Understanding how molecules interact to form large-scale hierarchical structures on
surfaces holds promise for building designer nanoscale constructs with defined chemical …

Self-assembly represents a promising strategy for surface functionalisation as well as
creating nanostructures with well-controlled, tailor-made properties and functionality …

Crystal growth far from thermodynamic equilibrium is nothing but homoepitaxy-thin film
growth on a crystalline substrate of the same material. Because of the absence of misfit …

The ability of a scanning tunneling microscope to manipulate single atoms is used to build
well-defined gold chains on NiAl (110). The electronic properties of the one-dimensional …

Reconstructed point defects in graphene are created by electron irradiation and annealing.
By applying electron microscopy and density functional theory, it is shown that the strain field …

A review is given of nucleation and growth models as applied to the earliest stages of thin
film growth. Rate equations, kinetic Monte Carlo, and level set simulations are described in …

Relativistic quantum mechanics predicts that when the charge of a superheavy atomic
nucleus surpasses a certain threshold, the resulting strong Coulomb field causes an …

The arrangement of single gold and palladium atoms deposited on the surface of a 3
monolayer thin film of MgO was investigated using low-temperature scanning tunneling …

We report on long-range interactions between adsorbates on metal surfaces with a surface
state. A comparison of three adsorbate/substrate systems [Cu/Cu (111), Co/Cu (111), and …

For the first time, this book unites the theory, experimental techniques and computational
tools used to describe the diffusion of atoms, molecules and nanoparticles across metal …