Rotational and translational diffusivities of germanium nanowires

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 589-596

  Marshall, Bennett D ^a   Davis, Virginia A ^a   Lee, Doh C ^b   Korgel, Brian A ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian dynamics; Suspension; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; ALCOHOL SOLVENT; BROWNIAN DYNAMICS; BROWNIAN MOTION; DIFFUSIVITIES; DILUTE DISPERSIONS; GERMANIUM NANOWIRES; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; LENGTH SCALE; NANO-MATERIALS; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL MODELS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLVENT VISCOSITY; THEORETICAL MODELS;

ASPECT RATIO; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC WIRE; GERMANIUM; NANOWIRES; RHEOLOGY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VISCOSITY;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT;

EID: 67349181291     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-009-0361-0     Document Type: Article

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