Campus Units

Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, Ames Laboratory

Document Type

Article

Publication Version

Published Version

Publication Date

2010

Journal or Book Title

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volume

132

Issue

15

First Page

154102-1

Last Page

154102-11

DOI

10.1063/1.3361663

Abstract

We analyze a model for polymerization at catalytic sites distributed within parallel linear pores of a mesoporous material. Polymerization occurs primarily by reaction of monomers diffusing into the pores with the ends of polymers near the pore openings. Monomers and polymers undergo single-file diffusion within the pores. Model behavior, including the polymer length distribution, is determined by kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of a suitable atomistic-level lattice model. While the polymers remain within the pore, their length distribution during growth can be described qualitatively by a Markovian rate equation treatment. However, once they become partially extruded, the distribution is shown to exhibit non-Markovian scaling behavior. This feature is attributed to the long-tail in the “return-time distribution” for the protruding end of the partially extruded polymer to return to the pore, such return being necessary for further reaction and growth. The detailed form of the scaled length distribution is elucidated by application of continuous-time random walk theory.

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The following article appeared in Journal of Chemical Physics 132, 15 (2010): 154102 and may be found at doi: 10.1063/1.3361663.

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