Gold nanoclusters on alkali halide surfaces: Charging and tunneling

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 25, 2006, Pages

  Barth, Clemens ^a   Henry, Claude R ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; GOLD; HALIDE MINERALS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALKALI HALIDE SURFACES; CHARGE INJECTION; GOLD NANOCLUSTERS; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33845926010     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2410223     Document Type: Article

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