Kinetic rectification of charge transmission through a single molecule
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E. G. Petrov,1 V. May,2 and P. Hänggi3 1Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Metrologichna Street, 14-b, UA-03143 Kiev, Ukraine 2Institut für Physik, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstraße 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany 3Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany Received 7 October 2005; revised manuscript received 22 November 2005; published 11 January 2006
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