Modeling the Crossover between Chemically and Diffusion-Controlled Irreversible Aggregation in a Small-Functionality Gel-Forming System

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3769-3775

  Corezzi, S ^a   Fioretto, D ^a   De Michele, C ^b   Zaccarelli, E ^b,c   Sciortino, F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; GELS; SOLVENTS;

AGGREGATION KINETICS; CLUSTER DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TIME; FORMING SYSTEMS; GAIN INSIGHT; IRREVERSIBLE AGGREGATION; LATE STAGE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SIMULATION DATA; SMALL CLUSTERS; TIME-SCALES;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 77949818218     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp911165b     Document Type: Article

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