UFF, a full periodic table force field for molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics simulations

Rappe, A. K., Casewit, C. J., Colwell, K. S., Goddard, W. A., Skiff, W. M.·1992·Journal of the American Chemical Society

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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTUFF, a full periodic table force field for molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics simulationsA. K. Rappe, C. J. Casewit, K. S. Colwell, W. A. Goddard III, and W. M. SkiffCite this: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 25, 10024–10035Publication Date (Print):December 1, 1992Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 December 1992https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja00051a040https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00051a040research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views36939Altmetric-Citations7980LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-AlertscloseSupporting Info (1)»Supporting Information Supporting Information Get e-Alerts

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Authors: Rappe, A. K., Casewit, C. J., Colwell, K. S., Goddard, W. A., & Skiff, W. M.
Venue: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Published: 1992-12
Volume: 114
Issue: 25
Pages: 10024-10035
ISSN: 0002-7863 (ISSN-L)
1520-5126
DOI: 10.1021/ja00051a040
OpenAlex: W2030971064
Cited by: 10,557
References: 0
FWCI: 8.74
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed

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