Nanoscience and nanotechnology are tremendously increasing fields of research that aim at
producing, characterizing and understanding nanoobjects and assemblies of nanoobjects …

Interactions between metals and oxides are key factors to determine the performance of
metal/oxide heterojunctions, particularly in nanotechnology, where the miniaturization of …

Oxide film growth by molecular beam epitaxy for the purpose of preparing metal oxides for
surface science studies is discussed and reviewed. Critical issues such as the choice of …

Bulk properties of the isostructural oxides MgO, NiO, and CoO have been calculated
quantum chemically with periodic models and compared with experimental data from the …

Experimental determinations of the atomic structure of insulating oxide surfaces and
metal/oxide interfaces are scarce, because surface science techniques are often limited by …

We present the results of calculations of the energy levels of defects at the (001) surface of
MgO relative to the top of the valence band and values of defect ionisation potentials and …

The effect of the wet-cleaning process using solvents and detergent on the surface chemistry
of MgO (001) substrate for film deposition was investigated. Six different wet-cleaning …

Determining the absolute band edge positions in solid materials is crucial for optimising their
performance in wide‐ranging applications including photocatalysis and electronic devices …

The (001) surface of UHV cleaved single MgO crystals was imaged with dynamic mode
scanning force microscopy. Large-scale images show various defects, like steps of mostly …

We have calculated the ionization energies, electron affinities, optical excitation energies,
and relaxed electron and hole states at corners, kinks, and steps of the MgO (001) surface …