Single-molecule vibrations, conformational changes, and electronic conductivity of five-membered heterocycles

J Gaudioso1, W Ho

  • 1Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Cornell Center for Materials Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.

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