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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

FIGURES………………………………………………………………………... v<br />

TABLES………………………………………………………………………….xiv<br />

SYMBOLS……………………………………………………………………..... xv<br />

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS……………………………………………...………...xx<br />

CHAPTER 1: HISTORICAL REVIEW OF DIFFUSION AND REACTION<br />

IN POROUS MEDIA………………………..………………….1<br />

1.1 Introduction……………………………………………. 1<br />

1.2 Previous Work………………………………………….3<br />

1.21 Two Particle System……………………………....3<br />

1.2.2N Particle System……………………………….... 6<br />

1.3 Cell-Cell <strong>Interaction</strong>……………….…………………...9<br />

1.4 Diffusive <strong>Interaction</strong> in Two Particle System…………. 10<br />

1.4.1 Overview <strong>of</strong> Two Particle Model……………...…10<br />

1.4.2 Solution Method and Results….………………… 11<br />

Figure..……………………………….….………………… 14<br />

CHAPTER 2: DIFFUSION REACTION FOR A SPHERICAL SOURCE<br />

AND A SPHERICAL SINK………………………………….... 15<br />

2.1 Introduction……......………………….……………….. 15<br />

2.2 Mutualism <strong>Interaction</strong> <strong>for</strong> Spherical Source and Sink… 17<br />

2.3 Bispherical Expansion……….………………………....20<br />

2.4 Mutualism-like Problem: Analytical Solution..……….. 23<br />

2.4.1 Dimensionless <strong>Reaction</strong> Probability……....…..… 23<br />

2.4.2 Dimensionless Concentration……..………..…….32<br />

2.5 Results and Discussion……………….....………..…….36<br />

2.6 Summary and Conclusions……………...……...………41<br />

Figures……………………………….….…….……………43<br />

CHAPTER 3: COMPETITIVE INTERACTION BETWEEN TWO<br />

DIFFERENT SPHERICAL SINKS…………………………..... 49<br />

3.1 Introduction……...………...……….………………….. 49<br />

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