Roaming atoms and radicals: A new mechanism in molecular dissociation

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 873-881

  Suits, Arthur G ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 49049102311     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar8000734     Document Type: Article

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