Self-diffusion on (100), (110), and (111) surfaces of Ni and Cu: A detailed study of prefactors and activation energies

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2001, Pages

  Kürpick, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0035881854     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.075418     Document Type: Article

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