Computational investigation of the vibrational and electronic states of S2N2

Adam J Bridgeman1, Beth Cunningham

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Kingston-upon-Hull HU6 7RX, UK. a.j.bridgeman@hull.ac.uk

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