Initial stages of nickel oxide growth on Ag(001) by pulsed laser deposition

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Phark, S H ^a   Chang, Young Jun ^a   Noh, T W ^a   Kim, J S ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

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EID: 69549103280     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.035426     Document Type: Article

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