As a much-enriched supplement to the previous review paper entitled the “Effective work
functions for ionic and electronic emissions from mono-and polycrystalline surfaces”[Prog …

Recent studies of the surface dynamics of Al (001) and Cu (111) based on density functional
perturbation theory have substantiated the existence of subsurface optical phonon …

High-quality stanene films have been actively pursued for realizing not only quantum spin
Hall edge states without backscattering, but also intrinsic superconductivity, two central …

Here we present direct observation of a quantum reactivity with respect to the amounts of O2
adsorbed and the rates of surface oxidation as a function of film thickness on ultrathin (2–6 …

Quantum confinement of itinerant electrons in atomically smooth ultrathin lead films
produces strong oscillations in the thickness-dependent film energy. By adding extra …

The puzzling question about the floating of the topological surface state on top of a thick Pb
layer has now possibly been answered. A photoemission study of the interface made by Pb …

The influence of interface electronic structure is vital to control lower dimensional
superconductivity and its applications to gated superconducting electronics, and …

Effects of quantum confinement of electrons in metal nanofilms are analyzed using a
noninteracting electron-gas model. Electrons are confined within a potential well with infinite …

In this work, we report a density functional theory study of nitric oxide (NO) adsorption on
close-packed transition metal (TM) Rh (111), Ir (111), Pd (111) and Pt (111) surfaces in …

The electron-phonon coupling (EPC) strength for each phonon mode in superconducting Pb
films is measured by inelastic helium atom scattering (IHAS). This surprising ability of IHAS …