Intermolecular coupling enhanced thermopower in single-molecule diketopyrrolopyrrole junctions

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Issue		Natl Sci Open Volume 2, Number 1, 2023


Article Number		20220039
Number of page(s)		11
Section		Chemistry
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1360/nso/20220039
Published online		28 December 2022

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