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Reaction Kinetics in a Tight Spot
Author(s) -
Biham Ofer,
Krug Joachim,
Lipshtat Azi,
Michely Thomas
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200400132
Subject(s) - astrochemistry , kinetics , rate equation , reaction rate , chemical kinetics , population , materials science , nanotechnology , statistical physics , physics , chemistry , chemical physics , classical mechanics , catalysis , astrophysics , biochemistry , demography , interstellar medium , galaxy , sociology
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.