Emergence of complex behavior in gelling systems starting from simple behavior of single clusters

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Fierro, A ^a   Abete, T ^a   Coniglio, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; COMPLEX BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL EXPONENT; DYNAMICAL PROPERTIES; DYNAMICAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELASTIC POTENTIAL; GELLING SYSTEMS; INTERMEDIATE SCATTERING FUNCTIONS; NON-GAUSSIAN PARAMETER; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PERCOLATION THEORY; SOL-GEL TRANSITIONS; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

FORECASTING; GELATION; SIMULATORS; SOLVENTS;

GELS;

EID: 70450240899     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3264949     Document Type: Article

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