Perturbation theory approach to tunneling: Direct and resonance transmission in super-exchange models

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1569-1579

  Galperin, Misha ^a   Segal, Dvira ^a   Nitzan, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0001415743     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.479416     Document Type: Article

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