Topological analysis of the interactions between organic molecules and Co(Ni)MoS Catalytic active phases

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 580-593

  Krebs, Emmanuel ^a,b   Silvi, Bernard ^b   Raybaud, Pascal ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

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EID: 65249124618     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct800344r     Document Type: Article

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