Imaging of c(8×2)(4×6) GaAs (001) surface with noncontact atomic force microscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 16, 2005, Pages

  Kolodziej, J J ^a   Such, B ^a   Szymonski, M ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

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EID: 28744440011     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.165419     Document Type: Article

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