Scanning tunneling microscopy of ordered coated cluster layers on graphite

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 2940-2942

  Durston, P J ^a   Schmidt, J ^a   Palmer, R E ^a   Wilcoxon, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATED MATERIALS; DEPOSITION; FILM GROWTH; GRAPHITE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOLAYERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPERLATTICES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

CLUSTER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; COLUMN BLOCKADE EFFECT; DROP DEPOSITION; HEXAGONAL LATTICES; COULOMB BLOCKADE EFFECT;

GOLD;

EID: 0031260807     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.120222     Document Type: Article

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