Competing charge ordering and Mott phases in a correlated Sn/Ge(111) two-dimensional triangular lattice
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R. Cortés,1 A. Tejeda,2,3,* J. Lobo-Checa,4 C. Didiot,5 B. Kierren,2 D. Malterre,2 J. Merino,6,7 F. Flores,6 E. G. Michel,7,8 and A. Mascaraque1 1Dto. de Fı́sica de Materiales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain 2Institut Jean Lamour, CNRS Nancy-Université UPV-Metz, 54506 Vandouvre les Nancy, France 3Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, 91192 Gif sur Yvette, France 4Centro de Fı́sica de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, 20018 San Sebastian, Spain 5Institut Jean Lamour, CNRS Université de Lorraine, 54506 Vandouvre les Nancy, France 6Dto. de Fı́sica Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain 7Centro de Investigación de Fı́sica de la Materia Condensada (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain 8Dto. de Fı́sica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain (Received 14 June 2011; revised manuscript received 16 May 2013; published 6 September 2013)
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