Formation of Gallium-induced nanostructures on single crystal HOPG surface

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3503-3509

  Sandhu, Jaspreet ^a   Chauhan, Amit Kumar Singh ^a   Govind, ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Gallium; HOPG; Metallic nanostructure; STM; Surface morphology; XPS

Indexed keywords

BASE PRESSURE; CORE-LEVEL SPECTRA; GALLIUM ATOMS; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; HOPG; LAYER STRUCTURES; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACE; QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE GROWTH; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; STM; THERMAL EVAPORATION METHOD; ULTRA-HIGH-VACUUM SYSTEMS;

ADATOMS; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THERMAL EVAPORATION; VACUUM EVAPORATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

GALLIUM; GRAPHITE; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; VACUUM; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80051598255     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-011-0271-9     Document Type: Article

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