Phenomenological and Monte Carlo models for diffusion-controlled bimolecular reactions in matrixes

Abstract

Phenomenological and Monte Carlo models are developed to examine the kinetics of diffusion-controlled bimolecular reactions occurring in solid matrices. The models are based upon the hypothesis that the unusual kinetic behavior that is frequently observed for such systems is the result of inhomogeneity in the matrix environment that leads to a natural partitioning of the matrix into different zones, each of which is associated with its own characteristic diffusion coefficient or distribution of diffusion coefficients