Hopping domain wall induced by paired adatoms on an atomic wire: Si(111)-(5×2)-Au

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Kang, Pil Gyu ^a   Jeong, Hojin ^a   Yeom, Han Woong ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SOLITONS;

ATOMIC WIRES; DYNAMIC FLUCTUATION;

ADATOMS;

EID: 42149123852     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.146103     Document Type: Article

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