Water versus acetonitrile coordination to uranyl. Density functional study of cooperative polarization effects in solution

Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 299-308

  Bühl, Michael ^a   Sieffert, Nicolas ^a   Chaumont, Alain ^b   Wipff, Georges ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UMR 7509 du CNRS   (France)

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EID: 78650715734     PISSN: 00201669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ic101950d     Document Type: Article

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