(2 × 1)-(1 × 1) Phase Transition on Ge(001): Dimer Breakup and Surface Roughening

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1161021-1161024

  Van Vroonhoven, Esther ^a   Zandvliet, Harold J W ^a   Poelsema, Bene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMERS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTROPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MONOMERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SURFACE DISORDER;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 0142120735     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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