Core-electron x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of the evolution of nearly flat, terraced, homogeneously H-terminated Si(100) during prolonged exposure to air at room temperature

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Cerofolini, G F ^a   Galati, C ^a   Reina, S ^a   Renna, L ^a   Spinella, N ^a   Condorelli, G G ^b  

^a STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

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EID: 33845241280     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.235407     Document Type: Article

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