Asymmetry and rectification in the tunnel current of a nanometer-sized metal-conjugated polymer-metal junction

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 6774-6778

  Yau, S T ^a   Zhang, C ^b   Innis, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0041919014     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.481252     Document Type: Article

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