Quantum master equation for electron transport through quantum dots and single molecules

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Harbola, Upendra ^a   Esposito, Massimiliano ^a,b   Mukamel, Shaul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 33845334203     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.235309     Document Type: Article

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