The effect of exclusion on nonlinear reaction–diffusion system in inhomogeneous media

Trilochan Bagarti, Anupam Roy, K. Kundu and B.N. Dev

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2014, vol. 405, issue C, 52-62

Abstract: We study a minimal model for the formation of clusters on surfaces in the presence of surface defects. A reaction–diffusion model is considered in which atoms undergo reactions at the defect centers to form clusters. Volume exclusion between particles is introduced through a drift term in the reaction–diffusion equation. This drift arises due the repulsive force field produced by the clustering atoms on the adatoms and vice versa. Approximate linearized equations are obtained which give useful insight into the process. The Green’s function method is used to obtain solutions of the coupled linearized equations. We have found that the clusterization process slows down due to exclusion. As a result the size of the clusters reduces.

Keywords: Reaction–diffusion; Exclusion; Cluster formation; Green’s function (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2014.03.018

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