Communication: Resonance reaction in diffusion-influenced bimolecular reactions
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Author(s)
Kolb, JJ
Angioletti-Uberti, S
Dzubiella, J
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We investigate the influence of a stochastically fluctuating step-barrier potential on bimolecular reaction rates by exact analytical theory and stochastic simulations. We demonstrate that the system exhibits a new "resonant reaction" behavior with rate enhancement if an appropriately defined fluctuation decay length is of the order of the system size. Importantly, we find that in the proximity of resonance, the standard reciprocal additivity law for diffusion and surface reaction rates is violated due to the dynamical coupling of multiple kinetic processes. Together, these findings may have important repercussions on the correct interpretation of various kinetic reaction problems in complex systems, as, e.g., in biomolecular association or catalysis.
Date Issued
2016-02-29
Date Acceptance
2016-02-17
Citation
Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016, 144 (8)
ISSN
1089-7690
Publisher
AIP Publishing
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume
144
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
© 2016 AIP Publishing LLC. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. The following article appeared in The Journal of Chemical Physics and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4942998.
Subjects
Chemical Physics
02 Physical Sciences
03 Chemical Sciences
09 Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
081102