Tunneling dynamics of side chains and defects in proteins, polymer glasses, and OH-doped network glasses

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 8686-8696

  Heuer, Andreas ^a   Neu, Peter ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000134007     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.475021     Document Type: Article

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