Current rectification by molecules with asymmetric tunneling barriers

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1-11

  Kornilovitch, P E ^a   Bratkovsky, A M ^a   Stanley Williams, R ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 84942093061     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.165436     Document Type: Article

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