Enhancement of intramolecular electron scattering due to molecule-electrode coupling in molecular junction systems

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Kondo, Hisashi ^a,b   Nara, Jun ^b   Ohno, Takahisa ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 77954867420     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.085318     Document Type: Article

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