Phonon-mediated negative differential conductance in molecular quantum dots

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Zazunov, Alex ^a,b   Feinberg, Denis ^b   Martin, Thierry ^a  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 33644826983     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.115405     Document Type: Article

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