Monte Carlo simulation of cluster growth in surface defects induced by the tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope

Surface Science

Volumn 571, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages

  Luque, N B ^a   Del Popolo M G ^b   Leiva, E P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemisorption; Clusters; Copper; Gold; Monte Carlo simulations; Surface defects

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; GOLD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ATOMIC LAYERS; CLUSTER GROWTH; SURFACE DEFECTS;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 6444239464     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2004.08.013     Document Type: Article

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