Single-molecule electrochemistry: Present status and outlook

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 369-377

  Lemay, Serge G ^a   Kang, Shuo ^a   Mathwig, Klaus ^a   Singh, Pradyumna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84874079923     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar300169d     Document Type: Article

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