First principles study of alkali-tyrosine complexes: Alkali solvation and redox properties

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1049-1056

  Costanzo, Francesca ^a   Sulpizi, Marialore ^b   Valle, Raffaele Guido Della ^a   Sprik, Michiel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 58149263305     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct8000415     Document Type: Article

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