Catalytic behaviour of dense hot water

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-62

  Wu, Christine J ^a   Fried, Laurence E ^a   Yang, Lin H ^a   Goldman, Nir ^a   Bastea, Sorin ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRANITRATE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRESSURE;

CATALYSIS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE; PRESSURE; WATER;

EID: 67949121739     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.130     Document Type: Article

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