RE: Formation of fractal aggregates

From: "W. Todd Wipke" <wipke' at \`SECS.UCSC.EDU>
Subject: RE: Formation of fractal aggregates
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 12:59:44 PDT

 >Date: 14-AUG-1992 09:53:51
 >Description: Formation of fractal aggregates
 >From: hopper.XRCC' at \`xerox.com
 >
 >Has anyone out there made a computational exploration of the formation of
 >clusters of patricles of fractal dimension formed by the controlled
 aggregation
 >of a stable colloidal system.  I am interested in modelling both the
 >coagulation kinetics and the structures formed in these systems.
 >
 >Are any of the of the molecular modelling packages capable of being extended
 to
 >include van der Waals attraction, electrostatic repulsion and the
 "hydrophobic"
 >force of attraction seen in some surface force measurements?
 >
 >Mike Hopper
 >Scale Up Engineering Laboratory
 >Xerox Research Centre of Canada
 >
 See Tetrahedron Computer Methodology Vol 2:4 p233 and disk 17; Hoagland,
 "Simulation of diffusion-limited aggregation of pectin."
 -Todd Wipke
 UCSC
 wipke' at \`secs.ucsc.edu