Coulomb blockade in molecular quantum dots

Central European Journal of Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-19

  Walczak, Kamil ^a,b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coulomb blockade; Molecular electronics; Molecular quantum dot; Rate equation; Transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750930090     PISSN: 18951082     EISSN: 16443608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11534-005-0002-x     Document Type: Article

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