Quantum size effect on the diffusion barriers and growth morphology of Pb/Si(111)

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Chan, T L ^a   Wang, C Z ^a   Hupalo, M ^a   Tringides, M C ^a   Ho, K M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FUNCTIONS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; OSCILLATIONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THIN FILMS;

DIFFUSION BARRIERS; GROWTH MORPHOLOGY; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECT (QSE); UNSTABLE HEIGHTS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 33744801383     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.226102     Document Type: Article

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