Ab initio study of charge transport through single oxygen molecules in atomic aluminum contacts

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Wohlthat, S ^a,b,d   Pauly, F ^a,b   Viljas, J K ^a,b   Cuevas, J C ^a,b,c   Schön, Gerd ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 34547993988     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.075413     Document Type: Article

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