The scanning tunneling microscope (STM) has permitted to reveal the Kondo structure of many molecules adsorbed on metallic surfaces.The Kondo effect is a complex many-body process in which the magneti
AFM is the main characterization tool in nanotechnology.However, there are three areas in which conventional AFM has limitations: (i) a low imaging rate,(ii) the probe-sample force interaction, and (i
The typical photoanode in dye-and quantum dot-sensitized solar cells is composed of a wide band gap semiconductor, which acts as electron transporter for the photoelectrochemical system.Anatase TiO2 n
Grain boundary can significantly affect the various properties of materials.Due to the symmetry broken, the determination of the atomic structure of grain boundary has been a long-standing problem and
Plasmon energies can be tuned across the spectrum by simply changing the geometrical shape of a nanostructure [1].Plasmons can efficiently capture incident light and focus it to nanometer sized hotspo
Surface plasmons propagate on the surface of metals (silver, gold, palladium, etc.) whose optical properties are determined by their surface geometry at nanoscale.Recent advancement in controlling the
Gels and aerogcls manufactured from a variety of nanoparticles available in colloidal solutions have recently proven to provide an opportunity to marry the nanoscale world with that of materials of ma
Porous semiconductors is an attractive material in many areas, including optoelectronics, sensors, and thermoelectric devices.Many bottom-up syntheses based on self-assembly processes have been report