Jamming and percolation in the random sequential adsorption of a binary mixture on the square lattice

Abstract

We study the competitive irreversible adsorption of a binary mixture of monomers and square-shaped particles of linear size $R$ on the square lattice. With the random sequential adsorption model, we investigate how the jamming coverage and percolation properties depend on the size ratio $R$ and relative flux $F$. We find that the onset of percolation of monomers is always lower for the binary mixture than in the case with only monomers ($R=1$). Moreover, for values $F$ below a critical value, the higher is the flux or size of the largest species, the lower is the value of the percolation threshold for monomers.

Submitted to a special issue of Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical to mark the 70th Birthday of Robert M. Ziff

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