Evidence of Sn adatoms quantum tunneling at the α-Sn/Si(111) surface

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Ronci, Fabio ^a   Colonna, Stefano ^a   Cricenti, Antonio ^a   Le Lay, Guy ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADATOMS; ARRHENIUS PLOTS; DYNAMIC MODELS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

ARRHENIUS LAW; DYNAMICAL FLUCTUATION MODEL; LOW-TEMPERATURE SCANNING; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; QUANTUM TUNNELING;

TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 35348954777     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.166103     Document Type: Article

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