Vapor-deposited gold film formation on highly oriented pyrolitic graphite. A transition from pseudo-two-dimensional branched island growth to continuous film formation

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2431-2438

  Blum, B ^a   Salvarezza, R C ^a   Arvia, A J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

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EID: 0033259323     PISSN: 10711023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1116/1.591106     Document Type: Article

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