A More Accurate Kinetic Monte Carlo Approach to a Monodimensional Surface Reaction: The Interaction of Oxygen with the RuO2(110) Surface.
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SUBMITTER: Pogodin S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4105179 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
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