- PAR ID:
- 10053168
- Publisher / Repository:
- American Institute of Physics
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Volume:
- 142
- Issue:
- 23
- ISSN:
- 0021-9606
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- Article No. 234307
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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