Nonequilibrium phase behavior during the random sequential adsorption of tethered hard disks

We simulate random sequential adsorption of tethered hard disks which under go limited Monte Carlo surface diffusion to study kinetics and nonequilibri um phase behavior. Tethers allow the disks to move within a specified dista nce of their original adsorption locations, placing a control on the local entropy of each disk. As the surface coverage increases, systems with suffi ciently long tethers form hexatic or crystalline lattices, while short teth ers frustrate organization, Lattices form with surprisingly short tether le ngths-on the order of one disk diameter.