Many-body theory of electronic transport in single-molecule heterojunctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 24, 2009, Pages

  Bergfield, J P ^a   Stafford, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 68949131495     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.245125     Document Type: Article

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