Diffusional Growth of Colloids
Materials Science
2010-09-22 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We consider incorporation of particle detachment in Smoluchowski model of colloidal growth. Two approaches are considered, utilizing phenomenological rate equation and exact large-time results. Our main conclusion is that the value of the large-time diffusing particle concentration at the aggregate surface is the only parameter needed to describe the added effect of detachment. Explicit expression is given for the particle intake rate.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9812207,
title = {Diffusional Growth of Colloids},
author = {Dima Mozyrsky and Vladimir Privman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9812207},
year = {2010}
}
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