Formation of new terraces via diffusion induced by the field gradient in scanning tunneling microscopy

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Mendez J ^a,b   Gomez Herrero J ^a   Pascual, J I ^a   Baro A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU(110); DIRECTIONAL DIFFUSION; ELECTRICAL FIELD GRADIENTS; FIELD GRADIENT; METAL SURFACES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES;

LANDFORMS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; WIND TUNNELS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

EID: 73149097860     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003390051239     Document Type: Article

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