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Simulation Studies of Polymer Translocation through a Channel

Loebl, Hannah C., Randel, R., Goodwin, Simon Paul and Matthai, Clarence Cherian 2003. Simulation Studies of Polymer Translocation through a Channel. Physical Review E 67 (4) , 04191301-04191305. 10.1103/PhysRevE.67.041913

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Abstract

Monte Carlo simulation studies of the translocation of homopolymers of length N driven through a channel have been performed. We find that the translocation time τ depends on temperature in a nontrivial way. For temperatures below some critical temperature θc, τ∼T-1.4, whereas for T>θc, τ increases with temperature. The low temperature results are in good agreement with experimental findings as is the dependence of τ on the driving field strength. The velocity of translocation displays the same characteristics as found in experiment but the N dependence of τ shows the linear relationship observed in experiment only for large values of N. A possible reason for this is suggested.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Physics and Astronomy
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Publisher: American Physical Society
ISSN: 1539-3755
Last Modified: 22 May 2023 16:29
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/1640

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