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Author Pourbabak, S.; Montero-Sistiaga, M.L.; Schryvers, D.; Van Humbeeck, J.; Vanmeensel, K.
  Title Microscopic investigation of as built and hot isostatic pressed Hastelloy X processed by Selective Laser Melting Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Materials characterization Abbreviated Journal Mater Charact
  Volume 153 Issue Pages 366-371
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract Microstructural characteristics of Hastelloy X produced by Selective Laser Melting have been investigated by various microscopic techniques in the as built (AB) condition and after hot isostatic pressing (HIP). At sub-grain level the AB material consists of columnar high density dislocation cells while the HIP sample consists of columnar sub-grains with lower dislocation density that originate from the original dislocation cells, contradicting existing models. The sub-grains contain nanoscale precipitates enriched in Al, Ti, Cr and O, located at sub-grain boundaries in the AB condition and within the grains after HIP. At some grain boundaries, micrometer sized chromium carbides are detected after HIP. Micro hardness within the grains was found to decrease after HIP, which was attributed to the decrease in dislocation density due to recovery annealing.
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  Language Wos 000472696900040 Publication Date 2019-05-21
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  ISSN 1044-5803 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 2.714 Times cited 2 Open Access Not_Open_Access
  Notes S.P. likes to thank the Flemish Science Foundation FWO for financial support under Project G.0366.15N. The authors acknowledge ENGIE Research and Technology Division for the use of the SLM280HL machine and financial support. This work was also made possible through the AUHA13009 grant “TopSPIN for TEM nanostatistics” of the Flemish HERCULES foundation. Approved Most recent IF: 2.714
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @UA @ admin @ c:irua:159974 Serial 5178
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Author Jafarzadeh, A.; Bal, K.M.; Bogaerts, A.; Neyts, E.C.
  Title CO2 activation on TiO2-supported Cu5 and Ni5 nanoclusters : effect of plasma-induced surface charging Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication The journal of physical chemistry: C : nanomaterials and interfaces Abbreviated Journal J Phys Chem C
  Volume 123 Issue 11 Pages 6516-6525
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
  Abstract Surface charging is an often overlooked factor in many plasma-surface interactions and in particular in plasma catalysis. In this study, we investigate the effect of excess electrons induced by a plasma on the adsorption properties of CO2 on titania-supported Cu-5 and Ni-5 clusters using spin-polarized and dispersion-corrected density functional theory calculations. The effect of excess electrons on the adsorption of Ni and Cu pentamers as well as on CO2 adsorption on a pristine anatase TiO2(101) slab is studied. Our results indicate that adding plasma-induced excess electrons to the system leads to further stabilization of the bent CO2 structure. Also, dissociation of CO2 on charged clusters is energetically more favorable than on neutral clusters. We hypothesize that surface charge is a plausible cause for the synergistic effects sometimes observed in plasma catalysis.
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  Language Wos 000462260700024 Publication Date 2019-02-21
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  ISSN 1932-7447; 1932-7455 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 4.536 Times cited 4 Open Access OpenAccess
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 4.536
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:159422 Serial 5281
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Author Akkerman, Q.A.; Bladt, E.; Petralanda, U.; Dang, Z.; Sartori, E.; Baranov, D.; Abdelhady, A.L.; Infante, I.; Bals, S.; Manna, L.
  Title Fully inorganic Ruddlesden-Popper double CI-I and triple CI-Br-I lead halide perovskite nanocrystals Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Chemistry of materials Abbreviated Journal Chem Mater
  Volume 31 Issue 31 Pages 2182-2190
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract The vast majority of lead halide perovskite (LHP) nanocrystals (NCs) are currently based on either a single halide composition (CsPbCl3, CsPbBr3, and CsPbI3) or an alloyed mixture of bromide with either Cl- or I- [i.e., CsPb(Br:Cl)(3) or CsPb(Br:I)(3)]. In this work, we present the synthesis as well as a detailed optical and structural study of two halide alloying cases that have not previously been reported for LHP NCs: Cs2PbI2Cl2 NCs and triple halide CsPb(Cl:Br:I)(3) NCs. In the case of Cs2PbI2Cl2, we observe for the first time NCs with a fully inorganic Ruddlesden-Popper phase (RPP) crystal structure. Unlike the well-explored organic-inorganic RPP, here, the RPP formation is triggered by the size difference between the halide ions. These NCs exhibit a strong excitonic absorption, albeit with a weak photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY). In the case of the triple halide CsPb(Cl:Br:I)(3) composition, the NCs comprise a CsPbBr2Cl perovskite crystal lattice with only a small amount of incorporated iodide, which segregates at RPP planes' interfaces within the CsPb(Cl:Br:I)(3) NCs. Supported by density functional theory calculations and postsynthetic surface treatments to enhance the PLQY, we show that the combination of iodide segregation and defective RPP interfaces are most likely linked to the strong PL quenching observed in these nanostructures. In summary, this work demonstrates the limits of halide alloying in LHP NCs because a mixture that contains halide ions of very different sizes leads to the formation of defective RPP interfaces and a severe quenching of LHP NC's optical properties.
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  Language Wos 000462950400038 Publication Date 2019-03-04
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  ISSN 0897-4756 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 9.466 Times cited 58 Open Access OpenAccess
  Notes ; Q.A.A. and L.M. acknowledge funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement no. 614897 (ERC Consolidator Grant “TRANS-NANO”). The work of D.B. was supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 794560. E.B. and S.B. acknowledge funding from the Research Foundation Flanders (G.038116N, G.03691, and funding of a postdoctoral grant to E.B.). I.I. acknowledges The Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research (NWO) for financial support through the Innovational Research Incentive (Vidi) Scheme (grant no. 723.013.002). The computational work was carried out on the Dutch national e-infrastructure with the support of the SURF Cooperative. ; Approved Most recent IF: 9.466
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:159414 Serial 5250
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Author Tan, X.; Stephens, P.W.; Hendrickx, M.; Hadermann, J.; Segre, C.U.; Croft, M.; Kang, C.-J.; Deng, Z.; Lapidus, S.H.; Kim, S.W.; Jin, C.; Kotliar, G.; Greenblatt, M.
  Title Tetragonal Cs1.17In0.81Cl3 : a charge-ordered indium halide perovskite derivative Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Chemistry of materials Abbreviated Journal Chem Mater
  Volume 31 Issue 6 Pages 1981-1989
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract Polycrystalline samples of Cs1.17In0.81Cl3 were prepared by annealing a mixture of CsCl, InCl, and InCl3, stoichiometric for the targeted CsInCl3. Synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction refinement and chemical analysis by energy dispersive X-ray indicated that Cs1.17In0.81Cl3, a tetragonal distorted perovskite derivative (I4/m), is the thermodynamically stable product. The refined unit cell parameters and space group were confirmed by electron diffraction. In the tetragonal structure, In+ and In3+ are located in four different crystallographic sites, consistent with their corresponding bond lengths. In1, In2, and In3 are octahedrally coordinated, whereas In4 is at the center of a pentagonal bipyramid of Cl because of the noncooperative octahedral tilting of In4Cl6. The charged-ordered In+ and In3+ were also confirmed by X-ray absorption and Raman spectroscopy. Cs1.17In0.81Cl3 is the first example of an inorganic halide double perovskite derivative with charged-ordered In+ and In3+. Band structure and optical conductivity calculations were carried out with both generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and modified Becke-Johnson (mBJ) approach; the GGA calculations estimated the band gap and optical band gap to be 2.27 eV and 2.4 eV, respectively. The large and indirect band gap suggests that Cs1.17In0.81Cl3 is not a good candidate for photovoltaic application.
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  Language Wos 000462950400017 Publication Date 2019-02-19
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  ISSN 0897-4756 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 9.466 Times cited 6 Open Access OpenAccess
  Notes ; M.G. and X.T. were supported by the Center for Computational Design of Functional Strongly Correlated Materials and Theoretical Spectroscopy under DOE Grant No. DE-FOA-0001276. M.G. also acknowledges support of NSF-DMR-1507252 grant. G.K. and C.-J.K. were supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. MRCAT operations are supported by the Department of Energy and the MRCAT member institutions. The use of the Advanced Photon Source at the 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. The works at IOPCAS were supported by NSF & MOST of China through research projects. ; Approved Most recent IF: 9.466
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:159413 Serial 5262
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Author Kahraman, Z.; Kandemir, A.; Yagmurcukardes, M.; Sahin, H.
  Title Single-layer Janus-type platinum dichalcogenides and their heterostructures Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication The journal of physical chemistry: C : nanomaterials and interfaces Abbreviated Journal J Phys Chem C
  Volume 123 Issue 7 Pages 4549-4557
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Ultrathin two-dimensional Janus-type platinum dichalcogenide crystals formed by two different atoms at opposite surfaces are investigated by performing state-of-the-art density functional theory calculations. First, it is shown that single-layer PtX2 structures (where X = S, Se, or Te) crystallize into the dynamically stable IT phase and are indirect band gap semiconductors. It is also found that the substitutional chalcogen doping in all PtX2 structures is favorable via replacement of surface atoms with a smaller chalcogen atom, and such a process leads to the formation of Janus-type platinum dichalcogenides (XPtY, where X and Y stand for S, Se, or Te) which are novel single-layer crystals. While all Janus structures are indirect band gap semiconductors as their binary analogues, their Raman spectra show distinctive features that stem from the broken out-of-plane symmetry. In addition, it is revealed that the construction of Janus crystals enhances the piezoelectric constants of PtX2 crystals significantly both in the in plane and in the out-of-plane directions. Moreover, it is shown that vertically stacked van der Waals heterostructures of binary and ternary (Janus) platinum dichalcogenides offer a wide range of electronic features by forming bilayer heterojunctions of type-I, type-II, and type-III, respectively. Our findings reveal that Janus-type ultrathin platinum dichalcogenide crystals are quite promising materials for optoelectronic device applications.
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  Language Wos 000459836900071 Publication Date 2019-01-24
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  ISSN 1932-7447; 1932-7455 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 4.536 Times cited 20 Open Access
  Notes ; Computational resources were provided by TUBITAK ULAKBIM, High Performance and Grid Computing Center (TR-Grid e-Infrastructure). H.S. and Z.K. acknowledge financial support from the TUBITAK under the project number 117F095. This work is supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) by a post-doctoral fellowship (M.Y.). H.S. acknowledges support from Turkiye Bilimler Akademisi-Turkish Academy of Sciences under the GEBIP program. ; Approved Most recent IF: 4.536
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:158617 Serial 5229
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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.
  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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  ISSN 2475-9953 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  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
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:158561 Serial 5260
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Author Gan, Y.; Christensen, D.V.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, H.; Krishnan, D.; Zhong, Z.; Niu, W.; Carrad, D.J.; Norrman, K.; von Soosten, M.; Jespersen, T.S.; Shen, B.; Gauquelin, N.; Verbeeck, J.; Sun, J.; Pryds, N.; Chen, Y.
  Title Diluted oxide interfaces with tunable ground states Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Advanced materials Abbreviated Journal Adv Mater
  Volume 31 Issue 10 Pages 1805970
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract The metallic interface between two oxide insulators, such as LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (LAO/STO), provides new opportunities for electronics and spintronics. However, due to the presence of multiple orbital populations, tailoring the interfacial properties such as the ground state and metal-insulator transitions remains challenging. Here, an unforeseen tunability of the phase diagram of LAO/STO is reported by alloying LAO with a ferromagnetic LaMnO3 insulator without forming lattice disorder and at the same time without changing the polarity of the system. By increasing the Mn-doping level, x, of LaAl1-xMnxO3/STO (0 <= x <= 1), the interface undergoes a Lifshitz transition at x = 0.225 across a critical carrier density of n(c) = 2.8 x 10(13) cm(-2), where a peak T-SC approximate to 255 mK of superconducting transition temperature is observed. Moreover, the LaAl1-xMnxO3 turns ferromagnetic at x >= 0.25. Remarkably, at x = 0.3, where the metallic interface is populated by only d(xy) electrons and just before it becomes insulating, a same device with both signatures of superconductivity and clear anomalous Hall effect (7.6 x 10(12) cm(-2) < n(s) <= 1.1 x 10(13) cm(-2)) is achieved reproducibly. This provides a unique and effective way to tailor oxide interfaces for designing on-demand electronic and spintronic devices.
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  Language Wos 000460329300004 Publication Date 2019-01-14
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  ISSN 0935-9648 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 19.791 Times cited 31 Open Access Not_Open_Access
  Notes ; The authors thank the technical help from J. Geyti. J.R.S. acknowledges the support of the National Basic Research of China (2016YFA0300701, 2018YFA0305704), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11520101002), and the Key Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. N.G., D.K., and J.V. acknowledge funding from the Geconcentreerde Onderzoekacties (GOA) project “Solarpaint” of the University of Antwerp, Belgium. ; Approved Most recent IF: 19.791
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:158553 Serial 5245
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Author Yin, C.; Krishnan, D.; Gauquelin, N.; Verbeeck, J.; Aarts, J.
  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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  ISSN 2475-9953 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  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
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Author Marikutsa, A.; Rumyantseva, M.; Gaskov, A.; Batuk, M.; Hadermann, J.; Sarmadian, N.; Saniz, R.; Partoens, B.; Lamoen, D.
  Title Effect of zinc oxide modification by indium oxide on microstructure, adsorbed surface species, and sensitivity to CO Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Frontiers in materials Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 6 Issue 6 Pages
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Additives in semiconductor metal oxides are commonly used to improve sensing behavior of gas sensors. Due to complicated effects of additives on the materials microstructure, adsorption sites and reactivity to target gases the sensing mechanism with modified metal oxides is a matter of thorough research. Herein, we establish the promoting effect of nanocrystalline zinc oxide modification by 1-7 at.% of indium on the sensitivity to CO gas due to improved nanostructure dispersion and concentration of active sites. The sensing materials were synthesized via an aqueous coprecipitation route. Materials composition, particle size and BET area were evaluated using X-ray diffraction, nitrogen adsorption isotherms, high-resolution electron microscopy techniques and EDX-mapping. Surface species of chemisorbed oxygen, OH-groups, and acid sites were characterized by probe molecule techniques and infrared spectroscopy. It was found that particle size of zinc oxide decreased and the BET area increased with the amount of indium oxide. The additive was observed as amorphous indium oxide segregated on agglomerated ZnO nanocrystals. The measured concentration of surface species was higher on In2O3-modified zinc oxide. With the increase of indium oxide content, the sensor response of ZnO/In2O3 to CO was improved. Using in situ infrared spectroscopy, it was shown that oxidation of CO molecules was enhanced on the modified zinc oxide surface. The effect of modifier was attributed to promotion of surface OH-groups and enhancement of CO oxidation on the segregated indium ions, as suggested by DFT in previous work.
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  Language Wos 000461540600001 Publication Date 2019-03-15
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  ISSN 2296-8016 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited 11 Open Access OpenAccess
  Notes ; Research was supported by the grant from Russian Science Foundation (project No. 18-73-00071). ; Approved Most recent IF: NA
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Author Bal, K.M.; Neyts, E.C.
  Title Overcoming Old Scaling Relations and Establishing New Correlations in Catalytic Surface Chemistry: Combined Effect of Charging and Doping Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication The journal of physical chemistry: C : nanomaterials and interfaces Abbreviated Journal J Phys Chem C
  Volume 123 Issue 10 Pages 6141-6147
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
  Abstract Optimization of catalytic materials for a given application is greatly constrained by linear scaling relations. Recently, however, it has been demonstrated that it is possible to reversibly modulate the chemisorption of molecules on nanomaterials by charging (i.e., injection or removal of electrons) and hence reversibly and selectively modify catalytic activity beyond structure−activity correlations. The fundamental physical relation between the properties of the material, the charging process, and the chemisorption energy, however, remains unclear, and a systematic exploration and optimization of charge-switchable sorbent materials is not yet possible. Using hybrid DFT calculations of CO2 chemisorption on hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets with several types of defects and dopants, we here reveal the existence of fundamental correlations between the electron affinity of a material and charge-induced chemisorption, show how defect engineering can be used to modulate the strength and efficiency of the adsorption process, and demonstrate that excess electrons stabilize many topological defects. We then show how these insights could be exploited in the development of new electrocatalytic materials and the synthesis of doped nanomaterials. Moreover, we demonstrate that calculated chemical properties of charged materials are highly sensitive to the employed computational methodology because of the self-interaction error, which underlines the theoretical challenge posed by such systems.
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  Language Wos 000461537400035 Publication Date 2019-03-14
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  ISSN 1932-7447 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 4.536 Times cited 5 Open Access Not_Open_Access: Available from 21.02.2020
  Notes Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, 11V8915N ; Approved Most recent IF: 4.536
  Call Number PLASMANT @ plasmant @UA @ admin @ c:irua:158117 Serial 5160
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Author Ding, L.; Orekhov, A.; Weng, Y.; Jia, Z.; Idrissi, H.; Schryvers, D.; Muraishi, S.; Hao, L.; Liu, Q.
  Title Study of the Q′ (Q)-phase precipitation in Al–Mg–Si–Cu alloys by quantification of atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy images and atom probe tomography Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Journal of materials science Abbreviated Journal J Mater Sci
  Volume 54 Issue 10 Pages 7943-7952
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract The precipitation mechanism of the Q phase in Al-Mg-Si-Cu alloys has long been the subject of ambiguity and debate since its metastable phase (Q 0) has the same crystal structure and similar lattice parameters as its equilibrium counterparts. In the present work, the evolution of the Q 0 (Q) phase during aging is studied by combination of quantitative atomic-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy and atom probe tomography. It was found that the transformation from the Q 0 to the Q phase involves changes of the occupancy of Al atoms in atomic columns of the Q 0 (Q) phase. The Al atoms incorporated in the Cu, Si and Mg columns are gradually released into the Al matrix, while mixing between Cu and Si atoms occurs in the Si columns. This transformation process is mainly attributed to the low lattice misfit of the equilibrium Q phase. Besides, the formation of various compositions of the Q phase is due to the different occupancy in the atomic columns of the Q phase. The occupancy changes in the columns of the Q phase are kinetically controlled and are strongly influenced by the alloy composition and aging temperature.
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  Language Wos 000460069500043 Publication Date 2019-02-14
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  ISSN 0022-2461 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 2.599 Times cited 1 Open Access Not_Open_Access
  Notes Special major R & D Projects for Key Technology Innovation of Key Industries in Chongqing, cstc2017zdcy-zdzxX0006 ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China, 2018CDGFCL0002 106112017CDJQJ308822 ; Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research; the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 51871035 ; This work was supported by the Special major R & D Projects for Key Technology Innovation of Key Industries in Chongqing (Grant No. cstc2017zdcyzdzxX0006), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Grant No. 2018CDGFCL0002), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51871035) and the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups J Mater Sci National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51421001). H. Idrissi is mandated by the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FSR-FNRS). Approved Most recent IF: 2.599
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @UA @ admin @ c:irua:158112 Serial 5158
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Author Peeters, F.M.; Schweigert, V.A.
  Title Two electron quantum disks Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1996 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 53 Issue Pages 1468-1474
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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  Language Wos A1996TU29000081 Publication Date 2002-07-27
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  Impact Factor 3.736 Times cited 204 Open Access
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  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:15805 Serial 3780
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Author Marmorkos, I.K.; Matulis, A.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Vortex structure around a magnetic dot in planar superconductors Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1996 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 53 Issue Pages 2677-2685
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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  Language Wos A1996TV39300081 Publication Date 2002-07-27
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  Impact Factor 3.736 Times cited 58 Open Access
  Notes Approved INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION 31/56 Q3 # NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 9/32 Q2 # PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS 24/28 Q4 # SPECTROSCOPY 28/43 Q3 #
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Author Goldoni, G.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Stability, dynamical properties and melting of a classical bi-layer Wigner crystal Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1996 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 53 Issue Pages 4591-4603
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos A1996TZ17700056 Publication Date 2002-07-27
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 0163-1829;1095-3795; ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.736 Times cited 117 Open Access
  Notes Approved PHYSICS, APPLIED 28/145 Q1 #
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:15800 Serial 3123
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Author Sommerfeld, P.K.H.; van der Heijden, R.W.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Symmetry breaking of the admittance of a classical two-dimensional electron system in a magnetic field Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1996 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 53 Issue Pages R13250-R13253
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos A1996UN90900008 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 (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.736 Times cited 7 Open Access
  Notes Approved no
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:15795 Serial 3404
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Author Bogaerts, R.; Herlach, F.; de Keyser, A.; Peeters, F.M.; DeRosa, F.; Palmstrøm, C.J.; Brehmer, D.; Allen, S.J.
  Title Experimental determination of the Fermi surface of thin Sc1-xErxAs epitaxial layers in pulsed magnetic fields Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1996 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 53 Issue Pages 15951-15963
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos A1996UT77000086 Publication Date 2002-07-27
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 0163-1829;1095-3795; ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.736 Times cited 9 Open Access
  Notes Approved no
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:15794 Serial 1137
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Author Grynberg, M.; Huant, S.; Martinez, G.; Kossut, J.; Wojtowicz, T.; Karczewski, G.; Shi, J.M.; Peeters, F.M.; Devreese, J.T.
  Title Magneto-polaron effect on shallow indium donors in CdTe Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1996 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 54 Issue Pages 1467-1470
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Theory of quantum systems and complex systems
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos A1996UZ86100013 Publication Date 2002-07-27
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 0163-1829;1095-3795; ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.736 Times cited 33 Open Access
  Notes Approved no
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:15793 Serial 1910
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Author Schweigert, I.V.; Schweigert, V.A.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Properties of two-dimensional Coulomb clusters confined in a ring Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1996 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 54 Issue Pages 10827-10834
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos A1996VT67400087 Publication Date 2002-07-27
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 0163-1829;1095-3795; ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.736 Times cited 27 Open Access
  Notes Approved CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL 77/144 Q3 # MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY 19/101 Q1 # PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & CHEMICAL 17/35 Q2 #
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:15791 Serial 2730
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Author Farias, G.A.; da Costa, W.B.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Acoustical polarons and bipolarons in two dimensions Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1996 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 54 Issue Pages 12835-12840
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos A1996VT68200039 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 (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.736 Times cited 30 Open Access
  Notes Approved no
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:15790 Serial 54
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Author Alexander, C.T.; Abakumov, A.M.; Forslund, R.P.; Johnston, K.P.; Stevenson, K.J.
  Title Role of the carbon support on the oxygen reduction and evolution activities in LaNiO3 composite electrodes in alkaline solution Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2018 Publication ACS applied energy materials Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 1 Issue 4 Pages 1549-1558
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract Metal-air batteries and fuel cells show a great deal of promise in advancing low-cost, high-energy-density charge storage solutions for sustainable energy applications. To improve the activities and stabilities of electrocatalysts for the critical oxygen reduction and evolution reactions (ORR and OER, respectively), a greater understanding is needed of the catalyst/carbon interactions and carbon stability. Herein, we report how LaNiO3 (LNO) supported on nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (N-CNT) made from a high-yield synthesis lowers the overpotential for both the OER and ORR markedly to enable a low bifunctional window of 0.81 V at only a 51 mu g cm(-2) mass loading. Furthermore, the addition of LNO to the N-CNTs improves the galvanostatic stability for the OER by almost 2 orders of magnitude. The nanoscale geometries of the perovskites and the CNTs enhance the number of metal-support and charge transfer interactions and thus the activity. We use rotating ring disk electrodes (RRDEs) combined with Tafel slope analysis and ICP-OES to quantitatively separate current contributions from the OER, carbon oxidation, and even anodic iron leaching from carbon nanotubes.
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  Language Wos 000458705400020 Publication Date 2018-03-28
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  ISSN 2574-0962 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
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  Notes Approved no
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:157642 Serial 8487
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Author Tan, X.; McCabe, E.E.; Orlandi, F.; Manuel, P.; Batuk, M.; Hadermann, J.; Deng, Z.; Jin, C.; Nowik, I.; Herber, R.; Segre, C.U.; Liu, S.; Croft, M.; Kang, C.-J.; Lapidus, S.; Frank, C.E.; Padmanabhan, H.; Gopalan, V.; Wu, M.; Li, M.-R.; Kotliar, G.; Walker, D.; Greenblatt, M.
  Title MnFe0.5Ru0.5O3 : an above-room-temperature antiferromagnetic semiconductor Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Journal of materials chemistry C : materials for optical and electronic devices Abbreviated Journal J Mater Chem C
  Volume 7 Issue 3 Pages 509-522
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract A transition-metal-only MnFe0.5Ru0.5O3 polycrystalline oxide was prepared by a reaction of starting materials MnO, MnO2, Fe2O3, RuO2 at 6 GPa and 1873 K for 30 minutes. A combination of X-ray and neutron powder diffraction refinements indicated that MnFe0.5Ru0.5O3 adopts the corundum (alpha-Fe2O3) structure type with space group R (3) over barc, in which all metal ions are disordered. The centrosymmetric nature of the MnFe0.5Ru0.5O3 structure is corroborated by transmission electron microscopy, lack of optical second harmonic generation, X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy, and Mossbauer spectroscopy. X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy of MnFe0.5Ru0.5O3 showed the oxidation states of Mn, Fe, and Ru to be 2+/3+, 3+, and similar to 4+, respectively. Resistivity measurements revealed that MnFe0.5Ru0.5O3 is a semiconductor. Magnetic measurements and magnetic structure refinements indicated that MnFe0.5Ru0.5O3 orders antiferromagnetically around 400 K, with magnetic moments slightly canted away from the c axis. Fe-57 Mossbauer confirmed the magnetic ordering and Fe3+ (S = 5/2) magnetic hyperfine splitting. First principles calculations are provided to understand the electronic structure more thoroughly. A comparison of synthesis and properties of MnFe0.5Ru0.5O3 and related corundum Mn2BB'O-6 derivatives is discussed.
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  Language Wos 000458780300004 Publication Date 2018-11-27
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  ISSN 2050-7526; 2050-7534 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 5.256 Times cited 1 Open Access Not_Open_Access
  Notes ; M. G. thanks the NSF-DMR-1507252 grant of the United States. X. T. was supported by the “Center for Computational Design of Functional Strongly Correlated Materials and Theoretical Spectroscopy'' under DOE Grant No. DE-FOA-0001276. G. K. and C. J. K. were supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. MRCAT operations are supported by the Department of Energy and the MRCAT member institutions. EEM is grateful to the Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2017-362). M. R. Li and M. X. Wu are supported by the ”One Thousand Youth Talents'' Program of China. 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. Part of this research used the ISS, 8-ID and TES, 8-BM beamlines at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Brookhaven National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-SC0012704. Without the valuable aid/support of the NSLS-II staff scientists Eli Stavitski, Klaus Attenkofer, and Paul Northrup this phase of the work could not have been performed. The work at IOPCAS was supported by NSF & MOST of China through research projects. H. R. and V. G. acknowledge NSF-MRSEC Center for Nanoscale Science at Penn State through the grant number DMR-1420620. The authors would like to thank Ms Jean Hanley at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Columbia University for making the high-pressure assemblies. The authors acknowledge the science and technology facility council (STFC) UK for the provision of neutron beam time. The authors would like to thank Daniel Nye for help on the Rigaku SmartLab X-ray diffractometer instrument in the Materials Characterization Laboratory at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source. ; Approved Most recent IF: 5.256
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Author Moors, K.; Contino, A.; Van de Put, M.L.; Vandenberghe, W.G.; Fischetti, M., V; Magnus, W.; Sorée, B.
  Title Theoretical study of scattering in graphene ribbons in the presence of structural and atomistic edge roughness Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Physical review materials Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 3 Issue 2 Pages 024001
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract We investigate the diffusive electron-transport properties of charge-doped graphene ribbons and nanoribbons with imperfect edges. We consider different regimes of edge scattering, ranging from wide graphene ribbons with (partially) diffusive edge scattering to ribbons with large width variations and nanoribbons with atomistic edge roughness. For the latter, we introduce an approach based on pseudopotentials, allowing for an atomistic treatment of the band structure and the scattering potential, on the self-consistent solution of the Boltzmann transport equation within the relaxation-time approximation and taking into account the edge-roughness properties and statistics. The resulting resistivity depends strongly on the ribbon orientation, with zigzag (armchair) ribbons showing the smallest (largest) resistivity and intermediate ribbon orientations exhibiting intermediate resistivity values. The results also show clear resistivity peaks, corresponding to peaks in the density of states due to the confinement-induced subband quantization, except for armchair-edge ribbons that show a very strong width dependence because of their claromatic behavior. Furthermore, we identify a strong interplay between the relative position of the two valleys of graphene along the transport direction, the correlation profile of the atomistic edge roughness, and the chiral valley modes, leading to a peculiar strongly suppressed resistivity regime, most pronounced for the zigzag orientation.
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  Language Wos 000458161800001 Publication Date 2019-02-06
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  ISSN 2475-9953 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor Times cited 4 Open Access
  Notes ; We acknowledge the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) for supporting K.M.'s research visit at the University of Texas at Dallas, as well as the support by the National Research Fund Luxembourg (FNR) with ATTRACT Grant No. 7556175. ; Approved Most recent IF: NA
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Author Grubova, I.Y.; Surmeneva, M.A.; Huygh, S.; Surmenev, R.A.; Neyts, E.C.
  Title Effects of silicon doping on strengthening adhesion at the interface of the hydroxyapatite-titanium biocomposite : a first-principles study Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Computational materials science Abbreviated Journal Comp Mater Sci
  Volume 159 Issue 159 Pages 228-234
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
  Abstract In this paper we employ first-principles calculations to investigate the effect of substitutional Si doping in the amorphous calcium-phosphate (a-HAP) structure on the work of adhesion, integral charge transfer, charge density difference and theoretical tensile strengths between an a-HAP coating and amorphous titanium dioxide (a-TiO2) substrate systemically. Our calculations demonstrate that substitution of a P atom by a Si atom in a-HAP (a-Si-HAP) with the creation of OH-vacancies as charge compensation results in a significant increase of the bonding strength of the coating to the substrate. The work of adhesion of the optimized Si-doped interfaces reaches a value of up to -2.52 J m(-2), which is significantly higher than for the stoichiometric a-HAP/a-TiO2. Charge density difference analysis indicates that the dominant interactions at the interface have significant covalent character, and in particular two Ti-O and three Ca-O bonds are formed for a-Si-HAP/a-TiO2 and one Ti-O and three Ca-O bonds for a-HAP/a-TiO2. From the stress-strain curve, the Young's modulus of a-Si-HAP/a-TiO2 is calculated to be about 25% higher than that of the a-HAP/a-TiO2, and the yielding stress is about 2 times greater than that of the undoped model. Our calculations therefore demonstrate that the presence of Si in the a-HAP structure strongly alters not only the bioactivity and resorption rates, but also the mechanical properties of the a-HAP/a-TiO2 interface. The results presented here provide an important theoretical insight into the nature of the chemical bonding at the a-HAP/a-TiO2 interface, and are particularly significant for the practical medical applications of HAP-based biomaterials.
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  Language Wos 000457856900023 Publication Date 2018-12-18
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  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 0927-0256 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 2.292 Times cited 1 Open Access Not_Open_Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.292
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:157480 Serial 5272
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Author Montero-Sistiaga, M.L.; Pourbabak, S.; Van Humbeeck, J.; Schryvers, D.; Vanmeensel, K.
  Title Microstructure and mechanical properties of Hastelloy X produced by HP-SLM (high power selective laser melting) Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Materials & design Abbreviated Journal Mater Design
  Volume 165 Issue Pages 107598
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract In order to increase the production rate during selective laser melting (SLM), a high power laser with a large beam diameter is used to build fully dense Hastelloy X parts. Compared to SLM with a low power and small diameter beam, the productivity was increased from 6 mm3/s to 16 mm3/s, i.e. 2.6 times faster. Besides the productivity benefit, the influence of the use of a high power laser on the rapid solidification microstructure and concomitant material properties is highlighted. The current paper compares the microstructure and tensile properties of Hastelloy X built with low and high power lasers. The use of a high power laser results in wider and shallower melt pools inducing an enhanced morphological and crystallographic texture along the building direction (BD). In addition, the increased heat input results in coarser sub-grains or high density dislocation walls for samples processed with a high power laser. Additionally, the influence of hot isostatic pressing (HIP) as a post-processing technique was evaluated. After HIP, the tensile fracture strain increased as compared to the strain in the as-built state and helped in obtaining competitive mechanical properties as compared to conventionally processed Hastelloy X parts.
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  Language Wos 000458259300020 Publication Date 2019-01-09
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  ISSN 0264-1275 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 4.364 Times cited 15 Open Access OpenAccess
  Notes This research was supported by the ENGIE Research and Technology Division. The authors acknowledge ENGIE Research and Technology Division for the use of the SLM280HL machine. S.P. likes to thank the Flemish Science Foundation FWO for financial support under Project G.0366.15N. Approved Most recent IF: 4.364
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @UA @ admin @ c:irua:157469 Serial 5176
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Author Tiwari, S.; Van de Put, M.L.; Sorée, B.; Vandenberghe, W.G.
  Title Carrier transport in two-dimensional topological insulator nanoribbons in the presence of vacancy defects Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication 2D materials Abbreviated Journal 2D Mater
  Volume 6 Issue 2 Pages 025011
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Using the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism, we study carrier transport through imperfect two-dimensional (2D) topological insulator (TI) ribbons. In particular, we investigate the effect of vacancy defects on the carrier transport in 2D TI ribbons with hexagonal lattice structure. To account for the random distribution of the vacancy defects, we present a statistical study of varying defect densities by stochastically sampling different defect configurations. We demonstrate that the topological edge states of TI ribbons are fairly robust against a high concentration (up to 2%) of defects. At very high defect densities, we observe an increased inter-edge interaction, mediated by the localisation of the edge states within the bulk region. This effect causes significant back-scattering of the, otherwise protected, edge-states at very high defect concentrations (>2%), resulting in a loss of conduction through the TI ribbon. We discuss how this coherent vacancy scattering can be used to our advantage for the development of TI-based transistors. We find that there is an optimal concentration of vacancies yielding an ON-OFF current ratio of up to two orders of magnitude. Finally, we investigate the importance of spin-orbit coupling on the robustness of the edge states in the TI ribbon and show that increased spin-orbit coupling could further increase the ON-OFF ratio.
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  Language Wos 000457856400002 Publication Date 2019-01-22
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  ISSN 2053-1583 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 6.937 Times cited 3 Open Access
  Notes ; This material is based in part upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number 1710066. The project or effort depicted was or is sponsored by the Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The content of the information does not necessarily reflect the position or the policy of the federal government, and no official endorsement should be inferred. This work was supported by imec's Industrial Affiliation Program. ; Approved Most recent IF: 6.937
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Author Li, L.L.; Partoens, B.; Xu, W.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Electric-field modulation of linear dichroism and Faraday rotation in few-layer phosphorene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication 2D materials Abbreviated Journal 2D Mater
  Volume 6 Issue 1 Pages 015032
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Electro-optical modulators, which use an electric voltage (or an electric field) to modulate a beam of light, are essential elements in present-day telecommunication devices. Using a self-consistent tight-binding approach combined with the standard Kubo formula, we show that the optical conductivity and the linear dichroism of few-layer phosphorene can be modulated by a perpendicular electric field. We find that the field-induced charge screening plays a significant role in modulating the optical conductivity and the linear dichroism. Distinct absorption peaks are induced in the conductivity spectrum due to the strong quantum confinement along the out-of-plane direction and to the field-induced forbidden-to-allowed transitions. The field modulation of the linear dichroism becomes more pronounced with increasing number of phosphorene layers. We also show that the Faraday rotation is present in few-layer phosphorene even in the absence of an external magnetic field. This optical Hall effect is induced by the reduced lattice symmetry of few-layer phosphorene. The Faraday rotation is greatly influenced by the field-induced charge screening and is strongly dependent on the strength of perpendicular electric field and on the number of phosphorene layers.
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  Language Wos 000454321100002 Publication Date 2018-11-28
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  Impact Factor 6.937 Times cited 23 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was financially supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and by the FLAG-ERA project TRANS-2D-TMD. ; Approved Most recent IF: 6.937
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Author Wang, F.; Gao, T.; Zhang, Q.; Hu, Z.-Y.; Jin, B.; Li, L.; Zhou, X.; Li, H.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Zhai, T.
  Title Liquid-alloy-assisted growth of 2D ternaryGa2In4S9 toward high-performance UV photodetection Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Advanced materials Abbreviated Journal Adv Mater
  Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 1806306
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract 2D ternary systems provide another degree of freedom of tuning physical properties through stoichiometry variation. However, the controllable growth of 2D ternary materials remains a huge challenge that hinders their practical applications. Here, for the first time, by using a gallium/indium liquid alloy as the precursor, the synthesis of high-quality 2D ternary Ga2In4S9 flakes of only a few atomic layers thick (approximate to 2.4 nm for the thinnest samples) through chemical vapor deposition is realized. Their UV-light-sensing applications are explored systematically. Photodetectors based on the Ga2In4S9 flakes display outstanding UV detection ability (R-lambda = 111.9 A W-1, external quantum efficiency = 3.85 x 10(4)%, and D* = 2.25 x 10(11) Jones@360 nm) with a fast response speed (tau(ring) approximate to 40 ms and tau(decay) approximate to 50 ms). In addition, Ga2In4S9-based phototransistors exhibit a responsivity of approximate to 10(4) A W-1@360 nm above the critical back-gate bias of approximate to 0 V. The use of the liquid alloy for synthesizing ultrathin 2D Ga2In4S9 nanostructures may offer great opportunities for designing novel 2D optoelectronic materials to achieve optimal device performance.
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  Language Wos 000455111100013 Publication Date 2018-11-09
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  ISSN 0935-9648 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 19.791 Times cited 29 Open Access Not_Open_Access
  Notes ; F.K.W., T.G, and Q.Z. contributed equally to this work. The authors acknowledge the support from National Nature Science Foundation of China (21825103, 51727809, 51472097, 91622117, and 51872069), National Basic Research Program of China (2015CB932600), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2017KFKJXX007, 2015ZDTD038, 2017III055, and 2018III039GX). The authors thank the Analytical and Testing Centre of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. ; Approved Most recent IF: 19.791
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Author Miotti Bettanini, A.; Ding, L.; Mithieux, J.-D.; Parrens, C.; Idrissi, H.; Schryvers, D.; Delannay, L.; Pardoen, T.; Jacques, P.J.
  Title Influence of M23C6 dissolution on the kinetics of ferrite to austenite transformation in Fe-11Cr-0.06C stainless steel Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2019 Publication Materials & design Abbreviated Journal Mater Design
  Volume 162 Issue Pages 362-374
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract The design of high-strength martensitic stainless steels requires an accurate control over the stability of undesired phases, like carbides and ferrite, which can hamper strength and ductility. Here, the ferrite to austenite transformation in Fe-11Cr-0.06C has been studied with a combined experimental-modelling approach. Experimental observations of the austenization process indicate that austenite growth proceeds in multiple steps, each one characterized by a different transformation rate. DICTRA based modelling reveals that the dissolution of the M23C6 Cr-rich carbides leads to Cr partitioning between austenite and parent phases, which controls the rate of transformation through (i) a soft-impingement effect and (ii) consequent stabilization of the ferrite, which remains untransformed inside chromium-enriched-zones even after prolonged austenization stage. Slow heating rate and smaller initial particle sizes allow the design of ferrite-free microstructure.
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  Language Wos 000454128400036 Publication Date 2018-12-06
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  ISSN 0264-1275 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 4.364 Times cited 3 Open Access OpenAccess
  Notes The authors thank Professor Anne-Francoise Gourgues-Lorenzon and Helene Godin, Ecole Nationale Superiore des Mines de Paris (MINES ParisTech) for their fruitful discussions. AMB thanks Stijn Van den broek (Universiteit Antwerpen) for the skillful preparation of TEM samples with FIB. The financial support of CBMM (Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineracao) is gratefully acknowledged. L. Delannay is mandated by the FNRS-Belgium. Computational resources have been provided by the supercomputing facilities of the UCLouvain (CISM/UCL) and the Consortium des Equipements de Calcul Intensif en Federation Wallonie Bruxelles (CÉCI) funded by the Fond de la Recherche Scientifique de Belgique (F.R.S.-FNRS) under convention 2.5020.11.; Cbmm; F.r.s.-fnrs, 2.5020.11 ; Approved Most recent IF: 4.364
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Author Naberezhnyi, D.; Rumyantseva, M.; Filatova, D.; Batuk, M.; Hadermann, J.; Baranchikov, A.; Khmelevsky, N.; Aksenenko, A.; Konstantinova, E.; Gaskov, A.
  Title Effects of Ag additive in low temperature CO detection with In2O3 based gas sensors Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2018 Publication Nanomaterials Abbreviated Journal
  Volume 8 Issue 10 Pages 801
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract Nanocomposites In2O3/Ag obtained by ultraviolet (UV) photoreduction and impregnation methods were studied as materials for CO sensors operating in the temperature range 25-250 degrees C. Nanocrystalline In2O3 and In2O3/Ag nanocomposites were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), single-point Brunauer-Emmet-Teller (BET) method, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and high angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM) with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) mapping. The active surface sites were investigated using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and thermo-programmed reduction with hydrogen (TPR-H-2) method. Sensor measurements in the presence of 15 ppm CO demonstrated that UV treatment leads to a complete loss of In2O3 sensor sensitivity, while In2O3/Ag-UV nanocomposite synthesized by UV photoreduction demonstrates an increased sensor signal to CO at T < 200 degrees C. The observed high sensor response of the In2O3/Ag-UV nanocomposite at room temperature may be due to the realization of an additional mechanism of CO oxidation with participation of surface hydroxyl groups associated via hydrogen bonds.
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  Language Wos 000451174100057 Publication Date 2018-10-08
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  ISSN 2079-4991 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
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  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:156335 Serial 7842
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Author De Sloovere, D.; Safari, M.; Elen, K.; D'Haen, J.; Drozhzhin, O.A.; Abakumov, A.M.; Simenas, M.; Banys, J.; Bekaert, J.; Partoens, B.; Van Bael, M.K.; Hardy, A.
  Title Reduced Na2+xTi4O9 composite : a durable anode for sodium-ion batteries Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2018 Publication Chemistry of materials Abbreviated Journal Chem Mater
  Volume 30 Issue 23 Pages 8521-8527
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are potential cost-effective solutions for stationary energy storage applications. Unavailability of suitable anode materials, however, is one of the important barriers to the maturity of SIBs. Here, we report a Na2+xTi4O9/C composite as a promising anode candidate for SIBs with high capacity and cycling stability. This anode is characterized by a capacity of 124 mAh g(-1) (plus 11 mAh g(-1) contributed by carbon black), an average discharge potential of 0.9 V vs Na/Na+, a good rate capability and a high stability (89% capacity retention after 250 cycles at a rate of 1 degrees C). The mechanisms of sodium insertion/deinsertion and of the formation of Na2+xTi4O9/C are investigated with the aid of various ex/in situ characterization techniques. The in situ formed carbon is necessary for the formation of the reduced sodium titanate. This synthesis method may enable the convenient synthesis of other composites of crystalline phases with amorphous carbon.
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  Language Wos 000453489300014 Publication Date 2018-11-29
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  ISSN 0897-4756 ISBN Additional Links (down) UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 9.466 Times cited 7 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was supported by the FWO (Research Foundation Flanders, project G040116). O.A.D. and A.M.A. are grateful to the Russian Science Foundation for financial support (Grant 17-73-30006). The authors acknowledge Pieter Samyn for Raman spectroscopy, Fulya Ulu Okudur for preliminary TEM, Bart Ruttens for XRD, Hilde Pellaers for SEM, Tom Haeldermans for elemental analysis, and Karen Leyssen and Vera Meynen for physisorption measurements. ; Approved Most recent IF: 9.466
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:156235 Serial 5227
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