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Fracturing Highly Disordered Materials
A. A. Moreira, C. L. N. Oliveira, A. Hansen, N. A. M. Araújo, H. J. Herrmann, and J. S. Andrade, Jr.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 255701 (2012)

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Proposed Coherent Trapping of a Population of Electrons in a C60 Molecule Induced by Laser Excitation

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Measurement and Modeling of a Complete Optical Absorption and Scattering by Coherent Surface Plasmon-Polariton Excitation Using a Silver Thin-Film Grating

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Ion Solvation in Liquid Mixtures: Effects of Solvent Reorganization

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Nucleation of Ligand-Receptor Domains in Membrane Adhesion

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Crowded, Confined, and Frustrated: Dynamics of Molecules Tethered to Nanoparticles

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COMMENTS

Comment on “Growth Inside a Corner: The limiting Interface Shape”

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Olejarz et al. Reply:

Jason Olejarz, P. L. Krapivsky, S. Redner, and K. Mallick

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 259602 (2012) - Published 18 December, 2012

Comment on “Excitons in Molecular Aggregates with Lévy-Type Disorder: Anomalous Localization and Exchange Broadening of Optical Spectra”

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Eisfeld et al. Reply:

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 259702 (2012) - Published 21 December, 2012

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