A computational study of hexachlorobenzene-soil organic matter-interactions

Journal of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Ahmed, Ashour A ^a,b   Leinweber, Peter ^a   Kühn, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

density functional theory; dispersion interaction; hexachlorobenzene; persistent organic pollutants; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892872516     PISSN: 02196336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219633614500096     Document Type: Article

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