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The magnetic structure of a monolayer-thick GdAu2 surface alloy on Au(111) has been investigated down to the atomic level by spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy. Spin-resolved tunneling spectroscopy combined with density-functional theory calculations reveal the local spin polarization of both Gd and Au atomic sites within the surface alloy. Moreover, the impact of dislocation lines on the atomic-scale magnetic structure as well as on the local coercive field strength is demonstrated. ; We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Office of Naval Research via Grant No. N00014-16-1-2900. Moreover, M.A. and J.B. acknowledge funding from the Spanish MINECO under Contracts No. MAT2013-46593-C6- 4-P and No. MAT2016-78293-C6-5-R as well as the Basque Government Grants No. IT621-13 and No. IT-756-13. T.H. acknowledges support by the DFG under Grant No. HA 6037/2-1. E.S. acknowledges financing from Polish budget funds for science in 2014–2017 as a research project in the program "Diamond Grant" No. 0084/DIA/2014/43. M.H. acknowledges the support from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland within Project realized at Faculty of Technical Physics, Poznan University of Technology, and Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC)

A combined scanning tunneling microscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, and density functional theory study of graphene on a Fe-Ir(111) alloy with variable Ir concentration is presented. Starting from an intercalated Fe layer between the graphene and Ir(111) surface we find that graphene-substrate interaction can be fine-tuned by Fe-Ir alloying at the interface. When a critical Ir-concentration close to 0.25 is reached in the Fe layer, the Dirac cone of graphene is largely restored and can thereafter be tuned across the Fermi level by further increasing the Ir content. Indeed, our study reveals an abrupt transition between a chemisorbed phase at small Ir concentrations and a physisorbed phase above the critical concentration. The latter phase is highly reminiscent of the graphene on the clean Ir(111) surface. Furthermore, the transition is accompanied by an inversion of the graphene's induced magnetization due to the coupling with the Fe atoms from antiferromagnetic when chemisorbed to weakly ferromagnetic in the physisorption regime, with spin polarizations whose magnitude may be tuned with the amount of Fe content. ; This work has been funded by the Spanish MINECO under contract Nos. FIS2013-48286-C2-1-P, MAT2013-47878-C2-R, MAT2015-66888-C3-1R, and MAT2013-46593-C6-4-P as well as the Basque Government Grants IT621-13 and IT756-13. ; Peer Reviewed

Surface-confined dehalogenation reactions are versatile bottom-up approaches for the synthesis of carbonbased nanostructures with predefined chemical properties. However, for devices generally requiring low-conductivity substrates, potential applications are so far severely hampered by the necessity of a metallic surface to catalyze the reactions. In this work we report the synthesis of ordered arrays of poly(p-phenylene) chains on the surface of semiconducting TiO(110) via a dehalogenative homocoupling of 4,4″- dibromoterphenyl precursors. The supramolecular phase is clearly distinguished from the polymeric one using low-energy electron diffraction and scanning tunneling microscopy as the substrate temperature used for deposition is varied. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of C 1s and Br 3d core levels traces the temperature of the onset of dehalogenation to around 475 K. Moreover, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and tightbinding calculations identify a highly dispersive band characteristic of a substantial overlap between the precursor's π states along the polymer, considered as the fingerprint of a successful polymerization. Thus, these results establish the first spectroscopic evidence that atomically precise carbon-based nanostructures can readily be synthesized on top of a transition-metal oxide surface, opening the prospect for the bottom-up production of novel molecule-semiconductor devices. ; This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy (Grant No. MAT2013-46593-C6-4-P), the Basque Government (Grant No. IT-621-13), and the European Research Council under the EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Grant Agreement No. 635919). We also acknowledge support from the Basque Department of Education, UPV/EHU (Grant No. IT-756-13), the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Grant No. MAT2013-46593-C6-2-P), and the European Union FP7-ICT Integrated Project PAMS (Contract No. 610446). ; Peer Reviewed

Light-matter interaction at the atomic scale rules fundamental phenomena such as photoemission and lasing while enabling basic everyday technologies, including photovoltaics and optical communications. In this context, plasmons, the collective electron oscillations in conducting materials, are important because they allow the manipulation of optical fields at the nanoscale. The advent of graphene and other two-dimensional crystals has pushed plasmons down to genuinely atomic dimensions, displaying appealing properties such as a large electrical tunability. However, plasmons in these materials are either too broad or lying at low frequencies, well below the technologically relevant near-infrared regime ; This work has been supported inpart by ERC (Advanced Grant 789104-eNANO), the SpanishMINECO (grant nos. MAT2017-88492-R, SEV2015-0522,PCIN-2015-155, and MAT2016-78293-C6-6-R), the CatalanCERCA Program, the Basque Government (grant no. IT-1255-19), FundacióPrivada Cellex, and the U.S. NationalScience Foundation CAREER Award (grant no. 1552461). ; Postprint (published version)