title: Random packing of regular polygons and star polygons on a flat two-dimensional surface.
abstract: Random packing of unoriented regular polygons and star polygons on a two-dimensional flat continuous surface is studied numerically using random sequential adsorption algorithm. Obtained results are analyzed to determine the saturated random packing ratio as well as its density autocorrelation function. Additionally, the kinetics of packing growth and available surface function are measured. In general, stars give lower packing ratios than polygons, but when the number of vertexes is large enough, both shapes approach disks and, therefore, properties of their packing reproduce already known results for disks.
authors.affiliation: Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-059 Kraków, Reymonta 4, Poland.
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cieśla
authors.affiliation: Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Kraków, Niezapominajek 8, Poland.
authors.forename: Jakub
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barbasz
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D007700:Kinetics; D008962:Models, Theoretical