Scanning tunneling microscopy studies of niobium carbide (100) and (110) surfaces

Surface Science

Volumn 366, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-92

  Tsong, R M ^a,d   Schmid, M ^a   Nagl, C ^a   Varga, P ^a   Davis, R F ^b   Tsong, I S T ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbides; Low index single crystal surfaces; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Surface structure, morphology, roughness, and topography

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CLEANING; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE COMPOSITION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPUTTERING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACES;

ATOM RESOLVED STRUCTURES; GRATING STRUCTURE; IN SITU CLEANING TREATMENT; NANOMETER SCALE FACETING PHENOMENON; NIOBIUM CARBIDE; TOPOGRAPHY;

CARBIDES;

EID: 0030270084     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0039-6028(96)00804-7     Document Type: Article

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