Flexing analysis of ethane internal rotation energetics

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4268-4275

  Goodman, Lionel ^a   Gu, Hongbing ^a   Pophristic, Vojislava ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001220485     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.478310     Document Type: Article

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