Density pair correlation functions for molecular liquids: Approximations for polymers

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 10499-10512

  Donley, James P ^a   Rajasekaran, J J ^b   Liu, Andrea J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0005679156     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.477732     Document Type: Article

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