has been carried out on historic paint tubes and on embedded paint microsamples taken from yellow-orange/pale yellow areas of 12 Van Gogh paintings, demonstrating that Van Gogh effectively made use of different chrome yellow types. This conclusion was also confirmed by in situ mid-FTIR investigations on Van Goghs Portrait of Gauguin (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Washington, D.C. Editor  
  Language Wos 000313668400031 Publication Date 2012-10-10  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 0003-2700;1520-6882; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 6.32 Times cited 79 Open Access  
  Notes Goa; Fwo Approved Most recent IF: 6.32; 2013 IF: 5.825  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:108707UA @ admin @ c:irua:108707 Serial 631  
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Author Carvalho, J.C.N.; Nelissen, K.; Ferreira, W.P.; Farias, G.A.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Diffusion in a quasi-one-dimensional system on a periodic substrate Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : E : statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev E  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 2:1 Pages 021136-021136,8  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract The diffusion of charged particles interacting through a repulsive Yukawa potential, exp(-r/lambda)/r, confined by a parabolic potential in the y direction and subjected to a periodic substrate potential in the x direction is investigated. Langevin dynamic simulations are used to investigate the effect of the particle density, the amplitude of the periodic substrate, and the range of the interparticle interaction potential on the diffusive behavior of the particles. We found that in general the diffusion is suppressed with increasing the amplitude of the periodic potential, but for specific values of the strength of the substrate potential a remarkable increase of the diffusion is found with increasing the periodic potential amplitude. In addition, we found a strong dependence of the diffusion on the specific arrangement of the particles, e. g., single-chain versus multichain configuration. For certain particle configurations, a reentrant behavior of the diffusion is found as a function of the substrate strength due to structural transitions in the ordering of the particles.  
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  Publisher American Institute of Physics Place of Publication Woodbury (NY) Editor  
  Language Wos 000300671500007 Publication Date 2012-02-24  
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  ISSN 1539-3755;1550-2376; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.366 Times cited 9 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Brazilian agencies CNPq and FUNCAP (PRONEX-Grant), the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), and the bilateral projects between Flanders and Brazil and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI) and CNPq. ; Approved Most recent IF: 2.366; 2012 IF: 2.313  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:97203 Serial 698  
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Author Pokatilov, E.P.; Fomin, V.M.; Balaban, S.N.; Gladilin, V.N.; Klimin, S.N.; Devreese, J.T.; Magnus, W.; Schoenmaker, W.; Collaert, N.; van Rossum, M.; de Meyer, K. doi  openurl
  Title Distribution of fields and charge carriers in cylindrical nanosize silicon-based metal-oxide-semiconductor structures Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1999 Publication Journal Of Applied Physics Abbreviated Journal J Appl Phys  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue Pages 6625-6631  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);  
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  Publisher American Institute of Physics Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Editor  
  Language Wos 000079871200053 Publication Date 2002-07-26  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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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 16 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.068; 1999 IF: 2.275  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:24444 Serial 743  
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Author Berdiyorov, G.R.; de Romaguera, A.R.C.; Milošević, M.V.; Doria, M.M.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M. pdf  doi
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  Title Dynamic and static phases of vortices under an applied drive in a superconducting stripe with an array of weak links Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication European physical journal : B : condensed matter and complex systems Abbreviated Journal Eur Phys J B  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 4 Pages 130-130,8  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Static and dynamic properties of superconducting vortices in a superconducting stripe with a periodic array of weakly-superconducting (or normal metal) regions are studied in the presence of external magnetic and electric fields. The time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory is used to describe the electronic transport, where the anisotropy is included through the spatially-dependent critical temperature T-c. Superconducting vortices penetrating into the weak-superconducting region with smaller T-c are more mobile than the ones in the strong superconducting regions. We observe periodic entrance and exit of vortices which reside in the weak link for some short interval. The mobility of the weakly-pinned vortices can be reduced by increasing the uniform applied magnetic field leading to distinct features in the voltage vs. magnetic field response of the system.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Berlin Editor  
  Language Wos 000303545400013 Publication Date 2012-04-20  
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  ISSN 1434-6028;1434-6036; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 1.461 Times cited 32 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the Belgian Science Policy (IAP), the bilateral programme between Flanders and Brazil. G.R.B. and L.C. acknowledge individual support from FWO-Vl. A.R.de C.R. acknowledges CNPq and FACEPE for financial support. ; Approved Most recent IF: 1.461; 2012 IF: 1.282  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98267 Serial 761  
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Author Badalyan, S.M.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Effect of nonhomogenous dielectric background on the plasmon modes in graphene double-layer structures at finite temperatures Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 19 Pages 195444-195444,6  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract We have calculated the plasmon modes in graphene double layer structures at finite temperatures, taking into account the inhomogeneity of the dielectric background of the system. The effective dielectric function is obtained from the solution of the Poisson equation of a three-layer dielectric medium with graphene sheets located at the interfaces, separating the different materials. Due to the momentum dispersion of the effective dielectric function, the intra- and interlayer bare Coulomb interactions in the graphene double layer system acquires an additional momentum dependence-an effect that is of the order of the interlayer interaction itself. We show that the energies of the in-phase and out-of-phase plasmon modes are determined largely by different values of the spatially dependent effective dielectric function. The effect of the dielectric inhomogeneity increases with temperature, and even at high temperatures the energy shift induced by the dielectric inhomogeneity and temperature itself remains larger than the broadening of the plasmon energy dispersions due to the Landau damping. The obtained new features of the plasmon dispersions can be observed in frictional drag measurements and in inelastic light scattering and electron energy-loss spectroscopies.  
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  Language Wos 000304394800011 Publication Date 2012-05-23  
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 67 Open Access  
  Notes ; We thank G. Vignale for useful discussions and acknowledge support from the Flemisch Science Foundation (FWO-Fl) and the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98941 Serial 826  
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Author Shakouri, K.; Szafran, B.; Esmaeilzadeh, M.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Effective spin-orbit interaction Hamiltonian for quasi-one-dimensional quantum rings Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 16 Pages 165314-165314,8  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract The effective Hamiltonian for an electron in a quasi-one-dimensional quantum ring in the presence of spin-orbit interactions is derived. We demonstrate that, when both coupling types are simultaneously present, the effective Hamiltonian derived by the lowest-radial-state approximation produces energy spectra and charge densities which deviate strongly from the exact ones. For equal Rashba and Dresselhaus coupling constants the lowest-radial-state approximation opens artifactal avoided crossings in the energy spectra and deforms the circular symmetry of the confined charge densities. In this case, there does not exist a ring thin enough to justify the restriction to the lowest radially quantized energy state. We derive the effective Hamiltonian accounting for both the lowest and the first excited radial states, and show that the inclusion of the latter restores the correct features of the exact solution. Relation of this result to the states of a quantum wire is also discussed.  
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  Language Wos 000303068800006 Publication Date 2012-04-20  
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 32 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was partially supported by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education and its grants for Scientific Research. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98258 Serial 855  
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Author Nasr Esfahani, D.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Electric-field-induced shift of the Mott metal-insulator transition in thin films Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 8 Pages 085110-085110,8  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract The ground-state properties of a paramagnetic Mott insulator at half-filling are investigated in the presence of an external electric field using the inhomogeneous Gutzwiller approximation for a single-band Hubbard model in a slab geometry. We find that the metal-insulator transition is shifted toward higher Hubbard repulsions by applying an electric field perpendicular to the slab. The main reason is the accumulation of charges near the surface. The spatial distribution of site-dependent quasiparticle weight shows that it is maximal in a few layers beneath the surface, while the central sites where the field is screened have a very low quasiparticle weight. Our results show that above a critical-field value, states near the surface will be metallic, while the bulk quasiparticle weight is extremely suppressed but never vanishing, even for large Hubbard repulsions above the bulk zero-field critical value. Below the critical-field value, our results hint toward an insulating state in which the electric field is totally screened and the slab is again at half-filling.  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 3 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vlaanderen) and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:97208 Serial 884  
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Author Badalyan, S.M.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Electron-phonon bound state in graphene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 20 Pages 205453-205453,5  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract The fine structure of the Dirac energy spectrum in graphene induced by electron-optical phonon coupling is investigated in the portion of the spectrum near the phonon emission threshold. The derived new dispersion equation in the immediate neighborhood below the threshold corresponds to an electron-phonon bound state. We find that the singular vertex corrections beyond perturbation theory strongly increase the electron-phonon binding energy scale. The predicted enhancement of the effective electron-phonon coupling can be measured using angle-resolved spectroscopy.  
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  Language Wos 000304649400002 Publication Date 2012-05-30  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 12 Open Access  
  Notes ; We thank E. Rashba for the useful discussion and acknowledge support from the Belgian Science Policy (IAP) and BELSPO. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98939 Serial 982  
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Author Krstajić, P.M.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Energy-momentum dispersion relation of plasmarons in graphene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 20 Pages 205454-205454,4  
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  Abstract The many-body correction to the band structure of a quasi-free-standing graphene layer is obtained within the Overhauser approach, where the electron-plasmon interaction is described as a field theoretical problem. We find that the Dirac-like spectrum is shifted by Delta E(k = 0), which is on the order of 50-150 meV, depending on the electron concentration n(e), and is in semiquantitative agreement with experimental data. The value of the Fermi velocity is renormalized by several percents and decreases with increasing electron concentration as found experimentally.  
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  Language Wos 000304649900004 Publication Date 2012-06-05  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 11 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the ESF-EuroGRAPHENE project CON-GRAN, and the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science (project No. TR 32008). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:98937 Serial 1043  
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Author Vodolazov, D.Y.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Enhancement of the retrapping current of superconducting microbridges of finite length Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 2 Pages 024508-024508,6  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract We theoretically find that the resistance of a superconducting microbridge or nanowire decreases while the retrapping current I(r) for the transition to the superconducting state increases when one suppresses the magnitude of the order parameter vertical bar Delta vertical bar in the attached superconducting leads. This effect is a consequence of the increased energy interval for diffusion of the “hot” nonequilibrium quasiparticles (induced by the oscillations of vertical bar Delta vertical bar in the center of the microbridge) to the leads. The effect is absent in short microbridges (with length less than the coherence length) and it is relatively weak in long microbridges (with length larger than the inelastic relaxation length of the nonequilibrium distribution function). A nonmonotonous dependence of I(r) on the length of the microbridge is predicted. Our results are important for the explanation of the enhancement of the critical current and the appearance of negative magnetoresistance observed in many recent experiments on superconducting microbridges or nanowires.  
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  Language Wos 000298863400005 Publication Date 2012-01-06  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 7 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russian Agency of Education, under the Federal Target Programme “Scientific and Educational Personnel of Innovative Russia in 2009-2013” and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:96235 Serial 1065  
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Author Bourgeois, J.; Hervieu, M.; Poienar, M.; Abakumov, A.M.; Elkaïm, E.; Sougrati, M.T.; Porcher, F.; Damay, F.; Rouquette, J.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Maignan, A.; Haines, J.; Martin, C.; url  doi
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  Title Evidence of oxygen-dependent modulation in LuFe2O4 Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 6 Pages 064102-064120,10  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract A polycrystalline sample of LuFe2O4 has been investigated by means of powder synchrotron x-ray and neutron diffraction and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), along with Mössbauer spectroscopy and transport and magnetic properties. A monoclinic distortion is unambiguously evidenced, and the crystal structure is refined in the monoclinic C2/m space group [aM = 5.9563(1) Å, bM = 3.4372(1) Å, cM = 8.6431(1) Å, β = 103.24(1)°]. Along with the previously reported modulations distinctive of the charge-ordering (CO) of the iron species, a new type of incommensurate order is observed, characterized by a vector q⃗1 = α1a⃗M* + γ1c⃗M* (with α1 ≅ 0.55, γ1 ≅ 0.13). In situ heating TEM observations from 300 to 773 K confirm that the satellites associated with q⃗1 vanish completely, only at a temperature significantly higher than the CO temperature. This incommensurate modulation has a displacive character and corresponds primarily to a transverse displacive modulation wave of the Lu cations position, as revealed by the high resolution, high angle annular dark field scanning TEM images and in agreement with synchrotron data refinements. Analyses of vacuum-annealed samples converge toward the hypothesis of a new ordering mechanism, associated with a tiny oxygen deviation from the O4 stoichiometry.  
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  Language Wos 000299896900003 Publication Date 2012-02-06  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 24 Open Access  
  Notes Hercules Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:95042 Serial 1095  
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Author Vagov, A.V.; Shanenko, A.A.; Milošević, M.V.; Axt, V.M.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Extended Ginzburg-Landau formalism : systematic expansion in small deviation from the critical temperature Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 1 Pages 014502-014502,17  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Based on the Gor'kov formalism for a clean s-wave superconductor, we develop an extended version of the single-band Ginzburg-Landau (GL) theory by means of a systematic expansion in the deviation from the critical temperature T(c), i.e., tau = 1 – T/T(c). We calculate different contributions to the order parameter and the magnetic field: the leading contributions (proportional to tau(1/2) in the order parameter and. t in the magnetic field) are controlled by the standard GL theory, while the next-to-leading terms (proportional to tau(3/2) in the gap and proportional to tau(2) in the magnetic field) constitute the extended GL (EGL) approach. We derive the free-energy functional for the extended formalism and the corresponding expression for the current density. To illustrate the usefulness of our formalism, we calculate, in a semianalytical form, the temperature-dependent correction to the GL parameter at which the surface energy becomes zero, and analytically, the temperature dependence of the thermodynamic critical field. We demonstrate that the EGL formalism is not just a mathematical extension to the theory: variations of both the gap and the thermodynamic critical field with temperature calculated within the EGL theory are found in very good agreement with the full BCS results down to low temperatures, which dramatically improves the applicability of the formalism compared to its standard predecessor.  
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  Language Wos 000298985100002 Publication Date 2012-01-10  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 36 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). A. V. V. is grateful to V. Zalipaev for important comments. A. A. S. thanks W. Pogosov for helpful notes. Discussions with E. H. Brandt and A. Perali are appreciated. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
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Author Schowalter, M.; Lamoen, D.; Kruse, P.; Gerthsen, D.; Rosenauer, A. doi  openurl
  Title First-principles calculations of the mean inner Coulomb potential for sphalerite type II.VI semiconductors Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2004 Publication Applied Physics Letters Abbreviated Journal Appl Phys Lett  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 21 Pages 4938-4940  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);  
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  Publisher American Institute of Physics Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Editor  
  Language Wos 000225300600037 Publication Date 2004-11-24  
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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 16 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.411; 2004 IF: 4.308  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:49657 Serial 1203  
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Author Berdiyorov, G.R.; Hernández-Nieves, A.D.; Milošević, M.V.; Peeters, F.M.; Dominguez, D. url  doi
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  Title Flux-quantum-discretized dynamics of magnetic flux entry, exit, and annihilation in current-driven mesoscopic type-I superconductors Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 9 Pages 092502-092502,4  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract We study nonlinear flux dynamics in a current-carrying type-I superconductor. The stray magnetic field of the current induces the intermediate state, where nucleation of flux domains is discretized to a single fluxoid at a time, while their final shape (tubular or laminar), size, and nucleation rate depend on applied current and edge conditions. The current induces opposite flux domains on opposite sides of the sample, and subsequently drives them to annihilation-which is also discretized, as a sequence of vortex-antivortex pairs. The discretization of both nucleation and annihilation leaves measurable traces in the voltage across the sample and in locally probed magnetization. The reported dynamic phenomena thus provide an unambiguous proof of a flux quantum being the smallest building block of the intermediate state in type-I superconductors.  
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  Language Wos 000301183000002 Publication Date 2012-03-07  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 14 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Belgian Science Policy (IAP), the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), and the collaborative project FWO-MINCyT (Project No. FW/08/01). G. R. B. and A. D. H acknowledge support from FWO-Vl. A. D. H. and D. D. acknowledge support from CONICET, CNEA, and ANPCyT (Grant No. PICT07-824). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
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Author van Daele, B.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Jacobs, K.; Moerman, I.; Leys, M. pdf  doi
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  Title Formation of metallic In in InGaN/GaN multiquantum wells Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2004 Publication Applied physics letters Abbreviated Journal Appl Phys Lett  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 19 Pages 4379-4381  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
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  Publisher American Institute of Physics Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Editor  
  Language Wos 000224962800038 Publication Date 2004-11-08  
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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 32 Open Access  
  Notes IAP V-1; IWT-Project No.980319 Approved Most recent IF: 3.411; 2004 IF: 4.308  
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Author Saniz, R.; Partoens, B.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Green function approach to superconductivity in nanowires Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 14 Pages 144504-144504,7  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Superconductivity in nanowires made of weak coupling superconductor materials is investigated using a Green function approach. We show that these are multigap systems in which the ratio Delta(T)/k(B)T(c) is to a large extent similar to what is observed in some high-T-c two-gap systems, such as MgB2 and some of the Fe-based superconductors. On the other hand, because of confinement, the superfluid density has a temperature behavior of the form n(s)(T) = 1 – (T/T-c)(3) near T-c, thus deviating from the BCS behavior for bulk superconductors.  
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  Language Wos 000302290700006 Publication Date 2012-04-03  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 1 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by FWO-Vl and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:97764 Serial 1381  
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Author Buschmann, V.; Rodewald, M.; Fuess, H.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Schäffer, C. doi  openurl
  Title High resolution electron microscopy study of molecular beam epitaxy grown CoSi2/Si1-xGex/Si(100) heterostructurs Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1999 Publication Journal of applied physics Abbreviated Journal J Appl Phys  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 4 Pages 2119-2123  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract Two CoSi2/Si1-xGex/Si(100) heterostructures, with different Ge content, made by molecular beam epitaxy are characterized by high resolution electron microscopy. In general, the interface between the CoSi2 thin film and the Si1-xGex layer is of a high structural quality and the strained Si1-xGex layer exhibits few defects. For both samples, different interface structures are present, although the dominant interfacial configuration is similar to the unreconstructed interface present at the CoSi2/Si(100) interface. Only occasionally (2x1) reconstructed interface regions are found which are just a few nanometers in length. Phenomena such as Ge segregation and the introduction of defects are also observed in the Si1-xGex layer. We attribute the minimal presence of the reconstructed interface to both the (2x8):Si1-xGex(100) surface reconstruction and the Ge segregation that takes place. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-8979(99)02104-0].  
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  Language Wos 000078403000017 Publication Date 2002-07-26  
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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 6 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.068; 1999 IF: 2.275  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:103977 Serial 1455  
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Author Čukarić, N.; Arsoski, V.; Tadić, M.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Hole states in nanocups in a magnetic field Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 23 Pages 235425-235425,11  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract The magnetic-field dependence of the hole states in a nanocup, which is composed of a ring (the nanocup rim) that surrounds a disk (the nanocup bottom), is obtained within the Luttinger-Kohn model for the unstrained GaAs/(Al,Ga) As and the strained (In,Ga) As/GaAs systems. Aharonov-Bohm oscillations due to angular momentum transitions of the hole ground state appear with periods that vary with the thickness of the disk. The strain in the (In, Ga) As/GaAs nanocup is sensitive to the disk thickness and favors the spatial localization of the heavy holes inside the disk. Therefore, the angular momentum transitions between the valence-band states disappear for much thinner disks than in the case of the unstrained GaAs/(Al, Ga) As nanocups. In both systems, the oscillations in the energy of the hole ground state are found to disappear for thinner inner layer than in the electron ground-state energy. This is due to the different confining potentials and the mixing between the heavy- and light-hole states. As a consequence, magnetization of the single hole is found to strongly depend on the bottom thickness of the strained (In, Ga) As/GaAs nanocup. Furthermore, we found that the strain can lead to a spatial separation of the electron and the hole, as in type-II band alignment, which is advantageous for the appearance of the excitonic Aharonov-Bohm effect.  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 4 Open Access  
  Notes ; The authors thank B. Partoens for useful discussions. This work was supported by the EU NoE: SANDiE, the Ministry of Education and Science of Serbia, and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
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Author Zarenia, M.; Vasilopoulos, P.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Magnetotransport in periodically modulated bilayer graphene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 24 Pages 245426-245426,10  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Magnetotransport in bilayer graphene in the presence of a weak and periodic potential is investigated in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field B. The modulation broadens the Landau levels into bands and for weak magnetic fields leads to the well-known Weiss oscillations in their bandwidth and their transport coefficients at very low B and to the Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations at larger B. The amplitude of the Weiss oscillations is severely reduced if the periodic potentials applied to the two layers oscillate out of phase. We also contrast some results with those corresponding to single-layer graphene. Relative to them the flat-band condition and the oscillation amplitude differ substantially, due to the interlayer coupling, and agree only when this coupling is extremely weak. We further show that the Hall conductivity exhibits the well-known steps at half-integer and integer multiples of 4e(2)/h in single-layer and bilayer graphene, respectively, even for very weak magnetic fields. The results are pertinent to weak and periodic corrugations when the potential modulation dominates the strain-induced magnetic modulation.  
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  Language Wos 000305253600012 Publication Date 2012-06-14  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 21 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the European Science Foundation (ESF) under the EUROCORES program EuroGRAPHENE (project CON-GRAN), and the Canadian NSERC Grant No. OGP0121756. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
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Author Scarrozza, M.; Pourtois, G.; Houssa, M.; Heyns, M.; Stesmans, A. url  doi
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  Title Oxidation of the GaAs(001) surface : insights from first-principles calculations Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 19 Pages 195307-195307,8  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)  
  Abstract We performed a detailed investigation of the oxidation of the technologically relevant GaAs(001)-beta 2(2x4) surface via density functional calculations. The purpose is to gain insights on the atomistic mechanisms and local bondings that underlie the degradation of the surface properties once exposed to oxygen. The study comprises the adsorption of single O atoms, through the sampling of several adsorption sites, and the subsequent formation of the O adsorbate at increasing coverage by taking into account multiple-atom adsorption. Based on the evaluation of the energetics and the structural properties of the atomistic models generated, the results here reported delineate a consistent picture of the initial stage of the surface oxidation: (i) at low coverage, in the limit of single O insertions, oxygen is incorporated on the surface forming a twofold-bridging Ga-O-As bond; (ii) at increasing coverage, as multiple O atoms are involved, this is accompanied by the formation of a threefold-coordinated bond (with two Ga and one As atoms); (iii) the latter has important implications regarding the electronic properties of the adsorbate since this O bonding may result in the formation of As dangling bonds. Moreover, a clear trend of increased energy gain for the incorporation of neighboring O atoms compared to single O insertions indicates that the formation of oxide clusters is favored over a regime of uniform oxidation. Our findings provide a detailed description of the O bonding and stress the importance of modeling the adsorption of multiple O atoms for an accurate description of the surface oxidation.  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 15 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
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Author Clem, J.R.; Mawatari, Y.; Berdiyorov, G.R.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Predicted field-dependent increase of critical currents in asymmetric superconducting nanocircuits Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 14 Pages 144511-144511,16  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract The critical current of a thin superconducting strip of width W much larger than the Ginzburg-Landau coherence length xi but much smaller than the Pearl length Lambda = 2 lambda(2)/d is maximized when the strip is straight with defect-free edges. When a perpendicular magnetic field is applied to a long straight strip, the critical current initially decreases linearly with H but then decreases more slowly with H when vortices or antivortices are forced into the strip. However, in a superconducting strip containing sharp 90 degrees or 180 degrees turns, the zero-field critical current at H = 0 is reduced because vortices or antivortices are preferentially nucleated at the inner corners of the turns, where current crowding occurs. Using both analytic London-model calculations and time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau simulations, we predict that in such asymmetric strips the resulting critical current can be increased by applying a perpendicular magnetic field that induces a current-density contribution opposing the applied current density at the inner corners. This effect should apply to all turns that bend in the same direction.  
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  Language Wos 000302611100004 Publication Date 2012-04-10  
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 40 Open Access  
  Notes ; This research, supported in part by the US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Science, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering, was performed in part at the Ames Laboratory, which is operated for the US Department of Energy by Iowa State University under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11358. This work also was supported in part by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vlaanderen) and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). G.R.B. acknowledges individual support from FWO-Vlaanderen. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
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Author Krstajić, P.M.; Peeters, F.M. url  doi
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  Title Remote electron plasmon polaron in graphene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 8 Pages 085436-085436,5  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract The Coulomb interaction and the correlation of a remote electron with a single layer of graphene is investigated in the presence of a magnetic field applied perpendicular to the graphene layer. The remote electron polarizes the electron gas in the graphene layer, which we describe in terms of excitations of virtual plasmons in graphene. The composite quasiparticle formed by electron plus polarization is called a plasmon polaron. The ground-state energy of this quasiparticle is calculated within perturbation theory for remote electrons in different environments.  
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  Language Wos 000300831900012 Publication Date 2012-02-27  
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 4 Open Access  
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:97202 Serial 2869  
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Author Tsirlin, A.A.; Abakumov, A.M.; Ritter, C.; Henry, P.F.; Janson, O.; Rosner, H. url  doi
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  Title Short-range order of Br and three-dimensional magnetism in (CuBr)LaNb2O7 Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 21 Pages 214427  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract We present a comprehensive study of the crystal structure, magnetic structure, and microscopic magnetic model of (CuBr)LaNb2O7, the Br analog of the spin-gap quantum magnet (CuCl) LaNb2O7. Despite similar crystal structures and spin lattices, the magnetic behavior and even peculiarities of the atomic arrangement in the Cl and Br compounds are very different. The high- resolution x-ray and neutron data reveal a split position of Br atoms in (CuBr) LaNb2O7. This splitting originates from two possible configurations developed by [CuBr] zigzag ribbons. While the Br atoms are locally ordered in the ab plane, their arrangement along the c direction remains partially disordered. The predominant and energetically more favorable configuration features an additional doubling of the c lattice parameter that was not observed in (CuCl) LaNb2O7. (CuBr) LaNb2O7 undergoes long-range antiferromagnetic ordering at T-N = 32 K, which is nearly 70% of the leading exchange coupling J4 similar or equal to 48 K. The Br compound does not show any experimental signatures of low-dimensional magnetism because the underlying spin lattice is three-dimensional. The coupling along the c direction is comparable to the couplings in the ab plane, even though the shortest Cu-Cu distance along c (11.69 angstrom) is three times larger than nearest-neighbor distances in the ab plane (3.55 angstrom). The stripe antiferromagnetic long-range order featuring columns of parallel spins in the ab plane and antiparallel spins along c is verified experimentally and confirmed by the microscopic analysis.  
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  Language Wos 000305557600002 Publication Date 2012-06-22  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited 5 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:100289 Serial 2998  
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Author Molnar, B.; Vasilopoulos, P.; Peeters, F.M. doi  openurl
  Title Spin-dependent transmission through a chain of rings : influence of a periodically modulated spin-orbit interaction strength or ring radius Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2004 Publication Applied physics letters Abbreviated Journal Appl Phys Lett  
  Volume (down) 85 Issue 4 Pages 612-614  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract We study ballistic electron transport through a finite chain of quantum circular rings in the presence of spin-orbit interaction of strength alpha. For a single ring, the transmission and reflection coefficients are obtained analytically and from them the conductance for a chain of rings as a function of alpha and of the wave vector k of the incident electron. We show that due to destructive spin interferences, the chain can be totally opaque for certain ranges of k, the width of which depends on the value of alpha. A periodic modulation of the strength alpha or of the ring radius widens the gaps considerably and produces a nearly binary conductance output. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.  
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  Publisher American Institute of Physics Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Editor  
  Language Wos 000222855400034 Publication Date 2004-07-23  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0003-6951; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.411 Times cited 26 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.411; 2004 IF: 4.308  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:94799 Serial 3085  
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