Reaction kinetics in a tight spot.
The standard analysis of reaction networks based on deterministic rate equations fails in confined geometries, commonly encountered in fields such as astrochemistry, thin-film growth and cell biology. In these systems the small reactant population implies anomalous behavior of reaction rates, which can be accounted for only by following the full distribution of reactant numbers.
Biham
Ofer
O
Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
Krug
Joachim
J
Lipshtat
Azi
A
Michely
Thomas
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