Tunneling mechanism implications from an STM study of H3C(CH2)15HC=C=CH(CH2) 15CH3 on graphite and C14H29OH on MoS2

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 103, Issue 34, 1999, Pages 7077-7080

  Claypool, Christopher L ^a   Faglioni, Francesco ^a   Goddard III, William A ^a   Lewis, Nathan S ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 0001517607     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp991463y     Document Type: Article

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