The memory of surfaces: Epitaxial growth on quasi-crystals

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1969, 2012, Pages 2930-2948

  McGrath, R ^a   Sharma, H R ^a   Smerdon, J A ^b   Ledieu, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Aluminium palladium manganese; Bismuth; Quasi crystal; Scanning tunnelling microscopy; Surface

Indexed keywords

ADSORBATES; ADSORPTION; BISMUTH; MANGANESE; QUASICRYSTALS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACES;

ADSORBATE-SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS; ALUMINIUM-PALLADIUM-MANGANESE; CRYSTAL SURFACES; ENERGETIC FACTORS; EPITAXIAL STRUCTURE; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; RELATIVE STRENGTH;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

NANOMATERIAL;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84861936807     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0220     Document Type: Review

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