Random sequential adsorption of straight rigid rods on a simple cubic lattice

Random sequential adsorption of straight rigid rods of length k (k-mers) on a simple cubic lattice has been studied by numerical simulations and finite-size scaling analysis. The k-mers were irreversibly and isotropically deposited into the lattice. The calculations were performed by using a new the...

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Autores: García, Guillermo Daniel, Sanchez Varretti, Fabricio Orlando, Centres, Paulo Marcelo, Ramirez Pastor, Antonio Jose
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/14604
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/14604
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Statistical Mechanics
Random Sequential Adsorption
Jamming Coverage
Percolation
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Sumario:Random sequential adsorption of straight rigid rods of length k (k-mers) on a simple cubic lattice has been studied by numerical simulations and finite-size scaling analysis. The k-mers were irreversibly and isotropically deposited into the lattice. The calculations were performed by using a new theoretical scheme, whose accuracy was verified by comparison with rigorous analytical data. The results, obtained for k ranging from 2 to 64, revealed that (i) the jamming coverage for dimers (k=2) is θj=0.918388(16). Our result corrects the previously reported value of θj=0.799(2) (Tarasevich and Cherkasova, 2007); (ii) θj exhibits a decreasing function when it is plotted in terms of the k-mer size, being θj(∞)=0.4045(19) the value of the limit coverage for large k’s; and (iii) the ratio between percolation threshold and jamming coverage shows a non-universal behavior, monotonically decreasing to zero with increasing k.