Atomic-resolution stm study of a structural phase transition of steps on vicinal as/ge(100)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 15999-16005

  McMahon, W E ^a   Olson, J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000332854     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.60.15999     Document Type: Article

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