Roughening of vicinal surfaces and step-step interactions: Application to Cu(1,1,11) by means of statistical analysis of STM images

Surface Science

Volumn 345, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 197-212

  Barbier, L ^a   Masson, L ^b   Cousty, J ^a   Salanon, B ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Copper; Equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM); Stepped single crystal surfaces; Surface roughening

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

SURFACE ROUGHENING;

METALS;

EID: 0029774981     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0039-6028(95)00878-0     Document Type: Article

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