Sintering of titanium dioxide nanoparticles: A comparison between molecular dynamics and phenomenological modeling

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1169-1182

  Koparde, Vishal N ^a,b   Cummings, Peter T ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Melting point depression; Modeling and simulation; Nanoparticle sintering; Theory; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDE MINERALS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RATE CONSTANTS; SINTERING; STEELMAKING; THERMOCHEMISTRY; THERMOELECTRICITY; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

ANATASE (TIO2); AREA MEASUREMENT; BUSINESS MEDIA; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; ERROR LIMITS; INITIAL STAGES; LINEAR SURFACE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS (MDS); NANOFLUIDS (NFS); PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELING; REASONABLE AGREEMENT; RUTILE NANOPARTICLES; TEMPERATURE RISE; TIME SCALING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

DYNAMICS;

NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 48349085834     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-007-9342-3     Document Type: Article

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