Surface diffusion constants of large organic molecules determined from their residence times under a scanning tunneling microscope tip

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Ikonomov, J ^a   Bach, P ^a   Merkel, R ^b   Sokolowski, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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EID: 77955372497     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.161412     Document Type: Article

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