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spellingShingle Radhakrishnan, Ravi, Trout, Bernhardt L., The Journal of Chemical Physics, A new approach for studying nucleation phenomena using molecular simulations: Application to CO2 hydrate clathrates, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, General Physics and Astronomy
title A new approach for studying nucleation phenomena using molecular simulations: Application to CO2 hydrate clathrates
title_full A new approach for studying nucleation phenomena using molecular simulations: Application to CO2 hydrate clathrates
title_fullStr A new approach for studying nucleation phenomena using molecular simulations: Application to CO2 hydrate clathrates
title_full_unstemmed A new approach for studying nucleation phenomena using molecular simulations: Application to CO2 hydrate clathrates
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title_sort a new approach for studying nucleation phenomena using molecular simulations: application to co2 hydrate clathrates
title_unstemmed A new approach for studying nucleation phenomena using molecular simulations: Application to CO2 hydrate clathrates
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