Current-voltage characteristics in donor-acceptor systems: Implications of a spatially varying electric field

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 19, 2005, Pages

  Lakshmi, S ^a   Pati, Swapan K ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

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EID: 29744440640     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.193410     Document Type: Article

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