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Volume 28, 1974 - Issue 5
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The isometric group of non-rigid molecules

A new approach to symmetry groups of non-rigid molecules

A. Bauder Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Universitätstrasse 22, CH-8006, Zurich, Switzerland
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R. Meyer Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Universitätstrasse 22, CH-8006, Zurich, Switzerland
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Hs. H. Günthard Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Universitätstrasse 22, CH-8006, Zurich, Switzerland
Pages 1305-1343 | Received 08 Oct 1973, Published online: 22 Aug 2006

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