Electrolytic in situ STM investigation of h-BN-Nanomesh

Electrochemistry Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2484-2488

  Widmer, Roland ^a   Berner, Simon ^b   Gröning, Oliver ^a   Brugger, Thomas ^b   Osterwalder, Jürg ^b   Greber, Thomas ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b PHYSIK INSTITUT DER UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Boron nitride; Electrolytic STM; Impedance spectroscopy; Nanomesh; Template

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BORON NITRIDE; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DESORPTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC ANALYSIS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; PYROLYSIS; RHODIUM; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM;

DIELECTRIC LAYER; ELECTROLYTIC STM; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SATURATED MERCURY SULPHATE REFERENCE ELECTRODE (MSE);

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 34548608786     PISSN: 13882481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2007.07.019     Document Type: Article

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