CAGE: Software for a Critical Analysis of 2H Spin-Lattice Relaxation in Liquid Crystals

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1006-1014

  Calucci, Lucia ^a   Geppi, Marco ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL RELAXATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTIMIZATION;

SPIN-LATTICE RELAXATION;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0035412808     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci000169w     Document Type: Article

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