Numerical methods for estimating effective diffusion coefficients of three-dimensional drug delivery systems
Pages: 377 - 393, Issue 2, June 2012

doi:10.3934/naco.2012.2.377      Abstract        References        Full text (413.8K)           Related Articles

Shalela Mohd--Mahali - School of Mathematics & Statistics, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia (email)
Song Wang - School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia (email)
Xia Lou - Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6846, Australia (email)
Sungging Pintowantoro - Fakultas Teknologi Industri, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Kampus ITS Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111, Indonesia (email)

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