Fractal dimensions of silica gels generated using reactive molecular dynamics simulations

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Bhattacharya, Sudin ^a   Kieffer, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROGEL STRUCTURES; FRACTAL DIMENSIONS; GEL STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS;

AEROGELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYSTYRENES;

SILICA GEL;

EID: 22944479291     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1857522     Document Type: Article

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