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Multiscale Sampling of a Heterogeneous Water/Metal Catalyst Interface using Density Functional Theory and Force-Field Molecular Dynamics
Published on: April 12, 2019
Retraction Note: Mathematical modeling and computation of NM-polynomial indices for physicochemical properties
Qasem M Tawhari1, Muhammad Naeem2, Ali N A Koam1
1Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Jazan University, 45142, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Scientific Reports
|May 26, 2026
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