Electron excitations in metal systems play an important role in many chemical and physical
phenomena. They are of paramount importance for energy transfer in photochemical …

Recent experimental work has reached an accurate determination of surface-state linewidth
by scanning tunneling spectroscopy, photoemission and directly in the time domain by two …

In the submonolayer island growth of NaCl on Ag (100) two orientations, 0° and 45°, of the
NaCl unit cell with respect to the substrate are observed by scanning tunneling microscopy …

Electron scattering at graphene edges is expected to make a crucial contribution to the
electron transport in graphene nanodevices by producing quantum interferences. Atomic …

Electrons trapped in field emission resonances (FERs) in front of a Ag (100) surface covered
with ultrathin NaCl islands are probed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy. The eigenstates …

The Cu adatom-induced localization of the two-dimensional Shockley surface state at the Cu
(111) surface was identified from experimental and simulated scanning tunneling …

Experimental investigations of spin-polarized electron confinement in nanostructures by
scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) are …

Because synthetic 2D materials are generally stabilized by interfacial coupling to growth
substrates, direct probing of interfacial phenomena is critical for understanding their …

Free-electron-like image potential states are observed in scanning tunneling spectroscopy
on graphene quantum dots on Ir (111) acting as potential wells. The spectrum strongly …

Image potential states (IPSs) are electronic states localized in front of a surface in a potential
well, formed by the surface projected bulk band gap on one side and the image potential …