Metallic nanogaps with metal–metal separations of less than 10 nm have many applications
in nanoscale photonics and electronics. However, their fabrication remains a considerable …

Single-molecule optoelectronic devices promise a potential solution for miniaturization and
functionalization of silicon-based microelectronic circuits in the future. For decades of its fast …

Directional antennas revolutionized modern day telecommunication by enabling precise
beaming of radio and microwave signals with minimal loss of energy. Similarly, directional …

Heterogeneous interfaces in most devices play a key role in the material performance.
Exploring the atomic structure and electronic properties of metal–molecule interfaces is …

The emergence of superconductivity in doped insulators such as cuprates and pnictides
coincides with their do**‐driven insulator–metal transitions. Above the critical do** …

An accurate standard of electric current is a long-standing challenge of modern metrology. It
has been predicted that a superconducting nanowire in the regime of quantum fluctuations …

Detecting the ionic state at the solid–liquid interface is essential to reveal the various
chemical and physical processes that occur at the interface. In this study, the adsorption …

Here we report a novel nitridation technique for transforming niobium into hexagonal Nb2N
which appears to be superconducting below 1K. The nitridation is achieved by high …