Electron transmission through organized organic thin films

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 291-299

  Naaman, Ron ^a   Vager, Zeev ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; FILM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PROBABILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0038518285     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar010008t     Document Type: Article

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