Universality in the low-voltage transport response of molecular wires physisorbed onto graphene electrodes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 23, 2013, Pages

  Garcia Suarez V M ^a,b,c   Ferradas R ^a,b   Carrascal, D ^a,b   Ferrer, J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b CINN CSIC UNIOVI PA   (Spain)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84879723344     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.235425     Document Type: Article

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