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Feeling the squeeze

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Optimizing the electronic functionality of a thermoelectric molecular junction depends on both the chemistry of the molecule and external environmental conditions.

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Figure 1: An illustration of the system studied in ref. 1.

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  1. Gemma Solomon is at the Nano-Science Center and in the Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark,

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