Multimode vibrational effects in single-molecule conductance: A nonequilibrium Green's function approach

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Hartle R ^a   Benesch, C ^a   Thoss, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 43949145294     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.205314     Document Type: Article

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