Molecular self-organization: Predicting the pattern diversity and lowest energy state of competing ordering motifs

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Hermann, B A ^a   Rohr, C ^a   Balbas Gambra M ^b   Malecki, A ^a   Malarek, M S ^c   Frey, E ^b   Franosch, T ^b,d  

^a WALTHER MEISSNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 78149355929     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.165451     Document Type: Article

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