FigsharePub Date : 2017-10-11DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b06935.s001
AkilaC. Thenuwara (1476748), Nuwan H. Attanayake (4505872), Jie Yu (150626), John P. Perdew (2006074), Evert J. Elzinga (1406800), Qimin Yan (1752490), Daniel R. Strongin (1235904)
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