Using scanning probe microscopy techniques, at low temperatures and in ultrahigh vacuum,
individual molecules adsorbed on surfaces can be probed with ultrahigh resolution to …

Electron excitations in metal systems play an important role in many chemical and physical
phenomena. They are of paramount importance for energy transfer in photochemical …

Some of the most intriguing properties of graphene are predicted for specifically designed
nanostructures such as nanoribbons. Functionalities far beyond those known from extended …

Ultrathin films of boron nitride (BN) have recently attracted considerable interest given their
successful incorporation in graphene nanodevices and their use as spacer layers to …

The emergence of two-dimensional (2D) materials launched a fascinating frontier of flatland
electronics. Most crystalline atomic layer materials are based on layered van der Waals …

Surfaces are at the frontier of every known solid. They provide versatile supports for
functional nanostructures and mediate essential physicochemical processes. Intimately …

Artificial electronic kagome lattices may emerge from electronic potential landscapes using
customized structures with exotic supersymmetries, benefiting from the confinement of …

This review describes progress in the field of physisorption. Significant advances in the
knowledge of microscopic structures and interactions of weakly bound adsorbates are …

Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is a prominent member in the growing family of two-
dimensional materials with potential applications ranging from being an atomically smooth …

On N a C l (100)/C u (111) an interface state band is observed that descends from the
surface-state band of the clean copper surface. This band exhibits a Moiré-pattern-induced …