Two-dimensional wetting: The role of atomic steps on the nucleation of thin water films on BaF2 (111) at ambient conditions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 132, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Cardellach, M ^a   Verdaguer, A ^a   Santiso, J ^a   Fraxedas, J ^a  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY ICN2   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; ATOMIC STEP; BI-LAYERED STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONS; HEXAGONAL ICE; HIGHER-DEGREE; MORPHOLOGICAL DEFECTS; OPERATION MODE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; STEP EDGE; THIN WATER FILMS;

CONTACT ANGLE; HUMIDITY CONTROL; LATTICE MISMATCH; MONOLAYERS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; WETTING;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77953840725     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3456698     Document Type: Article

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