Electronic structure of epitaxial thin NiO(100) films grown on Ag(100): Towards a firm experimental basis

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 16, 2001, Pages

  Portalupi, M ^a   Duo L ^a   Isella, G ^a   Bertacco, R ^a   Marcon, M ^a   Ciccacci, F ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL OXIDE; NICKEL; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON; ENERGY; FILM; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035886391     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.165402     Document Type: Article

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