Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1862698 | Physics Letters A | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Molecular Dynamics simulations of polymer translocation are hereby reported. No external force was applied to the polymer during translocation, and the dynamics was dominated by polymer-pore interactions. It was found that hydrodynamic interactions play an important role in the relaxation of the polymer on each side of the membrane but have a negligible impact on the translocation process itself. Also, the scaling laws obtained for the relaxation and translocation times indicate that long translocating polymers may be considered to be following a quasi-equilibrium anomalous diffusion process in the absence of external forces.
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Authors
Steve Guillouzic, Gary W. Slater,