Conductance of a conjugated molecule with carbon nanotube contacts

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Bruque, Nicolas A ^a   Ashraf, M K ^a   Beran, Gregory J O ^a   Helander, Thomas R ^b   Lake, Roger K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 72449130144     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155455     Document Type: Article

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