Publications

Clusters and Laser Spectroscopy

• Three dimensional atomic-scale structure of size-selected gold nanoclusters
  Z.Y. Li, N.P. Young, M. Di Vece, S. Palomba, R.E. Palmer, A. Bleloch, B.C. Curley, R.L. Johnston, J. Jiang, J. Yuan
  Nature, accepted for publication

• Isomorphous Substitution in Bimetallic Oxide Clusters
  E. Janssens, G. Santambrogio, M. Brümmer, L. Wöste, P. Lievens, J. Sauer, G. Meijer, K. R. Asmis
  Physical Review Letters 96 (2006) 233401.

• Argon physisorption as a structural probe for endohedral doped silicon clusters
  E. Janssens, P. Gruene, G. Meijer, L. Wöste, P. Lievens, A. Fielicke
  Physical Review Letters, 99 (2007) 063401 (4 pagina’s)

• Spin and magnetic moment of 33Mg: evidence for a negative-parity intruder ground state
  D.T. Yordanov, M. Kowalska, K. Blaum, M. De Rydt, K. Flanagan, M. Kowalska, P. Lievens, R. Neugart, G. Neyens, H.H. Stroke
  Physical Review Letters 99 (2007) 212501.

• Coarsening and pearling instabilities in silver nano-fractals
  A. Lando, N. Kébaďli, Ph. Cahuzac, A. Masson and C. Bréchignac
  Physical Review Letters 97 (2006) 133402 (4 pages)

• Atomic scale modification of hybrid FePt cluster assembled films
  A.N. Dobrynin, D.N. Ievlev, G. Verschoren, J. Swerts, M.J. Van Bael, K. Temst, P. Lievens, E. Piscopiello, G. Van Tendeloo, S.Q. Zhou, A. Vantomme
  Physical Review B, 73 (2006) 104421.

• Influence of finite size effects on exchange anisotropy in oxidized Co nanocluster assembled films
  A. N. Dobrynin, D. N. Ievlev, C. Hendrich, K. Temst, P. Lievens, U. Hörmann, J. Verbeeck, G. Van Tendeloo, A. Vantomme
  Physical Review B, 73 (2006) 245416.

• Experimental observation and computational identification of Sc@Cu16+, a stable dopant-encapsulated copper cage
  Nele Veldeman, Tibor Höltzl, Sven Neukermans, Tamás Veszprémi, Minh Tho Nguyen, Peter Lievens
  Physical Review A – Rapid Communication, A 76 (2007) 011201

• Modeling the pinning of Au and Ni clusters on graphite
  R. Smith, C. Nock, S. Kenny, J. Belbruno, M. Di Vece, S. Palomba, R. Palmer
  Phys. Rev. B 73 (2006) 125429 (5 pages)

• Mass spectrometric and modeling investigations of bimetallic silver-cobalt clusters
  E. Janssens, Th. Van Hoof. N. Veldeman, S. Neukermans, M. Hou, P. Lievens
  International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 252 (2006) 38-46.

• Mass spectrometric stability study of binary MSn clusters (S = Si, Ge, Sn, and Pb, M = Cr, Mn, Cu, and Zn)
  S. Neukermans, X. Wang, N. Veldeman, E. Janssens, R.E. Silverans, P. Lievens
  International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 252 (2006) 145-150.

• Tellen, de nauwkeurigste vorm van meten
  Peter Lievens
  Karakter 14 (2006) 19-21

• The geometric, electronic, and magnetic properties of Ag5X+ (X=Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni) clusters
  Ewald Janssens, Xin Juan Hou, Minh Tho Nguyen, Peter Lievens
  Journal of Chemical Physics 124 (2006) 184319

• Wetting of a self-assembled 1,4-benzenedimethanethiol monolayer on gold and silver: An adhesion force spectroscopy study
  N. Vandamme, K. Schouteden, J. Snauwaert, P. Lievens, C. Van Haesendonck
  Surface Science 600 (2006) 2894-2899.

• Interaction of diatomic germanium with lithium atoms: Electronic structure and stability
  G. Gopakumar, Peter Lievens, Minh Tho Nguyen
  Journal of Chemical Physics 124 (2006) 214312

• To Achieve Stable Spherical Clusters: General Principles and Experimental Confirmations
  Zhongfang Chen, Sven Neukermans, Xin Wang, Ewald Janssens, Zhen Zhou, Roger E. Silverans, Bruce R. King, Paul von Rague Schleyer, Peter Lievens
  Journal of the American Chemical Society 128, (2006) 12829-12834.

• Domain-wall superconductivity in a ferromagnet/superconductor/ferromagnet trilayer
  W. Gillijns, A. Aladyshkin, M. Van Bael, M. Lange, V. Moshchalkov
  Physica C 437-38 (2006) 73-76.

• The influence of finite size and shape anisotropy on exchange bias: A study of patterned Co/CoO nanostructures
  K. Temst, E. Popova, H. Loosvelt, M. Van Bael, S. Brems, Y. Bruynseraede, C. Van Haesendonck, H. Fritzsche, M. Gierlings, L. Leunissen, R. Jonckheere
  J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 304 (2006) 14-18.

• Exchange bias as a function of nanosize
  A.N. Dobrynin, K. Temst, P. Lievens
  in Nanomagnet Embedded In Matrix (NEIM), ed. V. Dupuis, 2006, Transworld Research Network, Kerala, India (ISBN: 81-7895-231-9), pp. 39-64.

• Measurement of the size of embedded metal clusters by mass spectrometry, transmission electron microscopy, and small angle X-ray scattering
  Christian Hendrich, Luc Favre, Dmitrij N. Ievlev, Alexey N. Dobrynin, Wim Bras, Ute Hörmann, Emanuela Piscopiello, Gustaaf Van Tendeloo, Peter Lievens, Kristiaan Temst
  Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing, 86 (2007) 533-538.

• The Exchange Coupling in Cr3On (n = 0-3) Clusters
  Ewald Janssens, Xin Juan Hou, Sven Neukermans, Xin Wang, Roger E. Silverans, Peter Lievens, Minh Tho Nguyen
  Journal of Physical Chemistry A 111, 4150-4157 (2007)

• Interaction of Triatomic Germanium with Lithium Atoms: Electronic Structure and Stability of Ge3Lin Clusters
  G. Gopakumar, Peter Lievens, Minh Tho Nguyen
  Journal of Physical Chemistry A 111 (2007) 4353-4361.

• Observation of wetting-like phase transitions in a surface-enhanced type-I superconductor
  V. F. Kozhevnikov, M. J. Van Bael, P. K. Sahoo, K. Temst, C. Van Haesendonck, A. Vantomme, and J. O. Indekeu
  New Journal of Physics 9 (2007) 75.

• Magic numbers for shells of electrons and shells of atoms in binary clusters
  S. Neukermans, E. Janssens, R.E. Silverans, P. Lievens
  in The Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces: Volume 12, Atomic clusters: from gas phase to deposited, editor Ph. Woodruff (Elsevier), pp. 271-298.

• Magnetic-field-induced semimetal-insulator-like transition in highly ordered pyrolitic graphite
  Z. Wang, D. Xing, S. Zhang, Q. Xu, M.J. Van Bael, Y. Du
  Chin. Phys. Lett. 24 (2007) 199-202.

• Silane ligand exchange to make hydrophobic superparamagnetic nanoparticles water-dispersible
  R. De Palma, S. Peeters, M.J. Van Bael, H. Van den Rul, K. Bonroy, W. Laureyn, J. Mullens, G. Borghs, G. Maes
  Chem. Mater. 19 (2007) 1821-1831.

• Observation of Co/CoO nanoparticles below the critical size for exchange bias
  A.N. Dobrynin, K. Temst, P. Lievens, J. Margueritat, J. Gonzalo, C.N. Afonso, E. Piscopiello, G. Van Tendeloo
  Journal of Applied Physics 101 (2007) 113913.

• Evidence for coexistence of exchange bias and exchange spring effects in oxidized Co nanocluster assembled films
  A. Dobrynin, M. Van Bael, K. Temst, P. Lievens
  New Journal of Physics 9 (2007) 258 (8 pages).

• Combined experimental and theoretical study of small aluminum oxygen clusters
  S. Neukermans, N. Veldeman, E. Janssens, P. Lievens, Z. Chen, P.v.R. Schleyer
  European Physical Journal D, 45 (2007) 301-308.

• Hydrogen adsorption studies in micro-size cobalt dots
  C.P. Romero, J.I. Avila, E. Cisternas, G.B. Cabrera, A.L. Cabrera, K. Temst, M.J. Van Bael
  J. Mater. Sci. 42 (2007) 7667.

• Stability and dissociation pathways of doped AunX+ clusters (X = Y, Er, Nb)
  Nele Veldeman, Ewald Janssens, Klavs Hansen, Jorg De Haeck, Roger E. Silverans, Peter Lievens
  Faraday Discussions 138 (2008), DOI: 10.1039/b705920e (first published on web 14 september 2007).

• Chromium-doped germanium clusters CrGen (n = 1-5): geometry, electronic structure and topology of chemical bonding
  Xin-Juan Hou, G. Gopakumar, Peter Lievens, Minh Tho Nguyen
  Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2007

• Development of magnetic materials for photonic applications
  K. Baert, W. Libaers, B. Kolaric, R.A.L. Vallée, M. Van der Auweraer, D. Grandjean, M. Di Vece, P. Lievens, K. Clays
  Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials, 2007

• Single-electron tunneling phenomena on preformed gold clusters deposited on dithiol self-assembled monolayers
  K. Schouteden, N. Vandamme, E. Janssens, P. Lievens, C. Van Haesendonck
  Surface Science, 2007

• Electron scattering in Au films containing Co clusters
  G. Verschoren, A. N. Dobrynin, K. Temst, R.E. Silverans, C. Van Haesendonck, P. Lievens, B. Pipeleers, S.Q. Zhou, A. Vantomme, W. Bras
  Thin Solid Films, 2007

• Surface modification of ?-Fe2O3@SiO2 magnetic nanoparticles for the controlled interaction with biomolecules
  R. De Palma, J. Trekker, S. Peeters, M.J. Van Bael, K. Bonroy, R. Wirix-Speetjens, G. Reekmans, W. Laureyn, G. Borghs, G. Maes
  Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2007.

• Gas phase aluminum oxide clusters: structure determination by ab initio genetic algorithm and infrared photodissociation spectroscopy
  M. Sierka, J. Döbler, J. Sauer, G. Santambrogio, L. Wöste, E. Janssens, G. Meijer, K.R. Asmis
  Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 46 (2007) 3372-3375.

• Co-deposition of atomic clusters of different size and composition
  M. Di Vece, N. Young, Z. Li, Y. Chen, R. Palmer
  Small vol:2 (2006) 1270-1272.

• Pinning of size-selected Pd nanoclusters on graphite
  S. Gibilisco, M. Di Vece, S. Palomba, G. Faraci, R. E. Palmer
  Journal of Chemical Physics 125 (2006) 084704 (3 pages).

• Chemically induced morphology change in cluster-based nanostructures
  A. Lando, N. Kébaďli, Ph. Cahuzac, C. Colliex, M. Couillard, A. Masson, M. Schmidt, C. Bréchignac
  European Physical Journal D 43 (2007) 151-154.