Model of correlated sequential adsorption of colloidal particles

We present results of a model of sequential adsorption in which the adsorbing particles are correlated with the particles attached to the substrate. The strength of the correlations is measured by a tunable parameter s. The model interpolates between free ballistic adsorption in the limit ¿s8 and a...

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Autores: Pastor Satorras, Romualdo|||0000-0002-4051-6007, Rubí Capaceti, José Miguel
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/126192
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/126192
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.64.016103
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Physisorption
Colloidal particles
Model of sequential adsorption
Absorció
Fisicoquímica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
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Resumo:We present results of a model of sequential adsorption in which the adsorbing particles are correlated with the particles attached to the substrate. The strength of the correlations is measured by a tunable parameter s. The model interpolates between free ballistic adsorption in the limit ¿s8 and a strongly correlated phase, appearing for ¿s0 and characterized by the emergence of highly ordered structures. The phenomenon is manifested through the analysis of several magnitudes, as the jamming limit and the particle-particle correlation function. The effect of correlations in one dimension manifests in the increased tendency to particle chaining in the substrate. In two dimensions the correlations induce a percolation transition, in which a spanning cluster of connected particles appears at a certain critical value sc. Our study could be applicable to more general situations in which the coupling between correlations and disorder is relevant, as for example, in the presence of strong interparticle interactions.