Role of Si clusters in the phase transformation and formation of (6x6) -ring structures on 6H-SiC(0001) as a function of temperature: An STM and XPS study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Ong, W J ^a,b   Tok, E S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

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EID: 33144460582     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.045330     Document Type: Article

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