Moiré superlattices have recently become excellent platforms for studying new properties of
two-dimensional (2D) layered materials. With periodic moiré patterns, moiré superlattices …

This perspective article reviews the state-of-the-art of grazing incidence fast atom and
molecule diffraction (GIFAD and GIFMD) simulations and addresses the main challenges …

The excitonic states of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers are heavily
influenced by their external dielectric environment and depend on the substrate used. In this …

The epitaxial graphene buffer layer on the Si face of hexagonal SiC shows a promising band
gap, of which the precise origin remains to be understood. In this work, we correlate the …

Grazing incidence fast atom diffraction (GIFAD) at surfaces has made rapid progress and
has established itself as a surface analysis tool where effective energy E⊥ of the motion …

Based on an equivalent single conductor model incorporating surface roughness scattering,
the effect of the surface roughness of an underlying dielectric material on the performance of …

Ne atoms with energies of≤ 3 keV are diffracted under grazing angles of incidence from a
LiF (001) surface. For a small momentum component of the incident beam perpendicular to …

Describing diffraction of atomic and molecular projectiles at fast grazing incidence presents
a real challenge for quantum theoretical simulations due to the high incidence energy (100 …

We theoretically address grazing incidence fast atom diffraction (GIFAD) for H atoms
impinging on a LiF (001) surface. Our model combines a description of the H-LiF (001) …

We study the effect of crystal lattice vibrations on grazing-incidence fast atom diffraction
(GIFAD) from insulator surfaces. To describe the phonon contribution to GIFAD we introduce …