Engineering atomic and molecular nanostructures at surfaces

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7059, 2005, Pages 671-679

  Barth, Johannes V ^a,b   Costantini, Giovanni ^c   Kern, Klaus ^a,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH;

MICROELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; MOLECULAR MATERIALS; NANOMETER DIMENSIONS; SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; ATOM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; KINETICS; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 27144434143     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04166     Document Type: Review

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