Observations of reversible and irreversible structural transitions of cobalt on Si (1 1 1) with LEEM

Micron

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-20

  Phaneuf, R J ^a   Hong, Y ^b   Horch, S ^b   Bennett, P A ^b  

^a LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Low energy electron microscopy; Silicides; Surface phase separation; Surface phase transitions; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032990003     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(98)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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