Size and distribution prediction for nanoparticles produced by microemulsion precipitation: A Monte Carlo simulation study

Nanotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages

  Voigt, Andreas ^a   Adityawarman, Dendy ^a   Sundmacher, Kai ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROEMULSIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

MICROMIXING; NANODROPLETS; NON-IDEAL MIXING; SEMI-BATCH REACTORS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 21144446554     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/16/7/018     Document Type: Article

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