Anomalous pressure dependence of the electronic properties of molecular crystals explained by changes in intermolecular electronic coupling
- Award ID(s):
- 1554428
- Publication Date:
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10198083
- Journal Name:
- Synthetic Metals
- Volume:
- 253
- Issue:
- C
- Page Range or eLocation-ID:
- 9 to 19
- ISSN:
- 0379-6779
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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