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Monte Carlo Study of Etching at Silica-Water Interface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Andrew Yen ,
Xiaolin Zhao  and
Raoul Kopelman
Andrew Yen
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, U.S.A.
Xiaolin Zhao
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, U.S.A.
Raoul Kopelman
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, U.S.A.
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Abstract

A surface adsorption-diffusion-reaction model is proposed and tested by Monte Carlo simulations. The solvent shell effect is considered as a geometric constraint and the Langmuir adsorption mechanism is also incorporated. An anomalous power law of t1/2 is obtained for the amount of material removed from the surface vs. time. The result agrees well with etching experiments of SAM on a silica surface. We conclude that the unusual power law results from an interplay of vacancy growth and fusion at the surface.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 543: Symposium W – Dynamics in Small Confining Systems IV , 1998 , 263
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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