Controlled deposition of size-selected silver nanoclusters

Science

Volumn 274, Issue 5289, 1996, Pages 956-958

  Bromann, Karsten ^a   Félix, Christian ^a   Brune, Harald ^a   Harbich, Wolfgang ^a   Monot, René ^a   Buttet, Jean ^a   Kern, Klaus ^a  

^a Fédérale de Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ARGON; DEPOSITION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PLATINUM; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACES;

ARGON BUFFER LAYER; KINETIC ENERGY; NANOCLUSTERS; NONDESTRUCTIVE CLUSTER DEPOSITION; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM;

SILVER;

BUFFER; NANOPARTICLE; PLATINUM; SILVER;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030575934     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5289.956     Document Type: Article

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