Vacancies in solids and the stability of surface morphology

Nature

Volumn 412, Issue 6847, 2001, Pages 622-625

  McCarty, K F ^a   Nobel, J A ^a   Bartelt, N C ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NICKEL ALLOYS; OSCILLATIONS; SOLIDS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

THERMAL VACANCIES;

MORPHOLOGY;

ALLOY; ALUMINUM; NANOPARTICLE; NICKEL;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; OSCILLATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0035833499     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35088026     Document Type: Article

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