Multiscale dynamic Monte Carlo/continuum model of drying and nonideal polycondensation in sol-gel silica films

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2946-2956

  Li, Xin ^a,b   Rankin, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic Monte Carlo; First shell substitution effect; Multiscale modeling; Polycondensation; Sol gel silica films

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MODEL; DYNAMIC MONTE CARLO; FILM MICROSTRUCTURES; FIRST SHELL SUBSTITUTION EFFECT; MACROSCOPIC FLOW; MODELING STRATEGY; MULTI-SCALE DYNAMICS; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; MULTISCALE MODELS; NONIDEAL; POLYMERIZATION SIMULATION; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SOL-GEL SILICA; SOL-GEL SILICA FILMS; TIME-SCALES; TOP SURFACE;

COAGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DRYING; GELATION; GELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYCONDENSATION; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOLS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

SOL-GELS;

EID: 78650399647     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12202     Document Type: Article

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