Directed assembly of Ru nanoclusters on Ru(0001)-supported graphene: STM studies and atomistic modeling

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Engstfeld, Albert K ^a   Hoster, Harry E ^a,e   Behm, R Juergen ^a   Roelofs, Lyle D ^b   Liu, Xiaojie ^c   Wang, Cai Zhuang ^c   Han, Yong ^d   Evans, James W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Colgate University ^*  (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TUM CREATE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84865644252     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.085442085442     Document Type: Article

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