A self-directed growth process for creating covalently bonded molecular assemblies on the H-Si(100)-3x1 surface

Nano Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 979-983

  Tong, Xiao ^a   Dilabio, Gino A ^a   Wolkow, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; HYDROGEN; SILICON;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATOM; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTALLIZATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 2642559387     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl049796g     Document Type: Article

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