A new numerical approach for the simulation of the growth of inorganic nanoparticles

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 638-658

  Morgan, N M ^a   Wells, C G ^a   Goodson, M J ^a   Kraft, M ^a   Wagner, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laminar flames; Nanoparticles; Particle growth; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HEMATITE; SILICA; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

A-PARTICLES; FLOW TYPE; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE; LAMINAR FLAME; MASS FLOW; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PARTICLE GROWTH; PARTICLE SURFACE; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; STOCHASTICS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 26944449661     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2005.04.027     Document Type: Article

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