Molecular junctions in the Coulomb blockade regime: Rectification and nesting

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Song, Bo ^a   Ryndyk, Dmitry A ^a   Cuniberti, Gianaurelio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 34447297846     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.045408     Document Type: Article

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