A combination of scanning transmission electron microscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, and ab initio calculations reveal striking electronic structure differences…

Atomic resolution high angle annular dark field imaging of suspended, single-layer graphene, onto which the metals Cr, Ti, Pd, Ni,…

Boron nitride (BN) sheets were exfoliated, and proof of the presence of single and double layers was obtained via electron…

Truly alloyed PbSxSe1−x (x = 0−1) nanocrystals (∼5 nm in size) have been prepared, and their resulting optical properties are…

Previous studies of the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) from alloy nanoparticles of gold and silver have focused on bulk studies…

Er-doped SiO2 and Er-doped Si-NCs embedded in a SiO2 matrix were produced by Er and/or Si ion beam implantation of…

Surface mode fields are strongly confined to a MWCNT surface, representing a conceivable solution for realization of quasi-2D optics. In…

Doping of nanostructured materials using a clean, efficient, and site-selective route such as ion implantation would be hugely desirable for…

The application of gold and silver nanoparticles to areas such as medical research, is based on optical properties which are…

Er-doped SiO2 and Si nano-crystals (NCs) embedded in a SiO2 matrix were produced by ion beam implantation of Si (100)…

We present a study of silicon (Si) and erbium (Er) coimplanted silica (SiO2) in which we observe, by combining high…

We employed nanometer-scale spatially resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy to monitor the degree and localization of electronic passivation of graphene…