Adatom-Vacancy Mechanisms for the C60/Al(111)-(6 × 6) Reconstruction

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1661011-1661014

  Stengel, M ^a   De Vita, A ^b,c,d   Baldereschi, A ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT ROMAND DE RECHERCHE NUMÉRIQUE EN PHYSIQUE DES MATÉRIAUX IRRMA   (Switzerland)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BINDING ENERGY; CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL RELAXATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERS; ISOTOPES;

ADATOM VACANCY; LATERAL BONDING;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 0344467461     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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