Self-assembly and dynamics of oxide nanorods on NiAl(110)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Pierce, J P ^a   McCarty, K F ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; NICKEL; OXIDE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DARKNESS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY; OXYGEN TENSION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 20144372384     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.125428     Document Type: Article

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