The benzene molecule as a molecular resonant-tunneling transistor

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 76, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 3448-3450

  Di Ventra, M ^a   Pantelides, S T ^a   Lang, N D ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000042026     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.126673     Document Type: Article

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