Non-Gaussian rotational diffusion in heterogeneous media

作者:Jeon Heejin*; Cho Hyun Woo; Kim Jeongmin; Sung Bong June
来源:Physical Review E, 2014, 90(4): 042105.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.90.042105

摘要

We employ a simple model for rotational diffusivity D-R of dumbbells in porous media in order to study spatially heterogeneous and non-Gaussian dynamics at Fickian time scales. We obtain the distribution P(D-R) of D-R%26apos;s of single dumbbells for both ergodic and nonergodic systems. When a pore percolating network disappears beyond the pore percolation transition and the rotational dynamics becomes nonergodic, each single dumbbell undergoes Gaussian rotational dynamics but with different D-R, which depends solely on the local pore structure. We also construct a map of heterogeneous dynamic regions and illustrate that such seemingly Fickian but non-Gaussian dynamics could be understood as the linear combination of the Gaussian rotational displacement distribution functions of each dumbbell. With a percolating pore network, the rotational dynamics becomes ergodic, and P(D-R) is a delta function at the average value of D-R.

  • 出版日期2014-10-3