Living polymers: Ab initio molecular dynamics study of the initiation step in the polymerization of isoprene induced by ethyl lithium

Journal of the Chemical Society - Faraday Transactions

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 501-508

  Röthlisberger, Ursula ^a   Sprik, Michiel ^b   Klein, Michael L ^c  

^a LABORATORY OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 33748634073     PISSN: 09565000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a707860i     Document Type: Article

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