Transport properties of non-spherical nanoparticles studied by Brownian dynamics: Theory and numerical simulations

Energy

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 831-844

  Naess, S N ^a   Elgsaeter, A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VISCOSITY;

HOLONOMIC CONSTRAINTS; NANOPARTICLES; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; VISCOUS FLUIDS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

BROWNIAN MOTION; FLUID FLOW; NANOPARTICLE; TRANSPORT PROPERTY; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 9444252810     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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