Anomalous decay of electronically stabilized lead mesas on Ni(111)

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Bollmann, Tjeerd R J ^a   Van Gastel, Raoul ^a   Zandvliet, Harold J W ^a   Poelsema, Bene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION RATE; DISTINCT EVIDENCE; INTERFACIAL FREE ENERGY; LEAD FILMS; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; WET SURFACES;

BALLOONS;

FREE ENERGY;

EID: 80053178264     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.136103     Document Type: Article

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