# Kinetics and Jamming Coverage in a Random Sequential Adsorption of Polymer Chains

Source: [Kinetics and Jamming Coverage in a Random Sequential Adsorption of Polymer Chains](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa24412c2a3760193a19b9>)

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Authors: Jian-Sheng Wang, Ras B. Pandey

Published: 1996-05-07T09:23:55.000Z

## Abstract

Using a highly efficient Monte Carlo algorithm, we are able to study the growth of coverage in a random sequential adsorption (RSA) of self-avoiding walk (SAW) chains for up to 10^{12} time steps on a square lattice. For the first time, the true jamming coverage (theta\_J) is found to decay with the chain length (N) with a power-law theta\_J propto N^{-0.1}. The growth of the coverage to its jamming limit can be described by a power-law, theta(t) approx theta\_J -c/t^y with an effective exponent y which depends on the chain length, i.e., y = 0.50 for N=4 to y = 0.07 for N=30 with y -\> 0 in the asymptotic limit N -\> infinity.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9605038>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/9605038.pdf>)