Molecular dynamics simulations of a molecular electronics device: The nanocell

Computational Chemistry: Reviews Of Current Trends, Vol. 9

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 85-120

  Seminario, Jorge ^b   Derosa, Pedro ^c   Cordova, Luis ^a   Bozard, Brian ^d  

^a Texas A&M University ^*

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1142/9789812701305_0003     Document Type: Chapter

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