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most citedDirac fermions in borophene

473 citations · 768 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

cond-mat.str-el2017

Atomic-scale visualization of surface-assisted orbital order

Howon Kim, Yasuo Yoshida, Chi-Cheng Lee +6

Orbital-related physics attracts growing interest in condensed matter research, but direct real-space access of the orbital degree of freedom is challenging. Here we report a first…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 473 cited

Dirac fermions in borophene

Baojie Feng, Osamu Sugino, Ro-Ya Liu +14

Honeycomb structures of group IV elements can host massless Dirac fermions with non-trivial Berry phases. Their potential for electronic applications has attracted great interest a…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 15 cited

Compressed sensing in scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy for observation of quasi-particle interference

Yoshinori Nakanishi-Ohno, Masahiro Haze, Yasuo Yoshida +3

We applied a method of compressed sensing to the observation of quasi-particle interference (QPI) by scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy to improve efficiency and save measu…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016

Experimental verification of the rotational sense and type of chiral spin spiral structure by spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy

Masahiro Haze, Yasuo Yoshida, Yukio Hasegawa

We report on experimental verification of the rotational sense and type of homogeneous chiral spin spiral order in a Mn monolayer on a W(110) substrate using spin-polarized scannin…

cond-mat.mes-hall2015

Site-dependent conduction channel transmission in atomic-scale superconducting junctions

Howon Kim, Yukio Hasegawa

Using scanning tunneling microscopy, we reproducibly obtained electrical conductance spectra of superconductor- superconductor atomic point contacts formed on various atomic sites…

cond-mat.mes-hall2015★ 16 cited

Electronic and magnetic influences of a stacking fault in cobalt nanoscale islands on the Ag(111) surface

Keiji Doi, Emi Minamitani, Shunji Yamamoto +4

Utilizing spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy, we found coexistence of perpendicularly and in-plane magnetized cobalt nanoscale islands on the Ag(111) sur…

cond-mat.mes-hall2015★ 18 cited

Site-dependent evolution of electrical conductance from tunneling to atomic point contact

Howon Kim, Yukio Hasegawa

Using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), we investigated the evolution of electrical conductance between a Pb tip and Pb(111) surface from tunneling to atomic point contact at a…

cond-mat.mes-hall2015★ 18 cited

Disorder-induced suppression of superconductivity in the Si(111)-()-In surface: Scanning tunneling microscopy study

Shunsuke Yoshizawa, Howon Kim, Yukio Hasegawa +1

The critical effect of disorder on the two-dimensional (2D) surface superconductor Si(111)-()-In is clarified by comparing two regions with different degree…

cond-mat.mes-hall2014★ 79 cited

Imaging Josephson Vortices on the Surface Superconductor Si(111)-(root7xroot3)-In using a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Shunsuke Yoshizawa, Howon Kim, Takuto Kawakami +5

We have studied the superconducting Si(111)-(root7xroot3)-In surface using a 3He-based low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope (STM). Zero-bias conductance (ZBC) images taken…

cond-mat.mes-hall2014★ 29 cited

Enhancement and termination of the superconducting proximity effect due to atomic-scale defects visualized by scanning tunneling microscopy

Howon Kim, Shi-Zeng Lin, Matthias J. Graf +2

Using low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy, we have studied the proximity effect at the interfaces between superconducting Pb island structures and metall…

cond-mat.supr-con2012★ 3 cited

Thermally Assisted Penetration and Exclusion of Single Vortex in Mesoscopic Superconductors

Shi-Zeng Lin, Takahiro Nishio, Lev N. Bulaevskii +2

A single vortex overcoming the surface barrier in a mesoscopic superconductor with lateral dimensions of several coherence lengths and thickness of several nanometers provides an i…

cond-mat.mes-hall2011★ 117 cited

A comparsion of force sensors for atomic force microscopy based on quartz tuning forks and length extensional resonators

Franz J. Giessibl, Florian Pielmeier, Toyoaki Eguchi +2

The force sensor is key to the performance of atomic force microscopy (AFM). Nowadays, most AFMs use micro-machined force sensors made from silicon, but piezoelectric quartz sensor…