Fractal formation and ordering in Random Sequential Adsorption

TL;DR

This paper investigates the kinetics of random sequential adsorption of particles with a continuous size distribution, revealing that the resulting system exhibits fractal properties whose dimension increases with order.

Contribution

It introduces a fractal-based description of the long-term behavior of particle adsorption systems with size diversity and varying deposition rules.

Findings

Fractal dimension increases with the degree of order.

Long-time system behavior can be characterized using fractal concepts.

Deposition rules influence the fractal properties of the system.

Abstract

We study the kinetics of random sequential adsorption of a mixture of particles with continuous distribution of sizes for different deposition rules. It appears in the long time limit the resulting system can be described using the fractal concept. We reveal that the fractal dimension increases with the degree of increasing order.