Dependence of degree of orientation of copper oxide nuclei on oxygen pressure during initial stages of copper oxidation

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Luo, Langli ^a   Kang, Yihong ^b   Liu, Zhenyu ^b   Yang, Judith C ^b   Zhou, Guangwen ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

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EID: 84860521339     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.155418     Document Type: Article

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