Pb nanowires on vicinal Si(111) surfaces: Effects of refacetting on transport

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Tegenkamp, C ^a   Lukermann D ^a   Akbari, S ^a   Czubanowski, M ^a   Schuster, A ^a   Pfnur H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

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EID: 78649740053     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.205413     Document Type: Article

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