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Coulomb Explosion Imaging as a Tool to Distinguish Between Stereoisomers
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A tribute to Stanislao Cannizzaro, chemical informationist and photochemist

Heinz D Roth

    Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences : Official Journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology
    |September 23, 2011
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