Understanding the electroluminescence emitted by single molecules in scanning tunneling microscopy experiments

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Buker, John ^a   Kirczenow, George ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 52949153618     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.125107     Document Type: Article

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