Structural phase transitions in two-dimensional systems: Pb/Ge(111) and Sn/Ge(111)

Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie

Volumn 220, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 663-671

  Cano, Andrés ^a   Levanyuk, Arkadi P ^a   Michel, Enrique G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Defects; Landau theory; Phase transitions; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444448952     PISSN: 00442968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zkri.220.8.663.67072     Document Type: Article

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