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Qiong Zhang1, Yaoquan Tu, He Tian

  • 1Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Center, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B
|April 17, 2010
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