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Atomistic theory of mesoscopic pattern formation induced by bimolecular surface reactions between oppositely charged
V N Kuzovkov1, E A Kotomin, G Zvejnieks
1Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Latvia. kuzovkov@latnet.lv
Abstract:
The kinetics of mesoscopic pattern formation is studied for a reversible A+B⇌0 reaction between mobile oppositely charged molecules at the interface. Using formalism of the joint correlation functions, non-equilibrium charge screening and reverse Monte Carlo methods, it is shown that labyrinth-like percolation structure induced by (even moderate-rate) reaction is principally non-steady-state one and is associated with permanently growing segregation of dissimilar reactants and aggregation of similar reactants into mesoscopic size domains. A role of short-range and long-range reactant interactions in pattern formation is discussed.
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