Fundamentals in the design of molecular electronic devices: Long-range charge carrier transport and electronic coupling

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-207

  Fox, Marye Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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DIMERIZATION; ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

EID: 0032909927     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar9600953     Document Type: Review

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