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Title: Charge separation at nanoscale interfaces: Energy-level alignment including two-quasiparticle interactions

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1223594
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0006433
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: The Journal of Chemical Physics Journal Volume: 141 Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Li, Huashan, Lin, Zhibin, Lusk, Mark T., and Wu, Zhigang. Charge separation at nanoscale interfaces: Energy-level alignment including two-quasiparticle interactions. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4898155.
Li, Huashan, Lin, Zhibin, Lusk, Mark T., & Wu, Zhigang. Charge separation at nanoscale interfaces: Energy-level alignment including two-quasiparticle interactions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4898155
Li, Huashan, Lin, Zhibin, Lusk, Mark T., and Wu, Zhigang. Fri . "Charge separation at nanoscale interfaces: Energy-level alignment including two-quasiparticle interactions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4898155.
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