Scanning tunneling microscope assisted nanostructure formation: Two excitation mechanisms for precursor molecules

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4949-4953

  Lyubinetsky, I ^a   Mezhenny, S ^a   Choyke, W J ^a   Yates Jr , J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 3242832758     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.371464     Document Type: Article

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