Fluctuations, line tensions, and correlation times of nanoscale islands on surfaces

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Szalma, F ^a,b   Gebremariam, Hailu ^a   Einstein, T L ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FOURIER ANALYSIS; KINETICS; NANOPARTICLE; PARAMETER; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 15444376292     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.035422     Document Type: Article

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