Single-molecule optoelectronics

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 534-541

  Lee, Tae Hee ^a,b   Gonzalez, Jose I ^a   Zheng, Jie ^a   Dickson, Robert M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23744515834     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar040146t     Document Type: Article

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