Interfacial Coupling and Electronic Structure of Two-Dimensional Silicon Grown on the Ag(111) Surface at High Temperature

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Feng, Jiagui ^a   Wagner, Sean R ^a   Zhang, Pengpeng ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84934921783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10310     Document Type: Article

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