Diffusion in random structures with a topological bias
- 1 December 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 34 (11) , 8129-8132
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.34.8129
Abstract
We study biased diffusion on a topological random comb with an exponential distribution of dangling ends which is relevant to the essential physics of biased diffusion in random structures such as percolation systems above criticality. By mapping the problem onto a linear chain with a power-law distribution of transition rates we find that above a bias threshold, diffusion is anomalous in two respects: (the fractal dimension of a random walk) is above 1, and depends continuously upon the magnitude of the bias. Our analytic results are confirmed by extensive computer simulations.
Keywords
This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
- Random-walk approach to the two-component random-conductor mixture: Perturbing away from the perfect random resistor network and random superconducting-network limitsPhysical Review B, 1986
- Geometrical cluster growth models and kinetic gelationPhysics Reports, 1986
- The fractal nature of a diffusion front and the relation to percolationJournal de Physique Lettres, 1985
- Field-induced drift and trapping in percolation networksJournal of Physics A: General Physics, 1984
- Relation between Dynamic Transport Properties and Static Topological Structure for the Lattice-Animal Model of Branched PolymersPhysical Review Letters, 1984
- Diffusion and drift on percolation networks in an external fieldJournal of Physics A: General Physics, 1984
- Directed diffusion in a percolation networkJournal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 1983
- Anomalous Diffusion on Percolating ClustersPhysical Review Letters, 1983
- Diffusion on percolation clusters at criticalityJournal of Physics A: General Physics, 1982
- Investigation of non-Ohmic hopping conduction by methods of percolation theoryPhilosophical Magazine Part B, 1980