The oxidation and corrosion of metals are fundamental problems in materials science and
technology that have been studied using a large variety of experimental and computational …

Molecular self-assembly is the spontaneous association of molecules under equilibrium
conditions into stable, structurally well-defined aggregates joined by noncovalent bonds …

The fabrication methods of the microelectronics industry have been refined to produce ever
smaller devices, but will soon reach their fundamental limits. A promising alternative route to …

The engineering of highly organized systems from instructed molecular building blocks
opens up new vistas for the control of matter and the exploration of nanodevice concepts …

A review is given of theoretical concepts and experimental results on spontaneous formation
of periodically ordered nanometer-scale structures on crystal surfaces. Thermodynamic …

The role of stress at solid surfaces in a vacuum environment and in contact with a liquid
electrolyte in reconstruction, epitaxial growth and self-organization or stabilization of …

Magnetic materials have become controllable on the nanometre scale. Such fine structures
exhibit a wide range of fascinating phenomena, such as lowdimensional magnetism …

Atomic beam techniques are presently being used in many branches of surface physics
such as studies of the particle-surface physisorption potential, surface structure, surface …

A review is given of our present understanding of the chemisorption of oxygen on metal
surfaces such as Cu, Ni, and Ag. We will survey the experimental results with special …

Organic/metal interfaces control the performance of many optoelectronic organic devices,
including organic light-emitting diodes or field-effect transistors. Using scanning tunnelling …