Electron transfer through rigid organic molecular wires enhanced by electronic and electron-vibration coupling

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 899-905

  Sukegawa, Junpei ^a   Schubert, Christina ^b   Zhu, Xiaozhang ^a   Tsuji, Hayato ^a,c   Guldi, Dirk M ^b   Nakamura, Eiichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 84908450369     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2026     Document Type: Article

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