Quantum Correlation Effects in Electron Dynamics in Molecular Wires and Solar Cells. The Nonequilibrium Green's Function Approach

Advances in Quantum Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue , 2011, Pages 261-315

  Kolesov, Grigory ^a   Dahnovsky, Yuri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 79960306050     PISSN: 00653276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386013-2.00005-X     Document Type: Book

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