Current noise in molecular junctions: Effects of the electron-phonon interaction

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Haupt, Federica ^a   Novotný, Tomá ^b   Belzig, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 78149339315     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.165441     Document Type: Article

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