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Probing the Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy
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Evidence that amorphous water below 160 K is not a fragile liquid

Sean M McClure, Douglas J Safarik, Thomas M Truskett

    The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B
    |June 15, 2006
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