Low-dimensional electron gas at semiconductor surfaces

Solid State Communications

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 617-626

  Barke, I ^a   Bennewitz, R ^a   Crain, J N ^a   Erwin, S C ^b   Kirakosian, A ^a   McChesney, J L ^a   Himpsel, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Semiconductors; B. Surfaces and interfaces; C. Scanning tunnelling microscopy; D. Photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRES; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

ATOMIC CHAINS; NON-MAGNETIC SURFACE; SPIN-SPLITTING;

ELECTRON GAS;

EID: 34249006684     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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