COLLECTIVE EFFECTS IN RANDOM SEQUENTIAL ADSORPTION OF DIFFUSING HARD SQUARES

Abstract

We study by Monte Carlo computer simulations random sequential adsorption (RSA) with diffusional relaxation, of lattice hard squares in two dimensions. While for RSA without diffusion the coverage approaches its maximum jamming value (large-time fractional coverage) exponentially, added diffusion allows the deposition process to proceed to the full coverage. The approach to the full coverage is consistent with the ~ t−1/2 power law reminiscent of the equilibrium cluster coarsening in models with nonconserved order-parameter dynamics.