Observation of preferred heights in Pb nanoislands: A quantum size effect

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1154011-1154016

  Otero, Roberto ^a   Vázquez de Parga, Amadeo L ^a   Miranda, Rodolfo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NICOLÁS CABRERA   (Spain)

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COPPER; LEAD;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037105124     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.115401     Document Type: Article

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