Nucleation of Β- FeSi 2 nanostructures at pinned step bunches on the Si(111) surface

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Brady, R P ^a   Sharma, A S ^a   Giblet, R L ^a   Cottier, R J ^a   Golding, T D ^a   Perez, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOHR DIAMETERS; E-BEAM EVAPORATORS; PINNED STEP BUNCHES; SURFACE MICROSTRUCTURES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EVAPORATORS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; NUCLEATION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 20944433762     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1940128     Document Type: Article

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