Self-selection in size and structure in argon clusters formed on amorphous carbon

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 459, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 169-173

  Krainyukova, Nina V ^a   Van De Waal, Benjamin W ^b  

^a B VERKIN INSTITUTE FOR LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Argon; Crystal growth; Electrondiffraction; Molecular clusters; Structure

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ARGON; CARBON; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; NUCLEATION; SUPERSATURATION;

ELECTRON DIFFRACTOGRAMS; MOLECULAR CLUSTERS; STRUCTURES;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 2942615169     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2003.12.126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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