Diamond: color centers & growth

Under Construction

Projects

1. AI-accelerated quantum mechanical modeling of the optical properties of semiconductor materials [BOF-BILA, UHasselt/UNamur, 2024-2028]
2. Augmenting DFT modelling of vibrational spectra through Machine Learning and Deep Neural networks using small data sets. [2023-2027]

Publications

1. Modeling the Zero-Phonon Line of Strained SnV Centers in Diamond; Including Reflections on Computational Cost and Accuracy

   Danny E. P. Vanpoucke,

   Diam. Relat. Mater. 165, 113669 (2026),
   doi: 10.1016/j.diamond.2026.113669 {IF(2024)=5.1}
2. Fabrication and Photoluminescence Studies of Tin Vacancy Centers in CVD Diamond

   Rani Mary Joy, Miquel F. Cherta, Omar J. Y. Harb, Hendrik Jeuris, Rozita Rouzbahani, Jan D’Haen, Stéphane Clemmen, Dries Van Thourhout, Danny E. P. Vanpoucke, Paulius Pobedinskas, and Ken Haenen,

   ACS Materials Letters 8(1), 137-144 (2026),
   doi: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.5c01218 {IF(2025)=8.7}
3. The impact of strain on the GeV-color center in diamond

   Thijs G.I. van Wijk, E. Aylin Melan, Rani Mary Joy, Emerick Y. Guillaume, Paulius Pobedinskas, Ken Haenen, and Danny E.P. Vanpoucke,

   Carbon 234, 119928 (2025),
   doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2024.119928 {IF(2024)=10.5}
4. First-principles investigation of hydrogen-related reactions on (100)–(2×1)∶H diamond surfaces

   Emerick Y. Guillaume, Danny E. P. Vanpoucke, Rozita Rouzbahani, Luna Pratali Maffei, Matteo Pelucchi, Yoann Olivier, Luc Henrard, and Ken Haenen,

   Carbon 222, 118949 (2024),
   doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2024.118949 {IF(2022)=10.9}