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Ramon Reigada1, Alexander S Mikhailov2,3

  • 1Departament de Química Física i Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.

Physical Review. E
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