Atomic scale dynamics of ultrasmall germanium clusters

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bals, S ^a   Van Aert, S ^a   Romero, C P ^b   Lauwaet, K ^b   Van Bael, M J ^b   Schoeters, B ^a   Partoens, B ^a   Yucelen E ^c   Lievens, P ^b   Van Tendeloo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

GERMANIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84863308442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1887     Document Type: Article

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