Effects of differential mobility on biased diffusion of two species

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Published 23 April 2003 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation R S Hipolito et al 2003 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 36 4963 DOI 10.1088/0305-4470/36/18/302

0305-4470/36/18/4963

Abstract

Using simulations and a simple mean-field theory, we investigate jamming transitions in a two-species lattice gas under non-equilibrium steady-state conditions. The two types of particles diffuse with different mobilities on a square lattice, subject to an excluded volume constraint and biased in opposite directions. Varying filling fraction, differential mobility and drive, we map out the phase diagram, identifying first order and continuous transitions between a free-flowing disordered and a spatially inhomogeneous jammed phase. Ordered structures are observed to drift, with a characteristic velocity, in the direction of the more mobile species.

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10.1088/0305-4470/36/18/302