Surface diffusion of Pb single adatoms on the Si (111)- (3×3) R30°-Pb system

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Brihuega, I ^a,b   Ugeda, M M ^a   Gomez Rodriguez J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 34447621804     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.035422     Document Type: Article

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