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Efficient analysis of highly complex nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of flexible solutes in ordered liquids by

Adrian C J Weber1, Antonio Pizzirusso, Luca Muccioli

  • 1Chemistry Department, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada. adri@chem.ubc.ca

The Journal of Chemical Physics
|May 16, 2012
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