Search Results - "Progress in Surface Science"

Single magnetic adsorbates on s-wave superconductors by Heinrich, Benjamin W., Pascual, Jose I., Franke, Katharina J.

“…In superconductors, magnetic impurities induce a pair-breaking potential for Cooper pairs, which locally affects the Bogoliubov quasiparticles and gives rise…”
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The role of contact resistance in graphene field-effect devices by Giubileo, Filippo, Di Bartolomeo, Antonio

“…The extremely high carrier mobility and the unique band structure, make graphene very useful for field-effect transistor applications. According to several…”
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Surface transfer doping of diamond: A review by Crawford, Kevin G., Maini, Isha, Macdonald, David A., Moran, David A.J.

“…Ultra-wide bandgap materials show great promise as a solution to some of the limitations of current state of the art semiconductor technology. Among these,…”
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Antibacterial surface design – Contact kill by Kaur, Rajbir, Liu, Song

“…Designing antibacterial surfaces has become extremely important to minimize Healthcare Associated Infections which are a major cause of mortality worldwide. A…”
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Thermal, electric and spin transport in superconductor/ferromagnetic-insulator structures by Heikkilä, Tero T., Silaev, Mikhail, Virtanen, Pauli, Bergeret, F. Sebastian

“…A ferromagnetic insulator (FI) attached to a conventional superconductor (S) changes drastically the properties of the latter. Specifically, the exchange field…”
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Self-assembly of metal–organic coordination structures on surfaces by Dong, Lei, Gao, Zi’Ang, Lin, Nian

“…Metal–organic coordination structures are materials comprising reticular metal centers and organic linkers in which the two constituents bind with each other…”
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Silicene, a promising new 2D material by Oughaddou, Hamid, Enriquez, Hanna, Tchalala, Mohammed Rachid, Yildirim, Handan, Mayne, Andrew J., Bendounan, Azzedine, Dujardin, Gérald, Ait Ali, Mustapha, Kara, Abdelkader

“…Silicene is emerging as a two-dimensional material with very attractive electronic properties for a wide range of applications; it is a particularly promising…”
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Hot electron lifetimes in metals probed by time-resolved two-photon photoemission by Bauer, M., Marienfeld, A., Aeschlimann, M.

“…This review reports on experimental and theoretical results on the inelastic decay of optically excited volume electrons in different types of metals,…”
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Mechanical exfoliation of large area 2D materials from vdW crystals by Liu, Fang

“…Monolayer two-dimensional (2D) materials, such as graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), provide a versatile platform for exploring novel…”
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Multifunctional cold spray coatings for biological and biomedical applications: A review by Liao, Tzu-Ying, Biesiekierski, Arne, Berndt, Christopher C., King, Peter C., Ivanova, Elena P., Thissen, Helmut, Kingshott, Peter

“…A variety of coating techniques are available for medical devices to be tailored with surface properties aimed at optimizing their performance in biological…”
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Adsorption structures and energetics of molecules on metal surfaces: Bridging experiment and theory by Maurer, Reinhard J., Ruiz, Victor G., Camarillo-Cisneros, Javier, Liu, Wei, Ferri, Nicola, Reuter, Karsten, Tkatchenko, Alexandre

“…Adsorption geometry and stability of organic molecules on surfaces are key parameters that determine the observable properties and functions of hybrid…”
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Growth morphology and properties of metals on graphene by Liu, Xiaojie, Han, Yong, Evans, James W., Engstfeld, Albert K., Behm, R. Juergen, Tringides, Michael C., Hupalo, Myron, Lin, Hai-Qing, Huang, Li, Ho, Kai-Ming, Appy, David, Thiel, Patricia A., Wang, Cai-Zhuang

“…Graphene, a single atomic layer of graphite, has been the focus of recent intensive studies due to its novel electronic and structural properties. With this…”
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Line tension and its influence on droplets and particles at surfaces by Law, Bruce M., McBride, Sean P., Wang, Jiang Yong, Wi, Haeng Sub, Paneru, Govind, Betelu, Santigo, Ushijima, Baku, Takata, Youichi, Flanders, Bret, Bresme, Fernando, Matsubara, Hiroki, Takiue, Takanori, Aratono, Makoto

“…In this review we examine the influence of the line tension τ on droplets and particles at surfaces. The line tension influences the nucleation behavior and…”
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Atomically flat single terminated oxide substrate surfaces by Biswas, Abhijit, Yang, Chan-Ho, Ramesh, Ramamoorthy, Jeong, Yoon H.

“…Scientific interest in atomically controlled layer-by-layer fabrication of transition metal oxide thin films and heterostructures has increased intensely in…”
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Non-adiabatic effects in elementary reaction processes at metal surfaces by Alducin, M., Díez Muiño, R., Juaristi, J.I.

“…Great success has been achieved in the modeling of gas-surface elementary processes by the use of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation. However, in metal…”
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Sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS) for complex molecular surfaces and interfaces: Spectral lineshape measurement and analysis plus some controversial issues by Wang, Hong-Fei

“…Sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS) was first developed in the 1980s and it has been proven a uniquely sensitive and surface/interface…”
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Functionalization of 2D materials by intercalation by Daukiya, L., Nair, M.N., Cranney, M., Vonau, F., Hajjar-Garreau, S., Aubel, D., Simon, L.

“…Since the discovery of graphene many studies focused on its functionalization by different methods. These strategies aim to find new pathways to overcome the…”
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Spin decoherence of magnetic atoms on surfaces by Delgado, F., Fernández-Rossier, J.

“…We review the problem of spin decoherence of magnetic atoms deposited on a surface. Recent breakthroughs in scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) make it…”
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Ultrafast dynamics during the photoinduced phase transition in VO2 by Wegkamp, Daniel, Stähler, Julia

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Modeling chemical reactions on surfaces: The roles of chemical bonding and van der Waals interactions by Su, Guirong, Yang, Sha, Jiang, Yingda, Li, Jingtai, Li, Shuang, Ren, Ji-Chang, Liu, Wei

“…Chemical reactions on surfaces play central roles in heterogeneous catalysis, and most reactions involve the formation and/or the cleavage of bonds. At…”
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