Manipulation of atoms across a surface at room temperature

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6779, 2000, Pages 743-745

  Fishlock, T W ^a   Oral, A ^a,b   Egdell, R G ^a   Pethica, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0034643313     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35008030     Document Type: Article

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