Determination of step free energies from island shape fluctuations on metal surfaces

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 3843-3846

  Schlößer, Dietmar C ^a,d   Verheij, Laurens K ^a   Rosenfeld, Georg ^b   Comsa, George ^c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 0001135630     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.3843     Document Type: Article

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