ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The Hamiltonian-based model developed by the authors [N. J. Cotes and M. G. Sceats, J. Chem. Phys. 89, 2816 (1988)] for bimolecular reactions which exhibit severe configurational restrictions, such as orientational requirements for reaction at surface sites, provides an analytical expression for the reaction rate which involves the evaluation of the potential of mean force along the radial coordinate that describes the binding. The expression for the reaction rate is evaluated for the case of a charged molecule interacting with a binding site on a dipolar particle. The results of the model are compared with the multidimensional Brownian-dynamics simulations of Northrup et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 84, 5536 (1986)] and excellent agreement is obtained in the diffusion limit.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.456840
