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Volume 103, Issue 22

27 November 2009
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A palladium-iron atomic chain forms on a Pd(110) surface after deposition of a submonolayer of iron.

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Pd Atomic Chain Formation as a Result of Submonolayer Deposition of 3d Metals on Pd(110)
D. H. Wei, C. L. Gao, Kh. Zakeri, and M. Przybylski
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 225504 (2009)

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