Influence of the inhomogeneous surface pretilt on zig-zag defects

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 4761-4768

  Kralj, S ^a   Pirs J ^b   Zumer S ^c   Petkovsek R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

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EID: 0001367842     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.368718     Document Type: Article

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