Surface nanobubbles are nanoscopic gaseous domains on immersed substrates which can
survive for days. They were first speculated to exist about 20 years ago, based on stepwise …

The ability to obtain a molecular-level understanding of the chemistry that takes place at
liquid/solid interfaces is key to the development and improvement of many chemical and …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was introduced in 1986 and has since made its way into
surface science, nanoscience, chemistry, biology, and material science as an imaging and …

Boron is a unique element in terms of electron deficiency and Lewis acidity. Incorporation of
boron atoms into an aromatic carbon framework offers a wide variety of functionality …

The narrowest armchair graphene nanoribbon (AGNR) with five carbons across the width of
the GNR (5-AGNR) was synthesized on Au (111) surfaces via sequential dehalogenation …

Tunneling spectroscopy has played a central role in the experimental verification of the
microscopic theory of superconductivity in classical superconductors. Initial attempts to apply …

Nanomagnetism is the discipline dealing with magnetic phenomena specific to structures
having dimensions in the submicron range. This Colloquium addresses the challenges and …

Our understanding of the “long range” electrodynamic, electrostatic, and polar interactions
that dominate the organization of small objects at separations beyond an interatomic bond …

The chemistry of metal oxide surfaces has long been thought to be dominated by reactions
involving defects,. These are minority sites such as oxygen vacancies. Thus far, it has …

We review the fascinating research on charge transport through switchable molecules. In the
past decade, detailed investigations have been performed on a great variety of molecular …