Self-ordered vicinal-surface-like nanosteps at the thin metal-film/substrate interface

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 12149-12155

  Borukhin, Shirly ^a   Saguy, Cecile ^a   Koifman, Maria ^a   Pokroy, Boaz ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; ATOMIC STEP; LOW SURFACE ENERGY; METAL THIN FILM; NANO-STEP; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SELF FORMATION; STEPPED SURFACES; SURFACE SPUTTERING; TEMPLATE STRIPPING; VICINAL SURFACE;

ATOMS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MICROELECTRONICS; NANOWIRES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACES;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84861945562     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp303205n     Document Type: Article

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