Potential-induced strain relaxation in Au mono- and bilayer films on Pt(111) electrode surfaces

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Sibert, E ^a   Ozanam, F ^a,b   Maroun, F ^a,c   Magnussen, O M ^a,d   Behm, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ELECTRODES; GOLD; MONOLAYERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLATINUM; REDUCTION; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; THICK FILMS;

ELECTRODE SURFACES; STRAIN RELAXATION;

SURFACES;

EID: 0037422962     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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