Evaluation of interaction forces between nanoparticles by molecular dynamics simulation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 12793-12797

  Zeng, Qinghua ^a,b   Yu, Aibing ^b   Lu, Gaoqing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC DENSITY; HAMAKER; INTERACTION FORCES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOPARTICLE SYSTEMS;

NANOPARTICLES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 78650083714     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie101751v     Document Type: Article

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