Model of anomalous diffusion--absorption process in a system consisting of two different media separated by a thin membrane

Abstract

We present the model of a diffusion-absorption process in a system which consists of two media separated by a thin partially permeable membrane. The kind of diffusion as well as the parameters of the process may be different in both media. Based on a simply model of particle's random walk in a membrane system we derive the Green's functions, then we find the boundary conditions at the membrane. One of the boundary conditions are rather complicated and takes a relatively simple form in terms of the Laplace transform. Assuming that particles diffuse independently of one another, the obtained boundary conditions can be used to solve to differential or differential-integral equations describing the processes in multilayered systems for any initial condition. We consider normal diffusion, subdiffusion and slow subdiffusion processes, and we also suggest how superdiffusion could be included in this model. The presented method provides the functions in terms of the Laplace transform and some useful methods of calculation the inverse Laplace transform are shown.

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