Category: 2017
One of the new features provided by Elsevier upon publication is the creation of audioslides. This is a kind of short presentation of the publication by one of the authors. I have been itching to try this since our publication on the neutral C-vancancy was published. The interface is quite intuitive, although the adobe flash tend to have a hard time finding the microphone. However, once it succeeds, things go quite smoothly. The resolution of the slides is a bit low, which is unfortunate (but this is only for the small-scale version, the large-scale version is quite nice as you can see in the link below). Maybe I’ll make a high resolution version video and put it on Youtube, later.
The result is available here (since the embedding doesn’t play nicely with WP).
And a video version can be found here.
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Danny E. P. Vanpoucke and Ken Haenen |
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Diam. Relat. Mater 79, 60-69 (2017) |
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10.1016/j.diamond.2017.08.009 |
| IF(2017): |
2.232 |
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| Graphical Abstract: Combining a scan over possible values for U and J with reference electronic structures obtained using the hybrid functional HSE06, DFT+U can be fit to provide hybrid functional quality electronic structures at the cost of DFT calculations. |
The neutral C-vacancy is investigated using density functional theory calculations. We show that local functionals, such as PBE, can predict the correct stability order of the different spin states, and that the success of this prediction is related to the accurate description of the local magnetic configuration. Despite the correct prediction of the stability order, the PBE functional still fails predicting the defect states correctly. Introduction of a fraction of exact exchange, as is done in hybrid functionals such as HSE06, remedies this failure, but at a steep computational cost. Since the defect states are strongly localized, the introduction of additional on site Coulomb and exchange interactions, through the DFT+U method, is shown to resolve the failure as well, but at a much lower computational cost. In this work, we present optimized U and J parameters for DFT+U calculations, allowing for the accurate prediction of defect states in defective
diamond. Using the PBE optimized atomic structure and the HSE06 optimized electronic structure as reference, a pair of on-site Coulomb and exchange parameters (U,J) are fitted for DFT+U studies of defects in diamond.
Poster-presentation: here
DFT+U series (varying J) for a specific spin state of the C-vacancy defect.
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| Authors: |
Seyyed Amin Rounaghi, Danny E.P. Vanpoucke, Hossein Eshghi, Sergio Scudino, Elaheh Esmaeili, Steffen Oswald and Jürgen Eckert |
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J. Alloys Compd. 729, 240-248 (2017) |
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10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.09.168 |
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3.779 |
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| Graphical Abstract: Evolution of the end products as function of Al and N content during ball-milling synthesis of AlN. |
A versatile ball milling process was employed for the synthesis of hexagonal aluminum nitride (h-AlN) through the reaction of metallic aluminum with melamine. A combined experimental and theoretical study was carried out to evaluate the synthesized products. Milling intermediates and products were fully characterized via various techniques including XRD, FTIR, XPS, Raman and TEM. Moreover, a Boltzmann distribution model was proposed to investigate the effect of milling energy and reactant ratios on the thermodynamic stability and the proportion of different milling products. According to the results, the reaction mechanism and milling products were significantly influenced by the reactant ratio. The optimized condition for AlN synthesis was found to be at Al/M molar ratio of 6, where the final products were consisted of nanostructured AlN with average crystallite size of 11 nm and non-crystalline heterogeneous carbon.
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Seyyed Amin Rounaghi, Danny E.P. Vanpoucke, Hossein Eshghi, Sergio Scudino, Elaheh Esmaeili, Steffen Oswald and Jürgen Eckert |
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Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 19, 12414-12424 (2017) |
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10.1039/C7CP00998D |
| IF(2017): |
3.906 |
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Nowadays, the development of highly efficient routes for the low cost synthesis of nitrides is greatly growing. Mechanochemical synthesis is one of those promising techniques which is conventionally employed for the synthesis of nitrides by long term milling of metallic elements under pressurized N2 or NH3 atmosphere (A. Calka and J. I. Nikolov, Nanostruct. Mater., 1995, 6, 409-412). In the present study, we describe a versatile, room-temperature and low cost mechanochemical process for the synthesis of nanostructured metal nitrides (MNs), carbonitrides (MCNs) and carbon nitride (CNx). Based on this technique, melamine as a solid nitrogen-containing organic compound (SNCOC) is ball milled with four different metal powders (Al, Ti, Cr and V) to produce nanostructured AlN, TiCxN1-x, CrCxN1-x, and VCxN1-x (x~0.05). Both theoretical and experimental techniques are implemented to determine the reaction intermediates, products, by-products and finally, the mechanism underling this synthetic route. According to the results, melamine is polymerized in the presence of metallic elements at intermediate stages of the milling process, leading to the formation of a carbon nitride network. The CNx phase subsequently reacts with the metallic precursors to form MN, MCN or even MCN-CNx nano-composites depending on the defect formation energy and thermodynamic stability of the corresponding metal nitride, carbide and C/N co-doped structures.
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| Authors: |
Danny E. P. Vanpoucke |
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J. Phys. Chem. C 121(14), 8014-8022 (2017) |
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10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b01491 |
| IF(2017): |
4.484 |
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| Graphical Abstract: Evolution of the electronic band structure of MIL-47(V) upon OH-functionalization of the BDC linker. The π-orbital of the BDC linker splits upon functionalisation, and the split-off π-band moves up into the band gap, effectively reducing the latter. |
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have gained much interest due to their intrinsic tunable nature. In this work, we study how linker functionalization modifies the electronic structure of the host MOF, more specifically, the MIL-47(V)-R (R = −F, −Cl, −Br, −OH, −CH3, −CF3, and −OCH3). It is shown that the presence of a functional group leads to a splitting of the π orbital on the linker. Moreover, the upward shift of the split-off π-band correlates well with the electron-withdrawing/donating nature of the functional groups. For halide functional groups the presence of lone-pair back-donation is corroborated by calculated Hirshfeld-I charges. In the case of the ferromagnetic configuration of the host MIL-47(V+IV) material a half-metal to insulator transition is noted for the −Br, −OCH3, and −OH functional groups, while for the antiferromagnetic configuration only the hydroxy group results in an effective reduction of the band gap.
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