Exact Green's function of the reversible diffusion-influenced reaction for an isolated pair in two dimensions

J Chem Phys. 2012 Aug 7;137(5):054104. doi: 10.1063/1.4737662.

Abstract

We derive an exact Green's function of the diffusion equation for a pair of disk-shaped interacting particles in two dimensions subject to a backreaction boundary condition. Furthermore, we use the obtained function to calculate exact expressions for the survival probability and the time-dependent rate coefficient for the initially unbound pair and the survival probability of the bound state. The derived expressions will be of particular utility for the description of reversible membrane-bound reactions in cell biology.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • Cell Membrane / chemistry*
  • Diffusion
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Probability