Theoretical Studies of Electron Interactions with DNA and Its Subunits From Tetrahydrofuran to Plasmid DNA

Low-Energy Electronscattering from Molecules, Biomolecules and Surfaces

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 161-230

  Caron, Laurent G ^a   Sanche, Léon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1201/b11360-6     Document Type: Chapter

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