Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) monolayers have attracted considerable interest as
atomically thin sp 2-hybridized sheets that are readily synthesized on various metal …

Advances in high-resolution and spin-resolved scanning tunnelling microscopy, as well as
atomic-scale manipulation, have enabled the bottom-up, atom-by-atom creation and …

Quantum control of individual spins in condensed-matter devices is an emerging field with a
wide range of applications, from nanospintronics, to quantum computing. The electron …

Controlling the magnetic anisotropy of ferromagnetic materials is key to the development of
magnetic switching devices and spintronic applications. The intrinsic magnetic anisotropy of …

The ability to make electrical contact to single molecules creates opportunities to examine
fundamental processes governing electron flow on the smallest possible length scales. We …

The present topical review focuses on recent advances concerning an intriguing
phenomenon in condensed matter physics, the scattering of conduction electrons at the …

Cobalt atoms on the (111) surfaces of noble metals are considered to be prototypical
systems for the Kondo effect in scanning tunnelling microscopy experiments. Recent first …

In recent years inelastic spin-flip spectroscopy using a low-temperature scanning tunneling
microscope has been a very successful tool for studying not only individual spins but also …

The desire to control and measure individual quantum systems such as atoms and ions in a
vacuum has led to significant scientific and engineering developments in the past decades …

Magnetic anisotropy (MA) is one of the most important material properties for modern
spintronic devices. Conventional manipulation of the intrinsic MA, ie, magnetocrystalline …