Light–matter interaction at atomic scales

R Gutzler, M Garg, CR Ast, K Kuhnke, K Kern - Nature Reviews Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Light–matter interaction drives many systems, such as optoelectronic devices like light-
emitting diodes and solar cells, biological structures like photosystem II and potential future …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in probing atomic and molecular quantum coherence with scanning tunneling microscopy

L Bi, K Liang, G Czap, H Wang, K Yang, S Li - Progress in Surface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Quantum coherent physics and chemistry concern the creation and manipulation of an
excited-state manifold that contains the superposition and entanglement of multiple quantum …

Angstrom-scale spectroscopic visualization of interfacial interactions in an organic/borophene vertical heterostructure

L Li, JF Schultz, S Mahapatra, X Liu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional boron monolayers (ie, borophene) hold promise for a variety of energy,
catalytic, and nanoelectronic device technologies due to the unique nature of boron–boron …

Controlling localized plasmons via an atomistic approach: attainment of site-selective activation inside a single molecule

S Mahapatra, JF Schultz, L Li, X Zhang… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chemical reactions such as bond dissociation and formation assisted by localized surface
plasmons (LSPs) of noble metal nanostructures hold promise in solar-to-chemical energy …

Scanning probe microscopy in probing low-dimensional carbon-based nanostructures and nanomaterials

C Zhang, Z Yi, W Xu - Materials Futures, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Carbon, as an indispensable chemical element on Earth, has diverse covalent bonding
ability, which enables construction of extensive pivotal carbon-based structures in multiple …

Probing surface properties of organic molecular layers by scanning tunneling microscopy

H Wu, G Li, J Hou, K Sotthewes - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2023 - Elsevier
In view of the relevance of organic thin layers in many fields, the fundamentals, growth
mechanisms, and dynamics of thin organic layers, in particular thiol-based self-assembled …

Electrochemical tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for microscopic studies of electrochemical interfaces

Y Yokota, M Hong, N Hayazawa, Y Kim - Surface Science Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
The review describes electrochemical applications of tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
(TERS). These applications combine the merits of both scanning probe microscopy (SPM) …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizations of two-dimensional materials with cryogenic ultrahigh vacuum near-field optical microscopy in the visible range

JF Schultz, N Jiang - Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The development of new characterization methods has resulted in innovative studies of the
properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials. Observations of nanoscale heterogeneity with …

Growth of Hydrogen-Bonded Molecular Aggregates on a Thin Alkali Halide Layer: Quinacridone on KCl/Ag (100)

N Humberg, Q Guo, T Bredow… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Thef formation of self-assembled aggregates and domains of quinacridone (QA) on epitaxial
KCl layers on the Ag (100) surface was investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy. If QA …

Nanoscale Chemical Probing of Metal-Supported Ultrathin Ferrous Oxide via Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

D Liu, L Li, N Jiang - Chemical & Biomedical Imaging, 2024 - ACS Publications
Metal-supported ultrathin ferrous oxide (FeO) has attracted immense interest in academia
and industry due to its widespread applications in heterogeneous catalysis. However …