Bending molecules or bending the rules? The application of theoretical models in fragrance chemistry

Perspectives on Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 443-465

  Barwich, Ann Sophie ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

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EID: 84946901072     PISSN: 10636145     EISSN: 15309274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/POSC_a_00183     Document Type: Article

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