Dynamical heterogeneities close to a colloidal gel

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2813-2822

  Puertas, Antonio M ^a   Fuchs, Matthias ^b   Cates, Michael E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GELATION; GLASS TRANSITION; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYMERS; VOLUME FRACTION;

BROWNIAN PARTICLES; MODE COUPLING THEORY (MCT); POLYDISPERSITY; WAVE VECTORS;

GELS;

EID: 4344561401     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1768936     Document Type: Article

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