- Epitaxial growth of graphene and monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) on different substrates by molecular beam epitaxy, and the study of their resulting crystallographic and electronic properties.
- Chemistry on 2D materials, by exploring the covalent bonding of chemical species to epitaxial graphene and monolayers of TMDs in ultra-high vacuum conditions.
- Strongly Correlated Electron Systems, studied by scanning tunnelling microscopy/spectroscopy. STS maps allow us to visualize quasiparticle scattering and interference of the highly correlated electrons.
- Superconductivity in novel materials and thin films, with particular emphasis on how substrate interactions influence their superconducting properties.
- Topological Surface States, focussing on their atomic-scale structure and coupling to selected substrates to reveal new topological phenomena.
- Excitonic insulators, by mapping the local density of states and visualizing emergent collective phenomena such as charge density waves.
