Jozef T. Devreese

Jozef T. Devreese is a Belgian scientist, with a long career in condensed matter physics. He is Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics at the Universiteit Antwerpen. He obtained a Ph.D. degree in Science, group Physics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 1964.

Fields of scientific research

* Polarons, in particular their optical and magnetooptical properties, quantum theory of solid matter, superconductivity and superfluidity, Feynman path integrals and mathematical methods, structures with reduced dimension and dimensionality, nanophysics.

Publications

* 433 specialized publications in international scientific journals with referee system.
* 713 communications at international conferences, including 158 invited.
* 192 invited seminars at foreign universities, industrial laboratories and research centers in Europe, USA and Japan.
* 16 books, including volumes related to international conferences and symposia.
* about 4500 citations of his work by colleagues-researchers according to the International Science Citation Index (ISCI).(The data are obtained from [http://apps.newisiknowledge.com/ Web of Knowledge] )

elected publications

Books

# J.T. Devreese, ed.: "Polarons in Ionic Crystals and Polar Semiconductors" (808 p.) Proceedings of the 1971 Antwerp Advanced Study Institute on Fröhlich Polarons and Electron-Phonon Interaction in Polar Semiconductors, North-Holland Publ. Co., Amsterdam (1972).
# J.T. Devreese, A.B. Kunz, T.C. Collins, eds.: "Elementary Excitations in Solids, Molecules and Atoms", part A (375 p.) and part B (385 p.). Proceedings of the 1973 Antwerp Advanced Study Institute, Plenum Publishing Corp., London (1974).
# J.T. Devreese, R. Evrard, V.E. Van Doren, eds.: "Highly Conducting One-Dimensional Solids" (422 p.), Plenum Publishing Corp., New York (1978).
# J.T. Devreese, F. Brosens, eds.: "Electron Correlations in Solids, Molecules and Atoms" (435 p.). Proceedings of the 1981 Antwerp Advanced Study Institute, Plenum Publishing Corp., New York (1983).
# J.T. Devreese, F.M. Peeters, eds.: "Polarons and Excitons in Polar Semiconductors and Ionic Crystals" (471 p.). Proceedings of the 1982 Antwerp Advanced Study Institute, Plenum Publishing Corp., New York (1984).
# J.T. Devreese, F.M. Peeters, eds.: "The Physics of the Two-Dimensional Electron Gas" (441 p.). Proceedings of the 1986 Antwerp Advanced Study Institute, Plenum Publishing Corp., New York (1987).
# J.T. Devreese, G. Vanden Berghe, "Wonder en is gheen wonder. De geniale wereld van Simon Stevin 1548-1620" (342 pp.), Davidsfonds, Leuven (2003).
# J.T. Devreese, G. Vanden Berghe, "'Magic is No Magic'. The Wonderful World of Simon Stevin" (310 pp.), WIT Press, Ashurst, Southampton (2007).

Encyclopedic Reviews

# J.T. Devreese, "Polarons", in Encyclopedia of Physics, Eds. R. Lerner and G. Trigg, (Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1981) pp. 772 - 774.
# J.T. Devreese, "Polarons", in Encyclopedia of Applied Physics, edited by G.L. Trigg (VCH Publishers, Weinheim, 1996), vol. 14, pp. 383 – 413.
# J.T. Devreese, "Polarons in semiconductors", Encyclopedia of Modern Optics, Five-Volume Set, edited by B. D. Guenther, D. G. Steel and L. Bayvel (Academic Press, 2004), Paper 629.
# J. T. Devreese "Electron-Phonon Interactions and the Response of Polarons", in Encyclopedia of Condensed Matter Physics, 6 vols. set, edited by G. Bassani, G. Liedl, and P. Wyder, (Elsevier, 2005), pp. 99 – 109.
# J. T. Devreese, "Polaron", in Encyclopedia of Physics, 2 vols. set, edited by R.G. Lerner and G. L. Trigg (Wiley-VCH, 2005), vol. 2, pp. 2004 – 2027.
# J. T. Devreese, "Polarons and Bipolarons in Nanostructures. Part I. Fröhlich Polarons. Concepts and Recent Developments", in: "Handbook of Semiconductor Nanostructures and Nanodevices", edited by A. A. Balandin and K. L. Wang (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, 2006), Vol. 4, pp. 311-337.
# J. T. Devreese, V. M. Fomin, E. P. Pokatilov, "Polarons and Bipolarons in Nanostructures. Part II. Polaron Effects in Nanostructures", in: Handbook of Semiconductor Nanostructures and Nanodevices, edited by A. A. Balandin and K. L. Wang (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, 2006), Vol. 4, pp. 339-407.
# J. T. Devreese, "Fröhlich Polarons from 3D to 0D: Concepts and Recent Developments", [http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0953-8984/19/25/255201 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19, 255201 (1-23) (2007)] .
# J. T. Devreese, "Optical Properties of Few and Many Fröhlich Polarons from 3D to 0D", in "Polarons in Advanced Materials, Springer Series in Materials Science" , Vol. 103, edited by A. S. Alexandrov (Canopus and Springer, Bath, UK, 2007), pp. 3-62.

elected papers

# E. Kartheuser, R. Evrard, J. Devreese, "Mechanism of absorption of light by free continuum polarons", [http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v22/i3/p94_1 Phys. Rev. Lett. 22, 94-97 (1969)] .
# L.F. Lemmens, J.T. Devreese, F. Brosens, "On the ground state energy of a gas of interacting polarons", [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/search/allsearch?mode=citation&contextLink=blah&issn=1521-3951&volume=82&issue=&pages=439 Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 82, 439-447 (1977)] .
# P.E. Van Camp, V.E. Van Doren, J.T. Devreese, "Microscopic screening and phonon dispersion of Silicon: moment expansion for the polarizability", [http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v42/i18/p1224_1 Phys. Rev. Lett. 42, 1224-1227 (1979)] .
# J.T. Devreese, F. Brosens, L.F. Lemmens, "Dielectric function of the electron gas with dynamical-exchange decoupling. I. Analytical treatment", [http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v21/i4/p1349_1 Phys. Rev. B 21, 1349-1362 (1980)] .
# F. Brosens, J.T. Devreese, L.F. Lemmens, "Dielectric function of the electron gas with dynamical-exchange decoupling. II. Discussion and results", [http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v21/i4/p1363_1 Phys. Rev. B 21, 1363-1379 (1980)] .
# J. W. Hodby, G. P. Russell, F. M. Peeters, J. T. Devreese, D. M. Larsen, "Cyclotron resonance of polarons in the silver halide AgBr and AgCl", [http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v58/i14/p1471_1 Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 1471-1474 (1987)] .
# F. Brosens, J.T. Devreese and L. Lemmens, "Thermodynamics of coupled identical oscillators within the path-integral formalism", [http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v55/i1/p227_1 Phys. Rev. E 55, 227-236 (1997)] .
# E. Seynaeve, K. Temst, F. G. Aliev, C. Van Haesendonck, V. N. Gladilin, V. M. Fomin, and J. T. Devreese, "Impurity spin magnetization of thin Fe doped Au films", [http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v85/i12/p2593_1 Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2593-2596 (2000)] .
# J. Tempere, I. F. Silvera, and J. T. Devreese, "Effect of pressure on statics, dynamics, and stability of multielectron bubbles", [http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v87/i27/e275301 Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 275301, 1-4 (2001)] .
# V.R. Misko, V.M. Fomin, J.T. Devreese, V.V. Moshchalkov, "Stable vortex-antivortex molecules in mesoscopic superconducting triangles", [http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v90/i14/e147003 Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 147003 (1-4) (2003)] .
# V. A. Fonoberov, E. P. Pokatilov, V. M. Fomin, and J. T. Devreese, "Photoluminescence of tetrahedral quantum dot quantum wells", [http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v92/i12/e127402 Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 127402, 1-4 (2004)] .
# S. N. Klimin, J. T. Devreese, "Comment on "Fröhlich mass in GaAs-based structures", [http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000094000023239701000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 239701 (2005)] .
# P. Offermans, P.M. Koenraad, J.H. Wolter, D. Granados, J.M. García, V.M. Fomin, V.N. Gladilin, J.T. Devreese, "Atomic-scale structure of self-assembled In(Ga)As quantum rings in GaAs", [http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=APPLAB000087000013131902000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 131902, 1-3 (2005)] .
# G. De Filippis, V. Cataudella, A. S. Mishchenko, C. A. Perroni, and J. T. Devreese, "Validity of the Franck-Condon Principle in the Optical Spectroscopy: Optical Conductivity of the Fröhlich Polaron", [http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000096000013136405000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 136405, 1-4 (2006)] .
# J. T. Devreese and J. Tempere, "Bose-Einstein Condensation", in "McGraw-Hill 2006 Yearbook of Science and Technology" (McGraw-Hill, New York, 2006), pp. 38-40.
# J. T. Devreese, "Importance of Nanosensors: Feynman's Vision and the Birth of Nanotechnology", MRS Bulletin 32, 718 (2007).
# N. A. J. M. Kleemans, I. M. A. Bominaar-Silkens, V. M. Fomin, V. N. Gladilin, D. Granados, A. G. Taboada, J. M. García, P. Offermans, U. Zeitler, P. C. M. Christianen, J. C. Maan, J. T. Devreese, and P. M. Koenraad, "Oscillatory Persistent Currents in Self-Assembled Quantum Rings", [http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000099000014146808000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 146808, 1-4 (2007)] .

Functions and initiatives

* Founder and co-ordinator of the research group [http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.TFVSE "Theoretische Fysica van de Vaste Stoffen"] (TFVS-UA). In 2003: co-operation with 20 external laboratories.
* Chairman of 23 international conferences and symposia.
* Chairman of the Board of Directors of the [http://www.eps.org/divisions/cmd.html Condensed Matter Division] of the [http://www.eps.org/ European Physical Society] (EPS) (1980-1986) and originator of the series of General Conferences of this division.
* Co-ordinator (1984-1989) of the IMS (Institute for Materials Sciences) at the Universiteit Antwerpen.
* Co-ordinator of research projects [GOA (Concerted Research Action), IAP (Interuniversity Attraction Poles), FWO-V (Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders), EU etc] .
* Former member of the commissions of IUPAP (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics), EPS, NFWO (National Fund for Scientific Research), NRWB (National Council for Science Policy), EU committees.

Distinctions / awards

* Three-anuual prize for exact and natural sciences of the "Vlaamse Leergangen" of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1972).
* Fellow of the American Physical Society (1990), Fellow of the European Physical Society (2006) and Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK (2000).
* Doctor Honoris Causa of the [http://www.usm.md/start.aspx State University of Moldova] (1995), Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova (2001).
* Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Salzburg, 2005).
* Fellow of the European Physical Society (2006).

Cultural interests

*As amateur of music, he was involved in the realization on the [http://www.akc-orgel.be/Metzorgl_ENG.htm Metzler organ] in the Our Lady Cathedral in Antwerpen (1993) and he was chairman (2000-2002) of the Flemish Institute for Organ Art (VIVO).
* [http://home.wxs.nl/~hopfam/Devreese.html Study of the work of Simon Stevin] . In 2003, Davidsfonds published the book: Wonder en is gheen Wonder - De geniale wereld van Simon Stevin, written by Jozef T. Devreese and Guido Vanden Berghe.
* Promotion of the Dutch Language and Culture in the internationalized society.

External links

* [http://srv.physics.ua.ac.be/~devreese/groep/devreese/devreese.html Web page of J. T. Devreese]