Step barrier for gold adatoms and small clusters diffusing on graphite: An ab initio study [75]

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Jensen, Pablo ^a   Blase, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; ENERGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS;

EID: 11244271546     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.165402     Document Type: Article

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