Atomic structure of the polar NiO(111)-p(2 × 2) surface

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 13, 2000, Pages

  Barbier, A ^a   Mocuta, C ^a   Kuhlenbeck, H ^b   Peters, K F ^c   Richter, B ^b   Renaud, G ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SHEETS; ATOMIC STRUCTURES; OCTOPOLAR RECONSTRUCTION; SURFACE STRUCTURES;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; HYDROXYLATION; MONOLAYERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0000062138     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2897     Document Type: Article

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