Relation between inelastic electron tunneling and-vibrational excitation of single adsorbates on metal surfaces

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Tikhodeev, S G ^a,b   Ueba, H ^b  

^a PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; DESORPTION; ELECTRON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 19744382359     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.125414     Document Type: Article

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