SimNanoDOME

SimNanoDOME is a SimPhoNy wrapper that is intended to be used for investigating gas-phase nano-particle synthesis using a Direct-Current (DC) plasma source. The wrapper makes available to the user three different models of increasing complexity and computational time:

• Moment method (Low Accuracy): is the cheapest one in terms of computational cost and returns to the user the mean diameter, the mean number density and the mean volume fraction of the nano-particle population. No PSD (Particle Size Distribution) is returned.

• PBM (Medium Accuracy): the Population Balance Method returns to the user the Size Distribution of both Particles and Aggregates/Agglomerates by means of diameter, number density and volume fraction.

• CGMD (High Accuracy): is the most expensive method which can return to the user the same results of PBM method with the addition of the direct simulation of the aggregates/agglomerates formation, thus allowing to compute the Fractal dimension of the nano-particle population and each particle’s internal structure.

Contact: Giorgio La Civita and Emanuele Ghedini from the DIN, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.