Electrostatic interactions at the nanoscale can lead to novel properties and functionalities
that bulk materials and devices do not have. Here we used Kelvin probe force microscopy …

The study of van der Waals (vdW) materials has seen increased interest in recent years due
to the wide range of uses for these materials because of their unique mechanical, electronic …

We show charge-state manipulation of single Au adatoms on 2–11 monolayer (ML) thick
NaCl films on Cu surfaces by attaching or detaching single electrons via the tip of an atomic …

From studies on supported model catalysts, we know that the reactivity of catalysts depends
on the size and shape of the metal nanoparticles but also for some reactions it can depend …

Individual molecules at the edges of self-assembled islands grown on Ag (111) can be
deliberately switched in their charge state with the electric field from a scanning-probe tip …

Electric charge detection by atomic force microscopy (AFM) with single-electron resolution (e-
EFM) is a promising way to investigate the electronic level structure of individual quantum …

The catalytic growth on transition metal surfaces provides a clean and controllable route to
obtain defect-free, monocrystalline graphene. However, graphene's optical and electronic …

We present the local charge state modification at room temperature of small insulator-
supported molecular ensembles formed by 1, 1′-ferrocenedicarboxylic acid on calcite …

We present theoretical and experimental studies of the effect of the density of states of a
quantum dot (QD) on the rate of single-electron tunneling that can be directly measured by …

We propose measuring the lifetime of localized states below the conduction band to
determine the local thickness of thin insulating films using scanning tunneling microscopy …