Electrostatic and dynamical effects of an aqueous solution on the zero-bias conductance of a single molecule: A first-principles study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Tawara, Arihiro ^a,b   Tada, Tomofumi ^a,b   Watanabe, Satoshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 70249139453     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.073409     Document Type: Article

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