Structure and dynamics of the Th4+-ion in aqueous solution - An ab initio QMCF-MD study

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 1022, Issue , 2013, Pages 94-102

  Canaval, Lorenz R ^a   Weiss, Alexander K H ^a   Rode, Bernd M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Hydration structure; Intrashell dynamics; QMCF MD; Structure of liquids; Thorium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884389336     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2013.08.020     Document Type: Article

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