Creation and recovery of a W(111) single atom gas field ion source

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 136, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Pitters, Jason L ^a   Urban, Radovan ^b   Wolkow, Robert A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE AXIS; ETCHING METHOD; FIELD EVAPORATION; FORMATION PROCEDURE; GAS FIELDS; ION EMISSIONS; ION SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; POLYCRYSTALLINE; PREPARATION METHOD; REMOVAL PROCESS; SINGLE ATOMS; SINGLE-ATOM TIPS; SYMMETRIC STRUCTURES;

ETCHING; GAS INDUSTRY; ION SOURCES; TUNGSTEN;

ATOMS;

EID: 84860205394     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3702209     Document Type: Article

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