Electronic transport properties of molecular bipyridine junctions: Effects of isomer and contact structures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Li, Zong Liang ^a   Zou, Bin ^a   Wang, Chuan Kui ^a   Luo, Yi ^b  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 33644531908     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.075326     Document Type: Article

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