Little Influence of Kinks on the Formation of c(4 × 2) Domains in a Si(001) Surface at Low Temperature

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2330-2334

  Tochihara, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Yoshimichi ^a   Kawai, Hiroshi ^a   Nakayama, Masatoshi ^a   Sato, Tomoshige ^b   Sueyoshi, Takashi ^b   Amakusa, Takaaki ^b   Iwatsuki, Masashi ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JROL Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kink; Monte Carlo simulation; Phase transition; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Si(001) surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032338633     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.67.2330     Document Type: Article

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