Advantages and limitations of transition voltage spectroscopy: A theoretical analysis

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Mirjani, F ^a   Thijssen, J M ^a   Van Der Molen, S J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 80053587142     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.115402     Document Type: Article

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