Size and shape of nanoparticles are generally controlled by external influence factors such
as reaction temperature, time, precursor, and/or surfactant concentration. Lack of external …

The field of nanoscience was pioneered in the 1980s with the groundbreaking research on
clusters, which later led to the discovery of fullerenes. Handbook of Nanophysics: Clusters …

Currently, the nature of self-assembly of three-dimensional epitaxial islands or quantum dots
(QDs) in a lattice-mismatched heteroepitaxial growth system, such as InAs/GaAs (001) and …

Determining the optimal structures and clarifying the corresponding hierarchical evolution of
transition metal clusters are of fundamental importance for their applications. The global …

In this work we report on the competition between growth, implantation, and sputtering
effects during the production of metal nanoparticles (NPs) by pulsed laser deposition. The …

We present a study of a sub-nanometre interlayer of crystalline silicon nitride at the Ni/Si
interface. We performed transmission electron microscopy measurements complemented by …

The multicanonical basin hopping (MUBH) method, which uses a multicanonical weight in
the basin hopping (BH) Monte Carlo method, was found to be very efficient for global …

The surface morphology, magnetism and chemical state of Fe coverage on the surface of
molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2) were investigated using scanning tunneling microscopy …

Self-organized Co nanoplatelets with a singular height, quantized lateral sizes, and unique
shape and orientation have been fabricated on a template consisting of ordered Al …

The “two-step” growth technique has been used to grow atomically uniform Ag films on 7× 7
Si (111) and 8× 8 β-Si 3 N 4 (0001)/Si (111) surfaces. Angle-resolved photoemission …