Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) monolayers have attracted considerable interest as
atomically thin sp 2-hybridized sheets that are readily synthesized on various metal …

Ultrathin oxide films on metals offer new opportunities for the design of supported
nanoclusters with potential use in catalysis. This requires a characterization at the atomistic …

Whenever a compound crystal is cut normal to a randomly chosen direction, there is an
overwhelming probability that the resulting surface corresponds to a polar termination and is …

A graphene monolayer has been prepared on an Ir (111) single crystal via pyrolytic
cleavage of ethylene (C 2 H 4). The resulting superstructure has been examined with …

The preparation of thin oxide films on metal supports is a versatile approach to explore the
properties of oxide materials that are otherwise inaccessible to most surface science …

The concept of coupling a nanometer or subnanometer scale oxide phase to a metal surface
to form a metal–oxide hybrid material with novel properties is an attractive approach in the …

In this Letter, we report a low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy study aiming to
explore the adsorption properties of Au with respect to the thickness of supported MgO films …

Polar surfaces of compound materials have been the subject of intense activity in the past.
Electrostatic arguments, based on a model of rigid charges, predict that they should have an …

We have determined the structure of the ultrathin (67× 67) R 12.2° aluminum oxide on Ni 3
Al (111) by a combination of scanning tunneling microscopy and density functional theory. In …

Oxide materials at the two-dimensional limit, in particular in the form of ultrathin films of
oxides (UTOx) grown on metal surfaces, represent promising materials in view of both …