Barrier height of free energy on confined polymer translocation through a short nano-channel

The translocation of a confined polymer chain through a nano-channel has been simulated by using two-dimensional bond fluctuation model (BFM) with Monte Carlo dynamics. It is found that the trapping time for the polymer chain to overcome the free energy barrier during the translocation, τtrap, depends exponentially on the chain length N and the channel length M, respectively. The results suggest that the barrier height of free energy depends linearly on N and M, which is different from that predicted for the Gaussian chain.