Stoichiometry, contamination and microstructure of MnSb(0 0 0 1) surfaces

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 255, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3567-3575

  Hatfield, S A ^a   Aldous, J D ^a   Bell, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ferromagnet semiconductor interface; Half metal; MBE; MnSb; Surface cleaning; Surface contamination; Wet etching; XPS

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ION BOMBARDMENT; METAL CLEANING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE CLEANING; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; WET ETCHING;

EPITAXIALLY GROWN; HALF METALS; MNSB; SAMPLE SURFACE; SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES; SMOOTH SURFACE; STOICHIOMETRIC SURFACES; SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 57849089273     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.09.082     Document Type: Article

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