Interface and bulk effects in the attenuation of low-energy electrons through thin films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2233-2239

  Ortega, J ^a   Garcia de Abajo F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

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EID: 0041172130     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.2233     Document Type: Article

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