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Markus Jäckle1, Axel Groß1

  • 1Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany and Helmholtz Institut Ulm (HIU) Electrochemical Energy Storage, 89069 Ulm, Germany.

The Journal of Chemical Physics
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