Surface modification of oxides by electron-stimulated desorption for growth-mode control of metal films: Experiment and density-functional calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Mentes T O ^a   Locatelli, A ^a   Aballe, L ^a,d   Pavlovska, A ^b   Bauer, E ^b   Pabisiak, T ^c   Kiejna, A ^c  

^a SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^d ALBA SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE   (Spain)

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EID: 35348852562     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.155413     Document Type: Article

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