A detailed model for the sintering of polydispersed nanoparticle agglomerates

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 978-989

  Sander, Markus ^a   West, Richard H ^a   Celnik, Matthew S ^a   Kraft, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85012502404     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820903092416     Document Type: Article

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