Current-voltage characteristics through a single light-sensitive molecule

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Zhang, Chun ^a,e   He, Yao ^a   Cheng, Hai Ping ^a   Xue, Yongqiang ^b   Ratner, Mark A ^c   Zhang, X G ^d   Krstic, Predrag ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 33645463745     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.125445     Document Type: Article

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