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Modeling of gold dispersion in glassy polymers by Smoluchowski equation

  • Zbigniew J. Grzywna
  • , Jacek Stolarczyk
  • Silesian University of Technology

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Abstract

A unidimensional diffusion in a potential field of induced stress is considered. The way from random walk (RW) to limiting partial differential equation (Smoluchowski equation) for standard and time dependent RW is shown. A technologically important case of gold dispersion in crystallizing polymer swollen by acetone vapor is analyzed. Theoretical predictions based on Smoluchowski equation with time dependent coefficients are found to be in very good agreement with experimental data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1301-1312
Number of pages12
JournalInternational Journal of Modern Physics C
Volume13
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2002

Keywords

  • Gold dispersion
  • Nanoclusters
  • Random walk
  • Smoluchowski equation
  • Vapor induced crystallization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Mathematical Physics
  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics

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