Transition in the growth kinetics of vacancy islands on NbSe2

Surface Science

Volumn 348, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 185-191

  Arnault, J C ^a   Bubendorff, J L ^a   Pimpinelli, A ^b   Bucher, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Diffusion and migration; Growth; Niobium diselenide; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Surface defects; Surface structure, morphology, roughness, and topography

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEFECTS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ETCHING; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; WATER;

BURTON-CABRERA-FRANK THEORY; ETCH PITS; MONOLAYER DEEP DEPRESSIONS; NIOBIUM DISELENIDE; SURFACE DEFECTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TIP SURFACE INTERACTION; VACANCY ISLANDS;

NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0030106836     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0039-6028(95)00963-9     Document Type: Article

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