Interaction between n-alkane chains: Applicability of the empirically corrected density functional theory for Van der Waals complexes

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 755-763

  Goursot, Annick ^a   Mineva, Tzonka ^a   Kevorkyants, Ruslan ^a   Talbi, Dahbia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

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EID: 36148978484     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct600373f     Document Type: Article

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