Reactive metal–oxide interfaces: A microscopic view

A Picone, M Riva, A Brambilla, A Calloni… - Surface Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Metal–oxide interfaces play a fundamental role in determining the functional properties of
artificial layered heterostructures, which are at the root of present and future technological …

Novel nanostructures suspended in graphene vacancies, edges and holes

Y Liu, HQ Ta, X Yang, Y Zhang, J Zhou, Q Shi… - Science China …, 2023 - Springer
Under electron beam irradiation, graphene is inclined to form defects (such as vacancies
and holes) that can trap foreign atoms to form new structures. The interactions between …

Nitrogen-mediated growth of silver nanocrystals to form ultrathin, high-purity silver-film electrodes with broad band transparency for solar cells

G Zhao, W Shen, E Jeong, SG Lee… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Controlling the shape and crystallography of nanocrystals during the early growth stages of
a noble metal layer is important because of its correlation with the final layer morphology …

An unexpected surfactant role of immiscible nitrogen in the structural development of silver nanoparticles: an experimental and numerical investigation

J Yun, HS Chung, SG Lee, JS Bae, TE Hong… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Artificially designing the crystal orientation and facets of noble metal nanoparticles is
important to realize unique chemical and physical features that are very different from those …

The role of surface stress in structural transitions, epitaxial growth and magnetism on the nanoscale

D Sander, Z Tian, J Kirschner - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We review results on combined stress measurements by the crystal curvature technique and
structural investigations on different nanoscale systems. It is shown that stress …

SiC coatings grown by liquid injection chemical vapor deposition using single source metal-organic precursors

G Boisselier, F Maury, F Schuster - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2013 - Elsevier
SiC coatings have been grown by direct liquid injection of organosilanes in a hot-wall
chemical vapor deposition reactor (DLICVD). 1, 3-disilabutane (DSB) and polysilaethylene …

Mesoscopic organization of cobalt thin films on clean and oxygen-saturated Fe (001) surfaces

M Riva, A Picone, D Giannotti, A Brambilla, G Fratesi… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
The different morphologies of Co films grown on either the clean Fe (001) surface and the
oxygen-saturated Fe (001)-p (1× 1) O substrate are investigated by means of scanning …

Oxygen-assisted Ni growth on Fe (001): Observation of an “anti-surfactant” effect

A Picone, G Bussetti, M Riva, A Calloni… - Physical Review B …, 2012 - APS
The morphology and the electronic structure of ultrathin Ni films grown on the oxygen-
passivated Fe (001)-p (1× 1) O surface are investigated by means of scanning tunneling …

Effects of temperature on the oxygen aided Cr growth on Fe (001)

A Calloni, A Picone, A Brambilla, M Finazzi, L Duo… - Surface science, 2011 - Elsevier
The morphology of ultra-thin Cr films deposited on Fe (001) substrates at two growth
temperatures, namely 380K and 570K, with and without the presence of a surface oxygen …

Density functional theory calculations of adsorption-induced surface stress changes

MJ Harrison, DP Woodruff, J Robinson - Surface science, 2008 - Elsevier
Density functional theory calculations of adsorbate-induced surface stress changes have
been performed for a number of adsorbate and overlayer systems for which experimental …