Enhanced transport through desorption-mediated diffusion

TitleEnhanced transport through desorption-mediated diffusion
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsRojo, F, Budde, CE, Budde, CE, Wio, HS
JournalPhysical Review E
Volume87
Issue1
Pagination012115
Date Published01/2013
Keywordsdesorption-mediated diffusion, Random walk
AbstractWe present a master equation approach to the study of the bulk-mediated surface diffusionmechanism in a three-dimensional confined domain. The proposed scheme allowed us to evaluate analytically a number of magnitudes that were used to characterize the efficiency of the bulk-mediated surface transport mechanism, for instance, the mean escape time from the domain, and themean number of distinct visited sites on the confined domain boundary.
DOI10.1103/PhysRevE.87.012115
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