Polymers and oligomers of carbon dioxide: Ab initio and semiempirical calculations

Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-15

  Lewars, Errol ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculation; Carbon dioxide polymer; Semiempirical calculation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002491495     PISSN: 01661280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-1280(95)04420-5     Document Type: Article

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