Effects of isotope substitution on local heating and inelastic current in hydrogen molecular junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Chen, Yu Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 58149236708     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.233310     Document Type: Article

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