Fragmentation pathways of nanofractal structures on surfaces

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Dick, Veronika V ^a   Solov'Yov, Ilia A ^a,b,c   Solov'Yov, Andrey V ^a,b  

^a FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 80053577851     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.115408     Document Type: Article

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