Fluctuation kinetics of an isolated Ag(110) step

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 15991-15996

  Pai, W ^a   Bartelt, N ^a   Reutt Robey, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0001560292     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.53.15991     Document Type: Article

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