Resonances in low-energy electron transmission through organized organic films: evidence for molecular quantum wells

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 13347-13350

  Waldeck, D H ^a   Naaman, R ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 0012536423     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.60.13347     Document Type: Article

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