Six unimolecular rectifiers and what lies ahead

Lecture Notes in Physics

Volumn 680, Issue , 2006, Pages 313-349

  Metzger, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 33749016214     PISSN: 00758450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-31514-4_13     Document Type: Article

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