Tailoring the Fermi level of the leads in molecular-electronic devices

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Garcia Suarez V M ^a   Lambert, C J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 58049104593     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.235412     Document Type: Article

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