Suppression of single-molecule conductance fluctuations using extended anchor groups on graphene and carbon-nanotube electrodes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Péterfalvi, Csaba G ^a   Lambert, Colin J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84865641360     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.085443     Document Type: Article

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