Stability of Rocksalt (111) polar surfaces: Beyond the octopole

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Finocchi, Fabio ^a   Barbier, Antoine ^b   Jupille, Jacques ^a   Noguera, Claudine ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM;

GRAZING INCIDENCE X RAY DIFFRACTION (GIXD); MOTIFS; POLARITY; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM;

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 2342472524     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.136101     Document Type: Article

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