91-38 Bartelt , Privman

KINETICS OF IRREVERSIBLE MONOLAYER AND MULTILAYER ADSORPTION (64K, TeX) Oct 4, 91

Abstract , Paper (src), View paper (auto. generated ps), Index of related papers

Abstract. We review recent theoretical developments of microscopic lattice and continuum models of the kinetics of irreversible monolayer and multilayer surface adsorption. Such models have been used to describe adhesion and reaction processes of colloidal particles and proteins at solid surfaces. Theoretical results surveyed here include the void-filling rate equation approach, exact results for low dimensionalities, the mean-field theory, and large-time kinetics arguments. Numerical simulations serving to test and supplement the analytical theories, are reviewed as well. We also elucidate the crossover from the discrete to continuum behavior, analyzed via scaling arguments in the large-time limit of the deposition kinetics.

Files: 91-38.tex