Deriving the isothermal-isobaric ensemble: The requirement of a "shell" molecule and applicability to small systems

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 7959-7966

  Corti, David S ^a   Soto Campos, Gerardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000673283     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.476236     Document Type: Article

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