Fractional order analysis of Sephadex gel structures: NMR measurements reflecting anomalous diffusion

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4581-4587

  Magin, Richard L ^a   Akpa, Belinda S ^b   Neuberger, Thomas ^c   Webb, Andrew G ^d  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Exponential; Fractal; Fractional derivative; Magnetic resonance; Sephadex gel

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; GELS; ION EXCHANGE; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

ANOMALOUS DIFFUSION; B VALUE; EXPONENTIALS; FRACTIONAL DERIVATIVES; FRACTIONAL ORDER; GEL STRUCTURES; HYDROPHILICS; ORDER ANALYSIS; SEPHADEX GELS; WATER DIFFUSION;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 79960248269     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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