Electron transport through single phthalocyanine molecules studied using scanning tunneling microscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Takacs A F ^a   Witt, F ^a   Schmaus, S ^a   Balashov, T ^a   Bowen, M ^b   Beaurepaire, E ^b   Wulfhekel, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

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EID: 58049125361     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.233404     Document Type: Article

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