Single-molecule spectroscopy: The road ahead

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 10938-10946

  Orrit, Michel ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES; LIQUID HELIUM TEMPERATURE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037461480     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1521152     Document Type: Article

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