Published 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Precise algorithm to generate random sequential adsorption of hard polygons at saturation

  • 1. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States). Dept. of Physics

Description

Random sequential adsorption (RSA) is a time-dependent packing process, in which particles of certain shapes are randomly and sequentially placed into an empty space without overlap. In the infinite-time limit, the density approaches a saturation'' limit. Although this limit has attracted particular research interest, the majority of past studies could only probe this limit by extrapolation. We have previously found an algorithm to reach this limit using finite computational time for spherical particles, and could thus determine the saturation density of spheres with high accuracy. Here in this paper, we generalize this algorithm to generate saturated RSA packings of two-dimensional polygons. We also calculate the saturation density for regular polygons of three to ten sides, and obtain results that are consistent with previous, extrapolation-based studies.

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Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. E (Print)
Journal Volume
97
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
2470-0045

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
FG02-05ER46199
Funding organization
USDOE Office of Science - SC, Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22) (United States)
Secondary number(s)
OSTIID--1435038