The development of scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) in high magnetic fields has opened new avenues in nanoscale imaging and spectroscopy. By utilising quantum tunnelling in precisely engineered ...

There are numerous examples in science in which a radically different conceptual approach to solving a problem at hand has resulted in a major scientific breakthrough. Such is the case for scanning ...

A look beneath the surface: Research team makes hidden structural and magnetic properties visible. (Nanowerk News) Scientists use scanning tunnelling microscopy to understand how a material’s ...

In the decade since their discovery at Drexel University, the family of two-dimensional materials called MXenes has shown a great deal of promise for applications ranging from water desalination and ...

An international research team has succeeded in controlling the chirality of individual molecules through structural isomerization. The team also succeeded in synthesizing highly reactive diradicals ...

The metal-organic-framework (MOF) material used in the study reveals a star-like (kagome) structure under scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) imaging. An Australian-led study has found unusual ...

Physicists are Getting Closer to Controlling Single-Molecule Chemical Reactions – Could This Shape the Future of Pharmaceutical Research? An artist’s representation of a scanning tunnelling microscope ...

Working on the nanoscale for manufacturing poses some unique challenges. While many macroscale manufacturing methods such as lithography and additive manufacturing have been successfully translated ...