Modelling the flame synthesis of silica nanoparticles from tetraethoxysilane

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 70, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-66

  Shekar, Shraddha ^a   Sander, Markus ^a   Riehl, Rebecca C ^a   Smith, Alastair J ^a   Braumann, Andreas ^a   Kraft, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flame synthesis; Kinetics; Parameter estimation; Population balance; Silica nanoparticle; TEOS decomposition

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION AND SINTERING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; GAS-PHASE REACTORS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; KINETIC MODELS; OPERATOR SPLITTING TECHNIQUE; PARTICLE INCEPTION; PARTICLE MODEL; POPULATION BALANCE MODELS; POPULATION BALANCES; PRIMARY PARTICLES; REACTION PATHWAYS; RESPONSE SURFACE; SILICA NANOPARTICLE; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SILICIC ACIDS; SINTERING PARAMETERS; SURFACE GROWTH; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TETRAETHOXYSILANES;

COAGULATION; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; ENZYME KINETICS; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICA; SINTERING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FLAME SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84855460215     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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