Correction of systematic errors in scanning tunneling spectra on semiconductor surfaces: The energy gap of Si(111)- 7×7 at 0.3 K

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Modesti, S ^a,b,c   Gutzmann, H ^c   Wiebe, J ^c   Wiesendanger, R ^c  

^a LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 70350704896     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.125326     Document Type: Article

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