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Title: The central role of entropy in adiabatic ensembles and its application to phase transitions in the grand-isobaric adiabatic ensemble
Award ID(s):
1955403
PAR ID:
10215817
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume:
153
Issue:
9
ISSN:
0021-9606
Page Range / eLocation ID:
094114
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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