Stability of two-dimensional clusters on crystal surfaces: From Ostwald ripening to single-cluster decay

Surface Science

Volumn 402-404, Issue , 1998, Pages 401-408

  Rosenfeld, Georg ^a,b,d   Morgenstern, Karina ^b,c,e   Beckmann, Ingo ^b   Wulfhekel, Wulf ^b,f   Lægsgaard, Erik ^c   Besenbacher, Flemming ^c   Comsa, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clusters; Models of surface kinetics; Scanning tunnelling microscopy; Silver; Single crystal surfaces; Surface diffusion; Surface thermodynamics (including phase transitions)

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THERMODYNAMICS;

OSTWALD RIPENING;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031617752     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(98)00024-7     Document Type: Article

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