Dissipation of chemical energy released in exothermic reactions at metal surfaces may
happen adiabatically by creation of phonons or non-adiabatically by excitation of the …

Since the discovery of graphene, 2D materials have attracted significant attention for their
unique properties. Monoelemental 2D materials (ME2DMs) are of particular interest …

Ultrathin metal films can exhibit quantum size and surface effects that give rise to unique
physical and chemical properties,,,,,,. Metal films containing just a few layers of atoms can be …

We have fabricated ultrathin lead films on silicon substrates with atomic-scale control of the
thickness over a macroscopic area. We observed oscillatory behavior of the …

Two-dimensional metallic transition metal dichalcogenides are emerging as prototypes for
uncovering fundamental physical phenomena, such as superconductivity and charge …

The shape control of noble metal nanocrystals is crucial to their optical properties and
catalysis applications. In this Progress Report, the recent progress of shape‐controlled …

Superconductivity in the extreme two-dimensional limit is studied on ultrathin lead films
down to two atomic layers, where only a single channel of quantum well states exists …

By using a low temperature scanning tunneling microscope we have probed the
superconducting energy gap of epitaxially grown Pb films as a function of the layer thickness …

The purpose of this review is to focus from an experimental point-of-view on the new
physical properties of some of the thinnest superconducting films that can be fabricated and …

We have carried out first-principles calculations of Pb (111) films up to 25 monolayers to
study the oscillatory quantum size effects exhibited in the surface energy and work function …