Structure and magnetism of ultra-thin chromium layers on W(110)

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Santos, B ^a,b   Puerta, J M ^c   Cerda, J I ^c   Stumpf, R ^d   Von Bergmann, K ^e   Wiesendanger, R ^e   Bode, M ^e,f   McCarty, K F ^d   De La Flguera, J ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE MICROANÁLISIS DE MATERIALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; MAGNETISM; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPIN POLARIZATION; TUNGSTEN;

INTERLAYER SPACINGS; LOW-ENERGY ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (LEEM); SPIN-POLARIZED SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY (SP-STM);

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 38349128167     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/1/013005     Document Type: Article

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