During switching, the microstructure of a ferroelectric normally adapts to align internal dipoles with external electric fields. Favorably oriented dipolar…

Colour is a physical attribute that can be very difficult to characterise in diamond and consequently it receives regular attention…

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

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

We present results of electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), carried out with nanometer spatial resolution in a dedicated scanning transmission…

First-principles calculations of electron energy loss (EEL) spectra for bulk GaN and diamond are compared with experimental spectra acquired with…

We present results of highly localized electron energy loss spectroscopy carried out using scanning transmission electron microscopy in the energy…

Experimental and theoretical evidence is given for the occurrence of a temperature and strain dependent roughening transition from two dimensional…

Calculations of the stress/strain distribution in a buried strained heterostructure laser are performed for active regions with aspect ratios ranging…

The initial stage in the development of a technique which has the aim of determining the misfit strain in structures…