Coherent charge transport through molecular wires: Exciton blocking and current from electronic excitations in the wire

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Li, Guangqi ^a   Fainberg, Boris D ^a,b   Nitzan, Abraham ^a   Kohler, Sigmund ^c   Hänggi, Peter ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 77955363201     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.165310     Document Type: Article

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