Exact computation of the mean velocity, molecular diffusivity, and dispersivity of a particle moving on a periodic lattice

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 8428-8436

  Dorfman, Kevin D ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION (WAVES); DNA; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRAPS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DISPERSIVITY; FIRST PASSAGE TIME ANALYSIS; MEAN VELOCITY; MOLECULAR DIFFUSIVITY; NERNST EINSTEIN EQUATION; NUMERICAL LATTICE; PERIODIC LATTICE;

CHARGED PARTICLES;

EID: 0037799636     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1565322     Document Type: Article

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