Confinement of electromagnetic fields at the subwavelength scale via metamaterial
paradigms is an established method to engineer light–matter interaction in most common …

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) is a pivotal surface-imaging technique that reveals
intricate atomic and electronic structures. Its remarkable subatomic spatial resolution …

Solving the Hamiltonian of a system yields the energy dispersion and eigenstates. The
geometric phase of the eigenstates generates many novel effects and potential applications …

Using scanning tunneling microscopy, we report the observation of moiré patterns (MPs) on
van der Waals heterostructures comprised of various 2D allotropes of bismuth and antimony …

Research on topological and topological crystalline insulators (TCIs) is one of the most
intense and exciting topics due to its fascinating fundamental science and potential …

Electronic interactions present in material compositions close to the superconducting dome
play a key role in the manifestation of high-T c superconductivity. In many correlated electron …

We report on the observation of complex superlattices at the surface of the topological
insulator Bi2Te3. Scanning tunneling microscopy reveals the existence of two different …

We report the first atomically resolved scanning tunneling microscope (STM) imaging in a
water-cooled magnet (WM), for which extremely harsh vibrations and noise have been the …

The three-dimensional topological insulator Bi 2 Se 3 presents two cone-like dispersive
topological surface states centered at the $\bar {\Gamma} $ point. One of them is …

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy (STM/S), with its exceptional surface
sensitivity and exquisite energy resolution, is well suited for the investigation of surface …