Tuning the electron transport of molecular junctions by chemically functionalizing anchoring groups: First-principles study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 24, 2012, Pages

  Tsukamoto, Shigeru ^a   Caciuc, Vasile ^a   Atodiresei, Nicolae ^a   Blügel, Stefan ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84863307396     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.245435     Document Type: Article

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