Features of biofilm growth on solid surfaces analysed by monte-carlo simulations

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applied Research

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 953-967

  Richter, A ^a   Smith, R ^b   Ries, R ^a   Wildenauer, F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WILDAU   (Germany)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILM GROWTH; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS;

SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY;

BIOFILMS;

EID: 0033341531     PISSN: 00318965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-396X(199912)176:2<953::AID-PSSA953>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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