Linear aggregation beyond isodesmic symmetry

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Henderson, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXACTLY SOLVABLE MODELS; ISODESMIC; LINEAR AGGREGATIONS; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS; REAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 59349091026     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3063099     Document Type: Article

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