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A Kinetic View of Statistical Physics

Pavel L. Krapivsky, Sidney Redner, Eli Ben-Naim

Chapter 7

Adsorption - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

01:06

Problem 1

For irreversible dimer adsorption, compute the total density of voids and the density of islands in terms of the empty interval probabilities.

Hunza Gilgit
Hunza Gilgit
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01:23

Problem 2

Obtain the jamming coverage in restricted monomer adsorption in which monomers may adsorb only on an occupied site that is surrounded by two unoccupied sites.

Adriano Chikande
Adriano Chikande
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03:45

Problem 3

Suppose that dimers adsorb irreversibly onto a one-dimensional lattice in which each site is independently occupied with probability $\rho_{0}$ in the initial state. Compute the jamming coverage.

Amany Waheeb
Amany Waheeb
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05:26

Problem 4

Using (7.11), determine the long-time behavior of $\rho_{\text {jam }}-\rho(t)$ for irreversible $k$-mer adsorption. Determine the limiting behavior of the coverage for $k \rightarrow \infty$

Amit Srivastava
Amit Srivastava
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13:47

Problem 5

Write and solve the equations for the evolution of irreversible dimer adsorption in terms of the void probabilities. Compare your equation with Eq. (6.2) that describes the random scission of an interval.

Khoobchandra Agrawal
Khoobchandra Agrawal
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01:26

Problem 6

Derive Eq. (7.15) from (7.11) by taking the continuum $(k \rightarrow \infty)$ limit of the former equation.

Narayan Hari
Narayan Hari
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01:41

Problem 7

Solve the irreversible car parking model if initially there is a density $\lambda$ of randomly distributed sizeless defects.

Nick Johnson
Nick Johnson
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01:00

Problem 8

Generalize the recursive equation (7.17) for the total number $J_{L}$ of jammed configurations to $k$-mer adsorption and determine the equation for $z$ in $J_{L} \sim z^{L} .$ Evaluate $z$ for $k=3,4,5$ and the leading asymptotic behavior of $z$ for $k \rightarrow \infty$

Raj Bala
Raj Bala
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03:52

Problem 9

Use the finite-size correction given in Eq. (7.26) to extrapolate the thermodynamic jamming coverage in random sequential adsorption from finite-system simulations.
(a) Use the efficient algorithm described in Section 7.1 to simulate irreversible dimer adsorption on a one-dimensional lattice of length $L$. Evaluate numerically the jamming coverage $\rho_{\text {jam }}$ to the highest accuracy feasible by optimally tuning the number of realizations and the size of the system. (Hint: Perform separate extrapolations for $L$ even and $L$ odd.)(b) Obtain the jamming coverage for two-dimensional irreversible adsorption of dimers, where horizontal and vertical orientations are attempted with equal probabilities.

Hafiz Shahzaib
Hafiz Shahzaib
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02:59

Problem 10

Compute the variance (7.36) by summing the correlation function (7.33).

Uma Kumari
Uma Kumari
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02:35

Problem 11

Compute the structure factor $S(q) \equiv \sum e^{i q m} C_{m}$ from (7.33) for the jammed state of irreversible monomer adsorption.

Madi Sousa
Madi Sousa
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Problem 12

Define the probabilities for filled strings of length $m, F_{m}$, and for islands of length $m, I_{m}:$
$$
F_{m} \equiv \mathcal{P}[\underbrace{\bullet \cdots \bullet}_{m}], \quad I_{m} \equiv \mathcal{P}[\circ \underbrace{\bullet \cdots \bullet}_{m} \circ]
$$
Show that the island probability is the discrete second derivative of the filled string probability,
$$
I_{m}=F_{m}-2 F_{m+1}+F_{m+2}
$$

Victor Salazar
Victor Salazar
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06:50

Problem 13

Consider dimer adsorption in one dimension. For $m \leq 3$, use conservation statements to find the following relations between $F_{m}$ and the empty interval probabilities $E_{m}:$
$$
\begin{aligned}
&F_{1}=1-E_{1} \\
&F_{2}=1-2 E_{1}+E_{2} \\
&F_{3}=1-3 E_{1}+2 E_{2}
\end{aligned}
$$
Notice that the general form of the last identity is
$$
F_{3}=1-3 \mathcal{P}[\circ]+2 \mathcal{P}[0 \circ]+\mathcal{P}[0 \times \circ]-\mathcal{P}[0 \circ \circ]
$$
but, for adsorption of dimers, $\mathcal{P}[0 \times \circ]=\mathcal{P}[\circ \circ \circ]$ so that the three-body terms in this identity cancel.
For $3<m<7$, express $F_{m}$ in terms of $E_{j}$ and the probability for two disconnected empty intervals $E_{i, j, k}$. For $F_{5}$, for example,
$$
F_{5}=1-5 E_{1}+4 E_{2}-2 E_{4}+2 P_{3}
$$

Stanley Enemuo
Stanley Enemuo
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01:34

Problem 14

Verify that the expression (7.42) for the Cayley tree reduces to the expression (7.5) for dimer adsorption in one dimension by taking the limit $z \downarrow 2$ to recover the coverage for dimer adsorption.

John Nicolle
John Nicolle
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03:52

Problem 15

Study the irreversible adsorption of oriented squares on a continuum planar substrate. Generalize $(7.47)$ and (7.48) and determine the approach of the coverage to the jamming coverage.

Hafiz Shahzaib
Hafiz Shahzaib
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10:33

Problem 16

Write the master equations, analogous to $(7.57 \mathrm{a})-(7.57 \mathrm{~b})$, for the void density in adsorption-desorption of $k$-mers in one dimension. Show that the void density is

Tanner Manwaring
Tanner Manwaring
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03:10

Problem 17

Consider the problem of chaperone-assisted translocation in which the chaperones are dimers that occupy two adjacent sites of the polymer. Compute the translocation speed for this case. More ambitiously, generalize to the case where the chaperone is a $k$-mer that occupies $k$ consecutive sites on the polymer.

Jessica Wooten
Jessica Wooten
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