Competing mechanisms for singlet-triplet transition in artificial molecules

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Bellucci, Devis ^a   Rontani, Massimo ^a   Troiani, Filippo ^a   Goldoni, Guido ^a   Molinari, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ENERGY TRANSFER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 37649029534     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.201308     Document Type: Article

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