Development of a phenomenological scaling law for fractal aggregate sintering from molecular dynamics simulation

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 793-806

  Hawa, T ^a,c   Zachariah, M R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Molecular dynamics; Scaling laws; Sintering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FRACTAL DIMENSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SINTERING; VISCOUS FLOW;

FRACTAL AGGREGATES; PHENOMENOLOGICAL SCALING LAWS; SINTERING KINETICS;

AGGREGATES;

NANOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE;

AGGREGATE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER LAW; SIMULATION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MASS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34547963431     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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