Reaction kinetics of diffusing particles injected into a d-dimensional reactive substrate

H. Larralde*, Y. Lereah, P. Trunfio, J. Dror, S. Havlin, R. Rosenbaum, H. E. Stanley

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Abstract

We study a system in which diffusing particles (species A) are injected into a reactive d-dimensional substrate (species B) at rate , with the rule that A+BC (inert). The amount of species C, C(t), and the number of surviving A particles, A(t), are calculated for substrate dimensions d=1, 2, and 3. We find the surprising results A(t)t2/3 for d=3 and C(t)t lnt for d=1. We confirm our predictions by performing Monte Carlo simulations for d=1, 2, and 3 and experiments for the reaction I2(gas)+2Ag(solid)2AgI(solid) for d=2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1461-1464
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume70
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993

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