The focus on surface lattice strain in nanostructures as a fundamental research topic has
gained momentum in recent years as scientists investigated its significant impact on the …

The promising and versatile applications of low dimensional materials are largely due to
their surface properties, which along with their underlying electronic structures have been …

Recent advances in the understanding of the role of surface stress for surface
reconstruction, self-assembled pattern formation, alloying, shape and structural transitions …

Low-temperature scanning tunneling spectroscopy over Co nanoislands on Cu (111)
showed that the surface states of the islands vary with their size. Occupied states exhibit a …

Combining kinetic Monte Carlo and molecular static simulations, we follow at the atomic
scale the growth of Co nanoislands on Cu (111) surface over a wide range of surface …

We demonstrate that a size-dependent mesoscopic mismatch exists in homoepitaxy, which
has a strong impact on the morphology of the islands and the substrate. Atomic scale …

The atomic structures that develop as a function of coverage during deposition of Bi on Ag
(111) have been studied using low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy, low-energy …

In this paper we present new parameters of the TB-SMA interatomic potentials for the Pt/Cu
(111) surface alloy. The parameters are fitted using both the experimental and ab initio data …

The interplay between structure and magnetic properties of small cobalt clusters embedded
in a Cu (001) surface is studied performing ab initio and tight-binding calculations in a fully …

More and more attention has been paid to strain-based regulation of catalytic activity. To
guide regulation of catalytic performance via strain engineering, adsorption and reactions of …