Simulation on the effect of Brownian motion on nanoparticle trajectories in a pulsed microplasma cluster source

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 511-524

  Tafreshi, H Vahedi ^a   Piseri, P ^b   Barborini, E ^b   Benedek, G ^c   Milani, P ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic focusing; Aerosols; Brownian motion; Cluster beam; Control volume method; Nanostructured materials; Particle tracking method; Supersonic flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347646660     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022845401781     Document Type: Article

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