title: Atomistic theory of mesoscopic pattern formation induced by bimolecular surface reactions between oppositely charged molecules.
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.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Latvia. kuzovkov@latnet.lv
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Kuzovkov
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kotomin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zvejnieks