Rule for structures of open metal surfaces

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Sun, Y Y ^a   Xu, H ^a   Feng, Y P ^a   Huan, A C H ^a   Wee, A T S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYERS; LATTICE GROWTH; MELTING POINTS; METAL SURFACES;

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; CRYSTAL GROWTH; KINETIC ENERGY; MULTILAYERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

METAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862451688     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.136102     Document Type: Article

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