Figure 5.
Effect of crowding in the mixed reaction–diffusion regime. Kymographs of concentrations (a) and of chemical potentials (b) in the vicinity of the adhesion patch for F/γ = 0.3, ideal bonds and three different degrees of crowding. Higher crowding corresponds to smaller cmax, whereas cmax/c0 = 500 nearly coincides with the dilute limit cmax = +∞. (c) Kymograph of normalized reaction rate for the most crowded case. (d) Position of the interface and (e) number of bonds as a function of time and for different degrees of crowding and for the dilute limit cmax = +∞. (f) Failure time as a function of applied force for different degrees of crowding.