Better explicating the strengths and shortcomings of these models will help refine projections and improve transparency in the years ahead.
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Edited by Russell J. Hemley, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC, and approved March 18, 2011 (received for review October 4, 2010)
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- Published in issue April 26, 2011.
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- aDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616;
- bMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany;
- cShell Global Solutions, 3737 Bellaire Boulevard, Houston, TX 77025;
- dLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551; and
- eDepartment of Physics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
Edited by Russell J. Hemley, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC, and approved March 18, 2011 (received for review October 4, 2010)
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- ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: lspanu{at}ucdavis.edu.
Author contributions: L.S. designed the research, performed simulations, analyzed data, discussed results, and wrote the paper; D.D. helped setting up simulations, discussed results, and reviewed the manuscript; E.S., D.H. discussed results and reviewed the manuscript; and G.G. designed the research, discussed results, and wrote the paper.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.
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