Electroluminescence spectra in weakly coupled single-molecule junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Seldenthuis, J S ^a   Van Der Zant, H S J ^a   Ratner, M A ^b   Thijssen, J M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77955730449     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.205430     Document Type: Article

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