Brownian particles in random and quasicrystalline potentials: How they approach the equilibrium

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 367-377

  Schmiedeberg, M ^a   Roth, J ^b   Stark, H ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN PARTICLES; COLLOIDAL PARTICLES; DIFFUSION CONSTANT; QUASICRYSTALLINE POTENTIAL;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; QUASICRYSTALS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 38949099022     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2007-10247-7     Document Type: Article

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