Thermodynamics of finite magnetic two-isomer systems

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 10689-10693

  Borrmann, Peter ^a   Stamerjohanns, Heinrich ^a   Hilf, Eberhard R ^a   Jund, Philippe ^b,c   Kim, Seong Gon ^b,d   Tománek, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0008294961     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.480423     Document Type: Article

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