Why is it so difficult to simulate entropies, free energies, and their differences?

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 607-614

  Reinhardt, W P ^a   Miller, M A ^a   Amon, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTROPY; MODEL; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034868045     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar950181n     Document Type: Article

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