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The research activities of this area address the study of isolated systems, low-dimensional systems, surfaces and interfaces at the structural, spectroscopic and dynamic level. The study of the dynamics of elementary processes in atoms, molecules, clusters and multiply charged ions provides information on their electronic structure, reactivity and the chemical-physics behavior of prototypal systems relevant in many areas of basic and applied research . The studied low dimensionality materials are nanostructures, functionalized surfaces and thin films. Such materials are obtained by atomic / molecular beam epitaxy, molecular self-assembly on surfaces and surface chemical reactions. Examples are the studies of the magnetic and electronic properties of atoms and molecules on surfaces, clusters, nanowires and magnetic nano-lattices, quantum phenomena in 2D materials, such as graphene and beyond-graphene materials, and the electronic confinement in ultrathin films. Microscopy techniques and various electronic and optical spectroscopies as well as ion spectrometric techniques are used in both the institute laboratories and at national and at international large scale facilities (synchrotron radiation sources and FEL). These activities are supported by theoretical / computational analysis of the quantum chemical processes.
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