The STM view of the initial stages of polycrystalline Ag film formation

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Polop, Celia ^a,b   Rosiepen, Christian ^a   Bleikamp, Sebastian ^a   Drese, Robert ^a   Mayer, Joachim ^a   Dimyati, Arbi ^a   Michely, Thomas ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; FILM THICKNESS; IN SITU PROCESSING; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILVER; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

FILM FORMATION; FORMATION PROCESSES; IN SITU SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY; ULTRA HIGH VACUUM CONDITIONS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33947624169     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/9/3/074     Document Type: Article

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