Vibration-induced correction to the current through a single molecule

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Egger, R ^a   Gogolin, A O ^a,b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 41449099954     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.113405     Document Type: Article

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