Electronic Properties of Polymer Crystals: The Effect of Interchain Interactions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4-

  Ferretti, Andrea ^a   Ruini, Alice ^a   Molinari, Elisa ^a   Caldas, Marilia J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 85038291163     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.086401     Document Type: Article

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