Conductance spectra of molecular wires

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2874-2882

  Tian, Weidong ^a   Datta, Supriyo ^a   Hong, Seunghun ^a   Reifenberger, R ^a   Henderson, Jason I ^a   Kubiak, Clifford P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0004419840     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.476841     Document Type: Article

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