dc conduction of stable ultrathin Pt films below the percolation threshold

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Ostadal I ^a   Hill, R M ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FILM; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED KINGDOM; VACUUM;

EID: 0034906946     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.033404     Document Type: Article

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