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Introducing Molecular Electronics: A Brief Overview

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 680))

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We give a brief account of the foundations, state-of-the-art, major topics, and challenges of charge transport at the molecular scale. This summary is not aiming at completeness, but rather gives an overview of what follows in the different chapters of this volume.

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  1. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, 93040, Germany

    Gianaurelio Cuniberti & Klaus Richter

  2. Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings, Prospect Row, Ireland

    Giorgos Fagas

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, Regensburg, 93053, Germany

    Gianaurelio Cuniberti  & Klaus Richter  & 

  2. Nanotechnology Group, National Microelectronics Research Center (NMRC), Lee Maltings, Cork, Ireland

    Giorgos Fagas

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Cuniberti, G., Fagas, G., Richter, K. (2006). Introducing Molecular Electronics: A Brief Overview. In: Cuniberti, G., Richter, K., Fagas, G. (eds) Introducing Molecular Electronics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 680. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31514-4_1

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