Interaction of adsorbates with electric-field fluctuations near surfaces: Nonradiative lifetimes and energy-level shifts

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Mills, D L ^a   Cao, J X ^a   Wu, Ruqian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34347340603     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.205439     Document Type: Article

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