Electronic structure, screening, and charging effects at a metal/organic tunneling junction: A first-principles study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 5097-5105

  Lamoen, D ^a   Ballone, P ^a   Parrinello, M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 0000981601     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.54.5097     Document Type: Article

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