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Heterogeneous kinetics are shown to differ drastically from homogeneous kinetics. For the elementary reaction A + A → products we show that the diffusion-limited reaction rate is proportional tot − h[A]2 or to [A]x, whereh=1- d s/2, X=1+2/d s =(h-2)(h-1), andd s is the effective spectral dimension. We note that ford = d s =1, h =1/2 andX = 3, for percolating clustersd s = 4/3,h = 1/3 andX = 5/2, while for “dust” ds <1, 1 >h > 1/2 and ∞ >X > 3. Scaling arguments, supercomputer simulations and experiments give a consistent picture. The interplay of energetic and geometric heterogeneity results in fractal-like kinetics and is relevant to excitation fusion experiments in porous membranes, films, and polymeric glasses. However, in isotopic mixed crystals, the geometric fractal nature (percolation clusters) dominates.
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Kopelman, R. Rate processes on fractals: Theory, simulations, and experiments. J Stat Phys 42, 185–200 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01010846
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