Step roughness on Ag(111) investigated by STM: A systematic study of tip influence

Surface Science

Volumn 377-379, Issue , 1997, Pages 62-65

  Mugele, F ^a   Rettenberger, A ^a   Boneberg, J ^a   Leiderer, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Low index single crystal surfaces; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Silver; Surface diffusion

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LOW INDEX SINGLE CRYSTAL SURFACES; STEP ROUGHNESS;

SILVER;

EID: 0031117756     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(96)01352-0     Document Type: Article

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