Integral equation and thermodynamic perturbation theory for a two-dimensional model of chain-forming fluid

Tomaz Urbic1

  • 1University of Ljubljana, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Chair of Physical Chemistry, Večna pot 113, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Journal of Molecular Liquids
|July 22, 2017
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