Molecular dynamics of surface-moving thermally driven nanocars

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 652-656

  Akimov, Alexei V ^a,c   Nemukhin, Alexander V ^a,b   Moskovsky, Alexander A ^a,b   Kolomeisky, Anatoly B ^c   Tour, James M ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b EMANUEL INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58149122701     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct7002594     Document Type: Article

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