Effect of oxygen gas pressure on orientations of Cu2O nuclei during the initial oxidation of Cu(100), (110) and (111)
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a Department of Mechanical Engineering & Multidisciplinary Program in Materials Science and Engineering, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY 13902, United States b Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States c Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
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