Electric field response of a vibrationally excited molecule in an STM junction

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Ohara, Michiaki ^a,b   Kim, Yousoo ^a   Kawai, Maki ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 57149123301     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.201405     Document Type: Article

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