Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2005-11-08
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
To appear in J. Chem. Phys
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2109967
We study kinetics of diffusion-limited catalytically-activated $A + B \to B$ reactions taking place in three dimensional systems, in which an annihilation of diffusive $A$ particles by diffusive traps $B$ may happen only if the encounter of an $A$ with any of the $B$s happens within a special catalytic subvolumen, these subvolumens being immobile and uniformly distributed within the reaction bath. Suitably extending the classical approach of Wilemski and Fixman (G. Wilemski and M. Fixman, J. Chem. Phys. \textbf{58}:4009, 1973) to such three-molecular diffusion-limited reactions, we calculate analytically an effective reaction constant and show that it comprises several terms associated with the residence and joint residence times of Brownian paths in finite domains. The effective reaction constant exhibits a non-trivial dependence on the reaction radii, the mean density of catalytic subvolumens and particles' diffusion coefficients. Finally, we discuss the fluctuation-induced kinetic behavior in such systems.
Benichou Olivier
Coppey Mathieu
Moerau M.
Oshanin Gleb
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