Rotation of C60 in a single-molecule contact

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Neel N ^a   Limot, L ^a,b   Kroger J ^a   Berndt, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

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EID: 41549121473     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.125431     Document Type: Article

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