Influence of unlimited 3-membered ring cyclization on a multiscale dynamic Monte Carlo/continuum model of drying and curing in sol-gel silica films

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1015-1026

  Li, Xin ^a   Rankin, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Films; Multiscale; Polymerization; Reaction engineering; Silica; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COATING PROCESS; DRYING PROCESS; GEL DRYING; KINETIC MODELS; MASS TRANSFER PROCESS; MOLECULAR GROWTH; MOLECULAR SCALE; MOLECULAR SIZE; MONTE CARLO; MULTI-SCALE DYNAMICS; MULTISCALE; MULTISCALE MODELS; POLYMERIZATION MODEL; REACTION ENGINEERING; SIMULATION; SOL-GEL SILICA; STRUCTURE GRADIENTS; TIME-SCALES;

COAGULATION; COATINGS; COMPETITION; DRYING; FILM GROWTH; GELATION; GELS; MASS TRANSFER; POLYCONDENSATION; POLYMERS; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

CYCLIZATION;

EID: 79551479464     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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