Microscopic theory of single-electron tunneling through molecular-assembled metallic nanoparticles
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review B
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0163-1829,1095-3795
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.68.235410