Influence of band structure on the apparent barrier height in scanning tunneling microscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Becker, Michael ^a   Berndt, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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EID: 77954825947     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.035426     Document Type: Article

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