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Peter Lievens

Peter Lievens

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Chemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
10338
World Ranking
10783
National Ranking
136

Overview

Peter Lievens is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy. Their research focuses primarily on Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, including areas related to Organic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment.

The main topics covered in their scientific work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications, Fullerene Chemistry and Applications, Copper-based Nanomaterials and Applications, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, and the nucleation and surface interactions of nanoparticles.

Frequent co-authors in their research efforts include Ewald Janssens, D. Grandjean, Piero Ferrari, Gao-Lei Hou, and Joost M. Bakker.

Peter Lievens has been published multiple times in notable scientific venues with a concentration in the following journals:

  • Nanoscale (6 publications)
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (4 publications)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2 publications)
  • Small (2 publications)
  • Physical Review Research (2 publications)

Selected recent papers by Peter Lievens include:

  • "Unraveling the atomic structure, ripening behavior, and electronic structure of supported Au 20 clusters," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Buckyball-metal Complexes as Potential Carriers of Astronomical Unidentified Infrared Emission Bands," 2023, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Free carrier enhanced depletion in ZnO nanorods decorated with bimetallic AuPt nanoclusters," 2020, Nanoscale
  • "Evolution of Vibrational Spectra in the Manganese-Silicon Clusters Mn2Sin, n = 10, 12, and 13, and Cationic [Mn2Si13]+," 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • "Antimicrobial and Aging Properties of Ag-, Ag/Cu-, and Ag Cluster-Doped Amorphous Carbon Coatings Produced by Magnetron Sputtering for Space Applications," 2022, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Best Publications

  • Element- and size-dependent electron delocalization in AuNX+ clusters (X = Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni).

    Sven Neukermans;Ewald Janssens;Hiromasa Tanaka;Roger Silverans

  • Measurement of the spin and magnetic moment of 31Mg: evidence for a strongly deformed intruder ground state.

    Gerda Neyens;M Kowalska;Deyan Yordanov;K Blaum

  • Systematics of nuclear ground state properties in Sr 78 – 100 by laser spectroscopy

    F Buchinger;EB Ramsay;E Arnold;W Neu

  • Production of bimetallic clusters by a dual-target dual-laser vaporization source

    Wim Bouwen;Peter Thoen;Frederik Vanhoutte;Steven Bouckaert

  • Tuning the energetics and tailoring the optical properties of silver clusters confined in zeolites

    Olivier James Fenwick;Eduardo Coutiño-Gonzalez;Didier Grandjean;Wouter Baekelant

  • Extremely stable metal-encapsulated AlPb10+ and AlPb12+ clusters: Mass-spectrometric discovery and density functional theory study

    Sven Neukermans;Ewald Janssens;ZF Chen;Roger Silverans

  • Sigma aromaticity of the bimetallic Au5Zn+ cluster.

    Hiromasa Tanaka;Sven Neukermans;Ewald Janssens;Roger E Silverans

  • Laser-spectroscopy measurements of 72–96Kr spins, moments and charge radii

    M Keim;E Arnold;W Borchers;U Georg

  • Origin of the bright photoluminescence of few-atom silver clusters confined in LTA zeolites

    Didier Grandjean;Eduardo Coutiño-Gonzalez;Ngo Tuan Cuong;Ngo Tuan Cuong;Eduard Fron

  • Quadrupole moment of 11Li

    E Arnold;J Bonn;A Klein;R Neugart

  • Stability effects of AunXm+ (X=Cu, Al, Y, In) clusters

    Wim Bouwen;Frederik Vanhoutte;Florin Despa;Steven Bouckaert

  • Electron delocalization in Au N X M (X=Sc, Ti, Cr, Fe) clusters: A density functional theory and photofragmentation study

    Ewald Janssens;Hiromasa Tanaka;Sven Neukermans;Roger E. Silverans

  • Low-energy-deposited Au clusters investigated by high-resolution electron microscopy and molecular dynamics simulations

    B. Pauwels;G. Van Tendeloo;W. Bouwen;L. Theil Kuhn

  • Shells of electrons in metal doped simple metal clusters

    Ewald Janssens;Sven Neukermans;Peter Lievens

  • Measurement of the electric quadrupole moments of 26–29Na

    M. Keim;U. Georg;A. Klein;R. Neugart

  • Critical size for exchange bias in ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic particles

    AN Dobrynin;DN Ievlev;Kristiaan Temst;Peter Lievens

  • To Achieve Stable Spherical Clusters: General Principles and Experimental Confirmations

    Zhongfang Chen;Sven Neukermans;Xin Wang;Ewald Janssens

  • Two-dimensional magic numbers in mass abundances of photofragmented bimetallic clusters

    Ewald Janssens;Hiromasa Tanaka;Sven Neukermans;Roger E Silverans

  • Mass spectrometric stability study of binary MSn clusters (S = Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, and M = Cr, Mn, Cu, Zn)

    Sven Neukermans;Xin Wang;Nele Veldeman;Ewald Janssens

  • Quenching of the magnetic moment of a transition metal dopant in silver clusters.

    Ewald Janssens;Sven Neukermans;Hmt Nguyen;Minh Tho Nguyen

Frequent Co-Authors

André Fielicke
André Fielicke Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Eddy Arnold
Eddy Arnold Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
G. Van Tendeloo
G. Van Tendeloo University of Antwerp
Gerard Meijer
Gerard Meijer Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Klaus Blaum
Klaus Blaum Max Planck Society
Christof Schulz
Christof Schulz University of Duisburg-Essen
Johan Hofkens
Johan Hofkens KU Leuven

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