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Phys Rev Lett
; 98(18): 186101, 2007 May 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17501588
ABSTRACT
Phase transitions in a quasi-one-dimensional surface system on a metal substrate are investigated as a function of temperature. Upon cooling the system shows a loss of long-range order, fluctuations, and a transition into an inhomogeneous ground state due to competition of local adsorbate-adsorbate interactions with an incommensurate charge density wave. This agrees with a general phase diagram for correlated systems and high-temperature superconductors. The model surface system allows direct imaging of the fluctuations and the glassy inhomogeneous ground state by scanning tunneling microscopy.
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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
; 43(41): 5546-9, 2004 Oct 18.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15484231