Electrical Conductance of Molecular Junctions by a Robust Statistical Analysis
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Electrical conductance of molecular junctions by a robust statistical analysis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Nano Letters
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1530-6984,1530-6992
DOI: 10.1021/nl061581e