Kinetics of graphite oxidation: monolayer and multilayer etch pits in HOPG Studied by STM

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 102, Issue 52, 1998, Pages 10799-10804

  Stevens, Forrest ^a   Kolodny, Lisa A ^a   Beebe Jr , Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0000726390     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp982025e     Document Type: Article

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