Time-dependent density functional study of transport in molecular junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Varga, Kálmán ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79961109039     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.195130     Document Type: Article

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