Atomic structure, energetics, and dynamics of topological solitons in indium chains on Si(111) surfaces

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Choi, Jin Ho ^b   Xu, Yang ^a   Wang, Xiuxia ^a   Zhai, Xiaofang ^a   Wang, Bing ^a   Zeng, Changgan ^a   Cho, Jun Hyung ^b   Zhang, Zhenyu ^a,c   Hou, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC STRUCTURE; BAND GAPS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; LOCAL ELECTRIC FIELD; LOW MOBILITY; SI (1 1 1); SOLITON DYNAMICS; SOLITON FORMATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOPOLOGICAL SOLITON;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TOPOLOGY;

SOLITONS;

EID: 78651423301     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.026801     Document Type: Article

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