Critical roles of metal-molecule contacts in electron transport through molecular-wire junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Grigoriev, A ^a   Skoldberg J ^a   Wendin, G ^a   Crljen, Z ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

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EID: 33745744515     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.045401     Document Type: Article

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