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Effect of diffusional relaxation in random sequential adsorption of polymer chains

Gerald G. Pereira and Jian-Sheng Wang

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1997, vol. 242, issue 3, 347-355

Abstract: We study by Monte Carlo computer simulations random sequential adsorption with diffusional relaxation of polymer chains of size N onto a square lattice. The coverage θ(t) is found to grow to full saturation with a power-law behaviour i.e., θ(t) ∼ 1 − t−y, where the exponent y ≈ 1/(N − 1) in the fast diffusion limit. This result agrees with recent mean-field results for a corresponding chemical reaction.

Keywords: Random sequential adsorption; Diffusional relaxation; Polymer chains (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00292-6

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