Organometallic nanojunctions probed by different chemistries: Thermo-, photo-, and mechano-chemistry

Advances in Solid State Physics

Volumn 48, Issue , 2009, Pages 219-235

  Konôpka, Martin ^a   Turanský, Robert ^a   Doltsinis, Nikos L ^b,c   Marx, Dominik ^b   Štich, Ivan ^d  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

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EID: 57149100631     PISSN: 14384329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-85859-1_18     Document Type: Article

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