Tuning the conductance of molecular junctions: Transparent versus tunneling regimes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Ferrer, J ^a   Garcia Suarez V M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70349467429     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.085426     Document Type: Article

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