Electron transport through correlated molecules computed using the time-independent Wigner function: Two critical tests

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Bâldea, Ioan ^a,b   Köppel, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

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EID: 52949133050     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.115315     Document Type: Article

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