Magnetic skyrmions are chiral spin structures with a whirling configuration. Their topological
properties, nanometre size and the fact that they can be moved by small current densities …

The lack of large-area synthesis processes on substrates compatible with industry
requirements has been one of the major hurdles facing the integration of 2D materials in …

This fully revised, updated and reorganised third edition provides a thorough introduction to
the characterisation techniques used in surface science and nanoscience today. Each …

Magnetic skyrmions are chiral spin textures that hold great promise as nanoscale
information carriers. Since their first observation at room temperature, progress has been …

A major obstacle for the implementation of redox-based memristive memory or logic
technology is the large cycle-to-cycle and device-to-device variability. Here, we use …

Technological progress since the late twentieth century has centred on semiconductor
devices, such as transistors, diodes and solar cells,,,,,,,. At the heart of these devices is the …

Artificial 2D van der Waals heterostructures with controllable vertical stacking and rotational
orientation exhibit multifaceted electronic properties that are appealing for applications in …

The recent discovery of magnetic van der Waals (vdW) materials triggered a wealth of
investigations in materials science and now offers genuinely new prospects for both …

Two-dimensional (2D) Dirac-like electron gases have attracted tremendous research
interest ever since the discovery of free-standing graphene. The linear energy dispersion …

This work reports an electronic and micro-structural study of an appealing system for
optoelectronics: tungsten disulfide (WS2) on epitaxial graphene (EG) on SiC (0001). The …