Au(111)-based nanotemplates by Gd alloying

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1603-1611

  Corso, Martina ^a   Fernández, Laura ^a   Schiller, Frederik ^b   Ortega, José Enrique ^a,b,c  

^a DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Data storage; Gd Au nanostructures; Gold; Nanotemplate; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

AREAL DENSITIES; AU NANOSTRUCTURE; AU(1 1 1 ); AU(111) FILMS; DATA STORAGE; GD-AU NANOSTRUCTURES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NANO-DOT ARRAYS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANODOTS; NANOTEMPLATES; REACTIVE DEPOSITION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION; SURFACE COMPOUNDS; TEST EXAMPLES;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; GADOLINIUM; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SELF ASSEMBLY; VACUUM;

GOLD COATINGS;

EID: 77950120507     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901345s     Document Type: Article

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