From fundamental studies of reactivity on single crystals to the design of catalysts

JH Larsen, I Chorkendorff - Surface Science Reports, 1999 - Elsevier
One of the prominent arguments for performing surface science studies have for many years
been to improve and design new and better catalysts. Although surface science has …

Spin-polarized quantum confinement in nanostructures: Scanning tunneling microscopy

H Oka, OO Brovko, M Corbetta, VS Stepanyuk… - Reviews of Modern …, 2014 - APS
Experimental investigations of spin-polarized electron confinement in nanostructures by
scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) are …

Phase diagrams for surface alloys

A Christensen, AV Ruban, P Stoltze, KW Jacobsen… - Physical Review B, 1997 - APS
We discuss surface alloy phases and their stability based on surface phase diagrams
constructed from the surface energy as a function of the surface composition. We show that …

Current-driven spin dynamics of artificially constructed quantum magnets

AA Khajetoorians, B Baxevanis, C Hübner, T Schlenk… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The future of nanoscale spin-based technologies hinges on a fundamental understanding
and dynamic control of atomic-scale magnets. The role of the substrate conduction electrons …

Giant magnetoresistance in electrodeposited films

W Schwarzacher, DS Lashmore - IEEE Transactions on …, 1996 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electrodeposition is one of the simpler and cheaper processes available for the fabrication
of thin metal films. Recent developments have made it possible to electrodeposit a wide …

Spin‐Selective Electron Transport Through Single Chiral Molecules

MR Safari, F Matthes, CM Schneider, KH Ernst… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The interplay between chirality and magnetism is a source of fascination among scientists
for over a century. In recent years, chirality‐induced spin selectivity (CISS) has attracted …

Itinerant nature of atom-magnetization excitation by tunneling electrons

AA Khajetoorians, S Lounis, B Chilian, AT Costa… - Physical review …, 2011 - APS
We have performed single-atom magnetization curve (SAMC) measurements and inelastic
scanning tunneling spectroscopy (ISTS) on individual Fe atoms on a Cu (111) surface. The …

Spin-polarized scanning tunneling spectroscopy of nanoscale cobalt islands on Cu (111)

O Pietzsch, A Kubetzka, M Bode, R Wiesendanger - Physical Review Letters, 2004 - APS
Spin-averaged and spin-polarized scanning tunneling spectroscopy at low temperature was
performed on nanometer-scale triangular Co islands grown epitaxially on Cu (111) in the …

Defect lines and two-domain structure of hexagonal boron nitride films on Ni (1 1 1)

W Auwärter, M Muntwiler, J Osterwalder, T Greber - Surface science, 2003 - Elsevier
The growth of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) on Ni (111) at submonolayer coverages
results in triangular islands with two different orientations. In combining X-ray photoelectron …

Surface states of cobalt nanoislands on Cu (111)

L Diekhöner, MA Schneider, AN Baranov… - Physical review …, 2003 - APS
The electronic structure of thin Co nanoislands on Cu (111) has been investigated below
and above the Fermi level (EF) by scanning tunneling spectroscopy at low temperature. Two …