Effect of the atomic configuration of gold electrodes on the electrical conduction of alkanedithiol molecules

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Muller K H ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 33244494213     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.045403     Document Type: Article

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