Vacancy defect distribution of colloidal particle deposition in a sedimentation process investigated using Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 388, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 70-76

  Liau, Leo Chau Kuang ^a   Lin, Chun Ying ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colloidal particles; Kinetic Monte Carlo method; Numerical simulation; Particle deposition; Sedimentation process

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFECTS; KINETICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEDIMENTS; VACANCIES; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ATTRACTIVE FORCE; BOTTOM LAYERS; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION PATTERNS; KINETIC MONTE CARLO METHOD; KINETIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PARTICLE DEPOSITION; PARTICLE DEPOSITION PATTERNS; PARTICLE SOLUTIONS; SEDIMENTATION PROCESS; STAGE CONTROL; STEADY STATE; THERMODYNAMIC THEORY; VACANCY DEFECTS; VACANCY DISTRIBUTION;

SEDIMENTATION;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONTROL STRATEGY; FORCE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STEADY STATE; THERMODYNAMICS; VAN DER WAAL FORCE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 80052957974     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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