The investigation of step and island dynamics on surfaces has enormously contributed to the
microscopic understanding of mass transport processes in equilibrium, during growth and …

Dendrite formation is one of the most pressing issues in current battery research. Lithium
based batteries are prone to forming short-circuit causing dendrites, while magnesium …

The package fhi98PP allows one to generate norm-conserving pseudopotentials adapted to
density-functional theory total-energy calculations for a multitude of elements throughout the …

Thin films are often grown away from thermodynamic equilibrium and their morphology
becomes determined by kinetics. The final structure of the epitaxial film is decided in the very …

The physical and chemical properties of low-dimensional structures depend on their size
and shape, and can be very different from those of bulk matter. If such structures have at …

Atomic-scale manipulation in scanning tunneling microscopy has enabled the creation of
quantum states of matter based on artificial structures and extreme miniaturization of …

For the first time, this book unites the theory, experimental techniques and computational
tools used to describe the diffusion of atoms, molecules and nanoparticles across metal …

The vast field of laser-enabled material synthesis, manufacturing, and processing to a large
degree relies on the ability to induce and control a range of thermal processes triggered by …

Lithium metal batteries (LMBs) can double the energy density of lithium‐ion batteries.
However, the notorious lithium dendrite growth and large volume change are not well …

The orientation of molecules is crucial in many chemical processes. Here, we report how
single dipolar molecules can be oriented with maximum precision using the electric field of a …