Confinement effects on the random sequential adsorption packings of elongated particles in a slit

Abstract

The behavior of a system of two-dimensional elongated particles (discorectangles) packed into a slit between two parallel walls was analyzed using a simulation approach. The packings were produced using the random sequential adsorption model with continuous positional and orientational degrees of freedom. The aspect ratio (length-to-width ratio, $\epsilon =l/d$) of the particles was varied within the range $\epsilon \in [1;32]$ while the distance between the walls was varied within the range $h/d\in [1;80]$. The properties of the deposits when in the jammed state (the coverage, the order parameter, and the long-range (percolation) connectivity between particles) were studied numerically. The values of $\epsilon$ and $h$ significantly affected the structure of the packings and the percolation connectivity. In particular, the observed nontrivial dependencies of the jamming coverage $\phi (\epsilon )$ or $\phi (h)$ were explained by the interplay of the different geometrical factors related to confinement, particle orientation degrees of freedom and excluded volume effects.

arXiv comment8 pages, 7 figures, 52 refs

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