Structural and electronic analysis of the atomic scale nucleation of Ag on α-Ag2WO4 induced by electron irradiation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Andrés, Juan ^a   Gracia, Lourdes ^a,b   Gonzalez Navarrete, Patricio ^a,b   Longo, Valeria M ^c   Avansi Jr , Waldir ^d   Volanti, Diogo P ^b   Ferrer, Mateus M ^d   Lemos, Pablo S ^d   La Porta, Felipe A ^b   Hernandes, Antonio C ^c   Longo, Elson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

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EID: 84903152807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05391     Document Type: Article

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