Quasi-collective motion of nanoscale metal strings in metal surfaces

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 783-787

  Labayen, M ^a   Ramirez, C ^a   Schattke, W ^a   Magnussen, O M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GOLD; MASS TRANSFER; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRODE POTENTIALS; QUASI-COLLECTIVE MOTION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0345374598     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1011     Document Type: Article

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