Affiliation:
1. Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, Wroblewskiego 15, 93-590 Lodz, Poland
Abstract
The specific reaction rate [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], is used in numerous areas of condensed phase chemistry to account for the dispersion of reactant reactivity seen at time scales shorter than or comparable to the time scale of structural relaxations of systems. So far, the use of k(t), which introduces the fractal-time into the chemical kinetics, was rationalized by random-walk modeling, incorporating the long-tailed (Lévy) distribution Ψ(t)~t-â-1 of times between the events that limit the motion of reactants. Now, new perspectives for developments in kinetics are seen as the once abstract notion of fractal space and time now appear naturally and are inevitable in chaotic dynamical systems.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Subject
Applied Mathematics,Modeling and Simulation,Engineering (miscellaneous)