Superstructures and coincidences of a thin oxide film on a metallic substrate: A STM study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1554141-1554145

  Maroutian, T ^a   Degen, S ^b   Becker, C ^b   Wandelt, K ^b   Berndt, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; METAL OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; DENSITY; ELECTRON; FILM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0344442433     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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