Validity of the Wiedemann-Franz law in small molecular wires

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Balachandran, Vinitha ^a   Bosisio, Riccardo ^a,c   Benenti, Giuliano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

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EID: 84864590842     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.035433     Document Type: Article

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