Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of NaCl overlayers on the stepped Cu(311) surface: Experimental and theoretical study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2005, Pages

  Olsson, F E ^a   Persson, M ^a   Repp, J ^b   Meyer, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COPPER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELD; FILM; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 15744381016     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.075419     Document Type: Article

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