Organic electronic ratchets doing work

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-55

  Roeling, Erik M ^a   Germs, Wijnand Chr ^a   Smalbrugge, Barry ^a   Geluk, Erik Jan ^a   De Vries, Tjibbe ^a   Janssen, René A J ^a   Kemerink, Martijn ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

THERMODYNAMICS;

CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; CURRENTS AND VOLTAGES; MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS; MOTION OF PARTICLES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM; SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPUTER CIRCUITS;

EID: 78650301924     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2922     Document Type: Article

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