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  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Statistical Physics
  • Mathematical Modeling

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  • The narrow escape problem models particle diffusion to a small target within a confined domain.
  • Understanding reaction kinetics with imperfectly reactive surfaces is crucial in various scientific fields.
  • Previous models often used approximations that may not capture all behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a formalism for calculating exact asymptotics of mean reaction time in imperfect narrow escape problems.
  • To analyze the influence of surface reactivity on particle escape times in 2D and 3D confined domains.
  • To compare exact results with approximations like the constant flux approximation.

Main Methods:

  • Derivation of exact asymptotic formulas for mean reaction time in the limit of large confining domain volumes.
  • Analysis of two limiting cases: large and small surface reactivities (kappa).
  • Development of a semi-analytical expression for the general case of surface reactivity.

Main Results:

  • Exact explicit results for mean reaction time in the limits of large and small surface reactivities.
  • Discovery of an anomalous scaling: mean reaction time scales as the inverse square root of reactivity near the patch.
  • The constant flux approximation provides the next-to-leading-order term for small reactivities but fails near the reactive patch boundary.

Conclusions:

  • The developed formalism provides a general framework for quantifying mean reaction times in imperfect narrow escape problems.
  • The anomalous scaling highlights limitations of approximations in specific scenarios, particularly near the reactive boundary.
  • Accurate modeling of surface reactivity is essential for precise predictions in diffusion-controlled processes.