Nonequilibrium configurations of monatomic steps on cleaved GaAs(110) surfaces

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 10538-10543

  Rosentreter, M ^a   Wenderoth, M ^a   Theuerkrauf, N ^a   Heinrich, A ^a   Schneider, M ^a   Ulbrich, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0642336182     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.56.10538     Document Type: Article

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