Magnetoresistance of nanoscale molecular devices

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-117

  Hod, Oded ^a   Rabani, Eran ^a   Baer, Roi ^b,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33645003913     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar0401909     Document Type: Review

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