Surface self-organization caused by dislocation networks

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5765, 2006, Pages 1272-1274

  Thürmer, Konrad ^a   Hwang, Robert Q ^a,b   Bartelt, Norman C ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILMS; MONOLAYERS; RUTHENIUM; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ARRAY OF HOLES; MECHANISM; ROBUST SURFACE ORDERING; SELF-ORGANIZATION; SILVER MONOLAYER;

DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS);

SILVER; SULFUR;

DISLOCATION;

ARTICLE; ATOM; FILM; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644678002     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1120224     Document Type: Article

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