Abstract
It is shown that the trapping of finite-sized spherical Brownian particles of radius βR in a system of interpenetrable spherical traps of radius R is isomorphic to the trapping of "point" Brownian particles (β=0) in a particular system of interpenetrable spherical traps of radius (1+β)R. This isomorphism in conjunction with previous trapping-rate data for β=0 is employed to compute the trapping rate for the case β=1/4 in a system of hard spherical traps as a function of trap volume fraction. The effect of increasing the size of the Brownian particles is to increase the trapping rate relative to the instance of point Brownian particles.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2838-2841 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | The Journal of chemical physics |
Volume | 95 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1991 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry