Probing the mechanism of silica polymerization at ambient temperatures using Monte Carlo simulations

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 3219-3224

  Malani, Ateeque ^a   Auerbach, Scott M ^b   Monson, Peter A ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 78149313856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz101046y     Document Type: Article

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