Nonequilibrium phonon effects on transport properties through atomic and molecular bridge junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Asai, Yoshihiro ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 49149100893     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.045434     Document Type: Article

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