Effects of mixing on aggregation and gelation of nanoparticles

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 936-943

  Sefcik, Jan ^a   Soos, Miroslav ^b   Vaccaro, Andrea ^c   Morbidelli, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brownian aggregation; Coagulation; Colloidal dispersions; Gelation; Mixing; Nanoparticles; Shear aggregation

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COAGULATION; COLLOIDS; GELATION; MIXING; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BROWNIAN AGGREGATION; COLLOIDAL DISPERSIONS; NANOPARTICLES; SHEAR AGGREGATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

AGGLOMERATION; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COAGULATION; COLLOIDS; GELATION; MIXING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 33646877251     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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