Rectification by charging: Contact-induced current asymmetry in molecular conductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Miller, O D ^a   Muralidharan, B ^b   Kapur, N ^a   Ghosh, A W ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41549114151     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.125427     Document Type: Article

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