The importance of imaging conditions in scanning tunneling microscopy for the determination of surface texture and roughness

Surface Science

Volumn 420, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 275-284

  Aguilar, M ^a   Oliva, A I ^a   Anguiano, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Metallic surfaces; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Surface roughening; Surface structure, morphology, roughness and topography

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEXTURES;

KURTOSIS; SKEWNESS;

METALLIC FILMS;

EID: 0032755183     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(98)00841-3     Document Type: Article

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