Vibrational circular dichroism

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 403-425

  Magyarfalvi, Gábor ^a   Tarczay, György ^a   Vass, Elemér ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE CONFIGURATION; CONFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS; FIRST-PRINCIPLE APPROACH; THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL EVALUATION; THEORETICAL SIMULATION; VIBRATIONAL CIRCULAR DICHROISM; VIBRATIONAL CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY;

CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

DICHROISM;

EID: 79955858112     PISSN: 17590876     EISSN: 17590884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcms.39     Document Type: Review

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