Structure and morphology of thin MgO films on Mo(001)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Benedetti, S ^a   Torelli, P ^a   Valeri, S ^a   Benia, H M ^b   Nilius, N ^b   Renaud, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

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EID: 56349096292     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.195411     Document Type: Article

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