Electronic Structure Analysis of the Nonlinear Optical Materials 4-Nitropyridine N-Oxide (NPO) and 3-Methyl-4-nitropyridine N-Oxide (POM)

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-35

  Glaser, Rainer ^a   Chen, Grace Shiahuy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0003078101     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm960433u     Document Type: Article

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