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Current rectification in molecular junctions produced by local potential fields. / Kostyrko, Tomasz; Garcia-Suarez, Victor M.; Lambert, Colin J. et al.
In: Physical review B, Vol. 81, No. 8, 085308, 02.2010, p. -.

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Kostyrko, T, Garcia-Suarez, VM, Lambert, CJ & Bulka, BR 2010, 'Current rectification in molecular junctions produced by local potential fields', Physical review B, vol. 81, no. 8, 085308, pp. -. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.085308

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Kostyrko, T., Garcia-Suarez, V. M., Lambert, C. J., & Bulka, B. R. (2010). Current rectification in molecular junctions produced by local potential fields. Physical review B, 81(8), -. Article 085308. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.085308

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Kostyrko T, Garcia-Suarez VM, Lambert CJ, Bulka BR. Current rectification in molecular junctions produced by local potential fields. Physical review B. 2010 Feb;81(8):-. 085308. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.085308

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Kostyrko, Tomasz ; Garcia-Suarez, Victor M. ; Lambert, Colin J. et al. / Current rectification in molecular junctions produced by local potential fields. In: Physical review B. 2010 ; Vol. 81, No. 8. pp. -.

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