High work function metals are crucial in various semiconductor applications. Titanium nitride
(TiN) is particularly noteworthy as a high work function material in metal gate structures …

Adsorption, interaction, and diffusion of adatoms on surfaces control growth and relaxation
of epitaxial nanostructures and nanofilms. Previous reports of key diffusion barriers for Pb …

We have carried out first-principles calculations for Al (100), Al (110), and Al (111) films up to
30 monolayers to study the oscillatory quantum size effects (QSEs) exhibited in the surface …

We calculate, within the density-functional theory, the atomic and electronic structure of the
clean Pt (111) and Au (111) surfaces and the n ML-Au/Pt (111) systems with n varying from …

We demonstrate that the magnetic anisotropy in SrRuO3 (SRO) ultrathin films can be well
controlled by thickness or electrical modulations: The easy axis (preferred magnetization …

By means of scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy, we investigate the electronic
properties of lead islands (width 5–100 nm, thickness 5–25 monolayers) deposited by …

We examine thin film on a dielectric substrate (vacuum/Al/SiO2) in the stabilized jellium
model and the Kohn–Sham method. We investigate surface and size effects on the effective …

Various properties of Pb (111) nanofilms, prototypical quantum films, have been studied
extensively. However, key ab initio-level energy barriers for Pb adatom diffusion on stepped …

Two-dimensional superconductivity in atomic layers has recently attracted considerable
attention owing to its intriguing different physical properties compared to that of the three …

Within the framework of modified method of Kohn-Sham and stable jelly model with taking
into account image forces and conduction band profiles of the dielectric self-consistent …