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The Role of Entropy in Nanoparticle Agglomeration
Author(s) -
Kätelhön Enno,
Sokolov Stanislav V.,
Bartlett Thomas R.,
Compton Richard G.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201601130
Subject(s) - economies of agglomeration , nanoparticle , nanotechnology , statistical physics , materials science , chemical physics , chemistry , chemical engineering , physics , engineering
Agglomeration processes in non‐interacting particle systems can be understood from a thermodynamic point of view. If the enthalpy of agglomeration is negligible, the distribution of agglomeration states adopts the state of highest entropy. Herein, we provide the exact analytical solution to the mole fractions of agglomerates comprising i monomers, x i =2 − i .