Slow dynamics in gelation phenomena: From chemical gels to colloidal glasses

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 5 2, 2004, Pages

  Del Gado, Emanuela ^a,d   Fierro, Annalisa ^b,d   De Arcangelis, Lucilla ^c,d   Coniglio, Antonio ^b,d  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d Udr di Napoli ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTAL LATTICES; GELS; GLASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); RELAXATION PROCESSES;

COLLOIDAL GLASSES; COLLOIDAL SYSTEMS; GELLING SYSTEMS; RELAXATION FUNCTIONS;

GELATION;

EID: 42749108323     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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