Atomic scale observation of a two-dimensional liquid-solid phase transition on the Si(111)-√3 X √3-Ag surface

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Liu, Canhua ^a   Yamazaki, Shiro ^a   Hobara, Rei ^a   Matsuda, Iwao ^a   Hasegawa, Shuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; FREEZING; GEOMETRY; LIQUID; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SOLID; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 15844375837     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.041310     Document Type: Article

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