Current rectification in molecular junctions produced by local potential fields

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Kostyrko, Tomasz ^a   García Suárez, Víctor M ^b,c   Lambert, Colin J ^c   Bułka, Bogdan R ^d  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b CINN CSIC UNIOVI PA   (Spain)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

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EID: 77954882233     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.085308     Document Type: Article

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