Observation of a mott insulating ground state for Sn/Ge(111) at low temperature

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Cortes R ^a   Tejeda, A ^b   Lobo, J ^c   Didiot, C ^d   Kierren, B ^d   Malterre, D ^d   Michel, E G ^e   Mascaraque, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE-RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION; METAL-INSULATOR PHASE TRANSITION; MOTT INSULATOR; TRIANGULAR LATTICE;

BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GERMANIUM; GROUND STATE; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOEMISSION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TIN;

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS;

EID: 33645292567     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.126103     Document Type: Article

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