Kinetics of active surface-mediated diffusion in spherically symmetric domains

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DOI10.1007/S10955-012-0496-8zbMATH Open1246.82084arXiv1206.2756OpenAlexW3099511626MaRDI QIDQ438828FDOQ438828


Authors: J.-F. Rupprecht, O. Bénichou, D. S. Grebenkov, Raphael Voituriez Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 31 July 2012

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present an exact calculation of the mean first-passage time to a target on the surface of a 2D or 3D spherical domain, for a molecule alternating phases of surface diffusion on the domain boundary and phases of bulk diffusion. We generalize the results of [J. Stat. Phys. {�f 142}, 657 (2011)] and consider a biased diffusion in a general annulus with an arbitrary number of regularly spaced targets on a partially reflecting surface. The presented approach is based on an integral equation which can be solved analytically. Numerically validated approximation schemes, which provide more tractable expressions of the mean first-passage time are also proposed. In the framework of this minimal model of surface-mediated reactions, we show analytically that the mean reaction time can be minimized as a function of the desorption rate from the surface.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.2756




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