Electrical conductance of individual molecules

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2001, Pages

  Lang, N D ^a   Avouris, P ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0035883571     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.125323     Document Type: Article

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