Theory of electrical rectification in a molecular monolayer

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2001, Pages

  Krzeminski, C ^a   Delerue, C ^a   Allan, G ^a   Vuillaume, D ^a   Metzger, R M ^b  

^a Institut Superieur de l'Electronique et du Numerique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GOLD; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; MOLECULE; THEORY;

EID: 0035880819     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.085405     Document Type: Article

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