Quantum size effect induced dilute atomic layers in ultrathin Al films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Jiang, Ying ^a,b   Wu, Kehui ^a   Tang, Zhe ^a   Ebert, Ph ^b   Wang, E G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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EID: 34447333091     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.035409     Document Type: Article

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