Simulation of structure and mobility of aggregates formed by simultaneous coagulation, sintering and surface growth

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 950-964

  Al Zaitone, Belal ^a   Schmid, Hans Joachim ^b   Peukert, Wolfgang ^c  

^a Darmstadt University   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Fractal dimension; Mobility diameter; Nanostructure; Particle formation; Simulation; Sintering

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; COAGULATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; REDUCTION; SURFACE REACTIONS;

FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS; MOBILITY DIAMETERS; MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS; PARTICLE FORMATIONS; POWER LAW RELATION; RADIUS OF GYRATION; SIMULATION; SURFACE REDUCTION;

SINTERING;

NANOMATERIAL;

AGGREGATE SIZE; ALGORITHM; COAGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAMETER; GROWTH RATE; MOBILITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SINTER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; REDUCTION KINETICS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 70350337960     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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