A simple way of understanding the nonadditivity of van der Waals dispersion forces

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 344-349

  Farina, C ^a   Santos, F C ^a   Tort, A C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0033438438     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19260     Document Type: Article

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