Morphology, surface structures, and magnetic properties of MnSb thin films and nanocrystallites grown on graphite

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Zhang, Hongliang ^b   Kushvaha, Sunil S ^b   Wee, Andrew T S ^b   Wang, Xue Sen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; GRAPHITE; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MANGANESE ALLOYS; NANOCRYSTALLITES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM;

ATOMIC LAYERS; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE (HOPG); NOMINAL DEPOSITION; SB WETTING LAYER;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 34547601435     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2757201     Document Type: Article

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