Dynamics of self-propelled nanomotors in chemically active media

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Thakur, Snigdha ^a   Kapral, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MEDIA; ACTIVE MEDIUM; AUTOCATALYTIC; BULK PHASE; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; CUBIC AUTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; DETAILED BALANCE; DYNAMICAL PROPERTIES; FUEL SUPPLY; LINEAR REACTION; MULTI-PARTICLE COLLISION DYNAMICS; NANOMOTORS; NET EFFECT; NON-CATALYTIC; NON-EQUILIBRIUM CONCENTRATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERS; MONOMERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROPULSION; SPHERES;

REACTION RATES;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DIMERIZATION; MOTION;

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DIMERIZATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOTION; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 79960496918     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3607408     Document Type: Article

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