Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) monolayers have attracted considerable interest as
atomically thin sp 2-hybridized sheets that are readily synthesized on various metal …

The recent surge in graphene research has stimulated interest in the investigation of various
2-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials. Among these materials, the 2D boron nitride (BN) …

The WIEN2k program is based on the augmented plane wave plus local orbitals (APW+ lo)
method to solve the Kohn–Sham equations of density functional theory. The APW+ lo …

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

Graphene, an atomic monolayer of carbon atoms in a honeycomb lattice realized in 2004,
has rapidly risen as the hottest star in materials science due to its exceptional properties …

By means of synchrotron-radiation-based core-level spectroscopies we demonstrate that the
degree of corrugation in graphene nanomesh on lattice-mismatched transition-metal …

Ultrathin films of boron nitride (BN) have recently attracted considerable interest given their
successful incorporation in graphene nanodevices and their use as spacer layers to …

The structure of a single layer of graphene on Ru (0001) has been studied using surface x-
ray diffraction. A surprising superstructure containing 1250 carbon atoms has been …

As a bridge spanning the gap between the atomistic level and its bulk counterpart,
nanoscaled systems have recently become an active area of research in materials science …

Molecular self-assembly is a well-known technique to create highly functional
nanostructures on surfaces. Self-assembly on two-dimensional (2D) materials is a …