Life and death: The ultimate phase transformation

Thermochimica Acta

Volumn 280-281, Issue SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 1-13

  Hench, Larry L ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiral; Death; Entropic barrier; Life; Molecular orbital calculations; Order factors; Phase transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 6844247283     PISSN: 00406031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-6031(95)02632-0     Document Type: Article

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